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Quasi is an American indie rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993 by ex-husband and wife Sam Coomes (vocals, guitar, Rocksichord, various keyboards) and Janet Weiss (vocals and drums). The group performed as a trio from 2007 to 2011 with the addition of bassist Joanna Bolme.
In 1990, Coomes, Weiss, and Brad Pedinov formed the band Motorgoat. The band released two self-released cassettes and one 7" single before dissolving in 1993. Quasi started recording as a duo in 1993. They played with various additional musicians in early live appearances, but eventually settled on playing live as a duo as well. They self-recorded and self-released a cassette and a CD in 1993. They recorded R&B Transmogrification in the Portland band Pond's basement recording studio and released it on Up Records in 1997. They released two more albums with Up: Featuring "Birds" in 1998 and Field Studies in 1999; both albums were recorded at Jackpot Studios in Portland, Oregon.
In 1998 and 1999 they toured the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Japan opening for and serving as the backup band for Elliott Smith (who Coomes had played with in Heatmiser) as well as touring on their own in the U.S. and Europe. In 2001 They home-recorded The Sword of God and released it on Touch & Go. They released Hot Shit! in 2003 and When the Going Gets Dark in 2006, both on Touch & Go in the U.S. and Domino Records in Europe. In 2009, the band signed with Kill Rock Stars to release their next record.
Actors: James Christopher (actor), James Christopher (producer), James Christopher (director), James Christopher (writer), James Christopher (editor), Chris Copple (director), Chris Copple (producer), Allison Wood (actress), Nathan Bybee (producer), Jessica Bybee-Dziedzic (producer), Stephanie Dunbar (actress), Stephanie Dunbar (writer), C. James Donovan (actor), C. James Donovan (miscellaneous crew), Derick Morris (actor),
Plot: Former stripper Rin Talbot receives a powerful gift when she is recruited into the world of organized crime as a low-level enforcer for Don Romero. Now, every month, she must endure a change into a hairy wolf-like creature then eliminate threats and collect debts for Don Romero's people. But a chance encounter with a comic store clerk opens Rin's eyes to the possibility of love and leads her to take on the greatest challenge of her life (outside of mange and fleas). She must fight Don Romero and his pack of werebitches if she wants to have a life of her own with her comic store lover.
Genres: Action, Comedy, Horror, Short,Actors: Holger Lochau (producer), Angelika Jendrusch (miscellaneous crew), Rainer Hunold (actor), Thomas Balou Martin (actor), Roswitha Schreiner (actress), Katharina Rivilis (actress), Miriam Pielhau (actress), Marian Mentrup (composer), Dagmar Berghoff (actress), Ben (actor), Mira Thiel (director), Kathrin Krückeberg (miscellaneous crew), Mira Thiel (writer), Charlotte Wetzel (writer), Addi Münstermann (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Rod Pitts (actor), Rod Pitts (producer), John Still (actor), Jason Weary (actor), Brandon Hutchinson (actor), Keenon Nikita (actor), Ricardo Cardenas (miscellaneous crew), Moses Peace (actor), Benjamin David Smith (actor), Benjamin David Smith (editor), Nazeeh Majeed (actor), Ben Greene (actor), Benjamin David Smith (writer), Benjamin David Smith (producer), Benjamin David Smith (director),
Plot: When a sociology grad student spends his last semester living on the street in order to write his thesis on the homeless, he realizes he's bitten off more than he can chew. He struggles with objectivity as he's pulled into the lives of the very people he's trying to study. Just when he thinks he's regained control, a 10-year old boy will change his life forever.
Keywords: drugs, homelessness, memphis-tennessee, student, tennessee, three-word-title, written-by-directorActors: Sally Cruikshank (actress), Sally Cruikshank (director), Kim Deitch (actor), Bob Armstrong (composer), Al Dodge (composer), Paul Woltz (composer),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Rene Bond (actress), John Hayes (editor), Lee Frost (director), Wes Bishop (producer), Peter Dane (actor), Ken Scott (actor), Cass Martin (writer), Angela Carnon (actress), Diane Sommerfield (actress), Joyce Mandel (actress), Paula Mitchell (actress), Patrice Rohmer (actress), Lee O'Donnell (actor), Christine Burke (actress), Alan Spitz (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Sally Cruikshank (actress), Sally Cruikshank (director), Kim Deitch (actor), Bob Armstrong (composer), Al Dodge (composer),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Brigitte Maier (actress), Niva Ruschell (producer), Roger Hamilton Spotts (composer), Al Poe (actor), Dudley Dare (actor), Tl (editor), Tasty Freeze (actress), Margo (actress), Kb (director),
Plot: Pornographic Blacksploitation. Quasi, a Black man with a 9 inch tongue lives alone with a pet frog. Since his girl friend left him 2 years ago he has become mute and used by everyone. While playing chess by himself on a park bench he is humiliated by a young woman. He's then sexually taken advantage of by his gay doctor whose nurse hooks him up with her nymphomaniac friend Cherry, played by Briggite Maier, who then proceeds to have her friend Nancy over for a threesome. He constantly dreams of his ex and holds his pet close to a ceramic frog as if to symbolize the meaningless of it all. He walks alone on the beach and stops to stare at a young black couple lying on a towel. The man threatens him and chases him away. He picks some flowers intending to go back to Brigitte's place but when he arrives an orgy in process. He walks along the beach and goes home only to see his ex with a white man.
Keywords: hardcore, mixed-combo, sexActors: John Dehner (actor), Sue Casey (actress), Richard Erdman (actor), Patricia Medina (actress), Charles Wagenheim (actor), Rick Vallin (actor), John Bleifer (actor), John Hart (actor), Charles Horvath (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Allen Mathews (actor), Joe McGuinn (actor), Stephen Roberts (actor), Walter Wanger (producer), Carol Varga (actress),
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy,When you told me if you can't beat 'em, join 'em
I was thinking death before dishonor
As you lord over your front porch
Getting drunk with your neighbor
Well I might wander all day
Across the Milky Way
But I'll be Joan of Arc when the going gets dark
Why buy a trip across the ocean
When you could already be the sea?
And they'll tell you sign up with the winning team
Or get out of the way, get with the program
Welcome to the real world!
Is that what is real
Or is it just that the standard deal?
You can have all of that
That ain't where it's at
Why buy a trip across the ocean