tonight at 8 on tcm:

Described by the New York Times as "a master of movies about the American idiom...one of our most original filmmakers," Les Blank (1935-2013) was a Florida-born documentary filmmaker best remembered for his poetic studies of American musical traditions. But, as reflected in this TCM salute, Blank's idiosyncratic films and short subjects covered a wide range of subjects including Cajun culture in the U.S. (Spend It All, 1971): black Creole life (Dry Wood, 1973); the city of New Orleans (Always for Pleasure, 1978); cooking (Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers, 1980); and the polka and its devotees (In Heaven There Is No Beer?, 1984). Of the 11 Blank films shown in our tribute, no less than eight are TCM premieres!

You beat me to post by 3 minutes. I really should plan my viewing out with more lead time, but I'll be asleep soon enough... sounds good to see, anyway. 

watching spend it all at the moment. old guy just sitting around in a lawn chair at a neighborhood bbq while some good ol' boys fiddle away a few feet behind him. thought he was going to join them on the jew's harp but he was pulling out a tooth with a pair of pliers like he did it every day.
- dave 7-28-2015 10:48 pm [add a comment]

great footage of late 70s chez panisse in the garlic doc. suckling pig stuffed with garlic, sewn shut and then roasted.
- dave 7-29-2015 12:11 am [add a comment]