[Blacklabcollective] Underground venue doc

[Lindsay Kasting]

I hate everything about this. Do they hate underground venues and want us
all shut down?????

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:22 PM, mick mccann <nomoreroads at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey! These two folks approached me a while back saying they were doing a
> documentary on underground venues in Vancouver. I told them we were a
> little worried about getting too much light due to our circumstances. But
> it still be cool, I said i'd forward their write up to ye.
>
> Heavy Underground: Vancouver Venues
>
> Black Lab
>
> Hello! We are Stone Mountain Films, otherwise known as Asia Fairbanks and
> Willow Gamberg, Vancouver independent filmmakers.
>
> We have begun work on a project that we would like to launch in the new
> year, and we believe that Black Lab is essential to it.
>
> The basic idea: An online mini documentary series, with each 8-10 minute
> episode featuring a different Vancouver underground heavy music venue. To
> examine each venue, we will be interviewing the venue operators and one
> agreed-upon band that is chosen to best represent the venue.
>
> We want to learn about Black Lab, its history, the challenges you have
> faced in the past and those you face today. We want to know what keeps you
> going, and why it’s important. To us, independent, underground venues are
> the lifeblood of the scene, as are the bands that play them. In the
> Vancouver heavy music underground, we have found and become integrated with
> a community like none we’ve ever experienced - vibrant, creative, and
> resilient. We want to document and share this with anyone interested in
> learning about it. Your identities, and the venue location, can be
> protected if you so desire. All we want is to capture the unique spirit of
> our scene, and the people that make it possible.
>
> What we need from you: A short video interview held at the space, and
> your help in organizing a show with the band agreed upon (or alternatively
> selecting an already booked show), so that we can document a live show at
> Black Lab.
>
> The Official Write-Up:
>
> Heavy Underground: Vancouver Venues will provide a look into a very
> specific aspect of Vancouver’s prolific heavy music scene;
> independently-run underground venues, the people that run them, and the
> bands that play them. In a city renowned for its high venue mortality rate,
> independent venues, operated both legally and otherwise, have become
> essential to the small but thriving heavy music community. These venues,
> ranging from historical buildings and warehouses to retail skateboard
> shops, provide a home for the music community, a starting point for
> aspiring musicians, and a melting pot of art, music and culture that
> benefits us all. In this series, we will examine the city’s key underground
> spaces, what they mean for the music community, and the challenges they
> face operating in a city where urban redevelopment is paramount, art is
> institutionalized, and counterculture is repressed by social stigma and red
> tape.
>
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