Happy new year everyone!

I'd like to thank each & every one of you for reading Stupefaction, and want to extend a happy & healthy new year greeting for 2010 to you & yours! Now, where can I get a pair of Woody Woodpecker slippers?

Endless Art 2009: The Stupefaction obituary round up

Rowland S. Howard
Bob Willoughby RIP
Ellie Greenwich
Ron Asheton
Vic Chestnutt
Bob Keane
Art D'Lugoff
Soupy Sales
Bendan Mullen
Nat Finkelstein
Shelby Singleton
Irving Penn
Mr. Magic
Jim Carroll
Trevor Rhone
Chris Connor
Jim Dickinson
Michael Viner
Rashied Ali
Les Paul
Willy Deville
John Hughes
Billy Lee Riley
Walter Cronkite
Allen Klein
Michael Jackson
Farrah Fawcett
Sky Saxon
Steven Wells
Kodachrome
Ed McMahon
Sam Butera
Koko Taylor
Dom Deluise
Sable Starr
Mark Fidrych
Eddie Bo
Randy Bewley
Joe Cuba
Coleman Mellot
Louie Bellson
Blossom Dearie
Stefan Lutak
Lux Interior
Hank Crawford
David Fathead Newman
Dante Gluefingers Lavelli
The Lost In Space robot
Patrick McGoohan
Claude Jeter

The Replacements live in 1981

If you're looking to kill some time over this holiday break, have a look at this gem - the Replacements live in Minneapolis in September 1981. Not just one song, but their entire set! Thanks to Slicing Up Eyeballs for the tip. Use the left/right arrows below to skim thru the set.

Rowland S. Howard RIP

Rowland S. Howard - RIP. Why is this time of year always so tough with news like this?

Here's Rowland & Lydia Lunch with their version of Lee Hazelwood's "Some Velvet Morning":



And here's a groovy video shot in 1981 for the Birthday Party's "Nick the Stripper":



Crime & the City Solution bring us "I Have the Gun":



And here is These Immortal Souls with "Marry Me":

Bob Willoughby RIP

Bob Willoughby - RIP. Visit his website here.

In remembrance

(Photo by William 'Popsie' Randolph)

This week's NY Times magazine has a nice group of articles on some of those folks who left the planet this year including Ellie Greenwich and Ron Asheton.


(Photo by Leni Sinclair)

Vic Chesnutt RIP

Vic Chesnutt - RIP

Ephemera Friday - The Clash

The Clash on Christmas Day, 1979. Only 50p! Image courtesy of the Clash Blog.

The Junky's Christmas by William Burroughs

A couple of blogs I read posted this short film, and I thought I would too. Be grateful...it could be you. It originally appeared in 1993, and was produced by Francis Ford Coppola. It's available on DVD. Photo above by me, Feb. 2008. Pay no attention to the part numbers - it's all here.

Have a Fela holiday!

Funny...someone just sent this to me not knowing that I received a pair of tickets to see the show for christmas. Click here for some holiday greetings from Fela!

Holiday visuals by Godlis

I wanted to share with you this image sent out this year by one of my favorite photographers, Godlis. This is a New York Santa, circa 1993, showing us how to cross the street, New York-style. Click on it for the bigger view. See more at Diary of A Lunatic Photographer.

Happy holidays everyone

Merry Christmas, happy new year, and all of that, from me here at Stupefaction. I'd like to thank everyone for eyeballing this blog on a regular basis. Hopefully I can continue to bring you whatever it is I bring you well into the new year and beyond. Also, please visit the New York Nobody Sings for a Christmas At CBGB.

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings play Bklyn next week

Very recently confirmed, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will play next Wednesday, Dec. 30, at Brooklyn Bowl.




Wednesday, December 30th
w/special opening guest: Ivan Milev Band
@ Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Doors 6:00pm / Show 9:00pm
TICKETS

Makes me wish I was in town. If you haven't seen them yet I must insist that you make every effort to.

Daily travels

Uptown E train. That overhead lighting is so frustrating!

Back to basics

I realize it's a bit late in the day to be making gift suggestions for christmas, but I wanted to mention this anyway. For my birthday last month I received this wonderful old fashioned portable record player. It's made by Crosley, looks great and sounds good enough.

I have two turntables set up already, but due to my current living arrangements, the listening pleasure I derive from either of them is usually mediocre at best. However this player has simplified things so much, I'm actually managing to listen to all of the odd & amazing things I pick up at yard & garage sales that have been piling up for ages. It's so easy...all I have to do is open it, turn it on & play the record. It's not exactly high fidelity, but it's a hell of a lot of fun. And it's small enough to pretty much fit anywhere. I'm really looking forward to the spring & summer when I can take it outside.

There's quite a selection to be made of available turntables, and prices are pretty reasonable. View them here.

The Runaways movie

This trailer, or at least news of this film, has been floating around for a while. Thanks to Joly for the reminder. Coming this spring is this biopic about the Runaways:



p.s. Hey Ed - I managed to post it in the correct size!

This is what IT'S about

If you haven't seen the Anvil movie yet do not wait another second. Whether or not you're into heavy metal music is completely besides the point. I watched it for the second time last night and just can't recommend it enough. Talk about sticking to your guns, self belief, not giving up...knowing whats important in life...these guys are it. It's a completely inspirational story. It's also funny as hell. Sort of a real life Spinal Tap in some respects.

