Every Time I Die
Shit Happens
Ferret
A tour de idiocy
This won't surprise anyone remotely familiar with the self-proclaimed "shitty dudes" of Every Time I Die, but their nearly two-hour Shit Happens doc is like the YouTube of music DVDs—much less concerned with lame, multi-angled live clips than with countless ADD-afflicted chapters of completely random stupidity, none of which drag the feature down, even as it eclipses the 90-minute mark. Among the many standouts: a trip to K-Mart, a sound clip of the kick heard round Western New York (Scott Norwood's inexcusable failed field goal during Super Bowl XXV), lots of terrible tattoos (Leonard Nimoy, Keith? Come on!), a Mighty Taco cameo (the greatest local crap Mexican chain ever!), Andy Williams' tremendous Paul Bunyan beard, lots of making love to the camera, the looting of a Paul Frank warehouse (says a PF promo rep of Williams: "I'm always wondering why he gets little girls pajamas and then I see them on eBay; now I know and knowing is half the battle"), apartment tours that'd never make Cribs, exploding appliances, and more snowy shots of "The City of Good Neighbors" than Buffalo 66.
I may be biased since I was actually born in Bills country, but it's kinda heartwarming to see the boys play a hometown Christmas benefit attended by ETID's extended family, including the Buckley clan's dachshund and Williams' dad, who proudly shares the fact that the guitarist's mom "got the whole load" the night he was conceived. Apparently, the Buffalo wing doesn't fall far from the bucket. —Andrew Parks
