Episode 297 - Penelope Spheeris (The Decline Of Western Civilization, Suburbia, Wayne's World)

Attention! Please be advised that today on the show we are joined by the legendary filmmaker of The Decline of Western Civilization: PENELOPE SPHEERIS!!! Listen in as Penelope & Damian discuss going from thinking music was dead, to being at the heart of the LA punk explosion, to becoming a "big time" Hollywood director & hating every second of it. Penelope is one of the the greatest to ever do it!  I KNOW IT’S BEEN SAID BEFORE, BUT THIS ONE IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!! Also Touched On: “Have you heard of the Sex Pistols?” LA Psych music as an escape Going to Rodney's because that was the thing to do Blue Cheer Zolar X Punk changes everything The Masque and places “where normal people don’t go” Wish you shot the Weirdos, The Zeros, The Screamers and The Plugz Showing Foghat the Sunset Strip How to filming music Manson changes everything The Runaways Art: Bob Biggs, a stripper and a cow on a leash Where does it start? Punk could see the future Punk > Hollywood Between The “Michael Moore” and the “Hand Of God”  style of documentary filmmaking We Sold Our Souls Guns And Roses not being in Decline 2 too glam not enough hardcore “I don’t know the east coast” Hardcore was born in Hermosa Beach  Pollywog park Violence and gangs Bay Area Trash Violence X not liking their parts in Decline. The Maus Maus “Hollywood can blow me!” The horror of working with Weinstein brothers driving the making of the Decline 3 “El Duce was an asshole” Bikers On Acid & SO MUCH MORE!!!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS