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See HearDeliver Me From Nowhere (first reaction)So many biopics feature the story of an artist from cradle to
grave....all in 2 hours. Those of you who know me or have listened to
the show before know I'm....uh....not a fan of these types of pods.
They're often a cherry picked list of moments in the artist's life
until the moment of triumph – artistically and in overcoming
personal obstacles.
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere does it backwards.
Welcome to episode 131 of See Hear Podcast.
In Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, we find Bruce at...
2025-10-2627 min
See HearBad Brains: A Band In DCPunk music branched out in the late 70s / early 80s into a harder, faster,
thrashier style than its earlier predecessor. If (as is often
claimed) the original wave of punk was a reaction to the complexity
of prog and the lack of danger in other forms of popular music, then
hardcore was the next phase of that during the era of post-punk. It
was about catharsis and screaming out about injustice.
Then there was Bad Brains.
Welcome to episode 129 of See Hear Podcast.
Tim...
2025-08-261h 02
See HearInterview with Kenny Vance about Heart And Soul: A Love StoryThe use of non-diagetic songs in cinema is often designed to provoke a type of nostalgia, or at least an understanding of the era the film is set in. Apocalypse Now opens very effectively to the sounds of The End by The Doors. Goodfellas keeps updating the jukebox as the story travels over the years (Scorsese is a master of that). So, if you watch a film set in the 50s like American Graffiti or That’ll Be The Day, the jukebox soundtracks to these films are like characters constantly reminding the viewers where they are ti...
2025-03-271h 30
See HearHeavy Metal1981.....music and film fans could only guess as to what the coming decade held – both in art and in the real world. If art reflects the real world, then a portmanteau film centred around a force that contains the sum of all evils seemed like a reflection of the environment the film was born into.Welcome to episode 123 of See Hear.In 1981, following on from the magazine it aligned itself with, Canadian animated film Heavy Metal was sent out into the world. Ralph Bakshi may have paved the way fo...
2025-01-271h 05
See HearSwing GirlsWhen you attended high school, did you have a music program? If so, were you enthusiastic about playing what was selected for you? In the early days of music tuition, chances are you had to play dull tunes that were in line with your limited abilities....on a recorder!!!!! Within 3 or so months of picking up an instrument, could you play tunes made famous by, say, Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman? No? The girls (and a boy) at Yamakawa High School did. Welcome to episode 122 of See Hear Podcast. Kerry was un...
2024-11-251h 01
See HearInterview with Neil Fox about his book "Music Films"Do you like music films? Dumb question, I guess, because if you've deliberately downloaded an episode of See Hear, you know that music films are our niche in the podcast world. For us to discover that there was a new book about the subject that drives this very podcast....well, there was much cheering and jumping for joy.Welcome to episode 121 of See Hear Podcast.We welcome to the show Professor Neil Fox of Falmouth University. He's written a terrific book called “Music Films: Documentaries, Concert Films and Other Ci...
2024-10-261h 41
See HearGreat Soundtracks Part 2Movie music – any movie fan will acknowledge that a film score or a soundtrack can make or break how well a film works. The acting and cinematography and production values all count obviously, but imagine putting the 3 Stooges theme in place as “Mother” goes to see how Marion Crane is faring in the shower scene of Psycho.Welcome to episode 120 of See Hear.If you haven't caught up with the previous episode of the show, Tim, Kerry and myself were joined by our great friend Paul Ryan to talk about...
2024-09-281h 43
See HearGreat Soundtracks Part 1As you know, our mission at See Hear HQ is to discuss, chew on, and pontificate (in that order) about music films. But.....what if we DIDN'T do that for a couple of episodes????? Shock horror!!!Welcome to episode 119 of See Hear Podcast.Don't panic....we're not straddling too far from our mission. This time around, instead of talking about films that are ABOUT music, we'll discuss the music itself from ANY film we jolly well please. Kerry, Tim and myself have invited previous guest and close friend, Paul...
2024-09-231h 46
See HearInterview with Simon Head, director of "Subversives: The History of Lowest Of The Low"Every major city with a healthy music scene will have hometown heroes….that band or artist that the locals love and wish the whole world knew about. One of those bands is Toronto’s “The Lowest Of The Low”.Welcome to episode 118 of See Hear.The Lowest of the Low started in the early 90s as a follow up to the band punk band, Popular Front. Ron Hawkins had previously written overtly political songs, but for the debut album Shakespeare My Butt (one of the best album names ever), he wrote...
2024-08-211h 27
See HearTrue StoriesDid you ever read rags with headlines like “I had an alien love child” or “Psycho seagull stole dog from my garden” or “Monster rats the size of cows”? No? You're missing out on a Wild...Wild....Life.Welcome to episode 117 of See Hear Podcast.Writers Stephen Toblowsky and Beth Henley met Talking Head, David Byrne, and had a conversation about newspaper articles he'd read with bizarre things happening to ordinary people, and wouldn't it be interesting to come up with a script for a film using that idea as a basis...
2024-07-091h 14
See HearLost Angel: The Genius Of Judee SillWe all have musicians that we wish everyone else knew about. THAT person who deserves a wider audience, but life circumstances didn't allow for it. Knowledge of that musician seems to be like the secret handshake into a special club. Nick Drake was one of those people until a TV car advertisement that used his music got more people curious....thank goodness.Judee Sill's music is not likely to be used in a car ad.Welcome to episode 116 of See Hear Podcast.When people...
2024-05-191h 48
See HearConversation with Daniel De Vise' about The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film ClassicBack in 1980, I recall going to the cinema to see a new film, The Blues Brothers. Music and car chases…..what wasn’t there to love? The critics hated it because….ya know….that’s what they’re paid to do. A few years after initial release, it became THAT cult film that everyone watched – on TV, on video or at late night cinema screenings (in Melbourne, it became an audience participation phenomenon similar to Rocky Horror). The question is how did the film get made?Welcome to episode 115 of See Hear Podcast.K...
2024-04-171h 39
See HearCassette: A Documentary MixtapeThere's a song performed by Peter Allen that seems to be more relevant than ever: Everything Old Is New Again. Film plots are recycled, songs are recycled (through covers or the same chord structures).....and the media we use to play those films and songs are back in fashion. Records have been popular again for a while, some people are rediscovering VHS, and as this month's film focus shows us, the Compact Cassette is the new medium of choice for music recording and listening.Welcome to Episode 114 of See Hear Podcast.
2024-03-261h 23
See HearInterview with Denny Tedesco, director of Immediate Family and The Wrecking CrewBack at episode 110 of See Hear, Tim, Kerry and I had a round table discussion (Broadway Danny Rose style) about Denny Tedesco's 2015 documentary, The Wrecking Crew. That film was about the session musicians of the 1960s LA scene that made the “name” performers sound great. These session musicians were not known by name outside of that community until their achievements were lauded decades later. What happens in the 1970s when the next generation of LA musicians want to have the ability to play with lot of different artists AND have the joy of being part of a BAND rather than...
