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Hard noise/hard times: “Video premiere + q & a: Shibby Pictures”
Shibby Pictures is the DIY film production company of Jak Kerley. Described as “the gritty, confused style of filmmaking that no film festival is interested in hosting,” Kerley has filmed and produced music videos for Leftöver Crack, Days N Daze, and Mischief Brew without being bogged down by things like crews, equipment, or funding. He travels across the world screening his works anywhere from beaches to batting cages. His most recent work, Good Ol’ Punx, shows Kerley flexing his comedic muscles…
ESPN: “Baseball Punx First look”
“When you think Baseball, the unlikely next thought for most is Punk music. However, it was exactly that – Baseball and Punk music – that inspired Shibby Pictures’ filmmaker, Jak Kerley, to create the short documentary, Baseball Punx. ESPN Music was given a first look at the documentary along with a first listen to the accompanying compilation of baseball-inspired punk songs. Needless to say, we get it now…”
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idioteq: “‘Good Ol’ Punx’ creator discusses new hilarious parody of DIY punk scene”
Independent production company Shibby Pictures has recently revelaed the upcoming release of their love letter to the DIY punk scene, Good Ol’ Punx . Through six short episodes, they invite you for a new funny web series of lighthearted sketches that parody the scene, centering around the common struggles associated with being part of the DIY music scene…
The Gisborne Herald: “Shibbiness comes to Gisborne”
“The North Carolina man describes his vocation as an ‘angry, confused style of film-making that no film festival is interested in hosting’ — so he created his own YouTube channel and tours the world to screen his documentaries, music videos and short films in odd locations.”
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Riot fest: “The Power Hitters of Baseball Punk Bands”
“Baseball Punx begins with live footage of Columbus, OH outfit Slugging Percentage quoting Walt Whitman’s 1846 observations on the nascent game as feedback swells, and it only gets better from there. ‘I think it’s interesting to find out the people in our world that like sports,’ notes Jeff Rosenstock/Bomb the Music Industry! bassist John DeDomenici…”
OC Weekly: Baseball Punx Hits Home for Headbanger Sports Fans
“When people think of the connections between sports and music, they probably don’t immediately consider the parallels between baseball and punk rock. One is arguably the most conservative game in the nation’s history, and the other is a brash style of music that prides itself on being exactly the opposite of that…”
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NOISEY: Live Among the Filth in Leftöver Crack's Video for "Bedbugs & Beyond"
“It’s still sort of unbelievable to think that Leftöver Crack put out one of the best albums of last year with Constructs of the State. Not that Stza and company didn’t have it in 'em—the band's back catalog is proof of their punk prowess. But with an 11-year gap between albums, it wouldn’t have been crazy to give up hope…”
San Diego Punk: Interview! Baseball punx Director Jak Kerley
“Baseball Punx is a short documentary about DIY Punk and Baseball. Mitch McSteamy talked with Baseball Punx’s director Jak Kerley about the documentary. Read on…”
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Tuned up; SITTING DOWN WITH JAK KERLEY OF SHIBBY PICTURES
“We sit down with film-maker Jak Kerley, the man behind Shibby Pictures. His breakthrough works include a string music videos he’s shot with the band Days n Daze and a well-passed around documentary on DIY. He’s just coming off a showing in Africa, and has a string of US dates planned…”