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arthur

Documentary film-maker, photographer seeking collaborators...

About Me

an iconoclast... heavily involved in music; i have chronicled the boston area live music scene for many years... from the early days of punk to the present on audio, video and photography... my work represents an important historical reference to an era of diverse and talented accomplishment both from the musicians to myself... With credits on recordings from bands like the real kids, the neighborhoods, the darlings, classic ruins, lapeste, two saints, stains, mighty ions, unnatural axe, nervous eaters, swinging erudites and others... occasional kudos from the press, needing to be in multiple places simultaniously on occasion; sharing time with a few like minded visionaries, i enjoy being one of only a few in a small or large room with a killer band playing their hearts out; those few who were there shared a brilliant and serendipitous moment in history; lucky lucky us...i would like to take a moment to share something important about when i started recording and a subtle bow to perhaps my most significant influence in music video... i cant take credit for jan crocker's aka felix kruell's excellent work as my predecessor, he was a few years older... he had access to mit's video equipment and the ellegant switching and effects that were cutting edge a few years before i got involved in recording... i really respect the work he did and certainly as he left the boston scene... my recordings and video took the helm and held fast the legacy of working with many of the same bands only slightly later in their careers yet equally significant in their own right being that my recording may be unique in their creative single camera documentary approach in contrast to more artsy multi camera effects driven music video... great stuff from a great video artist; jan crocker's site within: http://www.kinodv.net/movies/archive/ is powerful and persuasive... hardly anyone has seen my work. this will change i hope in the iminent future and give me the credibility to present great legendary and undiscovered bands as well as my own creative and ubiquitous presence.i just posted a couple of pictures... let me know if you like them...i am soon going to post additional video on this site but i need to pick some out, transfer it to the computer and upload it... that is a daunting task... keep checking back... if you are good at this get in touch asap. please note: when i do you can be certain that i will also post a copy of the written and signed release (see blog above). due to issues of privacy it is important that whoever this is relevant to respect the instructions in the blog about releases. thanks.check out the video interview on www.mmone.org music museum of new england

My Interests

music, documentary film-making, photography, driving with the tunes blaring, travel, unique collaborations, exhibitions of my creative work, art and humanities, meeting interesting people, companion animals, birds, nature, musuems, galleries, being an integral part of helping bands improve their performance and become legendary, visiting places i havent been, making a living from music filmmaking and photography, passions, meeting a cute gal who wants to be part of my life, immortality from my work and serendipity...

I'd like to meet:

collaborators, mentors, video editors, financial investors, industry professionals in television, motion picture and record companies interested in meeting with me and discussing opportunities to help some really great bands get the attention they deserve...interesting and excellent bands, living legends, iconoclasts, cute girls...i am attempting to get in recontact with primary songwriters and musicians from the many bands i worked with in order to obtain written releases for the collaborative work we created together... If you are one of those individuals or know how to contact them please get in touch with me asap.

Music:

