genesis of part 1 - 1970's

people hated punk rock, you could never find a venue
in the early days, only the ugliest booze cans in the
worst areas. the cops would raid the practice spaces
and have the landlords shut them down.


art/punk rock was a political movement
bringing unwanted issues to public attention,
prisons, radiation poisoning from nuclear
energy, racism, environment.
In the middle of all that there was the desire
to make a living by making music.


bovary's children, the unwanted,
or the life and death of dreams part 1

In this rough edit of bc part 1,
first band is the Subhumans,
with jerry useless on Bass,
mike normoyl on Guitar,
jim imijawa (aka jimwit)
and wimpy (brian goble);
the Police, before they got famous
interviewed by ron nelson,
who wouldn't give up the mike;
an interview with active dog
(terry bowes guitar,
jerome wong guitar,
robert bruce drums,
ross carpenter bass,
bill sherk writer/singer;
UJ3RK5 with rodney graham,
jeff wall, danice macLeod,
david wisdom,
ian wallace, kitty byrne,
colin griffiths
and some other guy who turned
out to be criminally insane;
active dog at the Windmill;
interview with rachel sweet;
young canadians(ktels) art bergman,
jim bescott(rip), barry taylor on drums with
I Braineater painting in the background;
AKA with dense milt, alex varty and ....;
rabid with sid sick, john doe,
simon wild (rip) and chuck biscuits;
tunnel canary with
judy and aleh, randy pandora and.......


a lot of the footage is from 
"Rock Against Prisons"
which went to
support prisoners,
many of whom are there
from lives over which
they have no control.

a good description of the windmill club is at
PunkHistoryCanada

i have at least 60 (or more) hours of
music/performance  to
transfer from 3/4 to digital.
It seems to have taken a long
time to get it transferred, but it almost
seems that it is better that it
happened that way. One
of my friends
told me I have a
whingy personality 
and that takes away from
my good points....

 

judy kemeny by elizabeth fischer 1977

but......
if anyone really cares about this footage
do something to help me get it transferred
properly.


to view 'bovary's children' see:
th ventures of doreen grey




photo by judy kemeny summer 1978

when we
were in love


"the unwanted" speaks to alienation,
the feeling that our work is unwanted. 



the grail
oil pastel by bill sherck, 1986

bovary's children, the unwanted,
or the life and death of dreams part 1



a good description of the windmill club is at
PunkHistoryCanada



detail "taking grandfather to bed"
bill sherck 1986



to view 'bovary's children' also see:
th ventures of doreen grey


detail "taking grandfather to bed"
bill sherck 1986


bovary's children, the unwanted,
or the life and death of dreams part 1

i would like to thank the
following for giving me support,
encouragement, advice, and/or
technical expertise to get the project
this far, in my trademark
incomplete and chaotic way:
dermot foley,
don betts,
dennis mills,
david wisdom
al moy
ron obvious,
jim bescott(rip),
marcus rogers,
michael turner,
chris huston,
danice macLeod, 
scott fullmer,
ross carpenter,
pete lipski,
jim cummings,
gary cramer,
john mackie,
gary bourgeois,
colin preston,
barry taylor...........
(to be cont.) oh an thnks
to a certain double agent who
screwed my sound on
more than one occasion.

One of my friends was questioning my title
"bovary's children, the unwanted"
He wondered if it was appropriate.  
Part 1 (work in progress)
is a film about punk/art rock in Vancouver,
what does it matter what it is called.
I call it what ever I want to call it.
I don't have to have an explanation but ....

Madame Bovary is a novel
based on a true story,
written by a not too obscure
writer named Gustave Flaubert.
To understand my reference,
it would help to read the book
in order to get the point about
materialistic useless lives.

MB was selfish to the point of
being destructive to everyone around
her, not unlike many people now.
Her child ended up an orphan,
working in a factory at the age of 8.

My point, is that there is a state
of selfishness that we live in,
as a society, to be unable to
recognize the value of our culture,
our ability to change water (the brain)
into wine (sustenance for the soul).
These works are like our children,
created by us, then devalued and
put on the open market.

Another reference is more personal,
my own experience of abuse as a child,
knowing you are unloved, but controlled
and possessed anyway.

"the unwanted" speaks to alienation,
the feeling that our work is unwanted.