Optical Track
04.15.25
Optical Track is a weekly show presented by members of the Echo Park Film Center Co-op, a group of artists who collectively staff EPFC as volunteers for the cinematic revolution. Each week features a sonic slideshow as we turn off the projector bulbs and turn up the sound.
Every third Tuesday of the month, the EPFC slot is hosted by:
+ HOUR 1: Beaux Mingus
+ HOUR 2: Will O’Loughlen
Tracklist:
HOUR ONE:ALLBALL RADIO
Golden Brown – Ghost
Bulbs – Skylight
Heavenswork – Grounding
This Heat – Health and Efficiency
Pierre Bastien – Caravan
U.S. Maple – Open a Rose
Uke of Phillips – Let’s Go
Uke of Phillips – 50,000 Mile Stare
Village of Space – Little Wind and Sea
Wynn Stewart – If You See My Baby
Black Randy & the Metrosquad – Trouble at the Cup
The Nips – Gabrielle
Buddy Holly – Love is Strange
Charlie Feathers – Pardon me Mister
Closet Friends – Ban Ambulances
HOUR TWO: DJ WILVIS
Film Analysis: “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” part two of two
Duke Ellington – Fleurette Africaine
Film Intro by Tom Powers of Pure Non Fiction
Ornette Coleman – Free Jazz (excerpt)
Film Clip – Harry Reasoner – Lewis Michaux – Malcolm X – John Coltrane
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane – In a Sentimental Mood
Max Roach – Drum Also Waltzes
Film Clip – Newsreel
Perez Prado – Que Rico Mambo
Film Clip – CIA Money – Enter Mobutu – British Intelligence Officer
Max Roach – Tears for Johannesburg
Film Clip – Newsreel Fidel Castro arrives in NYC – Dizzy Gillespie talks footwork – UN update
Melba Liston – My Reverie
Miles Davis – Blue in Green
Film Clip – Malcolm X and the CIA – Kwame Nkrumah @ UN
Louis Armstrong – La vie en Rose
Film Clip – Burned Villages – Malcolm X Congolese Walked Up to You
John Coltrane – Alabama
Film Clip – Patrice Lumumba Killed – UN Security Council Crashed
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