Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film special event in LA

This weekend at Cinefamily in LA, a cinematic celebration of the amazing and massive new book Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film.

From teenage ragers to mohawked post-apocalyptic gutteroids to actual, bona fide punks, this two-day multi-event mega movie showcase of pure power is a brick in the face of every film snob and/or high school principal!
The book's editors, Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly, will be on hand to casually guide you through the garbage-strewn annals of punk celluloid history. Kicking off the weekend’s schedule is a fantastic clip show featuring '80s sitcoms and news broadcasts' bungling appropriation of punk’s legacy -- climaxing in the riotous ABC Afterschool Special “The Day My Kid Went Punk!”
The weekend’s hijinx also include Dave Markey’s Super-8 love letters to the L.A. underground scene The Slog Movie and Desperate Teenage Lovedolls, an ultra-rare midnight screening of the 1980 doc D.O.A. (featuring footage of the Sex Pistols’ ill-fated ‘78 U.S. tour,), the urban menace exploitation classic Class of 1984, and the anthemic girl-power new wave flick Times Square!
As well, Zack and Bryan will have books on-hand for purchase/signing -- so c’mon down, pick up a copy, and pogo ‘til you puke!

"DESTROY ALL MOVIES!!!: The Complete Guide To Punks On Film" 2-Day Book Tour Meltdown 11/20 & 11/21

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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“Urgh! A Music War” probably introduced me to more good music than any other source of media when it came out. I was 14 and hadn’t heard of most of those bands. Fantastic movie with some incredible live performances!! I think most of them are available on YouTube now.
- Jackasimov
  
  URGH! has been out of print forever and I don’t think it was ever released on DVD but oddly enough I just ordered it through Amazon who seems to have a print-on-demand service for this title. I can’t wait to see it again, wonder what the quality’s like?
Jackasimov

Thanks for posting about this title. I was aware this book was coming out but I just laughed it off until I read your earlier post about it. I just got mine the other day. It’s excellent and exhaustive.
Anonymous

The best feature length film narrative about punks was Dogs In Space.

The best depiction of punks on broadcast television was on CPO Sharkey.
- Anonymous
  
  Nah, the best depiction of Punks on broadcast television was definitely “Next Stop Nowhere” [http://punkmusic.about.com/b/2007/08/02/a-dubious-moment-in-punk-rock-history-december-1982-the-punk-episode-of-quincy-me.htm]
Anonymous

the song in this promo is lee ving (fear) singing hoochie coochie man from the movie “get crazy”. thanks bill jr for getting me that in the day, it is a cool movie (i believe your other favorite was “the forbidden zone”)
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music from "le brune et moi" (1977)

the questions: take a ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnVr1akkCsI

edith nylon: edith nylon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EX6jmlZd80

the party:nevada propaganda (let the good times rolling)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34o2PGBdOc