The Pat Place interview I did back in September is now up online in the new issue of Perfect Sound Forever. Jump to the interview here, or check out the entire issue here. Hope you like it!
Nov 30, 2011
Just Because - Fiorucci
Thanks to Disney Rollergirl for digging up these Fiorucci images (see more here). For me they're completely evocative of the late 70's/early 80's which is when they had a store in NYC. Evocative for me probably because of my age at the time, but in reality, the Italian designer has been around since the late 60's, and they've always seemed to have had this new wave/disco sheen to everything they do. I love it.
In case you've never seen it, here's a great television news piece on the New York store featuring Klaus Nomi, and then-Fiorucci employee Joey Arias:
Nov 29, 2011
Just Because - Anya Phillips
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| Anya Phillips as pictured in Zig Zag magazine, June 1982. Courtesy of Cactus Mouth Informer. |
Out Harvey Wang's Window
Accomplished downtown NYC photographer, Harvey Wang, will have an exhibit open tomorrow night at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum from 7:00-8:30. The 22 featured photographs were taken in & around his Chinatown apartment building in the late 70's/early 80's. Read all about itat the Lens blog in the NY Times.
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| Mr. Wong's Kitchen, 1980, by Harvey Wang |
Pat Place art at Keyes Art Projects
Nov 28, 2011
New Leonard Cohen track - Show Me The Place
Here's a new song from Mr. Leonard Cohen called "Show Me The Place." His new album, Old Ideas, will be released in January, and will be his first album in eight long years. What do you think?
Show Me The Place by leonardcohen
Nov 27, 2011
New track from Edwyn Collins, new album on the way
The word from Edwyn Collins' label, AED, is that Edwyn is currently burning through tape working on a new album. And to prove it, here's a track-in-progress:
EDWYN COLLINS - Down The Line by Analogue Enhanced Digital
Nov 26, 2011
Rare 1983 video from Konk for a Saturday night
Here's a look at a super rare video from Konk doing their anthem, "Konk Party." A nice one for some late Saturday night dancing...Filmed on location in the LES, 1983. Thanks to Phil Gammage for the tip!
Nov 25, 2011
Nov 24, 2011
Kyle's Cassettes: Robert Wyatt - Nothing Can Stop Us
Robert Wyatt
Nothing Can Stop Us
All what have you aside, this is a pretty special little tape. In 1973 Wyatt fell out of a window at a party and was left in a wheelchair. He spent the rest of the seventies laid up on the outskirts of London in a flat that Julie Christie gave him marinating on everything from disco and soul to bebop and Chilean folk songs. When he resurfaced in the 80’s this is what he came through with. These jams are hella frail in a soulful- spooked-out-vibes kind of way. These songs are about struggle and sincerity and the inherent pitfalls there with in. This tape always makes me feel like everything is going to be all right.
Visit Kyle at Trustzine.
Nothing Can Stop Us
1986 Gramavision
A lot of kids think that the whole 80’s British art school scene was all about the Cure and hairspray, but if you want to really get down to some brass tacks, no non-sense business then this is probably more where it’s at.
Check it: moping around your seaside Bristol studio trying to work out some issues regarding feminine identity in your politico-abstract-expressionist paintings while smoking a little Bali Shagg mixed with some low-grade sensi and this is jamming on the box in the back ground. That beret with the trench coat ensemble was working for you. I mean come on, you wish your mom was this cool.
Check it: moping around your seaside Bristol studio trying to work out some issues regarding feminine identity in your politico-abstract-expressionist paintings while smoking a little Bali Shagg mixed with some low-grade sensi and this is jamming on the box in the back ground. That beret with the trench coat ensemble was working for you. I mean come on, you wish your mom was this cool.
All what have you aside, this is a pretty special little tape. In 1973 Wyatt fell out of a window at a party and was left in a wheelchair. He spent the rest of the seventies laid up on the outskirts of London in a flat that Julie Christie gave him marinating on everything from disco and soul to bebop and Chilean folk songs. When he resurfaced in the 80’s this is what he came through with. These jams are hella frail in a soulful- spooked-out-vibes kind of way. These songs are about struggle and sincerity and the inherent pitfalls there with in. This tape always makes me feel like everything is going to be all right.Visit Kyle at Trustzine.
Nov 23, 2011
Nov 22, 2011
This Friday in London - The Loft & The June Brides
The Loft with support from the June Brides at the Lexington.
Thanks to Dave at Fruitier Than Thou for the word.
