Posts Tagged ‘Documentaries’

Van Morrison’s Kicks

When I was visiting Alabama a few weeks ago, Chad took me through The Last Waltz, a documentary of The Band’s final performance.  The show featured guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Dr. John, and Bob Dylan. One of the best appearances comes...
October 7th, 2009 | Blog | Read More

Go, Wiebe!

You’d have to see the documentary King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters to appreciate this fully, but Steve Wiebe set the world record on Donkey Kong, Jr. today. Billy Mitchell is now third, but, unfortunately, still holds the record for the original Donkey Kong. And if you think this is the stupidest...
April 29th, 2009 | Blog | Read More

Where the Candidates Fall on Israel/Palestine

By Stephanie Hicks, Guest Contributor In the last few weeks, Burnside has run a few articles about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, an issue that is close to my heart. I spent a summer teaching English in Gaza, and am currently am working as a writer/co-producer on a documentary called, With God On...
November 4th, 2008 | Blog | Read More

Danielson!

If you’re too broke for Netflix or a movie rental, I strongly STRONGLY suggest you head over to Pitchfork.tv and take the time to watch Danielson: A Family Movie. I wrote an article about this documentary a few months ago…I really feel it’s a film every Christian artist needs to see....
November 1st, 2008 | Blog | Read More

Documenting Insiders/Documenting Outsiders

First off, I just saw Tim Russert passed away at 58 years old. What an absolute shame. Mr. Russert was a good journalist in an era when good journalism doesn’t sell ad time. He’ll be missed sincerely. — I wanted to point to an excellent article I read on The Onion’s AV Club...
June 13th, 2008 | Blog | Read More

The King of Kong

Along with the skipping record and and “Bad to the Bone”, The Who’s “Baba O’Reilly” is one of the most cliched movie trailer ingredients of all time. Still, is there a single song that so consistently works? Before he left for Nashville this week, Don told me to...
February 21st, 2008 | Blog | Read More