L-R: Kire Paputts, Iain Staines; photo James Klopko
Yesterday we spoke with original Demics bass-player Iain Staines at his downtown Toronto office
Keith Whittaker, Iain Staines, circa 1977; photo by Nick Perry
For anyone lucky enough to witness, The Demics put on great shows.
Julian Richings as Larry in Animal Control; photo by Mike Perreo
In between dodging Ukranian hackers attacking our site, shuffling scenes around in editing, and lining up the last of the last of the interviews, the crew at Pogo H.Q. have been busy doing other stuff. Co-director Kire Paputts (with partner-in-crime James Vandewater) is putting the finishing touches on his short film Animal Control. The punk roots of this production run deep: Exec Produced by The Last Pogo Jumps Again‘s co-director Colin Brunton, this unsettling and weirdly elegant fifteen minute film stars a mute Julian Richings, who appeared in the Brunton produced feature Roadkill, which also featured the handsome Joey Ramone and infamous masked man (but equally handsome) Nash the Slash (who’s kindly allowed Kire to use a snippet of music in the background) and who unleashed his eccentric persona just before Punk broke in this city.
Julian also had a key role in Bruce McDonald’s Hard Core Logo, which starred Hugh Dillon, who has weighed in on our project with his memories of Teenage Head and front-man, the late great Frankie Venom. The sound editing and mixing for Animal Control will be done by sound wizard Daniel Pellerin, he of Big Hollywood Films — and who’s also going to be taking care of all our post-sound needs when the time comes.
Okay, so mark you calendars ’cause in a couple of weeks Greg Dick — hairstylist, ex-Dream Date, current lead singer of the 2010 version of The Ugly, and radio host on Equalizing Distort will be celebrating his 50th birthday.
Just as we wind down our interviews (only a half-dozen or so to go) filmmaker Susan Tabata has managed to complete her feature on old-skool Vancouver punk, Bloodied but Unbowed. The poster above sums it up nicely. We’ll let ya know when we get wind of a Toronto screening. Meanwhile, check out the link on the right for more info.
