Lost Media Archive

Host of Provo's ISMN "Incredibly Strange Movie Night" since 2001. (Previously known as "Tapioca Night" circa 1993 in Ogden, UT).

We are also founder of the world's first Troll 2 cast reunion (which they didn't want to mention in the documentary for some reason, making it look like it started in New York. I guess karma will catch up with them).

LMA is a Utah-based collection of mondo/ kitsch/ cult/ ephemeral/ experimental/ historical/ obsolete/ forgotten/ unearthed audio-visual and textual documents. LMA is also a resource for those who cling to bygone media formats. The LMA was founded by Blair Sterrett and works together with loaf-i productions, the Free Form Film Festival and Salt Lake City Film Festival to arrange screenings, viewings, and concerts. The LMA also promotes and initiates the creation of new and unusual films, albums, performative projects, and book events. We accept donations of any and all projection, recording, and filming devices. When possible, we maintain these machines for use by recordists and filmmakers. (We now curate over 35,000 films.)

For more info, donations or to join the weekly email list, please contact B.C. Sterrett at bcsterrett@gmail.com. Thank you.

Vid Post

Video of the Week: “Mizar - You’re Welcome to My World”. 

The “outsider” musician I’ve been obsessed with for the past couple weeks. 

When playing his videos the other night my friend Rebecca in the other room said it sounded like Homer Simpson singing,  I don’t think he sounds anything like that, but I guess if you have nothing to compare it to …

I like that I can’t understand most of his mumbled and sometimes speed singing lyrics, the first time I heard his higher pitched vocals, I was reminded of a poor man’s Russell Mael of Sparks.  His vocal clicks remind me of the language of African Bushmen, and musically overall he reminds me of an outsider version of Archbishop Jason Polland (who actually introduced this to me).

His CD has constant rotation in my car and this is quite possibly my favorite of his videos!  The editing and effects remind me a lot of the film “Earth and Moon in Love.”

I can’t believe I had never heard of him till just a few weeks ago!

Posted in Mizar Outsider Music