Music Friday

Kilmer Meth Movie Boosts Local Music

By Jim Phillips, 4-13-07

Word on the street is that Val Kilmer has a new documentary, American Meth, a stern warning about the dangers of methamphetamine. (Now I’ve never been a huge fan of The Drug War. And I have no particular bitch about drug usage in general, for that matter. But even I have to admit that meth is just downright gauche.) Right, well . . . point is that Mr. Kilmer has studded the film’s soundtrack with New Mexico musicians. Now this is what I like to see. Television and film licensing can be a lucrative undertaking for starving musicians. And what with all the filming going on around here, I’d sure like to see a lot more of it.

So congratulations to Jasper Brown, Jenny Marlowe, Nels Andrews, Hundred Year Flood, and Bernadette Seacrest. Live large, guys. Get your slice of the pie. And let’s hope that this is an indicator of great things to come for our music scene. Check out details on the film at http://americanmeth.org/

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