After I saw the film for the first time (which includes folks like Slash & Lars Ulrich talking about the band), I turned to my friend Russ and said that one of those guys should put their money where their mouth is & take Anvil out on tour. AC/DC stepped up did just that sometime earlier this year. And now it seems the band has a pretty busy itinerary...they'll be at Irving Plaza here in NYC on January 15. I just might be as well.

Ian Dury and the Family Stone, Sly Stone and the Blockheads

Here are some films to be on the lookout for early next year about two funky, funky people...

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - Ian Dury bio-pic starring Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris and Ray Winstone due in early 2010 in the UK. Official film website here.



Coming Back For More - Sly Stone documentary first due to be broadcast on Dutch television in early 2010. Film website here.



Higher: The Story of Sly Stone - yet another Sly doc! Also due sometime in 2010...

I'm the face, baby, is that clear?

Wow! Quite a find here...Rock Explosion in London is offering these wonderful shots of a baby faced Who in action in 1964 at the Railway Hotel. They are available in 16 x 20 prints hand printed from the original negatives. The photographer is not named. Absolutely stunning!

Daily travels

Uptown 1 train:


Downtown E train:

Daily travels - Central Park Boathouse

Glen Matlock at Nublu

Here's Glen Matlock performing Pretty Vacant last Friday at Nublu. More videos available to watch right here. Did anyone go? From the looks of the video it didn't look as packed as I imagined it would be. I was just getting home from a wedding around the time Glen was supposed to go on...

Daily travels - Archive record sale

Here's the scene from Saturday, and the opening day of the sale at the Archive of Contemporary Music...it goes on thru the 20th, and there's lots of great deals to be had. See below for what I picked up.





I got two CD's:
- Iggy Pop - Preliminaires
- Various Artists - The Tommy Boy Story, Vol. 1

And the rest is vinyl:
- Pylon - Cool b/w Dub 7"
- Boris Policeband - Stereo/Mono 7"
- Black Uhuru - The Dub Factor
- Tom Waits - One From the Heart soundtrack
- Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
- Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs
- Gun Club - Fire of Love
- Richard Hell - Blank Generation (a gorgeous promo with original inner sleeve)
- Various Artists - Mondo New York soundtrack
- Lee Perry - History Mystery Prophesy
- Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight
- Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
- John Hammond - John Hammond
- John Hammond - Source Point
- John Hammond - Sooner Or Later
- John Hammond - I Can Tell

Not bad for day's work.

Archive of Contemporary Music sale time

I'll be there in about an hour. Hope to see you there. Going on through the 20th.

Friday Ephemera - New Order

Daily travels - White Street

White Street between Broadway & Church, New York, NY

Event round up

There are so many things going on this week that I wanted to remind everyone about, I decided to just list them here in one shot. For more info click on each item.

THURSDAY DEC. 10
- Archive of Contemporary Music Sale opening party (actual sale goes Dec. 12-20) in Tribeca
- All Hopped Up & Ready To Go discussion with Tony Fletcher & Alan Vega of Suicide at the Brooklyn Public Library
- Bande à part book signing at the Clic Gallery in Soho

FRIDAY DEC. 11
- Blow Up party at 200 Orchard Street in the LES. And Saturday in Sacremento, CA, too!
- Glen Matlock plays solo acoustic Sex Pistols at Nublu in the East Village

SATURDAY DEC. 12
- Blow Up party at Clubhouse 24 in Sacremento, CA

I think that about does it. Hope to see you there...wherever that may be!

Daily travels - WFMU Studios

I'll call this one "Dead Fixture."

Happy birthday to you Mr. Waits!

A huge happy birthday, and many happy returns to Tom Waits who turns 60 years old today!

The Beat Hotel documentary

"The Beat Hotel, a new film by Documentary Arts, goes deep into the legacy of the American Beats in Paris during the heady years between 1957 and 1963, when Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Gregory Corso fled the obscenity trials in the United States surrounding the publication of Ginsberg’s poem Howl. They took refuge in a cheap no-name hotel they had heard about at 9, Rue Git le Coeur and were soon joined by William Burroughs, Ian Somerville, Brion Gysin, and others from England and elsewhere in Europe, seeking out the “freedom” that the Latin Quarter of Paris might provide."



Visit the film's official website here. Read the book by Barry Miles: The Beat Hotel: Ginsberg, Burroughs & Corso in Paris, 1957-1963

Anarchy on Avenue C

Word has it (although I'm not sure how reliable it is) that Sex Pistol's bassist & songwriter, Glen Matlock, will be playing an acoustic gig at the tiny Nublu on Avenue C between 4th & 5th Streets next Friday, Dec. 11. I've sent a note to the man himself - we'll see what he says. Stranger things have happened. According to his website, he is out & about doing acoustic shows and will be in Canada just prior to the 11th.

Blow Up the USA

London's long running club, Blow Up, will be throwing a couple of rare Stateside parties next weekend. Friday the 11th they'll be in NYC at 200 Orchard Street. Saturday, Dec. 12th, they'll jump westward to hit Clubhouse 24 in Sacramento. Click here for more info.

Besides the club, there is also the very groovy Blow Up record label. In fact, they put out one of my all time favorite compilations, Blow Up A-Go-Go!: Dancefloor Classics From The Legendary Blow Up Club (pictured above), which I never DJ without. Besides that, they've released fantastic sides from the Bongolian, Big Boss Man, and many others.

If you're into an uptempo-funky-mod vibe these are artists worth checking out. And of course the parties!

Friday Ephemera - Pulsallama

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Oh, Y Records...so underrated and wonderful.