Future collector’s item now available for free
Toronto Public Library worker files away copies of the DVD in the stacks. We’re down to our last seventy-five copies of The Last Pogo Jumps Again DVD, so if you want to invest in a future collectors’...
View ArticleTurn and face the strange
As we hit the 40th anniversary of punk rock, we here at Pogo HQ are not surprised that our public broadcaster wrote a story about the UK’s Punk Rock 40th anniversary celebrations recently, but not a...
View ArticleFree downloads of The Last Pogo Jumps Again!
The Horseshoe Tavern on December 1, 1978. Photo by Edie Steiner. From now until December 10th 2016 you can go to Vimeo and download our documentary for free. When you go to the link, select “rent”,...
View Article“More Canadian than a Molson delivery truck parked at a Tim Hortons.”
The Last Pogo is a short film shot in 1978 at Toronto’s iconic Horseshoe Tavern. While it didn’t get a lot of notice when it was released (barring a popular VHS bootleg that made the rounds, and an...
View ArticleHow we made the feature film Roadkill
With the 40th anniversary of the infamous Last Pogo concert coming up on December 1st, it would be appropriate to plug the big-screen late-night screening of The Last Pogo Jumps Again at Toronto’s...
View ArticleHow we made Highway 61
As a follow up to the blog entry about making the feature film Roadkill, here’s a story of how Bruce McDonald and I made our follow-up, Highway 61. It was our original plan that Bruce and I would...
View ArticleThe Last Pogo (1979; 25 minutes) and The Last Pogo Jumps Again (2013; 204...
THE LAST POGO (1979; 26 minutes) Produced and Directed by Colin Brunton and Patrick Lee; Edited by Patrick Lee Buy it on Vimeo for $9.95 CDN, or rent it for $3.73. From Dangerous Minds: “In 1978,...
View ArticleHey, ho — Let’s go to The 40th Anniversary of The Last Pogo!
This Saturday Dec 1 there will be a rare big-screen showing of The Last Pogo Jumps Again at Toronto’s Revue Cinema. Advance tickets on sale here, and tickets are going fast. We’re installing an...
View ArticleNew batch of DVDs in the making!
Hey. Long time, etc. Because of the sold-out theatrical screening we had a couple of weeks ago and renewed interest in our film, we’re going to be shipping a new batch of DVDs soon. You can still get...
View ArticleThe Last Pogo Jumps Again DVD re-release.
WHAT ITS ABOUT “The Last Pogo Jumps Again studies the evolution of Toronto from small town to big city and its pop/counter-culture lifestyle during the early and mid-70s. It centers around the first...
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