2024-01-241h 31
See HearA Mighty WindWhen you think of American folk songs of the 60s, you'd think of political injustice, civil rights, hardships due to economic burdens, and war, right?Or do you think about the comforts of food always being laid out on the table, boundless optimism 'cos “its THAT kind of day” or kissing at the end of an optical illusion caused by the dispersion of light in water droplets?'Cos both work, ya know.Welcome to episode 112 of See Hear Podcast.In 2...
2023-12-251h 08
See HearTheory of Obscurity: A Film About The ResidentsMusicians, artists, actors and authors (and any other creatives I haven’t nominated) have long taken pseudonyms. Maybe a more exciting name will sell an image, maybe it’s to have some semblance of privacy, maybe it’s to separate themselves from their past, …any number of reasons. Avant garde art collective The Residents took things beyond name change – they maintained complete anonymity.Welcome to episode 111 of See Hear Podcast.The Residents are a band, multimedia artists, theatrical performers….and anonymous. Long time fans claim to be aware of their identi...
2023-11-271h 08
See HearThe Wrecking CrewMost working people have that day gig – accountant, engineer, admin, hospitality. The job pays the bills and puts food on the table. We don’t tend to think of being a musician as a day job category.Welcome to episode 110 of See Hear Podcast.Through the 20th century, there was always some group of musicians who had that “day job” status – playing for corporate functions, teaching people to instrumental skills, and being the faceless people providing the grooves and melodies behind your favourite records. Remember the shock you felt realising t...
2023-10-301h 24
See HearInterview with Steve Matteo about Act Naturally: The Beatles On FilmThere was a time when the rock and roll star appearance in a film ostensibly as themselves (or a variant) was a given. Think of the films of Elvis Presley or Cliff Richard. Before the Warholian expression of 15 minutes of fame became a thing, the pop music film was a way to make the most of the latest populist puppet’s time in the sun – script be damned, musician’s longevity be damned. “Let’s just give the kids what they want and reap the benefits before the next pretty face we can exploit”. I’m sure that was...
2023-09-271h 41
See HearSaturday Night FeverDisco music had been a thing from the early 70s on, but not so much in the mainstream. Parts of the African-American, Latino and gay communities had been cherishing the music as an event - going out to dance in discotheques was the thing. There's are books that go through the history of disco music and what put that music underground. Some of the music became top forty success stories, but disco really exploded in 1977 thanks to a movie featuring a TV actor and songs by a group past their glory days.Welcome to...
2023-08-241h 41
See HearFree The JazzTo some people, Ornette Coleman represents the adventurous spirit of jazz. To others, Kenny G is as exciting as it gets. This episode is more dedicated to the former.....Welcome to episode 107 of See Hear Podcast.This month, Tim has selected the film under discussion. It's a documentary filmed in a jazz club in Budapest called “Free The Jazz”. Released in 2014, but seemingly filmed in 2007, its format is simple. Director Czabán György interviewed a range of jazz musicians from Germany, England, Japan, America and Norway about their love o...
2023-07-301h 04
See HearSound of NoiseDo you remember when you were a kid and you liked to make percussive sounds on biscuit tins, cushions, the neighbour's fence, or your own stomach? Of course you do!!!! No matter whether you took up an instrument or not, percussion is always fun......until nasty neighbours tell you to shut up because you're making noise and disturbing their peaceful afternoon listening passively to Kenny G!!!!!Welcome to episode 105 of See Hear Podcast.Tim, Kerry and I look at a Swedish film from 2010 called Sound of Noise. A guerilla...
2023-05-2350 min
See HearTapeheadsWe've all seen 'em....films about people with a “dream”. They start out poorly, but triumph by the third act. Usually, they're comedic with a serious lesson to be learned.Then there's Tapeheads.Welcome to episode 104 of See Hear Podcast.John Cusack and Tim Robbins star as a pair of underqualified entrepeneurs (especially Cusack) in the music video field. The film was made during the late 80s during the MTV era – when they supposedly played music videos. Tapeheads is loaded with cameos from musicians who wa...
2023-04-271h 08
See HearCoal Miner's DaughterBiopics about contemporary musicians have been a very common thing in cinema, particularly over the last 40 to 50 years. As we've often discussed on the show, they often follow a familiar pattern – a grocery list, if you will, with all the known high and low points of the subject's life story the audience expects. However, before there was a glutton of such movies, there were a few that had no rules to follow so relied more on character study than cherry picking from 40 years of history.Welcome to episode 103 of See Hear Podcast.
2023-03-271h 06
See HearTender MerciesAfter a hiatus of several months, See Hear podcast is back to fill your earholes with discussion of music-centric films and interviews with directors of such films.For episode 102, the focus is on Tender Mercies, the 1983 film starring Robert Duvall about an ex country singer who's trying to find some semblance of normality after an existence of alcoholism, music industry ego and domestic violence. It's a theme that's been tackled before in a myriad of films, but as the saying goes, the devil is in the detail. It's written by Horton Foote (script writer...
2023-02-181h 10
See HearInterview with Amit Itzcar, director of "Furious And Fast: The Story of Fast Music And The Patiphone"I'm lucky to live in a town with a great music scene. Notwithstanding the tough times that both bands and venue operators are facing in the wake of the pandemic (and the rip-off merchants who believe that their bottom line is more important than paying musicians a living wage), Melbourne has always had a healthy music culture as do many cities around the world. I'm talking about cities where music venues are plentiful, bands are playing all week, and punters with a myriad of tastes can find something to please them.One of those cities is Tel...
2022-09-2858 min
See HearAmadeusBack in January 2014, Wendi Freeman, Tim Merrill and myself started a monthly podcast to look at the world of films about music and musicians (or any tenuous link to that world). Occasionally, we would talk about musicals that weren't actually about music, cos rules were meant to be broken. From episode 2, fellow music and film fan, Bernard Stickwell joined the team, an See Hear was on its way. The first film discussed on the show was a documentary about a musical genius who was just not appreciated by the wider population.....actually, naaaahhh.....we discussed Hated: GG Allin and...
2022-08-291h 35
See HearUrgh! A Music War and Dance CrazeThe 1980s were headed into frightening times politically. The threat of war and potential nuclear conflict was pervasive. So naturally music would reflect the times, right? Sure thing....Bette Davis Eyes, Nine To Five (Morning Train), This Ole' House, You Weren't In Love With Me, and Just The Two Of Us were what people were buying – they reflect the times, right?Welcome to episode 96 of See Hear Podcast.Okay, okay.....I loaded up some songs that were the antithesis of the films under question, but just wanted to make a...
