PODCAST: Punk's not dead, it's aging

It is episodes such as this that really make doing this podcast worthwhile for me. I had a great conversation with Paul Rachman, the director of American Hardcore, during Slamdance last year at the Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City. He is an extremely cool guy that has led a fascinating life. Have a listen. If you, like me, happen to love indie filmmaking AND punk rock, this will be quite a treat. check out the site for the complete show notes (which includes Paul's trailers and links to find him online) and don't forget to subscribe on iTunes!

Sean Dwyer » 1.7.12 »


Surprise, we’re back! In Episode #14 of the podcast, Joshua Ligairi talks with American Hardcore director Paul Rachman about the making the seminal punk rock doc, Rachman’s early days in the bourgeoning hardcore scene, making grunge music videos with David Fincher in the early 90s, co-founding the Slamdance Film Festival, finally garnering Sundance acceptance, and the production of his new film, Lost Rockers.


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PODCAST: Documentary podcast launches

The first episode of The Documentary Blog Podcast just went live. My co-host and the editor of The Documentary Blog, Jay Cheel, did a write-up and posted a link to download the pod on his site. Check out the original post and download the podcast here.

Jay Cheel » 09.12.10 »

It’s my pleasure to present to you the very first episode of The Documentary Podcast! Myself (Jay Cheel) and my co-host Joshua Ligairi aim to bring you some solid, informative discussion on the latest in documentary news, reviews, trailers and DVD/Blu Ray releases on what we hope will be a regular basis (aiming for bi-weekly at the moment). Best of all, we plan on having regular guest contributors including some of your favourite bloggers and documentary filmmakers!

For our premiere episode we’re thrilled to be joined by Jeff Feuerzeig, director of one my favourite docs of the decade, The Devil and Daniel Johnston. We discuss some docs we’ve been watching, highlight some of our top pics at TIFF and get into some trailers. Finally, we end the show off with a discussion with Jeff about working with Daniel Johnston and some of the challenges he faced when making his film.

This being our first episode, we’re still in the process of working through the format and sorting out any technical issues we might face so any feedback would be greatly appreciated! As the shows go on, we will begin to smooth everything out and settle comfortably into what will hopefully be an entertaining and insightful podcast for documentary lovers! Enjoy!

Download the podcast and get show notes, credits, and links at TheDocumentaryBlog.com

BLOG: A documentary podcast

Joshua Ligairi » 09.01.10 »

I've just started recording a new documentary-centric podcast for TheDocumentaryBlog.com with DocBlog founder Jay Cheel (himself also a documentary filmmaker). Our goal with the podcast is to create a strong internet community around non-fiction filmmaking, while also creating a resource for film students enthusiasts to get an insight into the craft and process of the greatest non-fiction filmmakers of our day. Jay hopes to approach it from a fan perspective. I hope to meld that with a filmmaker perspective, getting into technique and business.

Although we are just creating the first Documentary Podcast season, Jay is also the co-host of the Film Junk Podcast. One of the world's highest-rated and longest-running podcasts, they have recorded (almost) 300 weekly episodes over the past (almost) six years, so there is a pretty solid track record there.

We plan on bringing filmmakers on for the entire episode to discuss what documentaries we've seen lately, some documentary news, and then transition into a conversational interview about the filmmakers' work which will take up the majority of the podcast.

We will be recording every other week in the beginning and judge future episode frequency based on response. Stay tuned!

Check out The Documentary Blog now here and follow them on Twitter @documentaryblog for updates.