Docs Till Death

Hey there, DTD-ers! We've got a fun one for you this week. And by that we mean our episode, not the movie. The movie is HYPE and it's about grunge. OOF! But don't fret; as you know, from pain comes great art. So here at DTD headquarters we have been working hard on a new play to commemorate and elevate this painful experience. Here's a bit from the third act, for your enjoyment. Pete: Grunge. Do you know what Grunge is? It's the thousand flannels of Cobain's enemies, a story we agree to...

Glad tidings, DTD-heads! It's. Really. Happening. We're wrapping up our PISTOL-watch with a special double-stuffed episode in which we discuss "tracks" 5 and 6. It's very exciting -- so much so that we understand you might have a hard time handling the news. In fact, we heard a rumor that Queen Elizabeth (who's been a fan ever since we started the PISTOL recaps) was so surprised that she literally dropped dead!!! Unfortunately, we have no way to verify the rumor. Nevertheless, it's a fun...

Quoi de neuf, DTD-ers! This week, we're coming at you paradox style! And that means 1) we feature Tim Irwin's WE JAM ECONO 2) in a conversation that is orchestrated by our own Matt Truffaut. But how can this be? How can we mix the MINUTEMEN'S working class punk jams with Mr. Truffaut's aesthetic elitism? The answer: carefully! The other answer: we see no conflict between the MINUTEMEN'S blue collar body music and Matt's super sophisticated editorial choices. Wait? What? Why? How? Bc we know...

Hey there, DTD-ers! As you're probably already aware, this is a PISTOL week. There's nothing else we can really say about that. These are the circumstances that we all -- you, the listener, and us, the hosts -- find ourselves in. And remember, this is our collective choice, which means that the effort to get through the entire PISTOL series remains, if nothing else, a testament to our shared strength and commitment. We praise you for that, dear listeners, although we, here at DTD home base,...

How goes there, DTD-ers? This is a good week. For one, we are NOT discussing an episode of Pistol. Second, and more importantly, we have the opportunity to discuss Kevin Egan's WHAT AWAITS US: A BEYIND STORY, which is - pleasant surprise - NOT about the vegetarian meat substitute, and is instead about his legendary hardcore band, BEYOND. The film is more than that, too, although we're not gonna tell you what that "more" is; the only way you're gonna find out is to listen to the episode (and,...

Hey there DTD-heads. If you can hear this, there may still be time. Please help us. We've fallen into a Pistol pit, and we can't get out. At first, we thought someone might come and find us, and help us out. But it's been three episodes now, and we're starting to feel like this is our fate. The nights are so cold! The story is so uninteresting! There doesn't even seem to be any point to it all! H! E! L! P! All that said, Matt does seem to be coming around on the series, so the candle of hope...

Welcome back DTDers! This week, we’ve got some bad news/good news for you. The bad news first: we’re not giving you another PISTOL recap… yet. The good news: we’re discussing the only thing that might be more punk than PISTOL — that’s right, it’s BAND IN DC, the Bad Brains documentary. We know we say this often, but this doc is a really good one. Maybe one of the best. But then why doesn't pitchfork, entertainment weekly, or the nytimes have it in their top 10 punk docs lists? Good question....

Fair warning, DTD-ers: "lasciate ogne speranza voi ch'intrate." And you know what that means; we're picking up where we left off with the Danny Boyle directed Sex Pistols mini-series, PISTOL. This week, we discuss "track" 2, and (SPOILER ALERT) we don't think it's very good -- although Matt might be coming around on the show. In any event, just because the show doesn't rock, doesn't mean we can't! In other words, this episode of DTD shreds! We brutaly riff on not just PISTOL, but also on pop...

Hey there, DTD-ers! We've got a news flash for you, apparently: DTD now stands or Descendants Till Death, apparently. "Why is that?", you ask. Well, we'll tell you why -- because for this episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Justin Wilson, who is part of the braintrust behind the Descendants/All documentary FILMAGE, which we discussed last week. But Justin doesn't just talk about the movie; we also talk about what it takes to get a punk doc off the ground, Justin's other punk projects...

Welcome home, DTD-ers! This week we're back with a movie that might best be described as a comfort watch: Matt Riggle and Deedle LaCour's FILMAGE: THE STORY OF THE DESCENDENTS/ALL. It's a good one... although we came to that realization only after collectively overcoming the disappointment of this not being a movie about the children of famous Disney villains. So if you want to hear a moving story of our growth and acceptance of this Descendents movie for what it is, give the episode a...

