Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968(2024)

Rambling 'Round Radio Row #1(en)

Jerry Wald has to write about radio, visiting Sid Gary gives him the tip it might be more easy for him to write this article at the radio station than at his newspaper office. At the studio they listen to the Boswell Sister's rehearsal, which is interupted by some not so friendly remarks by orchestra leader Abe Lyman, they listen at the door, where a Colonel Stoopnagel broadcast is prepared, as well as to the rehearsal of a new song for an broadcast by Kate Smith.

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra(en)

In a nightclub setting, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra, with two of his vocalists, perform four of the group's best known songs. For the complete list of songs, check the soundtrack listing.

Busted: Christmas for Everyone(en)

Whilst doing their last concert before the Christmas Holidays, Busted find that their guitars have all disappeared mysteriously. With their only clue to there where-abouts being a mysterious note signed by 'Sinister Santa' the band take on London in hopes of finding their Guitars but learn the true meaning of Christmas along the way.

Tower Bawher(en)

This animated short by Theodore Ushev is like a whirlwind tour of Russian constructivist art and is filled with visual references to artists of the era, including Vertov, Stenberg, Rodchenko, Lissitsky and Popova.

What Is Sex?(en)

A multimedia sex-ed video about life and love in a world where humans have corkscrew penises and corkscrew vaginas.

The Puppet Asylum(en)

Otto Baxter, a filmmaker with Down's Syndrome, directs and stars in this musical horror-comedy short based on his life, set in Victorian London.

The Hangover Club - Devil's Watching You(en)

Like You Said You'd Be(en)

After her latest project is canceled due to circumstances out of her control, Nicole searches for an escape from her defeat.

Unspoken(en)

At her grandfather's funeral Bella deals with the emotions of a loved one passing on, while her father Jack must face the debt that his father left behind.

Double or Nothing(en)

In this Broadway Brevities short, a stunt double is hit on the head and imagines himself in a series of movie scenes with doubles for various stars.

Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music(en)

Frank Scheffer's (collage like) documentary on the American composer and rock guitarist Frank Zappa, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April 22,2007. Most of what’s on here is seen before, particularly in Roelof Kier’s 1971 documentary and/or Scheffer’s own documentary “A present day composer refuses to die”. But there is some new stuff too, particularly interviews with Denny Walley, Haskell Wekler, Elliot Ingber and Bruce Fowler.

Little Dickie(en)

A woman enters a bar and asks for a bit of conversation, but what she gets in return is a bunch of bad pickup lines sung to her by a cowboy and the bartender singing the cowboy's virtues.

Soft Drinks and Sweet Music(en)

In this Broadway Brevity short, a soda jerk/songwriter dreams (literally) of performing his songs on Broadway.

Trouble in Toyland(en)

Santa's workers demand to be entertained and thus put on a musical show for themselves.

Okay, José(en)

A Salesman tries to locate a notorious Mexican bandit.

Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties(en)

Harry Fox performs his vaudeville act.

Harry Wayman and His 'Debutantes'(en)

The 'Debutantes' are an all female orchestra led and directed by Harry Wayman doing some musical and dancing routines, Harrry accompanies with the violin.

I Am the Only(xx)

This short movie takes us through beautiful landscapes and oppressive spaces. A dream sequence that leads to liberation, on the border between imagination and reality. We travel with a boy who matures. He dreams, he dances, he is the conductor. The only.

To be Near You(ja)

Centers on a boy named Osamu who receives an umbrella as a gift from Sayu, but it goes missing. That umbrella transforms into a girl who goes gallivanting around town on a rainy day.

Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby?(en)

The King Cole Trio and Ida James perform the title song in this Soundie.