darkside was never a record i liked.
darkside rules.
Make up your mind(s).
I think we can all agree, DSotS was the most unfortunate period for Al and Paul’s hair.
What were they thinking?
HAHA!!!
Leave it to a smart phone to make me look like a dumbass.
Here is the picture of me and Paul Barker:
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Pictures Of Voidhead Hanging Out With Famous People would make a decent coffee table book.
I’d buy one.
Probably.
Thanks for the recap, Void. I like the picture, it looks like you and Barker are attending a Twilight premiere together. [:)]
Im here at the oakland screenung. Anyone wanting to do a round of bushmills ala jourgensen shoukd look for the green haired kid wearing a land of rape and honey tee, aka me.
I just found out about oakland by the time I had no idea how to get this theater.
Nice lil write-up on Rolling Stone with Mr. Barker’s input…
-jimmy
I made the trek to Lawrence, KS last night to see Fix. I am still digesting the film and will post a detailed review later. There was maybe 10 people in the audience.
It’s showing in Lawrence, Kansas, but not in Atlanta?
WTF?
It’s time to call Ted Turner
As I mentioned before, I was quite under-whelmed when I showed up to the theater and saw only 10 people waiting to get into a 600 seat venue. The film was not advertised at all and was ONLY showing at 10pm on a Thursday night. Gotta blame the venue for this one. I only found out because I was religiously watching the website for screenings. The film clearly had no reputation outside of the circle of Ministry fans.
After watching Fix, my intial feeling was confusion. I am not sure what was attempted with the film.
Judging by the trailers, I was expecting a dark/gritty documentary about how crazy Ministry was to tour with along with showing the effects Al’s addiction had on the shows.
Instead it almost comes off as a nicely edited home movie with rants from Al and opinions on Al and Co. from some peers and business partners.
The film opens with Rey Washam narrating about how hard and crazy the tour was, yet there is no tour diary showing why it was so hard and what made this particular tour the grind that is was stated to be. Nothing appears to be sequential. There were plenty of opinions on the Rock and Roll lifestyle and the excesses that come with being in a band. This is a given. What I wanted to see was how Ministry pushed the envelope. Yeah, there are numerous shots of Al prepping needles or shooting during an interview, but there are no scenes of him nodding off, or being too dopesick to operate. Rey hints about having a habit, but never appears to be too out of it to contribute and there are no scenes or strories about particular shows.
This is certainly worthwhile for big time fans and I was never bored. I just never got the point. Yeah, Ministry was crazy, we know that. But outside of Al, nobody in the film seems any crazier than your normal rock star.
This will be purchased when it is released on DVD and I will watch it again. I am hoping it does more for me then than it did last night.
[reply]I made the trek to Lawrence, KS last night to see Fix. I am still digesting the film and will post a detailed review later. There was maybe 10 people in the audience.
Sounds like a Revamp Tour show.[/reply]
Nah, too many Zeros in his head count.
This comment might dampen the flames a little bit… Duane Buford posted this on his facebook a few days ago:
"I saw Fix on the 27th of October of this year in Chicago, and it’s a very insightful film to say the least. I feel that Jeff and Doug did a good job of bringing all that happened behind the scenes to the big screen, and very interesting to see what other musicians had to say about the band, and in looking back, it seems all pretty accurate to me. I especially liked Maynard Keenan’s statement about how Ministry was leaving a hole and other bands like Limp Bizkit were about to walk right in with their version of “This is The Shit Right Now” music.
One thing that I disagreed with was the idea that drugs were the big thing that brought Ministry down. In my opinion, not following Paul Barker’s vision for the band was the real thing that brought it down. Of course, the drugs and alcohol helped, but not everyone in the band was into that. The band as a whole had the synergy that is needed in order to pull off a great live performance, but that has to translate beyond the stage. In the studio, they were unstoppable, but again, that has to translate beyond the studio, and include a level of respect for everyone involved.
Today Paul is doing his own thing and Al is as well. Maybe Paul can take his projects to that level where Ministry could have been, and maybe Al can too, though I doubt it because Paul is no longer there. Then again, maybe Ministry is becoming something totally new, re-inventing and re-rising. In every situation, and every lifespan, there will always be an end, and when that end comes you embrace it and move on to the next level. You don’t let that end define you, or who you are. So whether Ministry is moving on to another phase of its life, or whether Al should have kept it buried and used that time to focus on something else, will remain to be seen."
This comment might dampen the flames a little bit… Duane Buford posted this on his facebook a few days ago:
"I saw Fix on the 27th of October of this year in Chicago, and it’s a very insightful film to say the least. I feel that Jeff and Doug did a good job of bringing all that happened behind the scenes to the big screen, and very interesting to see what other musicians had to say about the band, and in looking back, it seems all pretty accurate to me. I especially liked Maynard Keenan’s statement about how Ministry was leaving a hole and other bands like Limp Bizkit were about to walk right in with their version of “This is The Shit Right Now” music.
One thing that I disagreed with was the idea that drugs were the big thing that brought Ministry down. In my opinion, not following Paul Barker’s vision for the band was the real thing that brought it down. Of course, the drugs and alcohol helped, but not everyone in the band was into that. The band as a whole had the synergy that is needed in order to pull off a great live performance, but that has to translate beyond the stage. In the studio, they were unstoppable, but again, that has to translate beyond the studio, and include a level of respect for everyone involved.
Today Paul is doing his own thing and Al is as well. Maybe Paul can take his projects to that level where Ministry could have been, and maybe Al can too, though I doubt it because Paul is no longer there. Then again, maybe Ministry is becoming something totally new, re-inventing and re-rising. In every situation, and every lifespan, there will always be an end, and when that end comes you embrace it and move on to the next level. You don’t let that end define you, or who you are. So whether Ministry is moving on to another phase of its life, or whether Al should have kept it buried and used that time to focus on something else, will remain to be seen."
Punks.
[cool]
This is the craziest damned thing. Thanks for posting!
yeah I thought it was pretty balanced… some nice insight.
Duane, in real life, is pretty damn chill and down to earth.
Icepick that comment is hilarious
Duane sounds like a class act.
I wonder how long until Al trash talks him in an interview for no reason.
Icepick that comment is hilarious
Seconded.
Saw it last night at the Pickford, I enjoyed it… but will have to be more sober next time I see it. Things I noticed that haven’t been brought up; one of Eerie’s mixxx of Bloodlines makes an appearance, Casey Chaos… wow. Looking forward of the DVD release that’s suppose to be in February.