History of Television: GBH! Leather, bristles, studs, and Jack Klugman! Anarchy on the TV, with Fear and half the D.C. scene circle-pitting with John Belushi live on SNL, the ABC Afterschool Special’s “The Day My Kid Went Punk” and that chubby punk guy on the bus unwisely flipping the bird to Kirk and Spock in the cetacean-tastic Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Order yourself an anarchy burger but hold the irony, please. Pop-culture media’s portrayals of punks and poseurs went hilariously but earnestly batshit crazy in the Eighties and Nineties. Now the Austin Film Society is presenting Next Stop, Nowhere!, a totally unauthorized compilation of 220 BPM, televised insanity curated and/or hosted by TV writer Sam Egan, punk hysterian Ryan Richardson, and Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punk on Film co-author Zack Carlson, who explains, “Very few moments in history have been loaded with as much punk, paranoia, hysteria and pure entertainment as we’re going to experience in just two hours. The only reason to miss this show is if you’re in jail and/or dead.” Or, we’ll add, crammed in the back of a battered Ford Econoline on tour with your gig-stinky bandmates. Oi! Oi! Oi! – Marc Savlov
Fri., Dec. 1, 10pm