Lightning Bolt: The Power of Salad
This 2003 tour doc follows Providence, Rhode Island’s spazzcore junkies at the height of their manic, everybody-on-the-floor powers. The 83 minute film directed by Peter Glantz and Nick Noe is featured in its entirety.
Death “For the Whole World to See” is so freaking great. This band was punk WAY before punk existed. If you like Bad Brains, Stooges, MC5, or in general like some great straight forward rocking tunes buy this record. Read a write up in the New York Times.
Jason writes about his layer tennis match against Derek Powazek, IMO one of the best LT matches to date.
What is layer tennis you say?
Two competitors (designers) swap a file back and forth in real-time, adding to and embellishing the work. Each artist gets fifteen minutes to complete a “volley” and then we post it to the site live. Learn more.
The US actor will star in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, a culture-clash comedy he has written with Shaun Pye for RDF Television. It centres on a US executive who finds himself out of his depth when he is mistakenly sent to run his company’s UK arm. Cross’ Arrested Development co-star Will Arnett is also in talks to appear.
