Paul Tschinkel's InnerTube: Levi and the Rockats, Jayne County, The Dead Boys (1980)

I recently received an email from Paul Tschinkel due to some of his videos I shared here, and over at James Chance Official. He was happy to see them being put to use, and mentioned he would start posting more. Well, it looks like he just might be doing that, starting with this full episode of InnerTube from 1980 starring Levi & The Rockats, Jayne County, and the Dead Boys, filmed at Max's Kansas City and at CBGB.

As Paul himself says, "This 'Paul Tschinkel's Inner-Tube' program appeared on his Manhattan Cable TV show in 1980. It features live performances at Max's Kansas City and CBGBs in New York that epitomize the dynamic, exciting music of the time. We see a riveting performance by the Dead Boys and a fast paced one by Levi and the Rockats that also includes a guest appearance by rocker Jayne County. A short piece of old time fiddling music, taped a fiddling convention in Independence VA in 1973, rounds out the program."

See more InnerTube videos here.

Thursday at the New Museum: Graffiti / Post-Graffiti screening & discussion

This Thursday at the New Museum: A screening of "Graffiti / Post-Graffiti" (1984) will be followed by a discussion with Patti Astor, Fab 5 Freddy Brathwaite, Lady Pink, Paul Tschinkel, Charlie Ahearn, Futura 2000 and Marc Miller. Here's a clip:

Paul Tschinkel's Innertube - New York Music New York

Paul Tschinkel's "Innertube - New York Music New York" was a public access video show that ran from 1979-1984 in Manhattan. He shot some incredible performances by the likes of DNA, the Contortions, the Cramps, the Waitresses, and many more. A short bio about Paul can be read here. His longest running project, ART/New York, a video series on contemporary New York-based artists can be seen here.

James Chance & the Contortions, Max's Kansas City, 1979


Klaus Nomi interview, 1982


New York New Wave at P.S. 1 - "The Armory Show of the 80s," 1981


Eight Eyed Spy with Lydia Lunch, Nick Zedd's film "They Eat Scum" (1979) and Howie Zowie, 1983


Johnny Thunders, Klaus Nomi and Jayne County, 1982


The Waitresses (Irving Plaza) & the Cramps (Mudd Club), 1981