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Band Index:
ALONE IN 1982
THE BLACK FEATHERS
BLITZEN TRAPPER
THE BRIAN JONESTOWNMASSACRE
CALL ME LORETTA
THE CHEMISTRY SET
COBSON
COTTON CLUB
THE DALAÏ LAMA RAMA FA FA FA
DAN ALFRESCO
DIE ! DIE ! MY DARLING !
DE NEUVE
DIRECTOR'S CUT
THE EVERY THING
E BECOMES I
EYELASH PULSE
FUCK BUDDIES
HENRI JOEL
INVISIBLE
THE JUNKYARD BIRDS
KAMIDO:TU
LET'S GO SAILING
MOLOKO VELOCET
MOORE:MUSIC
NOT-I BIRD
THE NOVA EXPRESS
RECIFE
THE RUSTY BELLS
SLEEP TALKER
SOUNDS IN THE OLIVE GROVE
THE TEMPORARY THING
Friends / Mailorder bands:
THE ARROGANTS
ASTEROID NO. 4
THE BLACK ANGELS
BOSOM DIVINE
RICK BAIN
THE CLERKS
DEAD MEADOW
THE DECEMBER SOUND
JULL
JUMBO JET
THE KEYS
KID FRANCESCOLI
LISPECTOR
THE LOVETONES
MAISON NEUVE
MUSCLHARD
NICHOLSON
NUIT NOIRE
THE QUARTER AFTER
RIEN
SILENCE KIT
SKY PARADE
SOLTERO
SPINDRIFT
THE URCHINS
Lastest tweets/wall posts:
"Dig!"
En France en salles, le 13 avril 2005.
Même si Anton (BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE) n'approuve
pas du tout le film, il serait tout de même content que vous alliez
le voir. Mais lisez son avertissement.
Anton Newcombe does not support the recently screened documentary film 'DIG!' in its currently edited form. He feels strongly that the "Jerry Springer-esque" vilification of his nature is an inappropriate, mis contextualized, and exploitative use of the footage...
Thanks for taking the time to ask how I feel about this project. I care very much about my work, I always have, and hope that that was made clear in the film. I have no desire to interfere with the flim makers in any way, and until very recently, I never bothered to view any of the footage.
I was shocked and let down when I saw the end result. Several years of our hard work was reduced at best to a series of punch-ups and mishaps taken out of context, and at worst bold faced lies and misrepresentation of fact.
A perfect example is footage shown of me getting arrested in Georgia. The narration and editing suggest that I am being arrested for drug possession. It was actually Ondi who was arrested for possession, and rightly so, as the drugs were hers. I happened to have an expired license.
Another odd editing choice is that the footage concerning myself and the BJM in the film stops in 1997, while the Dandy's footage goes through 2003. This leads the viewer to believe that I fell off the earth in a drugged-out downward spiral of insanity. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I quit heroin over 5 years ago, thank God, and have been more productive than ever making albums and touring all over the world.
I would like to explain why I let this person film our band in the first place. She asked me to be a part of a project about bands. She listed off a number of future nobodies and agreed to come to San Francisco to meet us. I told her that I intended to take over her movie, and introduced her to the Dandy Warhols. I thought it would be wonderful to capture how all of the industry bullshit can destroy bands and friendships just as much as drugs and fame. When the project started, neither one of our groups had major labels, but we both knew the direction life was taking us. I remember Ondi being very keen on all of this.
I accept that people will make up their own minds about this film when they see it. I just feel ripped off by the "lowest common denominator" culture machine (something I don't cater to).
Please let me know if you have any more specific questions.
Anton Alfred Newcombe 1/30/04
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