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Don't Bring A Dog

Jan 1, 1997

1h 15m

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"Suddenly we became part of the mainstream and that's still disconcerting!" Thurston Moore/Sonic Youth

Overview

Don't Bring A Dog shows a part of the New York underground music scene - rooted in the early eighties - existing apart from MTV and billboard charts. Music, interviews, sounds and pictures of the city blend into a collage. Don't Bring A Dog works like a time capsule of people and music in NY at a particular moment

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

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Cast

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Thurston Moore

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J.G. Thirlwell

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Lee Ranaldo

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Kid Congo Powers

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Little Annie

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Congo Norvell

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Jon Spencer

Sonic Youth play hockey arena w/ Neil Young in Reno, Nevada. Ten years earlier 7 Seconds recorded the earnest hardcore classic "Skins, Brains, & Guts" EP. The town was known as Skeeno. Audio recorded especially for the film by Society's Ills, a band consisting of Mike Watt (bass), Thurston (vocals), Dez Cadena (guitar), & David Markey (drums), who cover said EP.

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