IndieCan Radio Interview

Circa 1977: The Diodes wrapped up in Toronto with a second screening at the Oz Gallery. It was good to see some of the younger generation being drawn to the film by some of the media attention the film has been getting.

NxNE was a great success. The film festival director, Ambrose Roche, said "the mix of circa 1977 and The Blank Generation was a highlight of the fest."

IndieCan.com also posted the interview that Joe Chisholm did with Paul Robinson, Aldo Erdic and Ian Mackay on June 16. Below are the links to the audio stream (episode 185):

IndieCan: http://www.indiecan.com/podcast.htm#episode185
Audio stream: http://www.indiecan.com/185IndieCanRadio.m3u
(The Diodes segment starts at 40:00 minutes in.)

Toronto Film Scene Review

Here's a review of the film by Jovana Jankovic from Toronto Film Scene:

http://thetfs.ca/2010/06/23/review-the-diodes/

"All sorts of metaphysical issues abound here: nostalgia, ‘reality’, duration, the passage of time, aging, mortality, and along with these, the notion of cultural eras, trends, fashions, revolutions in thought and art. Yes, I’m being quite lofty here, but to be honest, these are exactly the kinds of thoughts that went through my head as I watched Aldo Erdic’s short film Circa 1977: The Diodes (2009) at the North by Northeast (NXNE) festival last week."

"Moondog's Ballroom" Radio Interview

Daibhid James (right) interviewed Aldo Erdic (centre), director of circa 1977, and Vince Carlucci (left) on his "Moondog's Ballroom" radio show broadcast yesterday on CIUT 89.5 at the University of Toronto. Aldo discussed his film and Vince talked about his late 1970's band the Cardboard Brains and his photo exhibit of Toronto punk photos.

Here is Vince's blog:
http://strange-tales.tumblr.com/

Here's Daibhid's MySpace site where he has his radio playlists, concert listings and some great videos:
www.myspace.com/daibhidjames

2nd Toronto Screening

After a successful, sold out screening at the NxNE Film Festival, circa 1977: The Diodes will be shown a second time this Friday June 25 at Oz Studios, Toronto.

NOW Magazine gave the film a 4 out of 5 star rating and said that the film "creates a vivid picture of the Toronto punk scene 33 years past."

The screening at Oz Studios is in conjunction with the exhibit "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell: Toronto Punk 1973-1982", a collection of rare photographs by Vince Carlucci of the Cardboard Brains. The night will also include a rare screening of the The Last Pogo, the original 1978 documentary on the Toronto punk scene directed by Colin Brunton (Roadkill, Highway 69, Hedwig And The Angry Inch).

Admission is free but seating is limited.

Oz Studios
134 Ossington Ave.
info@ozstudios.com

Date: Friday, June 25
Screening Times: 8:00 & 9:30 pm

NOW Magazine Review

NOW gives the film 4 out of 5 stars!

"In just under half an hour, circa 1977: The Diodes creates a vivid picture of the Toronto punk scene 33 years past."

Premiere Screening A Smashing Success!

After a stress-filled week leading up to it, the premiere screening of circa 1977: The Diodes was a resounding success! Despite the 3:00 pm screening time, the theatre was filled to capacity and, in fact, there was an overflow crowd that watched the film in an adjacent room.

It probably helped that Ivan Kral's film The Blank Generation was being shown at the same time slot. After the screening Aldo Erdic and the Diodes got to hang out with Ivan, who was extremely warm, affable and had a great sense of humour.

Pre-screening articles

The word is getting out. Here are a few more pre-screening write ups:

Indiecan.com says it's a "must see":
http://www.indiecan.com/events.htm#nxne2010

The Metro, which is nationwide:
http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/entertainment/article/552606--at-the-movies-with-north-by-northeast

The Last Pogo Jumps Again film blog by Colin Brunton:
http://www.thelastpogo.net/2010/06/

"This historical punk piece is not to be missed," Crux Of Life by Stefane Campbell & Renee Savoy:
http://www.cruxco.tv/fr/articles/the-diodes-punk-or-die.html?image=2

The Velvet Fist blog by Brian Anderson:
http://thevelvetfist.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/the-shapes-of-things-to-come/

Fridae TV by Fridae Mattas, includes a video interview with Paul Robinson:
http://fridaetv.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/premiering-at-this-years-north-by-northeast-film-festival-circa-1977-the-diodes-documentary-directed-by-aldo-erdic/

The Toronto Star

Here's a brief write up in the Toronto Star today.

Although the NxNE Film Festival will be spotlighting Don Letts, he actually won't be in attendance. But Ivan Kral is definitely confirmed. Ivan's film The Blank Generation will be shown immediately after circa 1977: The Diodes.

NxNE Screening Date

The screening date and time for circa 1977: The Diodes have been finalized, as follows:

Thursday June 17, 3:00pm
National Film Board of Canada
150 John St. (416) 973-3012

The film will be shown along with The Blank Generation, a raw visual document of the 1977 New York punk scene directed by Ivan Kral, who will be in attendance. Ivan played bass for the Patti Smith Group in the late 1970's.

Although a Question & Answer session has not been confirmed, The Diodes, director Aldo Erdic and producers Ralph Alfonso and Nick Cushing will be in attendance.

Complete NxNE Film Program

Horseshoe Show

From Ralph Alfonso:

"Wow... it's 3am and finally getting home...oh my god...what a gig! jam packed horseshoe sweatfest...both the Diodes and the G-Rays givn'er... friday night crowd wanted to party so not sure how our opening set went... but it's amazing the emotional reactions to the Treat Me Like Dirt book... always fun to chat and hear Diodes stories... from fans at the merch table... and see old friends again (lots of emotions tonight)"

Photos by Candy Sass.

The Diodes Interviews

The Diode's were recently interviewed in advance of their live shows this weekend:

CIUT Radio, University of Toronto:
http://equalizingxdistort.blogspot.com/2010/05/sunday-may-30-2010.html

NOW Magazine, Toronto:
http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=175304

THE VIEW, Hamilton:

http://www.viewmag.com/13045-Hamilton+Music+Notes.htm

Waterloo show

From Ralph Alfonso:

"Wow. great gig last night. lots of nice people and old friends stopping by the merch table to reminisce. Some guy reminded me that I wouldn't let him in the Crash'n'Burn back in the day as he was too young! wow...

The band did not disappoint. Loud. Tight. Crystal clear sound and vocals. All the hits and more, including a rousing Catwalker encore. Thanks to technology, the band is probably even louder now than they were then :)

Special mention as always to the bereted Bo Cairo, master of audio.

And thus, now, all roads (well, the 401) lead to Call The Office in London, Ontario. The first time the original 1977 Diodes play there since a legendary appearance in...uh... 1977... when they rocked the mythic Applegarth Follies art gallery. Hopefully, the equally mythic Mike Niederman will be there tonight.. he co-ordinated that original appearance and later nurtured the nascent London punk scene via his encouragement of The Demics."