- Let’s kick off today’s ‘bites with a nice scoop coming to us from Aint It Cool, where the View Askew production “Small Town, Gay Bar” is reviewed based on its recent screening at the SXSW festival:
There’s a story of how the gay community reacts to and is strengthened by a hate crime murder. The film also shows their reactions when local preachers take down license plate numbers around know gay bars and then read them out over a morning radio show. And somehow the director was able to interview Fred Phelps, the well-known preacher who shows up anywhere (even at funerals of homosexuals) to protest their lifestyles. (Films like this remind me of how lucky Austinites can be.)
The film is so very touching and important because these people finally find places to “belong” when their everyday lives are less than supportive of them. And they’re able to keep their clubs alive and strong and pumping out the dance music. This is a film well worth seeing.
The film will screen at its first Vulgarthon in Red Bank, NJ this May.
- Another one of Kevin’s Doogal radio promo tour clips has surfaced — O-Rock 105.9 in Orlando, Florida has their clip up in MP3 format. It’s a nice little interview by some informed fans asking some nice questions, past and present. Worth a listen!
- A last minute scheduling change put the UK airing of the Clerks cartoon back to a very late 12:45 AM last night. We’re expecing future episodes to air in that same slot. Check your listings carefully.
- An astute site pointed out that the new band on this summer’s version of reality TV show “Rock Star” has taken the name Supernova – Which also happens to be the same band that does the tune “Chewbacca” on the Clerks soundtrack. Lawsuit?
- Television Without Pity, a website where they recap popular TV shows in funny capsule reviews, fires off a funny Jay & Bob reference in one of their recent American Idol critiques.
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