Weatherman '69

The story

Featuring a cast that includes Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Mike Watt of the legendary hardcore band Minutemen, and Pettibon himself, this deadpan narrative pays dubious homage to the 1960's radical underground. In this crudely rendered home video of a commune of stoned revolutionaries, the cameras are hand-held, the edits in-camera, and the dialogue is wryly on-target. Pettibon's band of outsiders reenacts a countercultural moment defined by rock music, drugs, and ideological paradox — and in so doing, captures their own late-80's West Coast grunge milieu as well.

Cast & crew

Kim GordonBernadine Dohrn

Thurston MooreJeff Jones

Mike WattGabe Nemisch

Abby Travis

Abby TravisJane Fonda

Joe ColeCast

David MarkeyAllen Ginsberg/Yoko Ono

Raymond Pettibon

Raymond PettibonSerge Soulberg

Bob Balhatchet

Bob BalhatchetEl Kahane

Davo Claassen

Davo ClaassenWayne Kahane

Daniel V. Adams

Daniel V. AdamsCatnip Goldbug

Crane Doe

Crane DoeTom Hayden

Henry Vincent

Henry VincentJohn Lennon