Moore fun with zines: Punk magazine, Thurston Moore and the Meatmen

Issue #7 of Killer by Thurston Moore, mid 80's

More cool stuff - and some of it pretty tough to come by. 

See everything here.

The Very Best of Touch and Go by Tesco Vee, 1985

Punk #16 by John Holmstrom & Legs McNeil, 1979

Punk Magazine Awards: October 13, 1978

Source

John Holmstrom says, "Not only was it Friday the Thirteenth, but we even had the premonition to bill it as "A Titanic Evening!" right on the ticket – complete with a sinking ship and lifeboats.

 

Oh yeah. By then, we knew that PUNK magazine was going down for the third time, so we planned the whole thing to be our farewell. Disco was becoming really, really popular and everyone figured that PUNK WAS DEAD just because the Sex Pistols had broken up back in January. As if they had anything to do with punk rock in New York City, right?" Continued here.

Stupefied: The John Holmstrom Playlist

Holmstrom by Godlis

As mentioned several times recently, Punk Magazine co-founder, John Holmstrom, has been a very busy guy. This coming Friday, Jan. 11, he'll be at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn signing copies of his new book, Punk: The Best of Punk Magazine. Click the invite on the left for the details. He came up with this week's edition of Stupefied, but not without letting me know that he could have come up with much, much more. And I don't doubt it!

Besides working on the book, Holmstrom has been consulting on the CBGB biopic which I'm guessing we'll start hearing a lot more about at some point this year. You can keep up with all related Holmstrom/Punk goings-on by visiting him here, and here.

Big thanks to John for the list!

01. "You Drive Me Nervous" by Alice Cooper

02. "I Put A Spell on You" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

03. "I Wanna Be Famous" The Bullys

04. "So Many Mike" by Peelander-Z

05. "Jailhouse Rock" by The Jeff Beck Group

06. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" by Luana (from Bossa 'N' Ramones)

07. "Teenage News" by the New York Dolls

08. "Master Race Rock" by The Dictators

09. "Carbona Not Glue" by the Ramones

10. "Sonic Reducer" by the Dead Boys

11. "Beer" by Murphy's Law

12. "Superhero" by Thor

13. "Lonesome Train" by The Pirates

14. "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" by The Crystals

15. "Keep A Knockin'" by The Sonics

16. "Kick Out The Jams" by Blue Oyster Cult

17. "Kissin' Cousins" The Saints

18. "Sunday Girl" by Blondie

19. "I Wanna Be Me" by The Sex Pistols

20. "Don't Worry Baby" by The Beach Boys

The Best of Punk: John Holmstrom speaks

Punk Magazine co-founder, John Holmstrom, talks to Capital about the now iconic magazine & musical scene of the mid 70's.  

"We were at the right place at the right time, and I knew it. There’d been a few articles about bands like Television and the Ramones, and CBGB’s was also just starting to take off. CBGB’s fascinated everyone at the time because it was on the Bowery. People were afraid to go there. There were bums drinking at the bar, begging for change outside. But we captured the moment..." Continued here.

Punk: The Best of Punk Magazine is available now. 

There will be a launch party for the book 

at Powerhouse Arena on January 11 from 6–8 p.m.

Parallel Lines: Visual Art, CBGB and Downtown Nightlife

Parallel Lines: Visual Art, CBGB and Downtown Nightlife

Thursday, December 13, 2012       

New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York, NY  10002

7:00 pm

Admission:  $8

A panel discussion about the impact of CBGB and downtown nightlife on the visual arts from 1975-1985.  

Participants include John Holmstrom, Pat Place, Marcia Resnick, and Arturo Vega; moderated by Marc H. Miller.

http://www.newmuseum.org/calendar/view/parallel-lines-visual-art-cbgb-and-downtown-nightlife

In conjunction with the exhibition, "Come Closer: Art around the Bowery, 1969-89, New Museum, until December 30th

The Best of Punk is coming!

John Holmstrom's long awaited Punk: The Best of Punk Magazine will finally be available on December 18. Get it here, and check out John's blog here.

Punk Magazine on the scene - reports from the CBGB film set

For those of you hankering for updates from the set of the currently-in-production CBGB film, I highly suggest following the posts by Punk magazine's John Holmstrom. He's working as a consultant on the film, and is sharing some insight & news directly from the scene of the crime (so to speak). Read it here.