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<div>Greetings!</div>
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<div>Stay tuned for some major announcements in the next few weeks
about Independent Arts & Media, home of Expo for the Artist &
Musician and Newsdesk.org. Meanwhile -- a quick reminder about our
benefit film-screening coming up on Wednesday. Please note:</div>
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Ticket prices are $7 in advance, $10 at the door.</div>
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Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are almost sold out.</div>
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Ticket sales directly benefit IAM,the Expo and <a
href="http://Newsdesk.org">Newsdesk.org</a>.</div>
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<div>Details are below. Thanks for all your support, and here's to a
great 2006 in support of "Free Expression, Freedom of Information
and the Culture of Democracy." </div>
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<div>Best,</div>
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<div>The IAM Staff</div>
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<div>Independent Arts & Media presents a special benefit film
screening of a vital new documentary about independent music, art &
culture.</div>
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"We Jam Econo: The Story of the
Minutemen"<br>
Tix/info: (415) 861-5302<br>
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Wednesday, February 15 at 7:00 and 9:00
p.m.<br>
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture
Hall<br>
800 Chestnut St., SF<x-tab>
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TIX: $7/advance, $10/door. Additional
donations welcome.<br>
Screening benefits Independent Arts &
Media<br>
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Buy tickets on-line at:
<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3132><br>
Trailer:
<http://artsandmedia.net/cgi-bin/dc/iam/2005/minutemen_screening><br
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Press release:
<http://artsandmedia.net/iam/objects/we_jam_econo_press.pdf><br>
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The Minutemen embodied the D.I.Y. spirit,
artistic accomplishment and<br>
cultural independence that makes punk a
world-changing force. That same<br>
spirit inspires all our efforts at
Independent Arts & Media. This is a<br>
breakthrough documentary that packs heaps of
interviews and great live<br>
footage of one of the best bands of any
musical era.<br>
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Screenings introduced by V. Vale (Re/Search,
http://researchpubs.com/).<br>
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MORE DETAILS:<br>
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-- Feb. 15: "We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen"<br>
-- Punk Documentary in Benefit Screening at SF Art Institute<br>
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The Minutemen embodied the D.I.Y. spirit, artistic accomplishment and
cultural independence that makes punk music a world-changing
force.<br>
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That same spirit inspires all our efforts at Independent Arts &
Media. On February 15, IAM presents two screenings at the San
Francisco Art Institute of "We Jam Econo: The Story of the
Minutemen," a breakthrough documentary that charts the course of
the legendary band from San Pedro, California.<br>
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Director Tim Irwin and producer Keith Schieron have assembled a trove
of lost performances and interviews with the Minutemen, breathtaking
live footage, and exclusive comments from legions of independent-music
luminaries, including Henry Rollins, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore,
Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ian Mackaye of Fugazi. More than
a film tribute to one of the greatest bands of any era, "We Jam
Econo: The Story of the Minutemen" is an eye-opening document of
the do-it-yourself revolution that's still going on today.<br>
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In the wake of the early punk explosion of the 1970s, bassist Mike
Watt, drummer George Hurley and the late guitarist and frontman D.
Boone fused jazz, funk, improvisation, intellectually jagged lyrics
and hardcore punk velocity to create a startlingly fresh style of rock
music. From their humble origins as a SoCal garage band to their
hard-won status as an internationally renowned musical phenomenon, the
Minutemen were always dedicated to "making our lives into art,"
as Watt puts it years later.<br>
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More than 20 years later, the band's music and message remain urgent,
contemporary, and thrilling to the core. Independent Arts & Media,
the producer of the annual Expo for the Artist & Musician, is
dedicated to independent culture and community as the foundation of a
thriving democracy, and is honored to present this benefit screening
of "We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen."<br>
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The screenings on February 15 benefit Independent Arts & Media,
and will be introduced by V. Vale, San Francisco's original D.I.Y.
documentarian and proprietor of Re/Search Publications.</div>
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SCREENING: "We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen"<br>
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</x-tab>Wednesday, February 15, 2006; 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.<br>
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</x-tab>San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall<br>
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Chestnut Street, SF<br>
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</x-tab>$7 in advance, $10 at the door<br>
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</x-tab>(415) 861-5302</div>
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Info & Trailer:<br>
<http://artsandmedia.net/cgi-bin/dc/iam/2005/minutemen_screening><br
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Buy Tickets Online:</div>
<div><http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3132></div>
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