The original 1981 film chronicled the Los Angeles punk movement ... “The ‘Decline of Western Civilization’ trilogy is a landmark achievement in the history of documentary filmmaking and ...

The trailer for The Decline of Western Civilization provides a sense for how the punk scene was viewed at ... he put me in the lead role for a feature documentary that was financed by some guy ...

Stein also sees tribute bands as integral to not just Anthro 101 but Intro to Western Civ. ”The great masters in painting had students who reproduced the same art over and over, and many ...

directing documentaries like The Decline of Western Civilization and studio films such as Wayne's World. Spheeris talks about growing up in her father’s traveling carnival, as well as major influences ...

His reputation would have been big anyway, but it was etched into history by Penelope Spheeris’1981 documentary The Decline of Western Civilization, an unblinking chronicle of LA punk rock ...

Gutter punks ask for handouts on the streets of Los Angeles in The Decline of Western Civilization Part III ... first in the 1970s as punk, then a decade later as heavy metal and then back again to ...

The proliferation of cupcakes is a sign of our increasingly atomized society. Bring back a sense of community. Bring cake! The most intensely gluttonous part of the holiday season is upon us, and ...

the director behind classics like “The Decline of Western Civilization” trilogy, “Suburbia” and “Wayne’s World,” doesn’t listen to punk rock anymore. “It’s either Zen ...

Pioneering punk singer Robert Lopez brings ... That band was featured in the landmark Penelope Spheris documentary The Decline of Western Civilization in 1981. While Lopez spent much of the ...