2022-04-181h 26
See HearSummer of Soul (Or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)In the year 1969, Richard Nixon became president of the United States, James Earl Ray plead guilty to the murder of Dr Martin Luther King, multiple planes are hijacked to Cuba, the Stonewall Rebellion took place, and the war in Vietnam raged on.….but there was an incredible music festival that took place for the third time in Mt Morris Park in Harlem, that for years no one recalled.Welcome to See Hear Podcast episode 95.Tony Lawrence was a lounge singer who had a vision to...
2022-03-211h 25
See HearInterview with Tamara Saviano, director of "Without Getting Killed or Caught"Texas has given the world some great songwriters: Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, and Kinky Friedman (yes indeed!!!) among may others. When you discuss one of the most revered Texan songsmiths, (who lived much of his life in Nashville), you really have to discuss two others as well.Welcome to episode 94 of See Hear Podcast.Tim and I were rapt to welcome to the show author and film maker Tamara Saviano. She co directed with her husband Paul Whitfield a documentary about Guy Clark called Without Getting Killed Or Caught...
2022-02-221h 09
See HearVoyage of the Rock AliensWould you be tempted to watch a film where aliens travel around in a space ship in the shape of a Flying V looking for the source of rock and roll in the universe? How about if it involved a high school romance, a battle of the bands, escaped mental patients armed to the teeth, and a polluted lake?Tim, Bernie, Maurice and friend of the show Paul Ryan have done just that.....and had a conversation about it for your aural pleasure.Welcome to episode 93 of See Hear...
2022-01-301h 05
See HearInterview with Scott Barber, director of "This Is Gwar"What happened to heavy metal in the eighties? It bred Dokken, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, W.A.S.P., Motley Crue and many other hair metal bands. Meanwhile in Richmond ,Virginia, an art student and punk musician connected while part of an art collective to form a metal band that combined theatre, chops, a sense of humour, and plenty of bodily fluids.Welcome to episode 91 of See Hear Podcast.Scott Barber is the director of a wonderful documentary about Gwar, a band that had liked to blend social satire...
2021-11-221h 30
See HearBreaking GlassMusic must change. It always has and always will. The common story (probably part truth and myth) is that punk emerged in the UK as a reaction to the so-called “dinosaur” bands...the ones that had been around for a whole 10 or so years (we'd laugh at that notion now....). Bands that were bloated on their success and measured that success on excess...the supposed antithesis of the early days of popular music. Punk burned brightly, but quickly gave way to the “new wave” of British bands. A large umbrella for many bands who often had little i...
2021-10-261h 18
See HearRock & RuleSay you're in a band, and you're struggling to get your songs performed because the self-appointed leader is a narcissistic arsehole. Then along comes an aging mega rock star who offers you a gig to sing for him so he can summon a demon from another dimension...It's a common showbiz tale....Welcome to episode 89 of See Hear.Tim, Bernie and Maurice sit at the virtual round table to talk about the 1983 animated feature Rock & Rule developed by Canadian animation house, Nelvana (later known...
2021-09-2754 min
See HearSongwriterSo, let's say you're a working songwriter and musician. Life is hard enough as it is (and we're talking pre-Covid) without a couple of divorces, management of a singer with an inferiority complex, keeping an agent inline who's trying to cheat you, and a publisher is HAS cheated you to worry about.Unless you're Doc Jenkins.....Welcome to episode 88 of See Hear.Bernie, Tim and Maurice gather around to talk about the 1984 film Songwriter starring Willie Nelson (as Doc Jenkins) and Kris Kristofferson (as...
2021-08-2447 min
See HearThe Sparks BrothersI Predict that When I'm With You, there will be no Existential Threat unless we're Eaten By The Monster Of Love in this Cool World.Welcome to episode 86 of See Hear Podcast.Edgar Wright has been known to use music to great effect in his narrative films, so it's only appropriate that he makes a music-related documentary. The Sparks Brothers tells the tale of brothers Ron and Russell Mael who as Sparks have been writing and recording albums for nearly 5 decades. Unlike so many musicians who had an initial...
2021-06-181h 08
See HearHellzapoppin'The early history of musicals often includes romantic comedies with slight plots as an excuse for big song and dance numbers (often in the context of “let's put on a show”). The romantic sub-plot is a big criticism of the Marx Brothers films at MGM, getting in the way of the anarchy of the masters of mirth.In 1941, a musical was released by Universal that broke all the rules of narrative and made fun of those romantic subplots. Welcome to See Hear Podcast episode 85.
2021-05-1956 min
See HearInterview with Bill Jones and Ben Timlett, directors of "Before We Was We: Madness by Madness"The late 70s moving into the 80s was a time ruled by conservative government in the UK. There were clashes with government ideology and the NF was scarily making its collective voice heard. Musicians reacted in different ways. There was the Rock Against Racism march with a huge concert featuring The Clash and other great punk acts of the day. As well as punk music, the other style that brought black and white people together was ska – a revival of the music made popular in Jamaica in the 1960s. The main acts spearheading the second wave of ska were Th...
2021-04-281h 09
See HearBlack Snake MoanWe're sure you've all said or heard, “Don't judge a book by it's cover”. That can logically be extended on occasion to “Don't judge a film by its poster art”.Welcome to episode 83 of See Hear Podcast.Tim is finally rejoining the show after having been absent since October 2020. We welcomed him back with his choice of a round-table film discussion. No interviews....just the “terrible trio”. He picked a film by director Craig Brewer, whose earlier film Hustle and Flow is part of See Hear lore (don't...
2021-03-2254 min
See HearInterview with Colm Forde of Doc 'n' RollBernie, Tim and I have never ceased to be amazed at the creativity and hard work that must go into making a film (any work of art, really). One thing we've never spoken about on the show is the art of film curation - a subject that Martin Scorcese himself has recently written about.Welcome to episode 82 of See Hear Podcast.Bernie and I spoke with Colm Forde, a man who took it on himself to start a film festival in London devoted to music documentaries – a strong part of...
2021-02-1858 min
See HearThe Stoned AgeThree grown men over the age of 40 (two Brits and an Australian) walked into a podcast to discuss a film about two teenage American guys from the seventies looking to get stoned, drunk and laid.Welcome to episode 81 of See Hear Podcast – the start of our 8th year.Tim is still on sabbatical, but Bernie and Maurice were joined by host of The Iron Sequel podcast, James Lawrence, to talk about the 1994 film The Stoned Age. It's a “set in one night” film (a genre unto itself...
2021-01-261h 17
See HearInterview with Brent Wilson, director of Streetlight HarmoniesWith all the obsession the media makes of the rock era (i.e. the 60s onwards) it's all to easy to forget about the early days of rock and roll. The casual listener may think of Elvis, Chuck, Buddy or Little Richard – important parts of rock and roll history, obviously, but what's often forgotten about are the great vocal harmony groups. Groups like The Ravens, The Flamingos, The Orioles, The Dells, as well as the iconic Drifters and The Platters need to be revered as much as any of the greats in rock an...
