Watch This Film! – Jesus’ Son (1999)

Watch This Film – Jesus’ Son (1999)
“I knew every raindrop by its name”

This grossly underrated and unseen film is an absolute must. If you have ever liked anything ever you will like this, its hard not to be consumed by its charm.

The acting is spot on, Billy Crudup (Almost Famous) is absolutely adorable as our lead FH (Short for Fuck-Head). Holly Hunter, Dennis Hopper, Denis Leary & Jack Black all lend a hand as supports and fit in perfectly, the dialogue in this film is fluid but also unique. This is also one of Jack Blacks greatest and funniest moments, so if you are a fan of his then this film will be worth it, if not just for this scene.

The film follows FH as he finds love, drug addiction, loss and a voyeuristic obsession. Touching, hilarious and sad, Jesus’ Son is a truly great film, delivering one of Dennis Hoppers greatest lines, “Talk into my bullet hole, tell me I’m fine.”

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Watch This Film! – Naked (1993)

Watch This Film - Naked (1993)

This is a fantastic film starring David Thewlis (some of you may know him as Lupin from Harry Potter) as Johnny – A fast talking, often ranting lunatic and a right shit. Johnny flees to London fearing retribution from an abhorrent act he committed. Here, he imposes himself on an old girlfriend and her roommate (Katrin Cartlidge), making their life quite miserable. Johnny spends most of the film amusing himself by ranting at strangers and offering his (quite insightful at times) view on life. An amazing performance by Katrin Cartlidge. This film has some pretty strong themes,  so viewer beware.

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Making The Most Of It

After the devastating effects of the recent earthquake in Christchurch NZ, the out of luck locals would have been excused for sitting on their arse, feeling slightly defeated.

As you will see from the video below titled QUAKED, these skaters have done the exact opposite and made the most out of a shit situation by using the recently torn up city as a brand new concrete playground, skating the cracks and newly twisted earth to create one of the most original skate vids we have ever seen.

Thats the spirit, we say.

Watch This Film! – The Dancing Outlaw (1991)

Watch This Film – The Dancing Outlaw (1991)
This is a documentary about a Glue Sniffing, multiple personality having, tap dancer/Elvis impersonating hick from Boone County, named Jeso White. The Dancing Outlaw led to Jesco achieving international fame; two more documentaries were made about him and his family, as well as a feature film. This is a strange film, hilarious in parts, cringe worthy through most. A Must See.
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Watch This Film! Introduction

Guten Morgen Fine Pooples.

Here begins the movie club. Where I, Das Snuggler, will present to you a feature to download, watch, enjoy and comment on any time I feel the urge. These films will be either a feature documentary or film that I love, and feel must be shared with the masses; they will range from the underground to the main stream, the abhorrent to whimsical, and everything in between. I, in no way hold the copyright to any of these videos, however, I feel this is like a cyber version of getting my friends around to watch and talk about a sweet flick.

So, keep your eyes peeled (that’s a really weird saying, how do you peel an eye, and how would that help you find things??) for the first two releases which will be hitting the trons instantly. Diorrrrr!!!!

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Who And Where Is Lisa Marie Smith?

In DAA’s old ‘hood, Darlinghurst, there was a ton of street art, so it wasn’t unusual for us to find similar pieces by the same artists around the traps. One repetitive group of tiles caught our eye though. A (mostly) triangular-shaped plaque that always spoke of Lisa Marie Smith, someone who had eluded the Bangkok Hilton was one in particular that interested us. None of the text ever made any sense to us, we just kept seeing the plaques scattered around the city and inner west and kept thinking that they were works of art based on a fictional person or event.

Every time we saw one of these plaques, we had the same conversation… who is Lisa Marie Smith? And why does someone have such a big beef with her that they plaster Sydney with the afore mentioned placards? After two years, and countless plaques,  it finally dawned on us that we should perhaps consult our dear friend Google and see if there was in fact such a person. It turns out there is. And the story, quite intriguing.

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Leave Bieber Alone

A few years ago my brother and I were driving around and saw one of those stoopid pink stretch hummers. I remember my brother saying something like “Whoever is in that car, I want to punch in the face!” and I said “It’s probably a 16 year old girl on the way to her formal.” Remorselessly, he goes “Yeah, probably.” And I said “… so you want to punch a 16 year old girl in the face?”

