Videography
BCN Video News (Circa 2006)
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| number | title | original air date |
| Series One | ||
| Three untitled, 60-minute episodes. Filmed on a hi-8 camcorder and PXL vision 2000 camera. Montage of images and music, done mostly in the basement and on the lawn. Themes included cartoon characters, outdated electronic equipment, and the usual decayed multi-generational video. Aired on Schenectady Public Access and played on monitors during café gigs. | 11/89 7/90 | |
| Series Two | ||
| 15 | "The Brown Cuts Neighbors Television Ministry" 5 episodes with a live audience. Filmed live in Channel 16s studios. Heavy on the tv preacher act and assorted blasphemy. Lots of shouting, percussion, worshipping of comic books, etc. We dont know what it meant but it seemed to hit a nerve. |
9/90 12/90 |
| Improved experiments with video cut-ups and found footage, due to access to real SVHS editing equipment, instead of the pause button on our home VCRs. Interspersed with live performance footage, public mischief, and skits: |
1/91 9/91 | |
| 6 | The Hate Ocean Divorce Court Happy Hour | |
| 7 | Flowers and Trees | |
| 8 | Who Said Wow? | |
| Series Three | ||
| Completely lost track of how many exist in this series. Maybe 8? 10? 15? Who knows. BCN made a bunch of "evolving" episodes. Each new episode consisted of new material with excerpts from past episodes getting copied, cut up, and layered. An edit from this series was released in July 1994 ("Welcome to BCNTV") and continued to evolve until it was reduced to 13 minutes by late 96 (and had completely decayed by this point). When BCNTV went back on the air in 1998, a final 30-minute version of these episodes was created, using whatever past edits we could still find. | 1992-96, 98 | |
| Series Four "Television" | ||
| BCN goes back on the air with many new episodes. A number of new characters and themes were introduced: Dr. Frank Beam, Commander Viewback, Fat Ivory Monkey, Gubble Science, the Dancing Squares, dogs, contact with Sirius, advertisements, etc. |
11/98 5/00 | |
| 1 | Introduction to Gubble Theory Part One | |
| 2 | Outer Space Epic | |
| 3 | Sleigh Bells Over Schenectady | |
| 4 | The Destruction of the Human Face: An Interview with Dr. Frank Beam | |
| 5 | Squares | |
| 6 | Tyson and Margarine Bear | |
| 7 | Duet With Wolf | |
| 8 | Interview with Monica (aka: "I love you big dummy") | |
| 9 | Introduction to Gubble Theory Part Two | |
| 10 | Rhinos Over Bosnia | |
| 11 | Heat Sensitive Theater with Frank Beam | |
| 12 | Welcome To Our Show | |
| 13 | Welcome To The Rally/TV Coloring Book | |
| 14 | Starlight Lounge | |
| 15 | Dr. Mt. Age | |
| 16 | Frank Beam: Art Brut | |
| 17 | The Love-A-Thon | |
| 18 | Monkey Ronnie | |
| 19 | Short Party | |
| 20 | More Exciting Adventures | |
| 21 | Dog and Bubbles | |
| 22 | Super Gubble One (w/Shawn Panella) | |
| Series Five "BCN Presents" (live music) | ||
| This series consists of live performances by bands we want on TV. |
5/005/01 |
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| 1 | Burn Unit Live at the Knitting Factory | |
| 2 | L.I.V. Tyler in the Universe | |
| 3 | The Haters, etc. (presented w/ NoiseSquatch Records) | |
| 4 | Brown Cuts Neighbors "Real Video" | |
| 5 | Raphe Malik & Michael Lopez/Burn Unit/Iron Skull | |
| 6 | Matto & the Phlegmchuckers/Doc Hopper | |
| 7 | Faking Trains/Krebstar | |
| 8 | Brent Gorton (of Stars of Rock) & Joe Putrock | |
| 9 | BCN live at Lark Fest 2000 | |
| 10 | Faking Trains (2) Live at Café Web | |
| 11 | Lincoln Money Shot | |
| 12 | Bromp Treb | |
| 13 | Davey G | |
| 14 | Son of Earth Flesh On Bone Trio | |