2020-12-241h 36
See HearInterview with Isabelle Raynauld about "Tuning The Brain With Music"On the See Hear podcast, we've spoken about films that have music's relation to politics, history, cultural shifts, and singing plants.We figured it was about time to get a little scientific.On episode 79, with Tim on sabbatical, Bernie and I spoke with film director, Isabelle Raynauld. She is a film professor at the University of Montreal with a strong interest in neuroscience and music therapy. Over the course of several years, Isabelle has made a great documentary called Tuning The Brain With Music (released at the start of 2020...
2020-11-241h 06
See HearInterview with Rob Curry, director of Southern Journey Revisited and The Ballad of Shirley CollinsAn English woman and an American man drive through the American south in 1959. Their mission is to record folk songs for the Library of Congress, but they also record what peoples' lives are like at that time. How did this bode for the future?Welcome to See Hear podcast episode 78.The man was ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, and the woman was folk singer Shirley Collins. Their travels came on the cusp of the civil rights movement, and Alan had returned to America after an extended time away avoiding HUAC. The...
2020-10-2758 min
See HearInterview with Johan Von Sydow about Tiny Tim: King For a DayThere are singers who perform covers. There are song interpreters. And…..there’s Tiny Tim. Welcome to episode 77 of See Hear Podcast. (Not Tiny) Tim, Bernie and Maurice welcome film maker Johan Von Sydow to the show to talk about his new documentary Tiny Tim: King For a Day. If you only know Tiptoe Through The Tulips, be prepared to discover a whole lot more about the man known mainly for falsetto singing and ukuleles. Johan’s excellent film reveals the story of a man who...
2020-09-3053 min
See HearFavourite Concert Films (with Allan Arkush)For most music fans, there’s a mantra about their favourite band (mine even named their live album after it) – they were better live…..but is the visceral thrill of seeing a band perform on a stage lost when watching their performance in a film? Or can the film maker bring something new to the experience via the medium?Welcome to episode 76 of See Hear Podcast.In all the time Tim, Bernie and I have been podcasting, we’ve never done a show dedicated to concert films. Individual films are spok...
2020-08-271h 36
See HearOutlaw BluesA musician is let out of prison. He goes with his partner on a mission to right a wrong. Together they're chased by the police and a pissed of country singer, while causing the destruction of countless vehicles along the way..........and their names aren't Jake and Elwood.Welcome to episode 75 of See Hear Podcast.Bernie, Tim and I park the Kingswood at the drive-in to watch Outlaw Blues, a forgotten American film of the 70s. Peter Fonda and Susan Saint James set out...
2020-07-2843 min
See HearInterview with Boaz Goldberg about "Tomorrow's Gone"There have been many 50s music stylists who pay tribute to Elvis and other icons of the rock and roll era but appear locked in a retro time warp. Then there are musicians like Charlie Megira who are consumed by the music alone – they’re doing something new and exciting based on the foundations of 50s rock and roll.Welcome to episode 74 of See Hear Podcast.Tim was absent, but Bernie and I spoke with first time director Boaz Goldberg about his 2019 documentary Tomorrow’s Gone. The film serves as bot...
2020-06-2453 min
See HearThe Kids Are AlrightThe gents at See Hear Podcast want to pose some questions.
Do you mind other guys dancing with your girl?
Can we buy your magic bus?
Have you ever seen pictures of Lily?
Can you hear us?
Who are you?
Deep philosophical questions indeed. The Who were that type of band – funny, furious and filosophical.....Welcome to episode 73 of See Hear Podcast.Tim, Bernie and Maurice welcome back Marvellous Mike White of The Projection Booth Podcast to discuss the 1979 Who “documentary” The Kids Are Alrigh...
2020-05-271h 13
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 72 - Hedwig And The Angry InchTim, Bernie and Maurice are back to celebrate Hedwig And The Angry Inch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-04-2859 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 71 - Round Midnight and BirdHey See Hear kats and kittens,If you've been following the group facebook page or listened to the recent 5 minute announcement, you'd have heard that See Hear is on hiatus until April 2020....which is true insofar as we won't be recording anything new until then.
HOWEVER......
Back in 2013, 6 months before Tim, Wendi, Bernie and myself officially started See Hear, the amazing hosts of The Gentlemen's Guide to Midnite Cinema, Will and Sammy (and Todd before he knew he was a host), kindly permitted us to record a bonus episode of the GGTMC (bringing class to the trash since 1977) to talk a...
2020-02-022h 14
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 70 - Interview with Shaun Katz about Underground Inc: The Rise And Fall of Alternative RockAfter the production excess of many mainstream records of the eighties, the winds of musical change came blowing through into the nineties. Sure, the eighties had bands relying on drums, bass and guitar with no embellishment, but when Nirvana’s first record for a mainstream label made them a household name, thousands of musicians felt they now had a chance to find an audience.
…….and the big labels decided they had something new to sell.
Welcome to episode 70 of See Hear Podcast.
Bernie was absent, but Tim returns to the show after a sabbatical to join Maurice to speak with Sydney-b...
2019-11-2659 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 68 - Heavy TripIf I said that See Hear Podcast episode 68 featured a discussion about a film with dark heavy metal, killer wolverines, vikings, projectile vomit, dug up corpses, crushed reindeer bones, and splattered reindeer blood, and then told you it was a really sweet film, would you believe me?
You should because every part of that description is true.
Once again, Tim is on sabbatical, so Bernie and I are joined by the amazing and colossal Mike McBeardo McPadden. He is the author of a revered tome called Heavy Metal Movies, so we at See Hear HQ figured he was a perfect c...
2019-09-2454 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 67 - Interview with Kevin Poore, director of "Longplaying"Remember during the eighties when compact discs became the new church? Record sales slumped and new items were hardly manufactured or stocked. In the 21st century, technology in most areas have advanced (for better or worse) in ways unimaginable in the dying years of the 20th…..but people have rediscovered the “platters that matter”, and records are “in” again.
Welcome to episode 67 of See Hear Podcast.
Kevin L .Poore is the host of the terrific music discussion podcast, Nights At The Sound Table. He’s turned his hand at film directing and is releasing a great new documentary called Longplaying. This film is a...
2019-08-201h 11
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 66 - The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were DeadWhen the origins of punk are discussed, the ubiquitous names of The Clash, The Sex Pistols and The Ramones are mentioned. Alongside those bands, at least two other names should be mentioned - The Saints (hopefully to be discussed another day) and The Damned.
Welcome to episode 66 of See Hear Podcast.
Tim, Bernie and Maurice look to Wes Orshosky's 2015 documentary "The Damned: Don't you Wish That We Were Dead" for some perspective on the band's career and legacy. The Damned started out as a punk band and released their debut single New Rose (backed with their cover of The Beatles' "...
2019-07-221h 08
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 65 - Starstruck (featuring interview with director Gillian Armstrong)Welcome to episode 65 of See Hear. Give over to us with Body and Soul.
