I wound up at the Echoplex instead, getting the joy of seeing one of L.A.’s wondrous little surprises, He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister. Cali country is something I love with the fervor of a late convert, since even Buck Owens was little more than some jackass on TV until I moved my Dixie-fried ears out here for an accidental steeping in the Bakersfield Sound and its many variants. Robert Kolar and Felipe Ceballos from tough indie wide-boys Lemon Sun contribute heavily to Brother/Sister, with the whole, shifting, multi-piece concatenation in the great line of Gram Rabbit and the Parson Red Heads in the insistence on coupling the High with the Lonesome.

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Noted in one biography for his ability to supply “hulking menace,” Sid Haig is one of cinema’s great heavies. He will be honored at a tribute screening at the Grindhouse Film Festival this month and will be programming some of his own favorite films as well. He will appear in person at the New Beverly tonight. This interview by Nolan Knight.

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