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December 10, 2005
We Jam Econo
If you don't have yet another holiday party to attend this evening, consider going to Local 506 to check out We Jam Econo: The Story of The Minutemen. The 85-minute documentary about The Minutemen is making its official Triangle debut at 8pm. Afterwards, at least 9 Triangle bands will attempt to keep the jammin'-econo spirit alive by covering Minutemen songs throughout the night. The list of bands slated to pay tribute includes Cantwell Gomez & Jordan, Hotel Motel, Regina Hexaphone, Dom Casual, The Chest Pains, and the presumably all-female "Minutemaids".
I can't make it to the screening/show tonight, but while I was in Chicago last month, I went with some friends to see We Jam Econo at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The film is really well done, with a truly remarkable amount of footage from live Minutemen shows. And not just later ones from 1984-1985, the film even has video from a November 1980 show! As well as a pretty great acoustic set that was apparently recorded for a public access channel. I'd love to hear the acoustic set in its entirety, maybe the We Jam Econo DVD will come with a bonus audio disc of some sort?
In this week of numerous tributes and memorials marking the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's assassination, perhaps it's worth pointing out in a much less overwrought way that this December 22nd marks the 20th anniversary of D. Boon's car crash. One of my favorite parts of We Jam Econo is the full-band interview (1985?) where you get to hear D. Boon go on some philosophical spiels about the band and what makes them tick. That's him in the center of the film still below.
Posted by Tim at December 10, 2005 12:28 PM
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Tim, do you recall any info about when this will be out on DVD? I haven't been able to attend the NYC screenings, but am dying to see this one... Couldn't find anything on the film website either.
Posted by: Jay at December 13, 2005 02:37 PM
I haven't heard anything about an eventual consumer-targeted DVD release, but there does seem to be a DVD copy available for "rental" via Netflix...
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at December 13, 2005 06:42 PM
I see this is an old post - so perhaps you know this by now - release date for the DVD is June 27.
and... there is an acoustic show available for download here:
http://buck50.com/minutemen/Acoustic/
Posted by: Bruce at April 12, 2006 07:41 AM