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By JENNIFER DePRIMA
Staff Writer
Works of Athens filmmakers
displayed at Best of Flicker
164 E. Clayton 54S-757.‘I
“Klee My Ass” Various Artists
(Mercury)
Kiss members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley (center)
oversaw production on ‘the inevitable tribute album.’
For nearly 20 years, Kiss has
been one of the most flamboyant
and influential bands in popular
music. The Halloween makeup,
towering platform boots, and elab
orate pyrotechnic stage effects
soon became their trademark,
spawning many lesser imitators.
They acquired a huge following of
stomping, screaming, blood-spit
ting fans, inspiring many to start
their own bands. Now comes the
inevitable tribute, “Kiss My Ass.”
Founding members Paul
Stanley and Gene Simmons over
saw the project, bringing together
a most unlikely collection of
artists.
The disc starts off with Lenny
Kravitz’s version of “Deuce.” I tra
ditionally despise Kravitz, but he
actually does a decent job on this
track. With the aid of Stevie
Wonder on harmonica, he infuses
the song with a hard R&B groove.
The next track is a cover of
“Hard Luck Woman,” performed
by (God help us) Garth Brooks.
And, once again, it works. He
turns the song into a gritty, plain
tive country ballad, but with a lot
more muscle than he usually dis
plays. The press kit actually
quotes Brooks as saying that Kiss
was his biggest influence through
junior high and high school.
Ironic, I think.
Around the middle of the disc
are some real stinkers. The Gin
Blossoms fall flat on their noses on
“Christine Sixteen.” Robin
Wilson’s trembling, vulnerable
voice may sound nice on his own
work, but with his band crunching
awkwardly away at an unfamiliar
style, he just gets trampled in the
mud. The Lemonheads have the
same problem on their awful ver
sion of “Plaster Caster.”
The worst is the next track,
Toad the Wet Sprocket’s version of
“Rock and Roll All Night.” Again,
their style works well enough with
their own work, but it’s a bad joke
to superimpose their mellow folk-
rock on a classic anthem of teen
rebellion. They actually turn it
into a waltz.
One of the better tracks is
“Goin’ Blind,” covered by Dinosaur
Jr. The groaning vocals, fuzz-box
guitar, and arena-rock God solo do
the song proper justice.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
contribute a hard-hitting version
of “Detroit Rock City.” Dicky
Barrett’s gravel-mixer vocals, the
stuttering bass, and the
Bosstones’ trademark brass sec
tion give the glam-rock anthem a
new spin.
The disc ends on a surprisingly
graceful note with Japanese musi
cian Yoshiki’s collaboration with
the American Symphony
Orchestra on “Black Diamond.”
Granted, the soaring strings and
crashing drums are a little melo
dramatic, but, hey, it’s Kiss.
By JENNIFER DePRIMA
Staff Writer
The Best of Flicker will be at the
Georgia Museum of Art from June
21 through June 30. There will be
an opening on Friday. June 24 at
7:30 pm. The opening and screen
ings are free and open to the pub
lic. Call the museum or 369-FILM
for more information.
Athens has long been known as
a center for creative energy, most
ly for its art and music scenes.
Since 1991, filmmaking has be
come one of the more popular me
dia for local artists.
Flicker had its genesis in
James Herbert’s fabled filmmak
ing class. Students were (and
still are) told to pick up an old
Super-8 camera, and go out and
shoot their three minutes without
editing and without a script. Soon
there was a new legion of budding
filmmakers digging cameras out
of their parents’ closets or from
the tables of flea markets.
These film students decided to
give the general public a sample
of their craft. Local artist Michael
Lachowski suggested they set up
some couches and a projector at
the 40 Watt Club, and charge a
dollar admission. Thus, Flicker
was born.
Flicker evolved into a popular
monthly event, and began accept
ing work from outside Herbert’s
class. The films were mostly very
amateurish, but it was cheap en
tertainment, free popcorn and a
chance to see a few gems from
genuinely talented filmmakers.
Now, after three years and
over 200 films, current Flicker or
ganizers Jennifer Williams and
Angie Grass are presenting The
Best of Flicker, a retrospective
showing of the 28 best local films.
Williams has been involved
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with Flicker since day one. She
ran the projector at the first
screening, and has exhibited her
work at many subsequent screen
ings. When Lachowski decided to
step down from his duties as the
organizer at the end of the first
year, she and Grass took over the
job.
In addition to the hard work of
putting the regular showings to
gether, Williams and Grass went
back through all the films and
picked the best of them for a spe
cial showing. They called in local
filmmaker and Flicker contribu
tor Dominic DeJoseph to go over
their own films to decide which of
those would make the cut.
“This project has consumed ev
ery spare minute Angie and I
have had for the past four
months,” sighed Williams.
After the selections were made,
the films had to be transferred
from Super-8 to video for exhibi
tion.
“It ended up costing about
$2,000,” said Williams. “We had
to ask the artists to put up the
money to transfer their films. The
people at the studio give price
breaks for independent filmmak
ers, so it wasn’t as expensive as it
might have been.”
I attended Program Two on
Wednesday, June 22, and mar
veled at how far Flicker had come.
Having grown accustomed to
viewing the films in a crowded,
noisy, cavernous club, it was re
freshing to sit in a small, air-con
ditioned gallery with 20 other
people to enjoy the cream of the
crop. There was no free popcorn,
but there was also no cover
charge.
The screening started off with
“Hot Rod,” by Amy McCullough.
Employing loud music, gritty
black and white footage, and fast
editing, McCullough creates a
sexy, funny homoerotic heavy
metal video.
“Fireworks,” one of Williams’
films, was next. Set against a
backdrop of glaring neon and
plaintive country music (“Lookin’
For Love in All the Wrong
Places”) a woman (Grass) finds
love in a fireworks store. To round
out the redneck romance, the film
ends with the happy couple hold
ing hands at a dimly lit Waffle
House.
The program ended with
Dominic DeJoseph’s feature film,
“Levitate Me.” It has been shown
twice locally, once at a previous
Flicker, and once at the Globe.
The film depicts a man who is de
termined to channel the pain of
his dead-end life into an effort to
levitate.
Friday’s opening will feature
samples from each of the three
programs as well as an opportuni
ty to meet the artists. After its
run at the Georgia Museum, the
program will be featured at the
Chassie Post Gallery in Atlanta,
and at the Chassie Post Gallery in
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