local, indie, old school punk & post punk, garage-bands, surf instro, delta blues, celtic reels, polyphany, new wave, goth, industrial,alt country, early music, chamber music, jazz, swing, cocktail ultra lounge exotica, shoe-gaze, dream-pop, pop, girl bands, early rock, reggae, french pop, grunge, symphony, no wave, american primitive, shanties, bass heavy dance music, amazing bands i meet here on myspace, minimalist, tango, salsa, many enthralling music forms that havent been named... now for some bands; those i mentioned in the main section; the real kids,unnatural axe, mung, the neighborhoods, classic ruins, lapeste, the stains, mighty ions, two saints,the darlings, simon ritt, angeline, lou miami, morphine, caroline sol, the neats, eric martin and the illyrians, linda viens, francoise hardy, emily grogan, humanwine, slowdive, natalie flanagan, the sex pistols, marconi union, ana-m, the queers, tanya donnely, link wray, the raindogs, garbage, the turbines, rubber rodeo, monique ortiz, the girls, ground zero,the damned, new york dolls, concussion ensemble, the ramones, appliance, jolie holland, cocteau twins, the only ones, francoise hardy, salem 66, francoiz breut, x, psychedelic furs, tones on tails, billy holiday, cat power, facts about rats, piano magic, john havorka, the turbines, the two by fours, left nut, noise pencil, either orchestra, ulrich schnauss, the clientele, leadbelly, nine inch nails, the runaways, kilslug, robert johnson, sun house, the residents, the good rats, upsidedown cross, the vatican sex kittens, highland clan, gizmos, bauhaus, the cramps, the lyres, dmz, human sexual response, del fuegos, mc5, everything but the girl, au pairs, moddettes, delta 5, joe mazzari band, robin lane, my bloody valentine, sigur ross,the bush tetras, the contortions, romeo void, sinead oconnor, the bangles, pere ubu, this mortal coil, neil young, berlin, the kinks, cab calloway, curtis mayfield, gg allin, crosby stills nash and young, the byrds, stereolab, sisters of mercy, the buzzcocks, the sex pistols,the clash, ny dolls, johnny thunders, the gun club, gang of four, iggy and the stooges,the radio knives, explosions in the sky, the saints, wire, jarboe, roxy music, reddy teddy, brian eno, the plasmatics, del fuegos, the bristols, jethro tull, mc5, the andrews sisters, the supremes the everly brothers, all the bands on the mass ave cd on rhino from the diy series,the dogmatics, frank zappa, nico, the bush tetras, the fall, the hoodoo gurus, blind willie johnson, midnight oil, lazy susan, little richard, kate bush, enya, buddy holly, the surfaris, deep purple, mountain, the rolling stones, bob dylan, dick dale, louis armstrong, lucinda williams, esquivel, blind lemmon jefferson, ladytron, robert johnson, the go gos, pachelbel, palestrina, bach, patsy kline, johnny cash, the dorsey brothers, aimee mann, the dawgs, girl on top, asa brebner, lucky 57, willie loco alexander, ennio morricone, dominic frontiere, les baxter, martin denny, aimee mann, benny goodman, john coltrain, either orchestra, the diodes, fad gadget, nelson riddle, louis prima, thirteenth floor elevators, the sonics, junior brown, the fabulous wailers, bourbon princess, the sierra leone refugee, leroy holmes, cab calloway, allstars, mickey bliss organ combo and many bands that start with "the"... just a suggestion... but, i strongly encourage you to click on every one of the bands and people in this box and my friends list... they are all phenominal and i wont add just anybody that doesnt totally absolutely and unequivocally rock.

Movies:

the man with the movie camera, the seventh seal, haxan, the human tornado, microcosmos, zatoichi, the puppetoon movie, the fantasy film world of george pal, sleazemania, el santo y' blue demon vs los monstrous, bedlam, mark of the devil, caligula, beyond the valley of the dolls, captain kidd, the adventures of huckleberry finn, the crusades, the sign of the cross, hells angels on wheels, the black knight, terror in the aisles,that's entertainment, this is america, the sorcerers, the doctor and the devils, hercules vs the moon men, the flame and the arrow, one million years bc, captain blood, the conqueror worm, straw dogs, blackbeard the pirate, the spanish main, the filth and the fury, the 7 faces of doctor lao, the hot dog man, full metal jacket, the acid house, the egyptian, hannie caulder, the fall of the roman empire, quadrophenia, valley of the gwangi,the seventh voyage of sinbad, sinbad the sailor, sinbad & the eye of the tiger, enter the dragon, the chinese connection, alien, predator, when dinosaurs ruled the earth, the freak maker, willie dynamite, cleopatra, the wizard of oz, fritz the cat, last house on the left, urgh a music war, smithereens, dont knock the rock, easy rider, the last days of pompeii, the wild wild world of batwoman, you'll pay for this, the love ins, the trip, the hatchet man, the black knight,a clockwork orange, the harder they come, the holy grail, sexy beast, freaks, superfly, the king and i, ivanhoe, the wild angles, jack the giant killer, psych out, riot on sunset strip, lord of the rings, the giant gila monster, cyrano de bergerac, a tale of two cities, gamera, godzilla, akira kurosawa, eddie romero, john waters, ray harryhausen, george pal, irwin allen, rogers and hammerstein, cecil b demille, stanley kubrick, fellini, mexican and philipino horror films of the 50s 60s and early 70s... costume epics and swashbucklers, james bond, 3D imax, galaxina... actors like sid haig, peter lorrie, errol flynn, audrey hepburn, sean connery, malcolm mcdowell, dorothy stratton, lon chaney, bella lugosi, tor johnson, betty page, clint eastwood, allan ladd, eartha kitt, maureen ohara, fess parker, bruce lee, john carradine, cher, janet leigh, john lazar,lena horne...

