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Lost Weekend

BS+V at Lost Weekend

San Francisco! We love you, and we were amazed at how many people came out to see the film on Saturday night. The kind folks at Lost Weekend Video reacted quickly to the large crowd by pushing several DVD racks out of the way and setting out about 20 more seats than they thought we’d […]continue

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Screenings in 2012

Free screening in San Francisco!

It’s been a while since our last blog post, but we have lots of updates to bestow upon you. Since our action-packed premiere in Montreal, we’ve been working hard to ship all of the orders before the holiday rush at the end of the year. They’re still coming in, so please be patient – shipping […]continue

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Tite Times in Montréal

Gen Of Hangedup

Event Footage: “Blood, Sweat + Vinyl: With Hangedup in Montréal” Featuring live performance by Hangedup Shot and Edited by Kenneth Thomas. la Sala Rossa, MontrĂ©al, QC – 21 November 2011. Montréal, you rule! We arrived to a heaping platter of croissants and coffee, and from there every moment was filled with great food, awesome people, […]continue

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Additional Ways to See the Film

The dignified BS+V team and friend Alessio Corsini standing before the giant tower of box sets

Thanks to everyone who has reported back with enthusiastic reviews about the box set and the film! We want this film to be easily available to everyone who is interested in it, so the box set is not the only way the film will be officially provided. It is a limited edition that exclusively contains […]continue

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Evangelista + Oxbow + Ides of Gemini at Release Party

Eugene of Oxbow

Event Footage: “Blood, Sweat + Vinyl: DVD Release Party” Featuring live performances by Evangelista, Oxbow and Ides of Gemini Shot and Edited by Kenneth Thomas. The Metro, Oakland, CA – 15 October 2011. This is a very abbreviated recap of the Release Party that barely scratches the surface of the epic performances by all 3 […]continue

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Release Party Report

the crew at breakfast the next day on little to no sleep

We are exhausted. But happy. We are happily exhausted. Below are some photos from the release party, but a few things were not documented on film and must be noted: – the venue had to be aired out after Ides of Gemini’s bass amp proved too heavy for their fuse box, causing a smoky blow-out. […]continue

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Ides of Gemini Signed to Neurot

Ides Of Gemini - photo by Sera Timms

Part of the reason it takes our little team a long time to do things is because we are very careful about our decisions, and we want to do things right.

For example, picking bands to play at our DVD Release Partycontinue

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Bay Area Premiere + DVD Release Party

Blood, Sweat + Vinyl - 15 Oct 2011 - Metro

Oakland Metro 15 October 2011 6:00pm $15 ($18 at door) All ages The event is sponsored by: Neurot Recordings Vacation Vinyl Aquarius Records Blood, Sweat + Vinyl is finally premiering in our home city! After all these years of toil, it didn’t seem like enough to simply show the film in a local theatre and […]continue

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ISIS – Los Angeles – 2005

ISIS-TheOther

Track: “The Other” Produced, Directed, and Edited by Kenneth Thomas. Camera Operation by RJ Paganini, Kenneth Thomas, and Ren Yoneyama. Shot at The Troubadour, 5 November 2005. Here it is – a Cutting Room Floor clip from the very first shoot that started the filmic journey which resulted in “Blood, Sweat + Vinyl: DIY in […]continue

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Oakland Screening & Release Party

Brace yourself, Oakland. You too, San Francisco!

We’re excited to announce that a venue has been secured for our DVD Release Party on October 15th! We’ll be showing the film that night, and there will be a stellar lineup of bands from all three labels. Which bands? We’ll let you know as soon as we have everything locked in, but we’re pretty […]continue

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