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  Elvis Lives!

  January 11, 2013 at 4:59 pm / American Way, Blog, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  Over 35 years after his death, Elvis Presley remains an American legend and cultural icon, and many of his fans are still cultishly devoted to their King. In honor of what would have been his 78th birthday, we bring you some excerpts from Thomas Corboy’s “Rock ‘n Roll Disciples” (1984), which documented the obsessive community of Elvis fans that congregated around Graceland in Memphis, TN, in the years following the singer’s death in 1977. To see the full documentary, plus … Continue reading →

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  The Las Vegas Tapes

  1976-8-1 / American Way, Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  1976 look at the culture of Las Vegas. Continue reading →

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  [Tom Waits interview in Carbondale 1979]

  1979-10-09 / Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  Interview with Tom Waits backstage at Shryock Auditorium in Carbondale, IL. Municipal forum in Carbondale follows the interview on the tape. Continue reading →

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  Image Union, episode 0435

  1982-05-24 / Image Union, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  “Cocaine Express” is a short documentary about the experiences of photographer Henry Herr Gill and writer Rick Soll, journalists for the Chicago Sun Times. They describe the details and enormous scale of the underground drug trade between the United States and nations in South America. The footage is mostly black and white photographic stills with Gill and Soll narrating. They trace their steps through different South and Central American towns, and talk about various characters and situations they encountered along the way. Continue reading →

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  The Good Times Are Killing Me

  1975-1-1 / American Way, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  Documentary about the rapidly fading Cajun culture in rural Louisiana. About half of the tape focuses on Nathan Abshire, “Mr. Accordion,” who performs traditional music with his band and talks about the old life. The other major focus of the tape is the celebration of Cajun Mardi Gras. Continue reading →

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  Our Day In NYC

  1973-1-1 / Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Roots of Video, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, Skip Blumberg

  This tape features footage of a day in New York City in 1973 shot by Videofreex members Skip Blumberg with David Cort. Continue reading →

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  Aspects of Demise: The Whole Earth Demise Party

  1972-1-1 / Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  This video documents the Whole Earth Catalog Demise Party held at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Creator Stewart Brand organized the event to debate the best use of the twenty thousand dollars profit held by Whole Earth. Various individuals lobby for serious and satirical causes, including Paul Krassner. Followed by a segment with Brand on the Dick Cavett Show. Continue reading →

• Tuli’s Montreal Revolt

  1971-1-1 / Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Performance, Roots of Video, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  This tape features footage from a performance and rehearsal of Tuli Kupferberg’s Revolting Theatre. The performance footage was videotaped at McGill University in Montreal on March 5, 1971, while the rehearsal excerpts were taped throughout late 1969 and early 1970. The cast was Kupferberg; his best friend and collaborator, the late Lannes Kenfield (Aka “Lanny”); Tuli’s first son, Joey Sacks; Liz Reisner; Kupferberg’s wife Sylvia Topp; and Sandra Mobray Clarke, aka “Sandy Nisson.” Continue reading →