SLINT: BREADCRUMB TRAIL & OWNING A VIDEO STORE w/ TODD BRASHEAR

This week, Todd Brashear joins me to discuss his experiences being in the band Slint, Lance Bangs' Slint documentary Breadcrumb Trail, and our shared history of being video store owners!!!We also talked about how Jesus Urge Superstar is an overlooked masterpiece, Todd’s early days in the hardcore punk scene in Louisville, the pre-Slint band Maurice, the first time Todd saw Slint perform, the Tweez EP, the amazing archival footage of the band rehearsing in Britt’s parents’ basement, how Slint were goofy even though their music was considered serious, opening Slint shows with Jonathan Richman or Black Flag covers, being bratty and transgressive in the underground movement, recording Spiderland, the end of Slint, Mission of Burma, working with Will Oldham, trying to open a video store in the late 90s, how much a VHS tape cost in 1997, whether to have a porn section or not, being the sole employee of a store, calling customers on The Late List, the holy grail tapes for the store, Ray Dennis Steckler, the RE/Search Incredibly Strange Films book, when both of our stores began to decline due to Netflix, The Wicker Man's musical sequences, not taking the store inventory home with us when we closed, Robert Pollard getting kicked out a Squirrel Bait show and more.TODD BRASHEAR'S VIDEO STORE:https://www.youtube.com/@wildandwoollyvideohttps://www.instagram.com/wildandwoollyvideo/CHRIS’ VIDEO STORE:https://www.instagram.com/clintonstreetvideoSLINT:https://touchandgorecords.com/bands/band.php?id=70REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movies releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.