Desolation Center is a new film coming out about the emergence of punk rock in the early ‘80s and the anarchic parties that were thrown in the Southern California desert surrounding that time. Featuring bands like Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Swans, and interviews with musicians like Perry Farrell, Thurston Moore, Blixa Bargeld, Lee Ranaldo, and Mike Watt, the film tells the tale of not only the DIY scene making art despite the adversity faced by the punk movement, but an entire culture that was birthed as a result. According to the film’s website, “Desolation Center is the previously untold story of a series of early 80s guerrilla music and art performance happenings in Southern California that are recognized to have paved the way for Burning Man,...
