Oak Street Cinema
Tuesday, September 24, 9:30pm

Christina Hallstrom, Mandra Waback, 2001,
52 mins

A new D.I.Y. documentary about seminal Dutch musicians, The Ex. “With an incredible amount of energy The Ex jump back and forth on stage while radiating concentration as well as having fun. Coming from the underground circuit where they started in 1979, The Ex is a small but steady star in the independent music community. While the commercial companies were offering small independent bands huge amounts of money, The Ex consciously chose to stay away from the industry and do things their own way. For the members of The Ex punk is a way of living, simply refusing to participate in the grind. The quintet from Amsterdam runs its own label and books its own concerts in a steadfastly independent way.

Over the years The Ex has worked with some of the brightest lights of indie rock and avant-garde; Fugazi, Tortoise, Sonic Youth guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, the late cellist and improviser Tom Cora, jazz drummer Han Bennink and recording engineer / Shellac guitarist Steve Albini. The Ex has incorporated any number of new ideas and influences while remaining distinctively their own; reason enough for a documentary about the oldest independent band of the Netherlands. BEAUTIFUL FRENZY was filmed on location during two years on tour in Europe and the U.S.A along squats, clubs and avant-garde jazz festivals, during rehearsals and at home with each member of the band.” - C. Hallstrom & M. Waback

shows with:
ANGEL OF LOVE
Doug Stone, 2002, 21 mins

B.J. Snowden is a substitute music teacher and mother of a 16-year-old virtuoso metal guitarist. She sings heartfelt songs about such subjects as the United States Navy and Canada. Doug Stone (producer “How’s Your News?”) has crafted a subtle portrait of this indefatigable music outsider and her determined quest to establish a career in music.