Learn the strange story of Tampa’s Hepatitis Youth with documentary screening Wednesday at Stardust Video

There are few more dedicated boosters, archivists and chroniclers of the unhinged and overlooked far reaches of the Central Florida underground than Todd Lynne. Now known best as cryptic solo dream-pop phantom Haves&Thirds, Lynne has been an obsessive archivist and chronicler since his youth, including a stint documenting an infamous tour by Tampa skronk-rampagers Hepatitis Youth.

Lynne had been piecing together a documentary on the band, with the iconic title Just Say ‘No’ to No Wave, for several years now. This early-2000s noise-rock unit were known for both their uncompromising sonics and tendency to rip a set in unconventional spaces (including a hapless mall food court or, say, South of the Border in the Carolinas). They got a lot of their adventures on VHS and now you get to see it all. Also on the menu are a few other deep-Central Florida short films and a performance from Skeleton Warrior-adjacent (more vintage Central Floridian strangeness!) experimental duo Malverde.

7 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, Stardust Video and Coffee, $5-$10.

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This article appears in Jun 26 – Jul 2, 2024.