Spring brings offbeat film festivals to Oregon, and what could be more unconventional than the Youth Silent Film Festival? Festival creator Jon Palanuk talks with Jenn Chavez about inspiring teenage filmmakers to reinvent a classic art form. Then, S.W. Conser is joined by grown-up film director Eric Slade, whose new documentary Big Joy, a profile of trailblazing poet, playwright, and experimental filmmaker James Broughton premieres at this year's QDoc Festival.
This is the bulk of the new material from March's episode... basically everything except for The Wizard of Odds (which can be heard here). Includes the intro, letters and this month's installment of Memoirs From the Psych Ward.
Tonight on CrossFade we do a special focus towards the music of and related to Prince and Lee Scratch Perry. Seperately of course, Prince the first hour, Lee Perry the second hour. As they are both playing in town on the same night.