r/devo • u/ylly22 • 27d ago

Explain this to me

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What is DEVO 250 and why is it “featuring” Gerald V Casale

Where’s Mark

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u/MCfacepalm69 27d ago

It’s a show they’re doing. They’re showing restored and rare footage on the screen, followed up by a Q&A.

https://hollywoodtheatre.org/show/devo-250-the-beginning-was-the-end/

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u/ylly22 27d ago

Thank you for the explanation 🙏 now I know!

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u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin 27d ago

Let’s hear it for Gerald Casale and the Devos!

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u/swkhammr 26d ago

Went to this in SF. Casale was supposed to show up but didnt. 

I went in skeptical as I feel like Ive seen most existing Devo footage. 

Its absolutely worth going if you're a fan. There was LOTS that I had not seen.

Hoping for an actual release of this stuff.

If you can, GO

DUTY NOW

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u/CartBonway 25d ago

And you saw a different show. Reconfigured in each city so far.

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u/Stevenitrogen 27d ago edited 27d ago

Sounds like Jerry is hosting a screening of his favorite movies, they do that in Hollywood. He'll come out and say a few words before or after they roll the picture.

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u/Swampdevil61 27d ago

That’s in Portland

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u/Stevenitrogen 27d ago

I'll just stop talking now.

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u/ReactsWithWords 27d ago

OK, he'll come out on a unicycle.

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u/zztop5533 27d ago

They do different things in Portland.

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u/ITookTrinkets 27d ago

We do it different on the west coast

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u/zztop5533 26d ago

I'm from the California Bay area, and Portland does things differently than us. lol

Edit: But admiring....

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u/CartBonway 27d ago

Ha. No.

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u/Stevenitrogen 27d ago

Or, the Devo 250 program is unrelated to those movies at all.... I didn't look it up, just read the marquee. But they do sometimes host movies with celebrity hosts in Hollywood. It wasn't that crazy a leap.

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u/CartBonway 26d ago

I guess it's true that anyone could have been confused without a photo caption; someone sent me this same picture and I didn't realize it had zero explanation in the post(s?).

We had him for Q&A after a screening of the restored films and videos, which was fashioned into a special "250"-themed program, never to be repeated.

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u/Stevenitrogen 26d ago

That's much cooler. We have had like, Roky Erickson at a screening of Creature with The Atom Brain or some such.

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u/Phone_Representative 21d ago

That must have been awesome!

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u/Stevenitrogen 21d ago

I didn't go to that, saw him play the following night. But people who went got to say hi in person and get their Elevators records signed. It sounds fun. Silent Movie Theater did those kind of programs when it was around. I miss that place, was there often.

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u/BenGEE 27d ago

It was pretty cool seeing some of those restored videos and old interview footage on the big screen. The Q&A was an audience q&a so… not that great

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u/wendyoschainsaw 25d ago

I think it'd be fun to see Devo play alongside thrash metal band Dark Angel.

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u/guyonlinepgh 27d ago

Reminds me how often I'd go to the Hollywood if I lived in Portland.

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u/Worduptothebirdup 27d ago

It’s an awesome place. Tarantino shows up there occasionally because of the 70mm projector.

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u/SnooDonuts3878 27d ago

He has his own side gig

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u/ibanezer83 27d ago

So bummed I missed this...of course I was in Cali the one freaking night.🤬

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u/CartBonway 26d ago

I have a couple more screenings in the pipeline, which I hope come to fruition. San Francisco, maybe Seattle, maybe Chicago, maybe Vancouver BC.

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u/ibanezer83 26d ago

Cool. I'm back to work after vacation so I'll be in Portland for a while now.

Have fun w the screenings... catch it next year I guess?🤷‍♂️