afro-punk trailer james spooner 2006-12-18 | This is the trailer for the film afro-punk. This all happened before the festival.The documentary is available for rent from the director at spoonersnofun.com/film
The HIGH DESERT Graphic Novel Trailer w subtitles james spooner 2022-05-15 | This is the trailer for my punk rock graphic novel memoir available from Harper . Purchase link (harpercollins.com/products/the-high-desert-james-spooner?variant=39935744475170) A formative coming-of-age graphic memoir by the creator of Afro-punk: a young man’s immersive reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert, and a search for salvation and community through punk.Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert.Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The one silver lining—new school, new you, right? But the few Black kids at school seem to be gang banging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of micro-aggressors to future Neo-Nazis. Mixed race, acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn't know where he fits until he meets Ty, a young Black punk who introduces him to the school outsiders—skaters, unhappy young rebels, caught up in the punk groundswell sweeping the country.A haircut, a few Sex Pistols, Misfits and Black Flag records later: suddenly, James has friends, romantic prospects, and knows the difference between a bass and a guitar. But this desolate landscape hides brutal, building undercurrents: a classmate overdoses, a friend must prove himself to his white supremacist brother and the local Aryan brotherhood through a show of violence. Everything and everyone are set to collide at one of the year's biggest shows in town...Weaving in the Black roots of punk rock and a vivid interlude in the thriving eighties DIY scene in New York's East Village, this is the memoir of a budding punk, artist, and activist.
Oracle summer happenings a the Broad Museum james spooner 2018-03-06 | August’s Summer Happening is inspired by themes of globalization, surveillance and the underlying systems and forces at work in the world that make up the current exhibition Oracle. Oracle the Happening strives to reclaim that heightened experience and anxiety as artists pick up abundant stereotypes and play prophet, sage, historian and cheerleader. A Place to Bury Strangers performs what could be a soundtrack for the apocalypse, while Xiu Xiu make music for people opposed to and opposed by the horror and disquiet of life. Transformative performance artist Linda Mary Montano offers healings and blessings, and Keijaun Thomas will perform his work, “Distance is not Separation”. The third-floor galleries will feature a Xenolalia room – the Christian missionary spirit gift or ability to speak in an unlearned language – with poets Raquel Gutiérrez, Elliot Reed and Lisa Teasley, and musicians Gabie Strong, Pauline Gloss and David Harrow8 - 8:50 p.m. | Arshia Haq + Amy Alexander on the Plaza Stage8:45 - 9:15 p.m. | Linda Mary Montano + Ron Athey in the Plaza 9 - 9:50 p.m. | Xiu Xiu on the Plaza Stage9:15 - 11:45 p.m. | Linda Mary Montano + Kae Whalen in the Lobby9:30 - 11:30 p.m. | The Xenolalia Room: Lisa Teasley + David Harrow, Raquel Gutierrez + Gabie Strong, and Elliot Reed + Pauline Gloss in Gallery 30310:10 - 11 p.m. | A Place to Bury Strangers on the Plaza Stage10:15 - 11:45 p.m. | Keijaun Thomas in the Oculus HallGuest CuratorsRon Athey is a performance artist associated with Los Angeles music scenes, body art and a 1990s response to HIV/AIDS. His first outing was Premature Ejaculation, a noise/actionist group started with Rozz Williams in 1981. Athey has toured performance projects internationally, including commissions from the English Arts Council, MADRE Napoli and Kampnagel Hamburg. In 2013 Dominic Johnson produced an extensive monograph on Intellect Press: Pleading in the Blood: The Art and Life of Ron Athey. Curatorially, Athey has, alongside his collaborator Vaginal Davis, co-curated the Visions of Excess events at Platinum Oasis/OUTFEST, Fierce Festival Birmingham, UK and Aksioma/Kapelica at Castle Codelli in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Athey is currently working on a participant-based automatism project with the composer and opera director Sean Griffin.James Spooner is a working artist from New York living in Los Angeles. He first gained recognition with his critically acclaimed cult documentary "Afro-punk," which provided the inspiration for the Afropunk festivals that James also co-founded and co-curated for 4 years before leaving the organization. He has spent the last decade tattooing in his Los Angeles private studio Monocle Tattoo, where he developed a pioneering vegan tattoo procedure. Currently he is finishing his first graphic novel in which he is both the author and illustrator.More info thebroad.org/programs/summer-happenings-broad-oracle
