This week, Factory 25 releases You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984, a documentary which features unseen footage from Articles of Faith, Mentally Ill, Negative Element, Tutu and the Pirates, Jeff Pezzati, Rights of the Accused and Steve Bjorklund. Catch the limited-edition, and it includes a screen-printed posters and a 20-track vinyl EP.
As an adult, it's not unusual to look back at the staples of your childhood and realize they were all vaguely creepy. Such is definitely the case with Showbiz Pizza and its animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion. A group of musical robots in animal suits, it didn't get any weirder, and now it's memorialized in a documentary, called The Rock-afire Explosion, screening tonight at Anthology Film Archives. There will be pizza. (Via The Moment.)
Filed under OMG we missed it: Troop Beverly Hills: The Experience. It was yesterday. Though looks like Jenny Lewis didn't make it, either.
Okay Mountain presents SuperStupid, a look at the past 10 years of Devin Flynn's—the creator of Ya'll So Stupid—animation. It'll be stoopid, in a good way.
Actor Justin Theroux has teamed up with Moscot to release a direct copy of the glasses he wore in the cult-classic film Mulholland Drive. They are definitely a welcome departure from the Wayfarer and look totally unique in style. I could definitely see grabbing these up for my old man. X - Jen
Three spots, directed by Chadwick Tyler, that feature models Josh Beech and Meghan Collison throwing shit around the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It might not get any hotter than this.
This compilation of visual effects from the relatively short history of blockbusters will certainly make you want to curl up on the couch and do nothing but watch movies all day.
The Where the Wild Things Are pop-up is open and looking amazing. Check out the Space 15 Twenty flickr set from the opening night party.
This Saturday, from 7-10pm, stop by Space 15 Twenty for the opening of the Where the Wild Things Are pop-up shop and gallery, featuring handmade Wild Things costumes by Christian Joy and music by Squeak E. Clean.
Photographer Hedi Slimane is an obsessive chronicler of youth culture, and with assistance from MK2, he's releasing the American Youth boxset, which includes eleven of Slimane's films and a series of photos, this November. (Via Hypebeast)
Ever wonder what it would be like to live in world made entirely out of paper? Flammable, for one thing. Everything in the video except the doors, shirts and the bed were made by CrudeLadies.
Pogo composes songs from the blips, bobs and snippets of your favorite movies.
Enter to win a trip for two to the New York premiere of Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are. The grand-prize winner will get air fare and accommodation, two tickets to the premiere, and a $500 Urban Outfitters gift card. Let the Wild Rumpus start!
YouTube has partnered with Sony to present the ENTIRE GHOSTBUSTERS MOVIE! FOR FREE! (Via PSFK.)
Before there was Charlene Yi's Paper Heart, there was Jessica Williams's. Williams is one of our favorite artists, and some of her Polaroid work will soon be exhibited at Space 15 Twenty's Everything is Possible show. (Via Interview Magazine.)
In which one blogger remembers her teenage pen-pal, director John Hughes.
Mark your calendar for September 9th, when Vanessa Bruno's four-minute short film, starring the illustrious Lou Doillon, becomes available to the public.
The teaser trailer for Alice In Wonderland is up on Hulu and already Johnny Depp has creeped us out.
