By Brian Craig Hinderberger
When Robert Lang generously welcomed our film crew into his studio and guided us through it, he gave us an opportunity to document something extraordinary: a place built by hand over five decades, filled with music history and shaped by one person’s persistence and imagination.
That visit became Salvaged Reverb: Inside the Legendary Robert Lang Studios. On November 15, we’re bringing a work-in-progress screening to Seattle’s Rabbit Box Theatre as part of Song of Sunset: Underground. Robert will be there to join the audience conversation afterward.
For me, that is one of the most exciting parts of this show. We get to experience the film together, then hear directly from the person whose life and work fill the screen.
Robert Lang Studios has welcomed an incredible list of musicians, including Nirvana, Foo Fighters and Peter Frampton. Those names are part of what draws people toward its history. Our camera turns toward Robert himself and the extraordinary handmade space behind those recordings.
Salvaged materials became part of a studio where generations of musicians could create. Documenting that connection between a person, a place and the work made there is at the heart of this short film. Robert’s willingness to guide us through his world made it possible.
The film is still a work in progress. It has already been recognized as an Austin Short Film Award Finalist and a Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival Semi-Finalist, and this Seattle screening gives us another valuable opportunity to experience it with an audience.
Song of Sunset was built for that kind of connection.
Joe Estrada of Six Eyed Cat performs and acoustic solo set between films at Silver Moon Brewing.
Behind the scenes, a lot of my attention goes into how the evening moves. Each film, live performance, projection and lighting transition helps carry the audience into the next story. The goal is to create a room where people can settle in, listen closely and discover something together.
Rabbit Box’s intimate setting feels especially right for Salvaged Reverb. There is something meaningful about sharing a film about a deeply personal creative space in a listening room where the audience and the people behind the stories are close enough to have a conversation.
The evening also brings together two other films that helped shape this production.
Song of Sunset: In My Day explores Bend’s small-stage music culture—the artists and venues that give a community its sound. Cosmic Heirloom: Buried 400 Years, winner of Best Short Documentary at the 2026 Oregon Short Film Festival, explores the suppressed history and modern rediscovery of psilocybin through featured subject David Moss.
David will join Robert and me for a combined closing panel presented by Oregon Film. It’s a chance for the audience to bring its own questions into the evening.
We’re also bringing live performances by Lande, Johnny Bourbon and me as Ghost of Brian Craig. LYMNL will welcome everyone with an electronic set during the social hour beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Curated in Bend and brought to Seattle, this show carries the work of our film crew, musicians, guests and supporters into one room. I’m looking forward to sharing a slice of music history that I believe will stay with people long after the screening.
Join us Sunday, November 15, at The Rabbit Box Theatre, 94 Pike Street, Seattle. Doors open at 4 p.m., live social-hour music begins at 4:30 p.m., and the main show runs 5–8 p.m. Tickets are $25 advance, plus fees, and the event is all ages.
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Presented by East | West Golf, Social and Wellness Club, with support from Salt & Cedar Saunas and Offset Ciderworks. Film screenings sponsored by Drop Thesis; music presented by 92.9 FM; panel presented by Oregon Film. This project is supported in part by the Bend Cultural Tourism Fund, a project of Visit Bend.
