Brian Miller

A cinephile collage, both historical and philosophical, of films on artificial intelligence, cyberspace and virtual reality, from 1981 to 2001: cinema as a way and an instrument to cope with humanity's euphoria, anxiety, fear and obsession with technology.

Featuring: The Mae Shi, Foot Village, Ponytail, Abe Vigoda, High Places, Gowns, BARR, No Age, HEALTH, and Captain Ahab. A fundraiser for The Smell, and a toast to its... scent. [This DVD] captures 10 of the most vital bands to perform at The Smell, downtown LA's essential all-ages venue. With over 2 hours of high-quality live performance footage, this is an essential video document for the alternative / indie / noise-rock fan. From the hyper-active intro by The Mae Shi, through the heavy moods of Gowns, the precise thrash of HEALTH, to the dark techno dystopia of Captain Ahab, Live At The Smell presents a showcase of the excellent music that the community-oriented venue presents on any given day of the week, without booking agents, backroom deals, bouncers, velvet ropes, ID checks, schmoozing, or hype. All footage was shot from Sept-Oct 2008.

A short, staged multimedia performance film for the hip hop act True Neutral Crew

A documentary of the 2003 Captain Ahab & Rose For Bohdan tour across the US.

A short documentary on a guerrilla performance by Foot Village & Miguel Mendez in Pomona, CA, in 2003

A documentary short on the El Sereno, CA based artist Albert Reyes, focused on his permanent, yet ever changing, haunted house installation in his backyard.

A concert film featuring music performances, skits, and a tour of a haunted house. Performers & artists include: FIELDED, My Heart, An Inverted Flame, tik///tik, Albert Reyes (Haunted House artist), The Soft Pink Truth & John Wiese, SB The Moor, They Hate Change, AXEBREAKER, GRYPT, THX1312, TALsounds, Angry Blackmen, Pumpkin Witch, Cooling Prongs (w/ Bryan Lewis Saunders), Dark//Machine//Nation, BEATA, Evicshen, MXLX

'PSYCHE BIRDS' is a phantasma-factual pseudo-documentary built from footage of the birds near the artist's home at the north end of L.A. county. While all the source material for this film & its vital soundtrack reflect inspiration of experimental field recording artists like Ann McMillan & Norman W. Long, manipulation and processing are as equally important to BOO HISS' process. Through these layers of transformation, the subject matter of the outer world is cast into the guides of an inner journey.