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X: The Unheard Music...a great documentary about the seminal LA punk band X.
The Masters of American Music documentary on Louis Armstrong, entitled Satchmo.
Let It Be, directed by Michael Lindsey-Hogg...on The Beatles, of course.
The Beatles Anthology, 5-disc set...awesome! Would love to own it one day.
Ken Burns's Jazz: The Story of American Music...another 5-disc set I'd love to own.
The Decline of Western Civilization by Penelope Spheeris...about the LA punk scene.
The American Masters documentary about Hank Williams, entitled Honkytonk Blues.
No Direction Home by Martin Scorsese and (like vanblah) Don't Look Back by DA Pennebaker both on one of my favorite all-time subjects, Bob Dylan.
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music...or something like that...not sure who directed it, but it is an excellently crafted documentary.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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