"A new documentary will be released this spring about cranky, erudite Magnetic Fields mastermind Stephin Merritt. Directors Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara (of Chickfactor magazine) shot the as-yet-untitled film over ten years, chronicling Merritt's career and personal life, neither of which he's been particularly eager to discuss in interviews.
According to a press release, "Included is the backstory of Merritt's first musical forays, his development as a writer-- from proofreader and copy editor at Spin to becoming one of Time Out New York's most dynamic scribes-- and his response to charges of elitism and racism."
The film will screen at the Mezzanine in San Francisco as part of the San Francisco Film Society's SF360 Film+Club screening series, with an official premiere to take place at an unnamed American film festival this Spring. After the screening, there will be a Q&A with Merritt, Fix, and Merritt's bandmate and manager Claudia Gonson. The previous night, the Magnetic Fields will play at Oakland's Fox Theater, and they also have a show scheduled for the night after the screening at San Francisco's Herb Theatre."
But will they include Johny Blood?
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It is always important to remember that we don't do it for the credit. A little cash, on the other hand, can serve one. toot cass, etc.
Well actually I played on the new album, Realism, though not so's you can hear it. I didn't know about the movie--it would be quite exciting to see footage from the Zinnias or my very early tenure with MF, though I'd be surprised if it exists.
However I will be at the Fox Theater, most likely in the audience but perhaps on stage. But most likely in the audience.
And Firestone is quite right, there's neither credit nor money in tuba playing. However it is pleasant all the same, and sometimes one's friends can hear from far away.
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