1982 - Australian cinema had an interesting assortment of releases. We Of The Never Never and Turkey Shoot. Monkey Grip and The Pirate Movie.
...... and then there was Starstruck.
Musicals were something of a rarity....and with examples like Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Xanadu, Can't Stop The Music and....shudder...The Apple, it's not hard to see why they weren't as common as in the glory days of MGM.
However, director Gillian Armstrong was not going to be deterred. She did not want to be c...
2019-06-201h 20
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 63 - Lords of ChaosIt's time for episode 63 of See Hear....though maybe we'll dub it episode 666.
Maurice is absent this month, but Bernie and Tim asked Jimi LaMort, the vocalist for Ontario-based metal band Malhavoc, to join them for a discussion of 2018 film Lords of Chaos.
Jonas Akerlund directed this biopic based on the story of the Norwegian Black Metal band Mayhem and the infamous church burnings committed by their bassist Varg Vikernes. This is a tale of murder, arson, cannibalism and other pleasantries. The film has not been well received in some metal circles for the liberties it takes with the truth (so...
2019-04-2244 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 62 - Gimme Shelter Please allow us to introduce ourselves....we're a podcast...of wealth (of information and opinions) and taste....maybe.
Episode 62 of See Hear Podcast is ready for your earholes. Tim, Sticky (Fingers) and Maurice delve into the documentary about disaster that was The Rolling Stones' free concert at Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969. The Stones were finishing up their first American tour in 3 years....hugely successful artistically coming after two of the greatest albums in their back catalogue, Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed.
The tour infamously ended in tragedy when a San Franciscan chapter of the Hells Angels were hired by the...
2019-03-261h 05
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 61 - Interview with Paul Elliott, director of "The Library Music Film"Chances are very strong that some library tunes are amongst your favourites….and you may not even be aware of it. Library music has been used in TV, film or advertisements, and is written and performed before there is even a requirement for it….a soundtrack looking for a movie.
Welcome to episode 61 of See Hear Podcast.
Shawn Lee, Sean Lamberth and Paul Elliott felt that the composers whose music rocked their world had been hidden in the shadows way too long, so together, they made a wonderful new documentary called The Library Music Film. It highlights the composers, musicians, fans a...
2019-02-191h 19
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 60 - Interview with Skizz Cyzyk, director of "Icepick To The Moon"It’s January 2019, and See Hear starts its sixth year. With the world in strife, what better time than now to talk about a man and an arts movement that embraced the absurd.
Tim, Bernard and myself are joined by musician and film director Skizz Cyzyk to talk about his new film, Icepick To The Moon. It starts out being about obscure but beloved singer, Reverend Fred Lane. It ends up being a lot more. It spends time focusing on Dadaism, pataphysics, the Raudelunas arts collective, and how dressing up as a vegetable or an appliance in a parade is see...
2019-01-211h 11
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 59 - Interview with Allan ArkushAs See Hear closes off it's fifth year of existence, we present a corker of an episode for you (if we do say so).
Back in May 2017, we had a fine old time discussing one of the greatest films about sticking the finger to authority, Rock And Roll High School. Now, we finally get the opportunity to speak to its director, Allan Arkush.
Allan has directed a wealth of films and TV shows....but we invited him on to talk about his favourite rock and roll films, as well as his time working at the Fillmore East, the bands he l...
2018-12-261h 28
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 57 - Interview with Benjamin Hedin about Two Trains Runnin'In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson had pushed for the passing of the Civil Rights act, making segregation in America illegal. The governor of Mississippi, the law and the KKK vowed to keep doing things their way, and continued to perpetrate violence on the local African-American population. They also made life extremely difficult for students from the northern states committed to the Summer Project which was devoted to getting African Americans in Mississippi to register to vote. The powers that be in Mississippi didn't like "outsiders" interfering in their business. Three students, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were all murdered...
2018-10-2252 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 56 - Dogs In SpaceThe history of cinema is littered with films that have nostalgia for a simpler time in the writer or director’s life. Often they’re done with quite a bit of distance which creates a sense of wistfulness.
Then there’s Dogs In Space.
Welcome to Episode 56 of See Hear Podcast.
This month our beloved Tim was relocating to Toronto after many years in Seoul, so he took the month off from gasbagging about movies while settling in. Bernard and I settle in the second of our requests for the year. Michael Benton, film studies lectuter at Kentucky College requested we tackle...
2018-09-291h 08
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 55 - Interview with Michael Grodner, director of The Icarus Line Must Die
Many of us have an ambition to grow older with our sanity intact....doing it gracefully is often the antithesis of what's expected of a rock musician.
For See Hear podcast episode 55, Bernie, Tim and Maurice invited Michael Grodner onto the show for a conversation. Michael is the director of 2017 film, The Icarus Line Must Die. The story focuses around real life musician Joe Cardamone. He was the lead singer and creative force behind LA post-punk band, The Icarus Line. Joe is now at the “ripe old age” of 37. He is still unsuccessfully trying to get labels to listen to his ban...
2018-08-2249 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 54 - Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Films about bands are supposed to follow the arc of forming, start out awful, get better, create personal or artistic friction, achieve success, then implode just as the world can't get enough of them.
Then there's Leningrad Cowboys.
For See Hear podcast episode 54, Bernie, Tim and Maurice discuss Aki Kaurismaki's 1989 film Leningrad Cowboys Go America about a band from Siberia in the era of glasnost attempting to break into America. They are led through “the promised land” with a clueless manager and followed by their village idiot (who just may be the cousin / brother no one wants to talk about). They p...
2018-07-2558 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 53 - Blues Harp
Get ready to dust your broom and sing the blues. See Hear podcast episode 53 is ready for your aural pleasure, and the focus is one of four films Takashi Miike directed in 1998 (!!!), Blues Harp.
The film tells the story of two young men, each with very different goals in life. One is a member of a Yakuza clan who has dreams of heading becoming boss, the other just wants to cruise by life and take pleasure at playing his harmonica. After Chuji helps Kenji out one night, Kenji feels honour bound to protect his new friend from dangers that lie a...
2018-06-261h 02
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 52 - Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?
Everybody's talkin' about See Hear episode 52....at least we hope so, because One download is the loneliest podcast you'd ever hear.....
Unfortunately, Tim was not available to record, but Maurice and Bernie once again welcome wonderful film blogger Kerry Friistoe to discuss the 2006 documentary from John Scheinfeld "Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?"
Nilsson started out as a perfectly groomed writer of songs that blended baroque pop with English music hall. His initial albums came out during a period in America where popular culture was undergoing change - he rebelled by recording old fashioned tunes wi...
2018-05-281h 45
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 51 - The Devil And Daniel JohnstonHi, how are you? See Hear episode 51 is available for your earholes.
