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Better than something will hit stores on december 18 via factory 25, the company behind the you werent there release. Not rated 1h 29min documentary, biography, drama 2 march 2012 usa. This intimate portrait, captured just months before his untimely passing, brings us incredibly close to jay s complicated punkrock world in memphis, tennessee. Jay said i just try to make as much as i can with the time that i have. Mar 06, 2017 jay reatard better than something soundtrack full album forgottenuploads. Adam shore is a producer, known for better than something. Jay reatard shares what he found during his last visit to amoeba san francisco. Better than something directors on working alongside the late jay reatard download rare jay reatard song. Jay reatard, which tries to put lindseys many contradictions into context. Oct 11, 2012 preorders for each bundle are ongoing here. He died on january, 2010 in memphis, tennessee, usa. Better than something is both a testament to jay reatard s indisputable legacy and a tribute to his vital, thrilling, and alltoobrief life. The film predominantly features footage shot with lindsey in april 2009, along with never before seen. Jay reatard, a loving, if largely forfansonly, posthumous portrait of the memphisbred punk rocker who died at age 30 in 2010.
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