Re: Great JZ 80's footage

rafa romero wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> the other day i caught an unseen docummentary-interview on John Zorn in youtube. 15 min. long, it includes among other things a deep interview in his appartment, thoughts about his music by other people and a great clip from a spy vs spy concert. I'ts called "zorn's docummentary" and is divided in 2 clips. I don't think it has been discussed on the list, in any case i hadn't seen it before, seems like a tv program. Anybody knows where do these images come from? In any way I hugely recommend them.
>
> Cheers,
> rafael
>
> pd- hello efrén and ricardo, hope everything's ok!
>
>


Well if I'm not mistaken that could really be "Put Blood in The Music"
by Charles Atlas featuring Zorn and Sonic Youth. It was uploaded on
Dimeadozen sometime ago and here's the info from the torrent description:



"Put The Blood In The Music"
Directed by Charles Atlas. Aired in the UK on The South Bank Show, 12th
March 1989.

53 minutes. PAL.

Documentary on the New York experimental scene focusing on John Zorn and
Sonic Youth. I've seen references to a 75 minute version that also
features performances from The Ambitious Lovers and Hugo Largo, neither
of which feature in this version. John Zorn talks about the gestation of
"Spillane" and is seen performing at a rehearsal space and at the
Knitting Factory with Spy Vs. Spy. Sonic Youth perform in a rehearsal
space and in an industrial building of some kind, and are
interviewed/filmed in various New York locations. They discuss the NY
experimental music scene with John Cale, and goof around a lot. Both
artists are commented on by various NY contemporaries, including Lydia
Lunch, Glenn Branca, Ikue Mori, and Christian Marclay.

PAL VHS(1) -> Panasonic DMR-ES10 -> DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 -> TMPGEnc DVD
Author 1.6.34.89 (edit out leading and trailing frames & commercial
break, add chapter breaks & menu)

Haven't seen this circulated much since broadcast. A mpeg of just the
Sonic Youth part of the show turns up now and again on other torrent
sites. It is an excellent doc, a real nice snap-shot of the scene at
that time. Highlights: Zorn's record collection, obviously; Cale with
Sonic, two generations of NY noise shooting the breeze; Steve Shelley in
a record shop giving props to Half Japanese - "their time will come",
says the record shop owner. Well, we're still waiting.



I prefer this one to the officially available "Bookshelf...." from
Tzadik. But this is just my opinion. I don't know others docs from the
80's, I'd be glad to find more of course and yes, after checking on
YouTube I can say the clip you are talking about is definitely Charles
Atlas's one.


Cheers

Stefano