Bernard was unavailable to join us, but Tim and I were really thrilled to have fantastic film blogger Kerry Fristoe join us to discuss Jeff Feurzeig’s 2006 documentary, The Devil and Daniel Johnston.
Daniel Johnston’s story has so many facets to it. Prolific songwriter, artist, musician, DIY promoter of his work…..sufferer of bipolar disorder and manic depression, obsession with an unobtainable muse, deep religious convictions who feared Satan was after him. On top of that, he faced the pressure of someone in the spotlight after celebrity endorsemen...
2018-04-231h 09
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 49 - Desperate Man Blues and VinylThere are two sides to every story. We at See Hear HQ decide to look at both sides of the contentious question as to whether record collectors (and by extension, collectors of any physical item) are archivists or hoarders.
Tim, Bernard and Maurice are joined by Professor Michael Benton from Bluegrass Community College in Lexington, Kentucky for episode 49 of See Hear to talk about two films that explore record collection from two very different angles.
Australian film maker Edward Gillan’s documentary from 2003, “Desperate Man Blues” is a snapshot of the record collecting activities of Joe Bussard from Maryland. Bussard has been...
2018-02-201h 05
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 48 - The American AstronautSee Hear is ready to start the new year with a musical sci-fi road film….but nothing like Hope / Crosby / Lamour films.
Bernard, Tim and Maurice are once again joined by Mike White of The Projection Booth to talk about Cory Mcabee’s feature film debut from 2001, The American Astronaut. It’s all too easy to describe this film as a mashup of styles (usually starting with “David Lynch meets….”). The truth is Cory Mcabee has come up with something unique while acknowledging films he obviously loves. The narrative covers Sam Curtis – delivery man for hire who has to make a series of tra...
2018-01-281h 11
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 47 - Interview with Jeff Krulik, director of "Heavy Metal Parking Lot"See Hear Podcast comes to the end of its fourth year of existence. Slowly but surely, we’ve been bringing you discussions about all manner of music-related films since January 2014.
To celebrate, Tim, Bernard and Maurice want to party like its 1986. We are joined by one of the two creators of the film / time capsule known as Heavy Metal Parking Lot, Jeff Krulik. Jeff and John Heyn hung out for 2 hours in the parking lot of the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland on May 31 1986 just prior to a Judas Priest concert. They went armed with a camera, a microphone, four U-m...
2017-12-1854 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 46- - Streets of Fire (with special guest Steve Berlin)Do you like wearing leather overalls?
Do you know what it means to be young tonight?
Have you ever blown up a motorcycle by shooting a cap gun at it?
Are you a one man stud?
Have you ever been in a sledgehammer fight?
If you answered yes, no, maybe or “outta my way, stupid” to these questions, then See Hear episode 46 is for YOU.
Tim, Maurice, Bernard welcome the hugely enthusiastic Lily Sockmonkey (although she’s Janine to her non-film friends) to her podcasting debut to talk about Walter Hill’s 1984 film, Streets of Fire.
Ellen Aim is a rockstar...
2017-11-281h 29
See HearSee Hear podcast Episode 45 - Interview with Matt Schrader, director of "Score: A Film Music Documentary"Welcome to See Hear 45.
We all love movies and we all love music in movies (it’s partly why you listen to this podcast, right?) Film scores can be bold and bombastic or quiet and subtle. Either way it’s a strong part of the film watching experience.
It seems crazy that until 2017, there hasn’t been a major documentary (that we’re aware of) dedicated to the art of film composition and the people who devote their lives to emotionally manipulating you more than what you actually see on-screen via their music.
Matt Schrader is the director of a great ne...
2017-10-221h 08
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 44 - Interview with Chris Franklin, director of "Chris Wilson: Live At The Continental"Hello everybody…….See Hear episode 44 here…..
Every music scene has its local heroes….those musicians who are a well-kept secret from the rest of the world, but gig goers wish more people knew about them. Melbourne film-maker Chris Franklin has made it his mission to document musicians in his local scene. Bernard was absent, but Tim and Maurice invited Chris to talk about his latest short film in adherence to that mission, “Chris Wilson – Live At The Continental”.
Melbourne musicians Chris Wilson and Shane O’Mara along with pianist Jex Saarelaht released a beloved album in 1994 called “Live At The Continental”. (The...
2017-09-1656 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 43 - We Are The Best!We Are The Best! We Are The Best!
No it's not the See Hear theme song. It's the name of this month's film under discussion.
Can you imagine two grown men talking about a film on which the plot revolves around three teenage girls forming a punk band and only one of them has any musical chops? Imagine no further because Maurice is joined by Hank Hellman to do just that. The notions of friendship, being an outsider, sticking it to parents (not always deservedly) and chocolate ice cream are all universal themes, so the gents qualify to discuss Lukas Moo...
2017-08-2148 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 42 - The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Time to put your cup of tea to one side, pull up your trousers and return to the wonderful era in an alternate universe when Rutlemania ruled.
The film selection for See Hear episode 42 was requested by Barry Knobel, “The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash” released in 1978. The film is (very probably) the first ever mockumentary about the Pre-Fab Four. Monty Python member Eric Idle along with ex Bonzo Dog member Neil Innes devised a TV show sketch featuring a band from another dimension where the more famous Liverpudlians don’t exist. Gary Weis of Saturday Night Live offered Idle th...
2017-06-241h 21
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 41 - Rock 'n' Roll High SchoolSettle down, See Hear listeners. Class is now in session.
Tim, Sticky and Maurice take time out from dissecting frogs, picking fights with the jocks and giving lip to the principal to talk about the Roger Corman produced, Alan Arkush directed 1980 film Rock ‘n’ Roll High School. Is it just another b-grade drive in movie about teen rebellion or is there something more going on here (umm….yes there is)?
This is the tale of one girl’s devotion to The Ramones, her determination for them to play a song she’s written, and her fight against the school administration who are re...
2017-05-2456 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 40 - Broadway Danny RoseSee Hear is about to get nostalgic for episode 40….or maybe not.
There are two sorts of people in the world – those who love the FILMS of Woody Allen and those who can’t stand them.
Among those who love his films there are two sorts of people – some prefer his early zany films about relationships, morality the universe and our place in it, and bouncing boobs. However, there are those who prefer his mid-period Fellini / Bergman style dramas / comedies about relationships, morality the universe and our place in it, but with no bouncing boobs. (Does anyone prefer his latter-day films?)
...
2017-04-171h 15
See HearSee Hear podcast Episode 39 - Still CrazyIt’s time to dust off the spandex, reglue the spikes onto your high heeled shoes and to find out the flame does indeed still burn for episode 39 of See Hear Podcast.
This month, Tim, Bernard, and Maurice are joined by host of Love That Album: The Compilation Edition (and a gazillion other podcasts), Eric Reanimator to discuss the 1998 film Still Crazy penned by highly regarded English scriptwriters Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais. A once-popular band reform 20 years after their last disastrous show. They have many unresolved issues, and need to know if at middle age, they still have so...
