"Don't Knock The Rock Film And Music Festival"

The Mojo Of Film And Music Festivals

About Me

We are a film and music festival in Los Angeles dedicated to the love, lust and mania of all pop, rock, and roots films and music.

My Interests

Founder and Film Programmer: Allison Anders
Music Director: Tiffany Anders
Master Of Ceremonies: Michael Des Barres

OUR BELOVED SPONSORS

OUR VENUES

Cinefamily@ The Silent Movie Theater
611 N Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, 90036
323-655-2510

http://www.silentmovietheatre.com/

http://www.myspace.com/silentmovietheatre

Cinespia @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90038

http://www.cinespia.org/

http://www.myspace.com/cemeteryscreenings

I'd like to meet:

Music and film nerds! That means YOU!

Music:

Aaron Kyle, Alex Chilton, All Night Radio, Anders& Woods, Ariel Pink, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Bert Jansch, Big Star, Black Heart Procession, Blue Cheer, Blues Magoos, Bob Dylan, Booker T. And The MG's, Boyd Rice, Brenton Wood, Brian Epstein, Brian Jones, Brian Wilson, Brill Building, Brinsley Schwartz, Built To Spill, The Byrds, Charlie Watts, The Cryin' Shames, Cut Chemist, The Dave Clark Five, David Essex, David Kilgour, Dead Meadow, Dead Moon, Dinosaur Jr., Dios, Duran Duran, Dusty Springfield, Earthless, Eddie Cochran, Eden Ahbez, The Electric Prunes, Elliot Smith, Elvis, End Result, Erase Errata, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Francoise Hardy, The Fucking Champs, Gary Usher, Gary Wilson, Gene Clark, Gene Vincent, Gram Parsons, Guitar Wolf, Gun Club, Half Japanese, Harry Nilsson, Herb Alpert, Ian Drury, Ian Gomm, J Mascis, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Meek, Johnny Cash, Jon Brion, Joni Mitchell, Joyside, June Carter, Kris Kristopherson, Lee Hazlewood, Left Banke, Lene Lovich, Leonard Cohen, Lily n' the Ladies, Loretta Lynn, Love, Mark Fosson, Margo Guryan, Marianne Faithful, Mary Weiss, Maybelle Carter, MC5, Medussa, Merseybeat, Memphis Horns, Michael Brown, Miguel Mendez, Mike Nesmith, Mike Watt, Millennium, The Minutemen, The Monks, The Monkees, Motown, My Barbarian, Nancy And Lee, Nebula, Nels Cline, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Nick Lowe, Nightmare Of The Elf, Northern Soul, Peter & Gordon, PJ Harvey, R. Stevie Moore, Redd Kross, Roky Erickson, The Runaways, The Rutles, Saccahrine Trust, Sandy Denny, The Seeds, Scott Reeder, Scott Walker, Secret Society of the Sonic Six, Serge Gainsbourg, Shadow Morton, Sly Stone, Sonic Youth, Starlite Desperation, Stax, Stiff, Sun Records, The Stones, Syd Barrett, Terry Melcher, The Tornados, The Turtles, The Tyde, Vashti Bunyan, Wall Of Sound, Will Oldham, Willie Nelson, Wrecking Crew, Wreckless Eric, X, Ye Ye

Movies:

Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls, The Brian Epstein Story, Charlie is My Darling, Cocksucker Blues, Cry Baby, Danielson: A Family Movie, The Decline Of Western Civilization, The Devil And Daniel Johnston, Down and Out With The Dolls, Edgeplay: A Film About The Runaways, The Girl Can't Help It, Gram Parsons Fallen Angel, The Hours And Times, A Hard Days Night, Head, Help, High And Dry, La Brune Et Moi, Ladies And Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains, The Last Record Store, Let It Be, Let Them Eat Rock, Lovedolls Superstar, MC5: A True Testimonial, Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback, My Dinner With Jimi, Privilege, The Point, Performance, Quadrophenia, Rock Baby Rock It, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, Shakespeare Was A Big George Jones Fan, The T.A.M.I. Show, This Is Spinal Tap, Two Lane Blacktop, That'll Be The Day, The Treasures Of Long Gone John, Tripping With Caveh, Unknown Passage The Dead Moon Story, Stardust, Unnatural Axe: You'll Pay For This, We Jam Econo, Viva Morrisey!, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, You See Me Laughing, You're Gonna Miss Me, Zachariah

Television:

Shindig, Hullaballoo, The Johnny Cash Show, Midnight Special, Soul Train, Ed Sullivan, The Jack Paar Show, The Steve Allen Show, The Dinah Shore Show, The Dick Cavett Show, Where The Action Is, Hootenanny

Books:

MOJO Magazine, I'm With The Band by Pamela Des Barres, Sweet Soul Music and Last Train To Memphis by Peter Guralnick, Hellfire and Country by Nick Tosches, The True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth, Ready Steady Go by Shawn Levy, Many Years From Now by Barry Miles, Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain. Punk Like Me: Liner Notes For A Revolution That Never Happened by Terry Graham, Empire Of Dirt by Wendy Foronow, Monk Time by Thomas Edward Shaw, Papa John by John Phillips, Mr. Tambourine Man by John Einarson

Heroes:

Our ADVISORY BOARD:
Michael Apted
Rosanna Arquette
Susan Arosteguy
Danny Benair
John Beug
Earl Brown
Charlotte Caffey
Don Cheadle
Ethan Coen
Tricia Cooke
Gerard Cosloy
Eric D'aboloff
Tamra Davis
Michael Des Barres
Pamela Des Barres
Kim Dickens
Matt Dillon
John Doe
Illeana Douglas
Eric Erlandson
Jeff Feuerzeig
Bill Fishman
Peter Fonda
Joe Foster
Heather Graham
Terry Graham
Dan Hassid
Monte Hellman
Matt Hill
Howard Kaylan
Larry Klein
Ed Lachman
Mary Lambert
Pat Lucas
J Mascis
Astrid MacDonald
Jeff McDonald
Steve McDonald
Frances McDormand
Modi
Howard Paar
Stacy Peralta
Karyn Rachtman
Jon Reiss
Sonic Youth
Eric Stoltz
John Taylor
Gus van Sant
Kurt Voss
Anna Waronker
Mike Watt
Mary Weiss
Allee Willis

My Blog

OPENING NIGHT! THE TAMI SHOW @Cinespia

Hosted By: dont knock the rock los angeles and cinespiaWhen: Sunday Jun 29, 2008 at 7:30 PMWhere: Hollywood Forever Cemetery6000 Santa Monica Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90038United StatesDescription:dont kn...
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Dont Knock The Rock Film And Music Festival 08 program!

Don't Knock The Rock is happy to be partnered with Cinespia and Cinefamily in '08 and housed in two new homes this year! Opening and closing nights will take place at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, ...
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