Posts tagged old new york
TV Party: Premier Episode, December 18, 1978 - “The very first episode of Glenn O’Brien’s NYC public access punk rock TV show Glenn O’Brien was in the middle of the Punk scene, writing a column for Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine. One night Glenn was a guest on a cable show “If I Can’t Dance You Can Keep Your Revolution”. The next day he was approached by friends and strangers alike who had caught the show - so he started his own. His best pal Chris Stein, Blondie’s guitarist, became co-host and Walter Steding, Warhol’s painting assistant, became leader of the TV Party Orchestra. This was the premiere show. Regulars included Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fab Five Freddie, Deborah Harry, John Lurie and Tim Wright of DNA. Extras: John Lurie, David Walter McDermott, Kare Simon & Mick Jones of the Clash.”
Must Read: Will Hermes’ Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever captures the energy and excitement of New York’s music scene from 1973 to 1978. Dangerous Minds covers the book in detail, and Hermes’ site is filled with info and other goodies.
![‘11th & B’: Film footage of the Lower East Side in the early 1980s: “In the seventies hundreds of buildings were abandoned, buildings with no heat, no hot water, no locks. The landlords had wrung all the money they could get out of them….Today [1984] whole blocks between Avenues A and D are lined with the carcasses of buildings. Vast stretches of land are covered with crumbled bricks and cement. Until recently, lines of drug buyers snaked around the blocks….When Father Moloney found a dead body near the Christadora Building last year, the police acted almost unconcerned. ‘We are in a no man’s land,’ he was told. ‘They can dump anything they want here.” New York magazine - May 28, 1984.” (via Dangerous Minds).](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltdlrhW7FU1qz50dao1_400.jpg)
‘11th & B’: Film footage of the Lower East Side in the early 1980s: “In the seventies hundreds of buildings were abandoned, buildings with no heat, no hot water, no locks. The landlords had wrung all the money they could get out of them….Today [1984] whole blocks between Avenues A and D are lined with the carcasses of buildings. Vast stretches of land are covered with crumbled bricks and cement. Until recently, lines of drug buyers snaked around the blocks….When Father Moloney found a dead body near the Christadora Building last year, the police acted almost unconcerned. ‘We are in a no man’s land,’ he was told. ‘They can dump anything they want here.” New York magazine - May 28, 1984.” (via Dangerous Minds).