2017-03-2057 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 38 - PaydayIt’s time for See Hear podcast episode 38.
What do you get when you have a narcissist keeping everyone in his immediate circle in a powerless state because no one feels they can tell the emperor he’s behaving woefully?
Wrong answer… (well….right answer but not in this context). You have the 1972 cinema debut from Daryl Duke called Payday. Rip Torn plays Maury Dann, a regionally popular touring country singer. He’s never hit the Johnny Cash level of popularity, but he’s a king in his own mind and will throw those closest to him under the bus if it satisfie...
2017-02-2156 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 37 - American PopSee Hear podcast begins its fourth year with the discussion of an animated work from a revered observer of counter culture in the seventies, Ralph Bakshi.
In 1981 he released American Pop. It’s a film about four generations of a family originally migrated to America to escape Tsarist Russia. The son of each generation finds his own link to music, but at great cost. It’s about parallels to American music and history in the twentieth century. It’s about family lineage and how each generation is distant from the values of the previous one while still finding common ground.
On episo...
2017-01-2654 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 36 - Yellow SubmarineAs John Lennon would have said, Merry Krimble. It’s December 2016, and the See Hear podcast celebrates its third anniversary with a fireside chat about an iconic piece of animation.
Tim, Bernie and Maurice are joined by host of the Macca-dedicated podcast Paul Or Nothing, Sam Whiles (who was also the co-host of the Down In The Hole podcast dedicated to Tom Waits). They chat about the 1968 full length animated feature, Yellow Submarine, a nautical fantasy about some obscure pop group called The Beatles (YAY) travelling in the titular transport to rid an idyllic land of music-hating villains (BOO). The fi...
2016-12-211h 19
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 35 - Rock StarTime to get out your cans of V05, the Max Factor mascara, and tune into See Hear Podcast.
For episode 35, Bernard, Tim and Maurice discussed 2001’s “Rock Star” starring Marky-Mark Wahlberg (and his metal bunch) and Jennifer Anniston. Set in the eighties (of course), Wahlberg stars as a singer in a hair metal tribute band, and then finds himself becoming the lead singer of the real band he’s paying tribute to. He’s living the dream……or is he??????
The crew discuss the Hollywood definition of danger, American film maker’s perceptions of the English, the film’s attempt at subtext, machis...
2016-11-2154 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 34 - Little Shop of HorrorsIt's October....and approaching Halloween, Tim, Bernard and Maurice decide to get thematically appropriate. We've picked a horror musical rather than a music-centric story.
Yes, indeed we bring you a tale about a boy, a girl, a sadist, a masochist, and an all-singing-all-carnivorous venus fly trap-like plant called Audrey II. We bring you the See Hear discussion on Frank Oz' 1986 filmed version of the stage musical, Little Shop of Horrors, itself based on the 1960 Roger Corman b-movie flick THE Little Shop of Horrors.
Seymour works in Mushnick's flower shop in Skid Row wishing for a better life and is secretly...
2016-10-251h 09
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 33 - Oz aka 20th Century Oz
Welcome to episode 33 of See Hear.
A country girl hits her head and ends up in a dream in the Land of Oz She is gifted a pair of red shoes by the good fairy and goes off on a journey to see The Wizard accompanied by three friends – one with no brain, one with no heart, and one with no courage. Sounds familiar? Welcome to 1976’s “Oz: A Rock and Roll Road Movie”aka “20th Century Oz” for American release.
In 1976, Australian music film clip pioneer Chris Lofven adapted the Wizard of Oz to a (then) contemporary setting in rural Victoria...
2016-09-211h 40
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 32 - Blank Generation
Welcome to episode 32 of See Hear podcast.
Can you imagine Francois Truffaut visiting New York in the
seventies, walking into CBGBs, and thinking "I really need to make a film
inspired by this new thing called punk"? (except he'd probably be thinking
it n French....but apart from that, can you imagine it?) It seems that Ulli
Lommel had one of those "what if" moments, and so a man more known
for horror films came up with Blank Generation.
Blank Generation concerns the tempestuous relationship between a
French journalist (Carole Bouquet) and a punk singer (Richard Hell) in NYC
during th...
2016-08-2343 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 31 - Interview with Harry Hayes,director of You Better Take Cover
Welcome to episode 31 of See Hear podcast.
In a first for the show, Bernie, Tim and
Maurice invite a film director on the show to discuss his work. Specifically,
the crew is joined by Harry Hayes who has directed a terrific award winning
documentary called You Better Take Cover. Back in 1981, Australian band Men At
Work released the single Down Under from their debut album Business As Usual.
The song became famous around the world and became an unofficial Australian
national anthem - it has certainly been used at international sporting events
involving an Australian team.
The story of the so...
2016-08-0750 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 30 - The Harder They Come
It’s time for episode 30 of See Hear Podcast.
This month it was Tim’s pick, and he brought to the table a late night cult classic in Perry Henzel’s 1972 film, “The Harder They Come” starring reggae superstar, Jimmy Cliff.
This film is important in so many respects – it brought Jimmy Cliff to a worldwide audience, it had a brilliant soundtrack, and it was the first Jamaican feature film. Henzel declared he made it for Jamaica, but many people outside Jamaica have embraced it as it encompasses the well used movie theme of fighting back against a corrupt society in all its f...
2016-07-1954 min
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 29 - Catch My Soul
Welcome to episode 29 of See Hear Podcast.
Our beloved Bernard was suffering the effects of the summer flu and was too croaky and sneezy to partake, but Tim and Maurice soldiered on joined by Robert Hubbard to discuss a rock opera from 1974 called Catch My Soul.
Not for the first time is the story of Othello discussed on the podcast. Catch My Soul debuted as a stage show in Los Angeles, before finding life on the stage in England. The setting of the story and the songs evolved reflecting real-world events. In 1974, the popularity of the rock opera allowed Catch...
2016-06-221h 10
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 28 - Alice's Restaurant
Welcome to episode 28 of See Hear
Podcast.
It's Bernie's selection this month, and he's gone for a film based on a song.
It's the Arthur Penn-directed "Alice's Restaurant" based on the song
of the same name by Arlo Guthrie.
The original song / monologue was
a funny (allegedly true) tale about how Arlo gets arrested for dumping garbage
away from the city dump and then gets rejected from being drafted to fight in
the Vietnam war. He's not moral enough to kill people because of his
"criminal record" as a litterbug.
The film tells this tale, but (by
necessity) fleshes out the...
2016-05-231h 03
See HearSee Hear Podcast episode 27 - Hard Core Logo
Episode 27
of See Hear Podcast is ready for your aural consumption.