Gu-day DTDers! We're so glad you're here, because THIS is THE one that all you true punks out there have been waiting for! That's right, this week, we discuss the pluralization of proper nouns!!! We know, it's heady stuff; but all of us at DTD headquarters felt it was a conversation that needed to happen, and we're proud of the result. Through open dialogue, we tore down walls and build bonds of friendship. And, oh yeah, we also talk about the first episode of the Danny Boyle directed...

(Gabba Gabba) Hey there DTD-heads! We know you love punk, and we also know that you're kinda into being sad, so this week, we've got a real big treat for you!! That's right, you guessed it; we're discussing Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields' End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones -- a thoroughly depressing (and inspiring?) look at what you can achieve if you fully commit to emotional avoidance. Yeah, the movie's pretty heavy; but as usual, we're a laugh riot. So 1) shut off that ironic...

WHAT'S! UP! DOC! HEADS!?! We're so happy to be back, bringing you our trademark mixture of encyclopedic punk knowledge and high-minded film criticism. But you're gonna have to wait until next week for all that, because this week, it's our end of season 2 recap. Or is it our beginning of season 3 promo? Whatever the case may be, you know what we're talking about: it's the Grohlies, baby!!!! That's right, all the notable players in punk and hardcore filmmaking have come out for one special...

Thank you for making the trip to visit us, DTD-ers! And as you might have guessed, since we've all gathered here on the lanai, this week we've taken a trip to SUBURBIA, Penelope Spheeris' first narrative feature, and her second film overall (following her seminal DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION). What is there to say about this movie that hasn't already been written by underpaid and overworked Ivy and near-Ivy grads who work at Vice and similar publications? Not much. But we've gone ahead...

Hey there, DTD-heads! This week we discuss the CRASS episode of Bryan Ray Turcotte and Bo Bushnell's excellent THE ART OF PUNK web series. And we do, indeed, discuss CRASS; maybe not as much as we discuss the RHCP (spoiler alert), but we certainly mention CRASS long enough for Matt to repeatedly mispronounce the name of one of the band members. Unbelievable. Unforgivable. Unacceptable. So he's out. We punk-cancelled him. Nevertheless, we wish him all the best in his future endeavors, which...

Welcome home, DTD-ers! This week, we are discussing Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett's 2012 classic, A BAND CALLED DEATH. And before we say anything about the film, the DTD crew needs to address an apparent misunderstanding. In the two weeks since we announced that we'd be watching the "Death movie," we've received over 50,000 concerned texts/calls/messages from listeners, like yourself, most of whom assumed that this was to be our last episode. From what we can gather, it seems that...

What's up, true believers!? This week the DTD crew is back with something very special. Is it a minisode in which we pay homage to the Doughboys podcast by discussing KFC's new Beyond Chicken "nuggets"? Or, is it a spin-off show that amounts to another step forward in our play for global podcast dominance? You decide. Aaaaanywaaaay... this is a real good one! Better than the KFC Beyond Chicken? Again, you decide. Should you stop whatever you're currently doing and listen to the episode NOW...

Greetings DTD-ers! You ARE in the right place! Please don't let the subject of today's episode confuse you. This is still Docs Till Death, and it's still THE premiere punk podcast; however, with this episode, we've decided to spread our wings (in a no-growth, immature kind of way) and pay a visit to metal, punk's cousin on its father's side. That's right! We're discussing SOME KIND OF MONSTER, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's 2004 Metallica documentary. And to commemorate this...

Happy MLK Day, DTD-ers! Since many of you have the day off of work and nothing to do, we decided that we'd release a very good minisode. That's why we're discussing the DEAD KENNEDYS episode of Bryan Ray Turcotte and Bo Bushnell's terrific THE ART OF PUNK web series. As a faithful DTD-er who's listened to our discussion of the BLACK FLAG episode of THE ART OF PUNK, you already know that we're big fans of the series -- and that we're not poseurs. We do real punk stuff. Like all the time...

How goes it, Docs Till Death-ers?! This week, the crew discusses Dave Markey's film from 1992 called 1991: THE YEAR THAT PUNK BROKE. We gotta admit, we're a little confused, so we're glad that Thirstin' More could be on hand to serve as spiritual guide, educating us in the ways of the grunge. The film is a riveting snapshot of "alternative" music in the moments before that music, and Nirvana in particular, would achieve immense global success -- which in turn, would lead to seismic shifts in...