Screening Date: Sat. Nov. 18, 2023
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Pop’s Art Theater
Cost: $15
Run Time/Year/Country: 90min, 2023, USA
Director: Jed I. Rosenberg

An up-close cinematic walkabout through the life of Gary Young, the original (and highly unlikely) drummer of indie rock royalty Pavement. His booze and drugs-fueled antics (on-stage handstands, gifting vegetables to fans) and haphazard production methods (accidentally helping launch the lo-fi aesthetic) were both a driving force of the band’s early rise and the cause of his eventual crash landing. Leaving a wake of joy and/or destruction at every turn, Gary teeters the thin line between free-form self-expression and chaotic self-destruction. 30 years on with scoliosis, blood clots, and a shriveled liver, Gary was still drumming with no regrets until passing away in August 2023. Note: no puppets were harmed in the making of this film.

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