See Hear Podcast episode 60 - Interview with Skizz Cyzyk, director of "Icepick To The Moon"

It’s January 2019, and See Hear starts its sixth year. With the
world in strife, what better time than now to talk about a man and
an arts movement that embraced the absurd.   Tim, Bernard and
myself are joined by musician and film director Skizz Cyzyk to talk
about his new film, Icepick To The Moon. It starts out being about
obscure but beloved singer, Reverend Fred Lane. It ends up being a
lot more. It spends time focusing on Dadaism, pataphysics, the
Raudelunas arts collective, and how dressing up as a vegetable or
an appliance in a parade is seemingly strange but dressing up as a
bucket of KFC is mainstream!!! There’s also a focus on
adventurousness in music – big band swing, country, demon music
boxes, and a concerto for frogs.   Skizz spent a long time
putting this fantastic film together. Fred Lane (aka Tim Reed) is a
fascinating guy who kept company with other people who thought
about the arts in ways mainstream media don’t give a moment’s
thought to – their loss. We’re hugely grateful to Skizz for
speaking to us about this wonderful film. A great documentary is
one that you will keep thinking about as well as learning something
new – the See Hear crew acknowledge Skizz has done both.  
He’s touring the film around the US, but it should be available on
DVD and streaming platforms later in 2019. We urge you to see
Icepick To The Moon….more than once if you can. Also our thanks to
Mike White at The Projection Booth for putting us in touch.  
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any future screenings (and DVD release dates when available) at
http://www.fredlanedoc.com. Also, search for Skizz as a regular
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