Film maker, DJ, pal of the Clash, and member of Big Audio Dynamite, Don Letts, should be no stranger to readers of Stupefaction. There's a new documentary about him called Superstonic Sound: The Rebel Dread Documentary, and it will be premiering in New York on August 19. All of the info you need is here on Facebook. Visit the film's website here.
New York City International Film Festival Abingdon Theater 312 West 36th Street, NY New York, NY
Here's an interesting event happening at the New York Public Library of all places on December 8. The description is pretty vague as to what exactly will be happening, but Lou Reed, Doug Yule & Maureen Tucker will be there. I would guess that they'll be talking to David Fricke who seems to be the host.
I have to say, for the NY Public Library, you'd think they would have a better written event description. Very odd, but you can read the whole thing here.
The Velvet Underground with Lou Reed, Maureen ‘Mo’ Tucker, Doug Yule & David Fricke
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 7:00 PM Celeste Bartos Forum Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 5th Avenue and 42nd Street (directions)
$25 general admission and $15 library donors, students and seniors with valid identification." Buy tickets here.
Personally, I'm a little overdosed on some of this stuff right now, so I'll leave you with this:
