There's no place like post-punk... the Embarrassment gets doc'd
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The Other Side of Kansas We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember, directed by Daniel Fetherston and Danny Szlauderbach (Factory25) Audio: Riley interviews co-director Danny Szlauderbach (45 mins) IF WE LIVE IN A GOLDEN AGE of documentaries, too many of them go on for too long without revealing much. In “We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember,” directors Daniel Fetherston and Danny Szlauderbach approach the Embarrassment, punk's great left-of-center act, with earnestness and care, detailing the many sideshows (“Ron Klaus Wrecked His House”) and drive-bys (”Wellsville”). Some of this goes against the music's caterwauling grain, and only accents the band's freefall strangeness; on the other hand, it's impossible to imagine how this content might guide a better form.
There's no place like post-punk... the Embarrassment gets doc'd
There's no place like post-punk... the…
There's no place like post-punk... the Embarrassment gets doc'd
The Other Side of Kansas We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember, directed by Daniel Fetherston and Danny Szlauderbach (Factory25) Audio: Riley interviews co-director Danny Szlauderbach (45 mins) IF WE LIVE IN A GOLDEN AGE of documentaries, too many of them go on for too long without revealing much. In “We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember,” directors Daniel Fetherston and Danny Szlauderbach approach the Embarrassment, punk's great left-of-center act, with earnestness and care, detailing the many sideshows (“Ron Klaus Wrecked His House”) and drive-bys (”Wellsville”). Some of this goes against the music's caterwauling grain, and only accents the band's freefall strangeness; on the other hand, it's impossible to imagine how this content might guide a better form.