Category: Premiere

Street Trash (2024) to Premiere at Sie Film Center on November 30, 2024

The 2024 re-imagining of 1987 gonzo cult film classic Street Trash has its Denver screen premiere at Sie Film Center on November 30 at 7pm. The new version directed by Ryan Kruger (Fried Barry) was shot in Cape Town, South Africa in 35mm techniscope. The horror comedy reboot is set in the near dystopian future where, similar to the original, a group of vagrants work to stop the government, rather than a ruthless liquor store owner, from liquidating the homeless. It is a humorous, gory and transgressive commentary on the disparity between the rich and the poor and the international issue of houselessness. The film was produced in collaboration with Vinegar Syndrome Pictures by Not The Funeral Home, the people behind the Shudder series The Last Drive In with Joe Bob Briggs who are part of the revival of the horror hosting culture. The 2024 Street Trash reboot will also be streaming starting November 19 (Screambox, Amazon, Apple etc.). For tickets to the premiere, presented by Scream Screen and hosted by Theresa Mercado, please visit the Sie Film Center website here.

Premiere: Bryon Parker Releases “Razor’s Edge” and “Fever Dream Death Kiss” on VanGerrett Records

Bryon Parker, photo courtesy the artist

VanGerrett Records run by producer/musician/songwriter Kramies just released the latest set of songs by Denver-based artist Bryon Parker. “Razor’s Edge” and “Fever Dream Death Kiss” represent an experiment in Parker’s approach to songwriting in form and approach.

“These two songs were written in the same day,” says Parker. “They are siblings. Their production, while experimental at times, pushes the boundaries I deem acceptable of stark immediacy.”

The songs were recorded in Lucas Johannes’ Studio Basemess in Denver, Colorado with Parker providing vocals, acoustic guitar, upright bass and Flamenco guitar backed by contributions from former The Symptoms and Lionsized singer/guitarist Josh Bergrstrand on guitar/noise and drums with Johannes on Wurlitzer, Midi, string arrangements and bass. The result is a pair of songs with a delicacy, immediacy and momentum. On the recording the textures of the instrumentation and Parker’s unconventional vocal delivery add to a dreamlike sense of introspection that escalates into heights of sonic frisson in particular on the second track. Both benefit from an expert combination of a kind of outsider folk sensibility and a willingness to incorporate raw noise as an element that brings warmth and humanity, a sense of analog “imperfection” that makes the music relatable in an instant.

Parker is no stranger to this form of songwriting though many in Denver and elsewhere may know him better for his time in noise rock groups Accordion Crimes and Simulators but it is an evolution into an exciting new direction from earlier forays into more avant indie songwriting as Rebellious Son and in the rock band Raleigh. Listen to “Razor’s Edge” and “Fever Dream Death Kiss” and download the music on Bandcamp linked below.