Known for Acting
On a bicycle trip across the country, a young Neill Kirby McMillan Jr. experiences The Mojo Revelation and becomes Mojo Nixon. After teaming up with the enigmatic Skid Roper, he unexpectedly finds mainstream success during the Golden Age of MTV.
A documentary about legendary San Diego-based, roots rock band, THE BEAT FARMERS featuring interviews with members Jerry Raney, Joey Harris, Buddy Blue, Rolle Love, and Country Dick Montana, plus Dwight Yoakam, Dave Alvin, Harry Shearer, Dr. Demento, and Mojo Nixon (among others).
This short documentary, produced by Jim Conrad and narrated by Country Dick Montana, takes the viewer on an entertaining and irreverent tour of the Dallas region. Highlights include the likes of Glen Rose's Dinosaur Valley State Park and the adjacent Creationist Evidences Museum, the landlocked shipwrecks of Arlington and Grand Prairie, and Civil War battle reenactments complete with Old West cross-dressing and soldier resurrections. The show, a pilot for a series that (unfortunately) was not picked up, was all shot on 8mm film.
The Beat Farmers captured in their prime for the Live from LA Television program in 1985. Recorded at Universal Studios, Hollwood, highlights include: "There She Goes," "Powderfinger," "Riverside," Happy Boy," Gun Sale at the Church" and more!
