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John Ruscher

writer & editor

Category: film

Random Stuff

As I noted below, I wrote a short blurb on Vivian Girls’ cover of the Wipers’ “Telepathic Love” for Index Magazine’s Playlist. You can read it and listen to the track, along with other solid tunes, here. Cadillac Records, a film about Chess Records,  just came out and my roommate briefly plays the role of [...]

Sound and Vision

I wrote a piece for BushwickBK.com about a screening by Cinema 16 this past Friday at Starr Space, which is conveniently just around the corner from my apartment. Artanker Convoy provided live soundtracks for silent films by Harry Smith and Robert Enrico.

chiptunes

My friend Kaveh pointed me in the direction of a great documentary, Reformat The Planet, about the Chiptune music scene that’s screening through the end of today (Thursday) on Pitchfork.tv. If you’re unfamiliar, Chiptune music is based around turning Nintendo Gameboys and other low-bit video games into musical instruments and composition tools. I’ve only run [...]