Basquiat summer happenings promo at the Broad Los Angeles james spooner 2018-03-06 | Punk meets hip hop, gay meets straight, black meets white, and downtown party meets uptown art world— influences that made Jean Michel Basquiat the man he was. Zebra Katz and Downtown Boys provide a musical clash of punk and hip hop. DJ Rashida and Michael Stock turn The Oculus into a downtown dance party. Mecca V A and The MOVEMENT movement and Jay Carlon offer choreographed interventions and “dance-bombs.” Shani Crowe’s performance is centered on cultural coiffure and beauty ritual related to the diasporic African, and Damon Locks will present a sound piece based on themes found in Basquiat's paintings.8 - 8:50 p.m. | Damon Locks on the Plaza Stage8:45 - 10:15 p.m. | DJ Michael Stock in the Oculus Hall8:45 - 11:45 p.m. | Shani Crowe (video loop) in the Lobby9 - 9:30 p.m. | Jay Carlon in the Third Floor Galleries9 - 9:50 p.m. | Zebra Katz on the Plaza Stage9:30 - 9:45 p.m. | Shani Crowe (live performance) in the Lobby10:10 - 11 p.m. | Downtown Boys on the Plaza Stage10:15 - 10:40 p.m. | Mecca VA and the MOVEMENT movement in the Oculus Hall10:40 - 12 a.m. | DJ Rashida in the Oculus Hall11 - 11:30 p.m. | Jay Carlon in the Third Floor Galleries11:30 - 11:45 p.m. | Shani Crowe (live performance) in the LobbyGuest CuratorJames Spooner is a working artist from New York living in Los Angeles. He first gained recognition with his critically acclaimed cult documentary "Afro-punk," which provided the inspiration for the Afropunk festivals that James also co-founded and co-curated for 4 years before leaving the organization. He has spent the last decade tattooing in his Los Angeles private studio Monocle Tattoo, where he developed a pioneering vegan tattoo procedure. Currently he is finishing his first graphic novel in which he is both the author and illustrator.more info - thebroad.org/programs/summer-happenings-broad-basquiat
What is a vegan tattoo? - Monocletattoo.com james spooner 2011-08-03 | Monocletattoo.comThere is more to a tattoo than a machine, needle and ink. An artist chooses multiple products to use before, during and after the procedure. Razor choices, soap and skin lubrication, aftercare and of course ink are all a matter of taste. Each one of these elements has the potential to contain animal based ingredients or be a producttested on animals. I pick the highest quality products with zero ethical compromise, giving you bright and bold tattoos for a life time.
Battle for Brooklyn james spooner 2009-04-19 | A few years back I won a $35,000 dollar fellowship for a doc i proposed to Re:New Media ( a Rockefeller grant). I ended up using the money to make the film White Lies Black Sheep instead. I would still love to see this doc come to be some day. you can read more on my blog. http://jspooner.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/battle-for-brooklyn-wins-renew-media-grant
James Spooner and Afropunk on French TV james spooner 2009-04-18 | This is a segment of a larger program about afropunk on french TV.
D.I.Y james spooner 2009-04-18 | I was pitching a reality show based on the inner workings of a punk house. I cut together video from several punk rock documentaries to present the concept of DIY to executives. Surprisingly they weren't stuffed shirts. They got it. The sources were, Afro-Punk, Another state of mind, Beyond the screams and ... some long island punk documentary whose name escapes me at the moment.
Afro-Punk / MTV commercial james spooner 2009-04-18 | Mtv came to my house and conducted an interview.they made two spots to be played though out black history month. this is the second one.
MTV / Afro-Punk Commercial. james spooner 2009-04-18 | Mtv came to my house and conducted an interview.they made two spots to be played though out black history month. this is the first one.
ipod comercial james spooner 2009-04-18 | This was a Ipod commercial I was in a few years back. See if you can spot me. In in there 3 or 4 times.
Henry Rollins PSA - Brave New Films james spooner 2008-10-17 | This is my commercial directorial Debut! More to come. DIRECTED BY James Spooner
french TV - James Spooner Era Afro-Punk james spooner 2008-09-11 | This was a lengthy report on the afropunk movement in NY from around 2005. It's in French so I have no Idea what it says but its cool to look at. (i had to cut a couple segments cause it was to long)
James Spooner (Afro-Punk era) on Much music ( 2 episodes) james spooner 2008-09-11 | This is two different much music spots. The first about is coverage of the toronto premier of afropunk the second is a more general look at the history of black rock. Look for fishbone, bad brains, incubus, living color, lenny kravitz and snip of candira and some others in there.
James Spooner and Ryan Bland on Jane Pratt show Way before Afro-Punk james spooner 2008-09-11 | In 1992 Jane Pratt editor of Jane magazine and then Sassy magazine hosted a TV show. They had some punk episode with my Ryan bland from Home 33 and Afro-Punk. The director of afropunk James Spooner is in the audience, and makes a comment. He was about 15 at the time. This is classic
white lies black sheep trailer james spooner 2006-11-22 | This is the new film from director James Spooner, director of, the cult film, AFRO-PUNK.
