Author: Fara

Hit So Hard is the pull-no-punches portrait of the hell-and-back life of Patty Schemel, the hard-hitting drummer of Courtney Love’s seminal rock band “Hole” during its peak years. As a young girl who always knew she was “different” from the other kids in her farm town home outside of Seattle, Patty never dreamed she would one day have her picture on the cover of Rolling Stone. But she also never fathomed that she could lose it all. A true survivor of what we now know was the disaffected “slacker” generation, Patty found herself, like her friend Kurt Cobain, embraced by the dark side. An unprecedented and unflinching inside look at one of the 90s most crucial and controversial groups. Director:   P. David Ebersole,  TTR:   103 mins.

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Website:   http://www.pattydoc.com/
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Q&A with Director Keirda Bahruth and Producer Rick Ballard after the screening.

“Bob and the Monster is about a guy everybody wanted to be around until he became the guy everybody assumed had died. In the 1980s, Bob Forrest’s band, Thelonious Monster, was at the center of a music scene that included the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction. The band’s raw sound, wild shows and deeply personal lyrics appealed directly to the young Los Angeles punk crowd. So did the drugs. First, booze. Later, heroin. Monsters, both of them. Every time the band was about to make it big, Forrest’s drug-addled mind and ego got in the way. The band broke up, then got back together. It got clean, until it wasn’t. Forrest went to rehab, then left.
But the film shows Forrest’s slow return, one helped by forgiving people, and Forrest’s realization that the charisma that worked to make music could help people struggling with addictions, especially other musicians. The documentary is filled with famous faces: John Frusciante, Courtney Love, Flea, Anthony Kiedis. Dr. Drew Pinsky and Forrest work together on addiction recovery programs. It reveals a different Bob Forrest, one who had a lot of time to think about what makes recovery work.” – CNN.com
Bob and the Monster transcends the stereotype of heroin addicted rock star and reveals a more personal message. Bob’s story is a living testament to the heights of human courage and the ability to shape your own destiny. Director:   Keirda Bahruth,  TTR:   85 mins.

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Website:   http://bobandthemonster.com/
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A B.J. DINI film presented by LEAGUE OF BURNT CHILDREN & PERIWINKLE CINEMA

SHE IS MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE — unapologetic Vietnam Vet, photographer of the Underworld, GENDER-BENDER-MIND-FUCKER, connoisseur of FAST CARS, FAST TIMES and FAST POISONS — TRANNY PUNK DIVA — the Bay’s very own Psychedelic Queen with the TASER, LASER, BIG BOOBS, HUGE HAIR and BULL WHIP — but what would it be like to spend ONE MAGICKAL NIGHT with the legendary MISS SHANNON and her infamous “FAIRY” Friends on the Eve of 2012 when all the UNDERGROUND entities at Earth’s life-generating Core (or so it goes) are about to Surface in a MAJOR WAY. . .

What, for that matter, is UNDER THAT geological SURFACE//SKIN??

COME JOIN US for a sustained exercise in ONTOLOGICAL ANARCHY in a SPED-UP film portrait of one of the Bay’s most unforgettably QUEER Eras.

She won’t hurt you (((unless she REALLY cares))).///OCCUPY THE UNDERGROUND\\\

FILM TRAILER: http://vimeo.com/35242375

AFTER our visual Descent join us Under the Heart of the Mission at NIP for what may be one of the last //QAZ\\ Events on the West Coast for a long, long while . . .

//QAZ\\ AFTERPARTY@ (N)ot(I)n(P)ublic 17TH & CAPP

more details:

http://www.facebook.com/events/246057385464657/(((LINE-UP AND DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY)))

Be there. NOTHING LIKE THIS WILL EVER HAPPEN AGAIN (((and it could only happen Here))).

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