Mingus On Mingus - support the film!
The feature-length documentary is the journey of a grandson searching for the truth behind the legend of the grandfather he never knew. Surrounded by controversy for his polemic actions and his unpredictability, the enigmatic figure of his grandfather became a jazz icon. The documentary opens doors to unknown facets of a composer who left one of the largest musical legacies of 20th Century American music. It is the path of his grandson, looking at the life of his grandfather through the eyes of those he touched and inspired, and through the locations where he lived and composed his art. The film rediscovers both, the man and the artist: Charles Mingus.
Visit the Kickstarter page here.
Visit the official website for the production here.
Nov 21, 2011
Nov 20, 2011
Laura Kennedy memorial scheduled for NYC
A NYC memorial for the Bush Tetras' Laura Kennedy has been scheduled for Wednesday, December 28. Most likely at Bowery Electric. Keep an eye on this space for further details.
Catch a few snaps of the scene at yesterday's memorial that took place in Minneapolis at This Ain't The Summer of Love. Bush Tetras above courtesy of Hank Grebe.
Nov 19, 2011
Daisy's Letter From London, Nov. 19, 2011
Dear Mr. Boogaloo,
As we look out of the window across the rooftops of London this morning we see – er – not very much.
The Turkish man in the corner shop says, “the nights are drawing in now.”
“Ice cream, eggs, bread.”
Key in the lock.
I didn't tell you what we did at the weekend -
We got to see The Mekons on SUNDAY at NOON at Rough Trade East.
It was a beautiful autumn day.
Here's me with the wonderful Sally Timms (having some curry).
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| Daisy, left, with Sally Timms |
That was 1994. Just look at what The Mekons have all been doing since then. Amazing really.
Susie Honeyman played with Rip Rig and Panic, and Vivien Stanshall, as well as a lad down the hill from here called Alan Boyd who plays with Decline and Fall. Lu Edmonds played with PiL last year at that transcendant Terminal 5 gig I told you about.
The Mekons were finishing up a European tour. We were lucky to have this last little round up for an early Christmas present. They were wonderful. There was this lovely after-Church atmosphere.
Nov 18, 2011
Laura Kennedy memorial tomorrow in Minneapolis
Thanks to This Ain't the Summer of Love for the tip.
Nov 17, 2011
Kyle's Cassettes: Jean Michel Jarre - Les Concerts En Chine
Les Concerts En Chine
1982 Disques Dreyfus
So I’m really into juicing right now. I realize that makes me sound like some sort of new age burn out on a power cleanse that’s constantly looking for a nearby AA meeting, but what can I say? I’m way the fuck into beta-carotenes and anti-oxidants and all that other stupid shit. Anyways, I wouldn’t go breaking my neck looking for this Jean-Michel Jarre tape, but it does have a few mega-heavy synth cuts on it. The point is that this is like the perfect music for juicing, it’s got a real clean living type of vibe that will get you amped to chop and prepare all your veggies and what not. On some of the heavier tracks you can almost actually feel your body metabolizing the minerals and nutrients as you drink the juice. It’s pretty trippy.
Musically I’m pretty sure Daft Punk was into this record at some point or another because it sounds like something they wish they had made. This guy that I knew from back in high school sort of turned me onto this record. I remember running into him on Avenue A back in like 2001 or something like that and he was with this real man-ish looking German girl in a white leather jacket, who I’m sure was like Peaches older uglier sister or something and he was carrying around a VHS copy of The Last Unicorn that he was purportedly reviewing for some unnamed magazine. It was pretty rich.
Anyways, I realize that this review is maybe a little off balance in terms of making any sort of relational sense, but I guess what I’m trying to say is that this is a complex record that doesn’t offer any easy answers. What the fuck do you want from it anyways? It’s just a tape.
Visit Kyle at Trustzine.
Nov 15, 2011
In memory of Laura Kennedy
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| Bush Tetras at Hurrah, 1980, shot by Eugene Merinov |
As the obituary in the Minneapolis City Pages, her recent home's newspaper, said, "Though she hasn't performed publicly for years, Kennedy's legacy will always be tied to her time in New York in the late '70s and '80s. Bush Tetras were one of the first female punk bands to gain notoreity in that era, and Kennedy's bass playing can be heard providing a creeping counter melody to Pat Place's angular guitar riffs in their best-known hit, 1980's "Too Many Creeps." Leave a note for Laura on the Bush Tetras Facebook page.
Written for the Vinyl District.
Nov 13, 2011
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