![]() JOHN WATERS Well, I think my same agent that handles A John Waters Christmas got me the gig. ![]() I spoke to the “Pope of Trash” filmmaker, who lives part-time in San Francisco, about Mosswood Meltdown, maintaining a punk-rock spirit, and whether another movie is on the horizon.Ĥ8 HILLS How did you first get involved with Mosswood Meltdown? In 2015, Waters made his debut as emcee and has been part of the show ever since. Ribak pitched the idea of Waters emceeing, and the director (a fan of the early rock, garage rock revival, and punk groups that Ribak regularly books, like Iggy Pop, Devo, The Mummies, The Spits, X, Buzzcocks, and The Jesus & Mary Chain) quickly agreed. Later that night, he had a “really weird dream” inspired by the classic Judy Garland film where he was caught in a tornado in the middle of a Kansas cornfield filled with panicking people-until Waters arrived on a flatbed rail car to make announcements to the crowd. He watched The Wizard of Oz (the lavish inspiration for DIY punk-rock Desperate Living, according to the promoter) on mute while playing Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon album. The night before 2014’s Burger Boogaloo, headlined by Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector, Ribak performed his annual ritual to get his creative juices flowing before booking the following year’s lineup. It was also a fantasy collaboration for festival founders and East Oakland couple Marc Ribak and Amy Carver, who bonded over a shared affinity for the moviemaker’s iconic films like Multiple Maniacs (1970), Desperate Living (1977), and Hairspray (1988). “I’ve always been a big fan of punk rock, so it seemed like the perfect kind of marriage,” says the director. Emceeing annual punk fest Mosswood Meltdown (formerly Burger Boogaloo) has been a dream for legendary filmmaker John Waters.
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