{"id":8999,"date":"2014-05-30T03:45:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T07:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=8999"},"modified":"2014-07-10T16:03:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T20:03:49","slug":"podcast-with-composer-darius-holbert-trashy-hobo-tales-from-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=8999","title":{"rendered":"Podcast with Composer Darius Holbert + Trashy Hobo Tales from the Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest podcast uploaded to KQEK.com\u2019s YouTube channel, composer Darius Holbert discusses his entry into film scoring, composing the music for Jason Eisener\u2019s grisly and fun <strong>Hobo with a Shotgun<\/strong> (2011), the sounds of vintage synths, scoring the series <strong>Quick Draw<\/strong> (2013) in the domain of original programming by online film \/ TV providers, and the music of <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/34814788\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Oh, the Places You\u2019ll Go!<\/strong><\/a> (2012), Teddy Saunders\u2019 clever translation of Dr. Seuss\u2019 final book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5UynmrjsY0I\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">As Holbert says in the interview (also available as an MP3 download from <a href=\"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.libsyn.com\/kqekcom-podcast-with-composer-darius-holbert-may-29-2014\" target=\"_blank\">Libsyn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mondomark\/kqek-darius-holbert-2014-05-30-320kbps\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud<\/a>), people have written appreciative emails regarding the music, and it\u2019s well deserved, because it nails the tone of the prose as spoken by people of <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.burningman.com\/\" target=\"window\">Burning Man<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Because YouTube only accepts videos instead of straight MP3s of podcasts, I\u2019ve added some graphics to the program, including some abstract textures that appear whenever there\u2019s music playing. This podcast features three pieces derived entirely from the same chunk of 3 mins. of footage, respectively supporting music extracts from <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Walking Wounded<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> (2008), <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Hobo with a Shotgun<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> (2011), and <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Oh, the Places You\u2019ll Go!<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> (2012).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/AnimatedBG_01_s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9019 aligncenter\" alt=\"AnimatedBG_01_s\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/AnimatedBG_01_s.jpg\" width=\"518\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/AnimatedBG_01_s.jpg 720w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/AnimatedBG_01_s-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To see more stills like this and links to the extracted animation sequences, <a href=\"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?p=1248\" target=\"_blank\">visit my filmmaking blog at Big Head Amusements<\/a>. There are stills aplenty &#8211; but <strong>don&#8217;t<\/strong> look at them until you&#8217;ve seen the short compilation <strong>Animation Extracts #01.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also uploaded is a film review of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=8217\">Hobo with a Shotgun<\/a><\/strong>. Eisener\u2019s clearly a fan of home video (a connoisseur of VHS, he appears in the 2013 doc <a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7449\"><strong>Rewind This!<\/strong><\/a>), and the EOne Blu-ray\u2019s packed with all kinds of supportive extras. Fingers crossed he\u2019s working on another feature film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobo<\/strong> is a celebration of the lurid, graphic material found in features which built up a cult status on home video and gave foreign imports and drive-in fodder new lives, often due to teasing cover art and a quotient of material so offensive it could only be described as Wrong (which means it\u2019s good).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=8212\">Street Trash<\/a><\/strong> (1987) is a perfect example of classic cinematic wrongness, recently released on Blu by Synapse in a similarly packed special edition. There\u2019s something insane about noted film restorer \/ preservationist Robert H. Harris devoting time away from chi-chi classics like <strong>Lawrence of Arabia<\/strong> (1962) to Street Trash, but hey, the benefits are aplenty: not only is the transfer pristine, but the colours glow. It\u2019s a superb HD transfer of this infamous movie where taking a swig of Tenefly Viper booze causes one to liquefy into Day-Glo crap. The movie\u2019s not for all tastes \u2013 it has its share of narrative problems and isn\u2019t exactly a favourable portrait of disenfranchised, homeless folks \u2013 but there aren\u2019t many films where you\u2019ll see an exploding hobo, or a game of catch involving a severed hoo-ha.<\/p>\n<p>Clips from <strong>Street Trash<\/strong> appeared in Severin\u2019s excellent doc <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7446\">Ban the Sadist Videos!<\/a><\/strong> (2005), and the label is set to release a North American version of <strong>Video Nasties: The Definitve Guide<\/strong>, originally produced &amp; released by Britain\u2019s Nucleus Films in a Region 2 set.<\/p>\n<p>The next podcast at KQEK.com will (finally) feature a lengthy discussion with <strong>Rewind This!<\/strong> director Josh Johnson, with some original visuals.<\/p>\n<p>Planned for mid-June is a review of <strong>Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector<\/strong> (2013), directed by Dan M. Kinem and Levi Peretic. Like <strong>Rewind This!<\/strong> the doc is available in multiple editions \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adjustyourtracking.com\/\" target=\"window\">physical, digital, and a special bundle<\/a> \u2013 and I have to figure out the best way to cover as much of the extras as possible. And similar to the bonus short-short <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?p=1100\">The Magic Beta Box<\/a> <\/strong>(2014) I created for the <strong>Rewind<\/strong> piece, in the works is a bonus short that\u2019s tied to the <strong>Tracking<\/strong> review.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast Interview with composer Darius Holbert (Hobo with a Shotgun, Quick Draw, Oh the Places You&#8217;ll Go!) + links to excerpted animation patterns in HD + Blu-ray reviews of Hobo with a Shotgun (EOne) and Street Trash (Synapse Films).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[2818,2562,2563,2820,2817,2643,1997,2822],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/HoboShotgun_Featured.jpeg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-2l9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8999"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9023,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8999\/revisions\/9023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}