The 20th Century

A video compilation / mash up by the grassy knoll…

Down In The Happy Zone (Demo)

This is a demo track for the album “III”. There was something special about the sound of the Roland S-550 but it had some serious memory issues. It could only hold 2 floppy disk worth of samples! Good enough for creating demos and the sound of this machine transfered to 2″ tape rather well…

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Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (March 27, 1927 – April 27, 2007) was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He is widely considered to have been one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century, and is considered by some of his peers to have been the greatest cellist of all time. In addition to his outstanding interpretations and technique, he was well-known for his commissions of new works which enlarged the cello repertoire more than any cellist before or since. He gave the premieres of over 100 pieces. From 1977 until 1994, he was musical director and conductor of the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. He was also internationally recognised as a staunch advocate of human rights, being awarded in 1974 the Annual Award of the International League of Human Rights.

How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck is a 1976 documentary film by German director Werner Herzog. It is a 44 minute film documenting the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship held in New Holland, Pennsylvania. Herzog has said that he believes auctioneering to be “the last poetry possible, the poetry of capitalism.” Herzog describes the auctioneering as an “extreme language … frightening but quite beautiful at the same time.” Herzog used two of the featured auctioneers as actors in his later film Stroszek.

Birthright

BIRTHRIGHT from Sean Mullens on Vimeo.

from Sean Mullens vimeo comments feed:

The film was shot in one day.
I had discussed shooting the film with Michael for a few weeks and then one day he approached me and asked if I wanted to go film him getting into the water. I grabbed my camera and we shot everything in a few hours.
There is more interview footage of him detailing his initial accident and his return to the ocean/surfing that didn’t make it into the final cut.
One interesting fact is that the place where we filmed him entering the water was the exact location he broke his neck and became disabled 30 years ago. He told me that time and time again he finds himself at that spot on earth without intention of being there…it is one of his favorite places to be.

The Mission District

Recorded during a rehearsal in San Francisco (1997)

Drums: David Revelli
Guitar: James Rotondi
Trumpet: Clyde “the slyde” Sutliff
Bass: bg

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The Big Showdown

The Grassy Knoll Live in Atlanta 1997

This was just one of those magic nights where everybody was firing on all cylinders. The energy. The communication. Four guys listening and speaking at the same time. I am one lucky mother, I was on stage with these three unbelievable musicians this night!

Drums: David Revelli
Guitar: James Rotondi
Trumpet: Clyde “the slyde” Sutliff
Bass: bg

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The Whiskey A Go Go Scene

“Faces” from the incredibly well done John Cassavetes box set “Five Films” released by Criterion. Simply beautiful film making. I love how he edited this scene. The music, the absence of dialogue, the slow swirling camera waiting to reveal the next moment, the perfect cut to the eyes meeting for an instance and the music filtering internally to lock in the moment. It’s a scene that I have watched many times and still get more out of it each time. That’s rich and that was Cassavetes.

March Eighteenth

The Grassy Knoll Live @ Slims in San Francisco 1995.

Drums: David Revelli
Baritone Saxophone: David Kaplowitz
Saxophone: Jonathan Byerly
Guitar: Eli Goode
Bass: bg

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Unbelievable Truth

The Grassy Knoll Live @ Slims in San Francisco 1995.
A ravenous version of Unbelievable Truth off of the first album. The beginning of this track is lost because of inconsistent audio levels but it settles in at at the right moment!
Drums: David Revelli
Keyboard/Samples: David Kaplowitz
Saxophone: Jonathan Byerly
Guitar: Eli Goode
Bass: bg

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