http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com The Documentary That Takes You Beyond The Garage - Directed by James R. Petix Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:26:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So rumor has it Dick Valentine from ICFD favorite, The Electric Six is the voice behind this incredible ad campaign for milk. I wouldn't normally post this sort of thing, but it's completely AWESOME! Heads up from Web Vomit. http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/2008/04/11/48/ "James R. Petix, an Avid editor for Function, a studio in Royal Oak, works on the video that will be played for the fans during the Stanley Cup playoffs at Joe Louis Arena." This is probably the only time in my life that I'll be featured in the Sports section! My ... http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/2008/04/10/im-in-the-news-today-oh-boy/ The Gore Gore Girls are gearing up for their grand tour of greater Gurope. Help send them off in style at the Northern Lights Lounge on Saturday April 5th. Check their website for tour dates. http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/2008/04/05/more-more-gore-gore/ Rich Tupica at Turn it Down has an interview with our pal Johnny Walker, formely of the Soledad Brothers and leader of the new band The Cut In the Hill Gang. Check out what this Brother has been up to! Courtesy of Motor City Rocks. http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/2008/04/05/johnny-walker-interview-cut-in-the-hill-gang/ For our latest podcast I dug through the archives of good songs and performances that didn’t make the final cut of the movie. Many of the performances in “It Came From Detroit” were stitched together from multiple shows, but towards the end of the period of time when ... http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/2008/03/27/icfd-podcast-4-the-hentchmen-live/ We've finally joined Facebook, and it's actually pretty cool. It's a fun way for fans of the movie or the bands themselves to interact with each other. Click here to check out the new page and to add yourself as a fan! http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/2008/03/01/join-icfds-facebook-page/ For our third podcast I wanted to showcase an extended or unused interview that was entertaining and worthwhile, but just didn’t fit into the movie. The thing that came to my mind was my horrific first interview with The Dirtbombs. Let me put it in a little ... http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/2008/01/20/icfd-podcast-3-the-dirtbombs-%e2%80%9cthe-best-worst-interview-in-the-world%e2%80%9d/ Whenever you make a film like this, inventively you're going to have to cut something that you love because of time. For our second ICFD Podcast we have our first "deleted scene" from the finished documentary. If you saw the rough cut at the DFT last year, this ... http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/2007/12/10/icfd-podcast-2-soledad-brothers/ Here's a little piece I've been working on for a while. The theme is "haunting nostalgia". Enjoy! -James http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/2007/11/21/ssm-deja-vu-music-video/ One of staples of the Detroit garage rock scene has always been the Detroit Cobras. The femme fatal combo of Rachel Nagy on vocals and Mary Ramirez on guitar have been rocking the scene with a regular rotating cast of Detroit players since at least 1995. The band ... http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/2007/11/15/podcast-1-detroit-cobras/