Optical Track
03.18.25
Optical Track is a weekly show presented by members of the Echo Park Film Center Co-op, a group of artists who collectively staff EPFC as volunteers for the cinematic revolution. Each week features a sonic slideshow as we turn off the projector bulbs and turn up the sound.
Every third Tuesday of the month, the EPFC slot is hosted by:
+ HOUR 1: Beaux Mingus
+ HOUR 2: Will O’Loughlen
Tracklist:
HOUR ONE: ALL BALL RADIO
Steve Fisk talking about Calvin Johnson from an episode of:
Life of the Record: Beat Happening – https://lifeoftherecord.com/beat-happening-notes
Black Dice – ?
Panda Bear – Tropic of Cancer
Jonathan Richman – SA
Cluster – ?
King Tubby – ?
Pop Hysteria – TMJ Pop
Crucifucks – Cops for Fertilizer
Vivian Girls – All the Time
Rage Against the Machine – Bullet in the Head
Bratmobile – Throwaway
Gang Green – Snob
Johnny Thunders – Eve of Destruction
Chris Smithers – What they Say
Leonard Cohen – Chelsea Hotel #2
The Oblivians – Bad Man
Pluto
HOUR TWO: DJ WILVIS
Film Analysis: “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” part one of two
Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln – Freedom Day
Clip from Democracy Now!
Adou Elenga – Ata Ndele
Film clip – Louis Armstrong newsreel, Russian discussion on the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, Malcolm X
Duke Ellington – Take the A Train
AFI Film Fest Interview with director Johan Grimonprez
Art Blakey and Jazz Messengers – Night in Tunisia (edit)
Eric Dolphy ~ Charles Mingus Sextet – Take the A Train (edit)
Film clip – Patrice Lumumba, Uranium discussion in Dutch, Cherie Dutch pop hit, Miriam Makeba
Dizzy Gillespie – Tin Tin Deo
Rock A Mambo – Babalou
Louis Armstrong – Black and Blue
London Film Fest interview with director Johan Grimonprez
Thelonious Monk – Just a Gigolo
Nina Simone – Wild is the Wind
Ornette Coleman Lonely Woman (edit)
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