Joe Strummer in Mystery Train. He basically plays a criminal version of himself. TW for shooting or whatever.

    Kris Kristofferson in Cisco Pike. His acting is good in other movies, but this is my favorite. Plays a musician of course.

      Richard Edson and John Lurie in Stranger Than Paradise. Might rewatch it this week.

      My partner's dad's band, the Cactus Brothers, was in Pure Country with John Doe (and George Strait). Cactus Brothers were a bar band, and there was a scene where someone's supposed to be like "this band's going nowhere. Let's get out of here." John insisted the line get cut because he thought it was a bullshit way to treat legit working musicians.

      paperhose Kris Kristofferson's version of "Me and Bobby McGee" is used in Two-Lane Blacktop. When director Monte Hellman called Kristofferson to get the rights/approval for it, he thought Hellman was asking him to use his version. He wanted to use Joplin's version, but didn't have the heart to tell him. I'm glad they stuck with Kristofferson's version. Two-Lane is one of my favorite films. I randomly ended up getting a '56 Chevy 210 wagon in primer. Just finished the interior on it.

      I guess you can add James Taylor and Dennis Wilson to the list. Kreag Caffey is in the film and he released a record on Decca. It's Dylan-inspired but the vocals are even further out there. I like it if nobody else did.

          Ryan Leach I do not even remember the song in 2 lane blacktop. will be a treat to rewatch someday soon. I am honestly usually pretty confused by hellman's movies. but can tell there is something there.

          payday is in same universe hellman works in. rip torn a good actor as a musician.

              paperhose I've seen Two-Lane over 50 times. It's my favorite film. I like late '80s East German movies a lot, especially documentaries by Helke Misselwitz.

              It's used in the scene were Warren Oates -- who really provides the relief in the film cuz Laurie Bird doesn't go down easy -- is setting up the stakes with Wilson and Taylor at that gas station in New Mexico.

              The movie got made cuz of Easy Rider. The screenwriter is a genius -- Rudy Wurlitzer.

              There's no real point to the film. I'm not trying to get deep here -- that's what Wurlitzer has said. The film is just a snapshot of people moving through space. There's no start or end, so to speak. Wurlitzer had never written a film script before and most of the people in the film, outside of Oates and Harry Dean and some extras, had never acted. It's shot and looks like Bill Eggleston's photos -- or Stephen Shore. It's more Southwest.

              I worked at a hot rod shop and I've built cars. I've always had cars from the '50s, being from Los Angeles. That car was built by Richard Ruth and what adds to the film is that it's the real deal. 454, Muncie 4, custom headers, gasser with rear disc brakes in '71. Most of those films used cars cobbled together that looked the part. Hellman actually had a real car built by a respected LA hot rodder.

              It captures the essence of the early '70s. Golden age of capitalism ending, Vietnam was clearly a disaster and there seemed to be little point to anything -- especially for people who didn't agree with New Left politics or the Wallace crowd. Five Easy Pieces was the same, just a little more ham-fisted. It's just an important film that appeals to different segments of people -- hot rodders, film people, etc. -- for very different reasons.

                This movie Cherie Currie starred in after she left the Runaways. I read about it in her book and thought it sounded like a dud, but if this trailer is anything to go by, I may have to seriously reconsider.

                Lee Ving in Who's The Boss?

                Adam Ant in Northern Exposure

                Just watched One Trick Pony. Lou's acting debut. Was Paul Simon in a movie before this? Who in the fuck thought a movie centered around a Paul Simon character in 1983 was a good idea. Half the movie is just Paul Simon and his band driving around doing band in a van talk. Lou plays a producer who wants Paul to add strings or whatever to his tracks but Paul's music is too pure, his vision too righteous.

                  You can't bring this topic up (at least not in Portland) without mentioning Jonny P. Jewels of Soda Pop Kids, High Horse, & P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. playing Worf's mischievous son on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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                  Yeah, it is definitely worth a watch, both for the band in a van scenes and the masterwork of Rip Torn (natch) as a record exec. It's up on YT or Archive.org.

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