An epic in a single room, Raymond Pettibon's Sir Drone (1989, 55:37 mins) doggedly dogs two wannabe punksters as they try desperately to form a band; but the prerequisites-like playing a guitar-don't quite gel. Our grinning grungers are Jinx (Mike Kelley), an apostate surfer, and Duane (Mike Watt of the Minutemen), a thickset goof with a thing about "posers." Jinx won't cut his hippie locks and Duane is too mad to have a method. Sir Drone fills its sparse staging with glib insights about belonging in an oh-so-vacant world and plenty of DIY laughs. Shorts:Mike, the ever-put-upon Michael Smith alter-ego, gets his own rock video, complete with theme music and the eponymous chorus, in Go for It, Mike (1984, 4:40 mins). His schlemiel spiel redefines "rugged individualism" as a sickly spectacle. Using queasy footage, grating repetition, and some of the cheesiest soundtracks around, Animal Charm's videoworks are like quirky dreams you just can't shake, and Slow Gin Soul Stallion (1996, 2:30 mins) is no exception. In Bjorn Melhus's No Sunshine (1998, 6:15 mins) two infantile bodies drift through nether space. Their squeaky monologues mimic Michael Jackson on helium. Suzie Silver's A Spy (Hester Reeves Does The Doors) (1992, 4:15 mins) nakedly drenches precious icons like Jesus and Jim Morrison in a downpour of psyched-out psychedelia. Plus a comic short by Teddy Dibble.-Steve Seid