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ISSUE 02.5 CONTENT PREVIEW |
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'POPSICLE'
DISSENT IN D.C.
EMERGENCY BROADCAST NETWORK
GNN: 'COUNTDOWN'
GROUP 101: FINISH THIS
IFFY: 'DOUBLE DUTCH'
JASON BLUM LIVE
JOURNEYMAN: THE ROAD TO TIMBUKTU
JOY & THE BOY: LOVE'S MYSTERY
REIGN OF FIRE WITH CHRISTIAN BALE
ROBOT BASTARD!
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When American Detective director Dan Brown undertook a music video for Starlight Mints, he had but one requirement - that the band not be in it. So he cast a puppet as the lead, capturing a hilarious solo performance of the track "Popsicle".
Documentary filmmaker Rob VanAlkemade reports from Washington, D.C., where he prowled the front lines at recent mass demonstrations against the IMF, World Bank and U.S. policies in The War Against Terror.
Media and Music collide in new and unexpected contexts in the video scratch work of the performance multimedia group, Emergency Broadcast Network. Get to know the founders, their philosophies, and their plans for the future in this special profile.
Underground media crusaders Guerilla News Network continue their mission to expose global issues with "Countdown". Check out this unique take on Green Party guru Ralph Nader, in which Beastie Boy Ad-Rock remixes Nader's fiery speeches against the media and mainstream politics.
Two directors. One script. No ending. Group 101 presents a cinematic experiment with The Exchange and Terminal Illness, two films undertaken with the same premise, but which ultimately reflect the divergent visions of the directors.
Loops, samples and soul melodies drive Iffy's flash-meets-funk music video for "Double Dutch". Experience the flow of this Minneapolis quartet as they combine musical prowess and visual flair in what the L.A. Times calls "an addictive musical cocktail".
Jason Blum's musical influences converge into unique arrangements that give the singer-songwriter a style all his own. SubstanceTV captured Blum's riveting performance of "Tomorrow You Fly" at the Continental Club in Austin, Texas.
Follow Wilson Schoellkopf as he journeys to the legendary land of Timbuktu. Through interviews and exclusive footage, Scoellkopf recounts his inspiration, his travels, and the experience of arriving in this mythical land.
Joy & the Boy hit the charts in Europe. Now this ambitious jazz collaboration between producer/ musician Leo Sidran and vocalist Joy Dragland gets stateside exposure with the video for "Love's Mystery" from the upcoming CD, Paradise.
Just in time for the theatrical release of Reign of Fire, SubstanceTV caught up with Christian Bale (American Psycho, Shaft) who discusses the upcoming dragon-slayer flick and demos the video game based on the movie.
Rob Schrab, who says his directorial debut exists "in an eighth-grade-boy universe of robots, rocket ships and cute girls", offers a campy and clever sci-fi journey to the limits of multimedia with Robot Bastard!