So Tim, Bernard
and Maurice are discussing a film about a band who go on the road and…well…shit
happens. Could be any number of films? It’s a mock-documentary. Hmmm….still
leaves a couple of choices. Okay, it’s been cited as one of the greatest ever
films out of Canada. Okay, now you just have to know that we’re talking about
Hard Core Logo.
Bruce
McDonald released this gem in 1996 about a punk band that reform to do a
benefit gig, then follow up with five gigs th...
2016-04-261h 03
See HearSee Hear bonus episode - Interview with Darian Sahanaja (Brian Wilson's band and musical consultant for Love And Mercy)
Back in February, Bernie and
Maurice were joined by Frank Santopadre and Tish Grier to discuss Bill Pohlad's
2015 biopic on Brian Wilson, Love And Mercy for episode 25 of See Hear.
In April, Maurice interviewed
Darian Sahanaja (Wondermints and Brian Wilson Band) for Love That Album episode
89 on the final day of Brian's 2016 tour of Australia. The last part of the
interview featured a discussion about Darian's work as musical consultant on
Love And Mercy.With Tim and Bernie's blessing, Maurice thought it would be a
good idea to present this segment as a bonus episode of See Hear.
Darian coached t...
2016-04-1730 min
See HearSee Hear podcast Episode 26 - Color Me Obsessed - A Film About The Replacements
Episode 26 of See Hear is available for your earholes. It’s the final of our 2015 listener requests. The fact that it’s 2016 shows we’re a bit disorganised, but as Bernie suggested, that’s fitting with the subject matter.
Eric Reanimator requested we watch and discuss Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements, directed by Gorman Bechard and released in 2011. It’s a documentary about the beloved 80s punk / pop band from Minneapolis. It uses the common documentary trope of the “talking head”perspective, but unlike many other documentaries (music or otherwise) this is all it does. There is no Replacement...
2016-03-221h 04
See HearSee Hear podcast Episode 25 - Love And MercyIt’s time to get out your surfboards, hang onto your ego, and
plug in your theremin as See Hear Podcast heads for the beach.
Tim is absent, but Maurice and Bernie are pleased as punch
to be joined by two fellow Beach Boys devotees to discuss Bill Pohlad’s 2015 biopic
of Brian Wilson, Love And Mercy. For the first part of the show, Frank
Santopadre of Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast and writer Tish Grier join the See Hear crew to discuss the Murry Wilson School
of parenting, mental health issues, the Wrecking Crew, Beach Boys albums that
are no...
2016-02-221h 49
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 24 - IshtarSee Hear podcast is back for 2016. Did you miss us???? Don’t
answer because….telling the truth can be dangerous business.
Tim, Bernard, and Maurice discuss a film hand-picked by the
wonderful Frank Santopadre of Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast.
That film is 1987’s Ishtar starring Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty as Chuck
Clarke and Lyle Rogers, two awful songwriters and lounge singers who get sent
to play gigs at a hotel in Ishtar, but get caught up in American / Middle
Eastern politics. Strangely familiar?
The film was a financial failure with rumours of creative conflict
between the director, comedian...
2016-01-171h 05
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 23 - Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park (redux)Time to get your
facepaint on, dig out the platform shoes and fake chest hair, and arm yourself
with your love gun…..Yep, the See Hear crew are back to discuss the
Hanna-Barbera production, KISS Meets The Phantom of the Park.
Bernard, Tim, and
Maurice are privileged to be joined by Mike White of the brilliant Projection
Booth podcast to talk about the cultural phenomenon that was KISS in the 1970s.
What does any self-respecting pop culture icon do? Why, make a quick cash-in
film, of course!!!! Is this film in the same league as A Hard Day’s
Night? Ummmm…...
2015-12-221h 19
See HearSee Hear Podcast Episode 15 - Cosmic Psychos, Blokes You Can TrustIt's time to grab a six pack, a
50 cent piece, get some beetroot, and hang out with the podcast you can trust.
For See Hear Podcast episode 15,
Tim picked the Australian documentary from 2013 Cosmic Psychos - Blokes You Can
Trust. The band started out in the early 1980s in the state of Victoria and
(albeit not with the same lineup) are still around in 2015. Bands and
artists such as Eddie Vedder, King Buzzo (The Melvins), Mudhoney, L7 and Butch
Vig all line up not only to sing the Psychos' praises, but to tell their own
personal stories from the road tr...
2015-03-251h 21
See HearSee Hear podcast Episode 13 - Air Guitar NationHappy 2015, everyone. See Hear podcast is back for its
second year, and we hope you join us for what should be a great year of
music-film discussion.
Episode 13, our first episode for the year has Wendi, Tim,
Bernard, and Maurice discussing a documentary (or is it?????) from 2006
directed by Alexander Lipsitz called “Air Guitar Nation”. The film follows the
fortunes of a group of (mainly) young men who seek to be crowned the world
champion of playing air guitar - and restore American pride!!!!!. You read that right!!! These are people who
want to be the best at pretending to play...
2015-01-181h 02
See HearSee Hear podcast Episode 12 - Beware of Mr BakerIt’s official. See Hear podcast is now one year old. Bernie,
Wendi, Tim and Maurice have survived the jungle out there that is Podcastland.
It’s a cutthroat and vicious environment, but we’ve survived to bring YOU the
music film discussion we just know you crave.
So the crew humbly delivers their first anniversary episode for you
to dig on. Well……Maurice wasn’t available, but Bernie, Tim and Wendi carried on
regardless to discuss the 2013 documentary directed by Jay Bulger, “Beware of Mr Baker”, directed by
Jay Bulger. Ginger Baker was a force of nature in the drumming world...
2014-12-1658 min
See HearSee Hear podcast Episode 10 - Mystery TrainSee Hear Podcast hits double digits. We’re up to episode 10.
A small milestone, but one we’re very happy to have arrived at.
This time around, Tim has picked Jim Jarmusch’s ensemble
cast anthology film of 1989, Mystery Train including Steve Buscemi, Nicoletta Brasschi,
and Screaming Jay Hawkins. Three stories, one hotel in the one and only
Memphis. We discuss whether this actually qualifies as a music film, Memphis
the iconic town versus the ordinary Memphis displayed in this film, Elvis
versus Carl Perkins, and the nineties independent film movement.
Unfortunately, our beloved Wendi wasn’t available, so those
immense...
2014-10-201h 42
See HearSee Hear podcast Episode 1 - Hated:GG Allin and The Murder Junkies
Welcome to episode 1 of the monthly See Hear podcast
(temporarily utilising the Love That Album podcast RSS feed). Join your hosts,
Wendi Freeman, Tim Merrill and Maurice Bursztynski as they discuss music
related films – narrative or documentary.
No gentle start for the team as they discuss the Todd
Phillips documentary about notorious punk rock singer GG Allin. The film is not
for the faint of heart (and our language may reflect the content discussed),
but it is a fascinating look at a man who truly knew no boundaries in they way
he lived his life. He is held in equal co...
2014-01-131h 19