~Oh Dang, Oh Dang~

Monica Vitti, Rome, 1960—the year of L’avventura’s release. Photo by Willy Rizzo.

Herbie becomes one with the board, 1989.

“Thank you for going on this journey with me. I’ll see you at the movies.”  — Roger Ebert, 1942-2013

Your friendly neighborhood Live at Trackside crew made their way into the depths of the Keith Albee Theater in Huntington to capitalize on an opportunity to film the Spirit Family Reunion before their performance on Mountain Stage that evening.  We stalked them after a lunch break to the local record store Now Hear This—thoroughly embarrassed that these fine people were subjected to the world’s shittiest collection of vinyl with the world’s highest prices— and asked percussionist Peter Pezzimenti if they’d be willing to let us film them.  Luckily, they agreed.  And now you get to enjoy the fruits of this stalking adventure. 

You may ask yourself if it gets more psychedelic than this. This answer is no. Nothing in the history of time has been more psychedelic than this.

Jim Jarmusch’s STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984) screens at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz in Austin.