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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 5, 2022
Mike
Alvarez 2005 LP Release “2324” Now Available on Spotify
The
2005 LP “2324”
by Mike Alvarez is now available on Spotify,
YouTube,
and all other major digital outlets.
Mike
Alvarez (Mike Alvarez, Roky
Erickson, Max and the Makeups,
Head Shop) and
friends managed to write and record 10 songs in one weekend,
the weekend of April 23 and 24, the weekend before Alvarez's
50 th birthday on April 27th 2005. The project was filmed
in 3D by award winning 3D filmmaker Tom
Koester
Friends
include Jonie Hell (Max and the
Makeups, Junkyard, Haunted
Garage, Bushwhackers), Bruce
Hughes (Bruce Hughes, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown,
Poi Dog Pondering, Ugly Americans, The Resentments), folk
legacy Larry Smith (Vietnam
USO Tours, New
Christy Minstrels), Matt Jansky (Clothes
Pins, Mike Alvarez, Head
Shop), Bill
Dumas (Blond Furniture, Head Shop) Suki Fujioka, Bill
Rehn, John Lusitana, Marc Sabatini and poetry by musician
poet Ken Jones.
Cover photo by animation wizard Kevin
Altieri
You
can view the entire documentary by clicking here
on YouTube
Testing
new songs live at The Rainbow Club, Los Angeles, CA during the
3-D filming of 2324 (2005)
(L-R) Matt Jansky, Mike Alvarez, Tom
Koester.
The
film follows Mike and long time musician friends through
the song creation process that weekend, and beyond.
As such, it is a timely piece of pop music recording history.
The
film examines Mike's musical past, his inspirations, life
choices, and the nature of the Underground as a Cultural
force.
It
is one of Tom Koester's many 3D documentaries on the arts,
and a new 3-D version
is being edited for the 3-D film community now. Other
Koester works include
award winning short films on the Watts Towers, Frank Lloyd
Wright's Ennis House, and the late Los Angeles artist
James Barret. Tom has also directed over 15 Jazz
and Blues performances shot in Chicago locations for Delmark
Records Chicago IL.
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