Television:

Original batman series from the 60s, lost in space, the prisoner, star trek (et al), leave it to beaver,the time tunnel, it takes a thief (60s), gunsmoke, beyond bizzare hosted by jay robinson, voyage to the bottom of the sea, ren and stimpy, i claudius, roots, the rifleman, early black and white cartoons, stingray, thunderbirds, have gun will travel, captain scarlett and the mysterons, farscape, lexx, la femme nikita, monty python, benny hill, stranded with cash peters, the wild wild west, ladette to lady, the partridge family, the littlest groom, man vs beast, cops, law and orders, the wwe, tna & ecw, the red sox, the patriots, the bruins, the celtics, sumo championships, the olympics, womens gymnastics, vendettas, the sopranos, dexter, sleeper cell,the travel channel, history channel, animal planet, cnn, discovery channel, science channel, the military channel,turner classic movies, the big valley, the flintstones, the outer limits, twilight zone, night gallery, i love new york, no reservations, travel shows like globetrekker, the worst jobs in history, the big valley...

Books:

please kill me, fear and loathing in las vegas, hells angels, octopus, the bible and in particular leviticus, the theory and practice of hell, life sentences, we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families, night, the photographer's handbook, the dictionary, a tale of two cities, christine, cyrano de bergerac, true crime 2, gullivers travels, the diary of anne frank, apocalypse culture...

Heroes:

the people that one day will create a world of peace, a renaisance of human achievment, thomas edison, the wright brothers, alexander graham bell, marconi, tesla, alan lomax, galen and pioneers of science and medicine, the great masters of art, photography, film, architecture, music and writing, my parents, my ex wife and still best friend... the peacemakers who brave acts of courage, survivors of bad things that happen to good people, pt barnum, dear beloved friends who are no longer with us, the woman i havent met that will love me forever...oh and lest i forget bands that put my name on their records, bands that play to the few who play just for the love of the craft and sacrifice much to bring joy to us the fans... and those who are compassionate and rare birds.

My Blog

Band partnerships and mutual support...

i am working very hard to get a bunch of stuff to the bands that have worked with me over many years.. in fact i am seeking to work out a way for bands to eventually get copie...
Posted by arthur on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:39:00 PST

Arthur's Art's & Music Resume

Photographer, Archivist, Documentarian, Filmmaker, Visual Artist, Videographer Founder: Boston Archives and VirtualVagrant.com --> Photographer of the homeless, vagrants, alcoholics, sleepers, zea...
Posted by arthur on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:51:00 PST

Press Clippings

More and more, you see video cameras at local rock shows manned by pros from cable stations, or camera jockeys commissioned by the clubs (the Middle East, for example, routinely videotapes shows).&nbs...
Posted by arthur on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:42:00 PST

Boilerplate Video Release Agreement

VIDEO RELEASE AGREEMENT              WHEREAS, Arthur  (hereinafter the Producer) is a producer of video films, and    &nbs...
Posted by arthur on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:17:00 PST

authorized release forms for photography or music video and audios

this is two part: section 1 for bands i work with and section 2 for authorities. section 1: Bands who have worked with me may send a self addresed stamped #10 or larger envelope...i will pro...
Posted by arthur on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:28:00 PST

internet dating for dummies and i gotta say dummies are abundent

so you think i am old ehhh? the early bird specials in my immediate future? hmmm; sitting around the clubhouse in the gated community? in need of natural male enhancement sponsored by smilin...
Posted by arthur on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:02:00 PST

the Neats; "Tear my Soul" first video posted

Greetings, Eric Martin (fearless leader of the band The Neats) and I the videofilmmaker and chronicler of the band throughout their almost entire career were sitting over his house the ...
Posted by arthur on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:23:00 PST