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A BBC documentary about the rise and fall of the most influential and successful independent record label in British rock music history - Factory Records in Manchester. (88 min, 9 segments)

Canadian Skot Sanderson and Mitch St.Pierre, travel to Venezuela in search of answers to the questions surrounding President Chavez and his reforms for this South American nation. (35:05 min)

In the spring of 2003, three young Americans traveled to Africa in search of a story on Invisible Children, the victims and weapons of the 20 year-long war in Northern Uganda. “Invisible Children: Rough Cut” is the extraordinary “home-made” documentary of a tragedy that is both disturbing and inspiring. (55:00 min)

The Black Night was released on the 1998 Calexico album of the same name. (3:30 min)

Ghost of American Astronauts was first released on the 1988 Mekons album So Good It Hurts. I used to carpool from Berkeley to San Francisco and I heard this song on one of the rides…

A few weeks ago, I posted Arcade Fire playing Neon Bible in an elevator. This is the complete 15 minute film by Vincent Moon from the Olympia in Paris. The film follows Arcade Fire through the backstage corridors, the elevator and eventually to the crowd and features both Neon Bible & Wake Up.

A 6:09 minute excerpt of the long-rumored live recording of Neutral Milk Hotel’s lead singer performing at an Athens, Georgia coffee shop in early 1997.