Cork Film Fest - 'Locked Groove' accepted.

I'm very pleased to announce that my lil' doc has been accepted for the Cork FIlm Fest 2010. Now where can i get a tuxedo...

Message To Love (Lerner 1970)

Watched this again last weekend - one of the key documentary chronicles of the hippie era. This is the moment where business and idealism met head on and the aftermath of which gave us both Baader Meinhof and, in a convoluted way, The Eagles... 

The weekend ticket price of £3 to see Cohen, Hendrix, Dylan etc. on the same bill seems very amusing now.  A great film, much better than Lerner's earlier 'Woodstock', this is one all lovers of music and anyone with an interest in the 60's should check out ASAP.

IMDB link to film

Locked Groove Wallpaper 1

(Photo - Patricia Klich)

Locked Groove - A Documentary

I am pleased to announce that editing is almost complete on a documentary film I have been working on for the last 2 months, 'Locked Groove'. This film documents a performance conceived and conducted by the Cork based DJ, writer and music historian John Byrne. The performance consisted of 20 people operating turntables playing records containing what is known as a 'locked groove' -  a sound that sits on the last groove of a record (usually) and loops until the machine is turned off. This all happened in Saint Finbarr's Cathedral in late July 2010 under the title 'Bricklayers Lament' as part of the Sonic Vigil Sound Art festival.

The film consists of interviews and footage of the preparations and performance itself along with animations by the artist Tom Doig and voice contributions from the noted musician and composer Giordaí ua Laoghaire. 


The film will be soon displayed in Cork for its first ever showing so watch this space for future developments...


(Photo by Patricia Klich)

First Blog test thing

All this crazy gift of time.