To me it seemed excessive.

Anyways, let me guess – you don’t like Justin Bieber? No? More than that? You hate the guy? You want to kick him repeatedly in the testicles while shoving that microphone down his throat (essentially choking him on his livelihood)? Or would you rather stab him in the jugular with a smashed up VB bottle, rip out his hair then shit on his lifeless corpse?

Well if that’s what you want to do, you’re nothing more than a big meanie. There. I said it.

There’s nothing wrong with Justin Bieber. I don’t listen to his music, I don’t care if other people do and I certainly don’t care if he makes it. It doesn’t affect me. In fact, in my regular life I very rarely come across anything that has anything to do with him except one thing: I always come across people bagging him out. If people didn’t constantly rip into him I probably wouldn’t even know who he was. But the crazy thing is people don’t just rip into him. They seriously fucking hate the guy with the intensity you’d expect if Hitler (or Jesus) came back from the dead.

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Follow The White Rabbit – Wormwood Interview

Tucked away in a hole in the wall, not too far from Sydney’s Central Station is a fantastic venue called The Loft. The Loft plays host to a bunch of great shows and more importantly, it is home to one of Sydney’s most unique music and visual events, Wormwood. We caught up with curator Kimb Galceran recently to discuss all things Wormwood, absinthe & psychedelia prior to the next Wormwood happening this Thursday the 7th April.


Hi Kimb. Tell us a bit about the roots of Wormwood, Absinthe & Psychedelia and how it came about.

Hey Dripping Acid Airwaves!

I’d always organised events here and there and had been wanting a regular night but I was just a bit too lazy and hesitant to put a foot forward, I like things to take form in their own way rather than feel forced and that worked in this case – an old friend asked if I’d like to host a Thursday night spot at The Loft at UTS and without even seeing the venue I said yes. …more

Why Job-Hunting is Like Having Your Soul Sucked Out From Under Your Fingernails by a High-Powered Vacuum Cleaner

Anyone who has spent any reasonably lengthy period of time ‘looking for work’ can tell you that there is a fundamental difference between being ‘unemployed’ and being a ‘job-hunter’.  Saying you’re unemployed is a less guilty way of saying “I don’t have to go to work today or any day” It’s like being on a holiday that has no foreseeable end. It’s a world without alarms, fixed time lunch-breaks, and mundane office banter. Being unemployed epitomises the adage of ‘living the dream’.  When you’re unemployed, the volunteer work you’ve always felt guilty about avoiding starts to become something that you might actually begin to start to think about considering. When you’re unemployed you can have beer on your cereal when there’s no milk because when you’re unemployed, you’re your own boss. In short, being unemployed gives you the freedom to be master of your own domain.

Now before you all go marching into your boss’s offices brandishing an active fire extinguisher and start yelling obscenities at photos of their children in a quest to make yourself one of the unemployed ‘lucky ones’, there’s something you have to know. There is a catch.  Being unemployed quite unfortunately goes hand-in-hand with another fish entirely, known commonly as ‘looking for work’.  Whoever the person was who compared this soul-crushing exercise with the sport of tracking and killing living things by referring to it as ‘job-hunting’ will know what I’m talking about. Job-hunting is ruthless, cutthroat, and the punter with the sharpest sword won’t necessarily end up being the one to slay the beast. …more

Introducing Your Two New Best Friends…

Dripping Acid Airwaves is super excited to be able to fill you in on something we have been working on for a little while now…

We are happy to tell you guys that two new contributors will be jumping aboard the DAA ship, so please welcome Tarynasaurus Rexx and Alfred Hipcock!

Tarynasaurus Rexx currently resides in a small town on the other side of the world, affably referred to as London, you probably haven’t heard of it. She is going to dazzle you with her European adventures, how ever big or small they may be, we promise you’ll be entertained by her scribblings.

Alfred Hipcock is another Sydney-sider who, funnily enough, enjoys a cider, although not as much as his pet Lizard. He’s currently based in Redfern and will be more than happy to tell you what’s on his mind, we’re sure you’ll enjoy his funny quips/rants as much as we do.

We are ridiculously honoured to have two awesome minds join the DAA team and you will be hearing from both of the new family members in the next few days.

Prepare yourself for some mind-blowing shit.