NOV. 16th screening of "TEEN A-GO-GO" Documentary

[Gunther Toody]

On Nov. 16th at the Lone Star Film Festival in Fort Worth, TX there will be a first public screening of a new doctumentary called "TEEN A-GO-GO". Initially inspired by the FW Teen Scene comps, this documentary looks at bands formed during the classic garageband period in the mid sixties using interviews, found footage and photos. There are interviews with a lot of really great FW garage bands like the Elite, Larry & the Bluenotes, the Barons; and interviews with other bands from other parts of the country and interesting comments from garagepunk "experts".
I've seen it and it was better than I thought it was gonna be (expectations were low since the people that made it aren't really hardcore garagepunk freaks like us). There is some really great old footage in it and some of the interviews and stories are funny. There are some really insightful comments from Ira Robbins (of Trouser Press fame), funnyman Billy Miller, and from Texas writer and Fort Worth native Joe Nick Patowski (this guy really nails it describing why FW had so many cool bands). It was cool hearing so many great songs on the soundtrack (my favorite: "It's Been A Long Journey" by the Roots...Begin argument here about how the Roots weren't from Fort Worth...but it was released on a Fort Worth record label!...sorry, I was having a Garagepunk.com flashback). This probably isn't going to be released theatrically, but may make it to DVD someday. You might be able to see it on your local PBS station eventually (especially in Texas). This thing is not going to knock your socks like you wish it would but it's interesting and fun and there isn't really anything else like it that I know of, so that alone makes it worth seeing for those of us interested in the "garagepunk collecting hobby".
Check it out here: http://lsiff.bside.com/2008/films/teenagogo_lsiff2008

[Gringo Starr]

I don't know how I could have missed this post!! This looks really great! Mouse and the Traps! Larry and the Bluenotes!!! Arrrrgh! Wow, and Lenny Kaye and Billy Miller along for the ride with some expert commentary to boot! Fantastic!

To Melissa: I would be interested in organizing a screening/show in Bern, Switzerland (the home of Voodoo Rhythm Records & Reverend Beat-Man, of course) if you and the film make it to Europe. Drop me a line here and keep me
updated.

--Gringo