A discussion with Glenn O'Brien, Amos Poe and Chris Stein; TV Party, seminal cable TV program from Manhattan 1978-1982, with guests such as James Chance, Jean Michel Basquiat, Walter Stedding, Fab Five Freddy and many more;
http://www.newmuseum.org/events/135
http://www.tvparty.org/
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TV Party on the Bowery
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TV Party on the Bowery
by schwenko » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:06 am
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by Frau_Blucher » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:09 am
Schwenko, did you go? Review? Any word of official release??
Sorry for all the questions.
Sorry for all the questions.
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by schwenko » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:19 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>Schwenko, did you go? Review? Any word of official release??
Sorry for all the questions.
[/quote]
I almost missed it (I thought it was Sunday, not Saturday), though I did realize about 2 hours beforehand the correct date.
This was attended by a "crowd" of about 30 people at The New Museum of Contemporary Art
http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/upload ... 087_sq.jpg
It was basically Glenn O'Brien, Chris Stein and Amos Poe telling stories/recollections of the 4 years of TV Party, with clips of the shows playing on a screen in the background. Go to the tvparty.org link I posted for the complete TV Party story, with sales info for the 5 shows currently released (and a documentary) as well as pictures, bios etc.
One story that Go'B told was how Bowie came to a show, but refused to go on camera; instead he went with a woman into the restroom for a half hour (Walter Steding was concerned because Bowie had taken WS's hat).
And the complete unrehersed, pretty much unplanned nature of the show was emphasized, fueled by copious amounts of drugs/alcohol.
Charlie Ahearn (directed "Wild Style" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084904/) was in the audience as well.
Final note: one of the people who became involved with TV Party was Charles Rocket, who was a Saturday Night Live cast member. Was, because on the same SNL show that Blondie was on, he got to know Chris Stein. After saying "fuck" live on SNL he needed a new job[:D] hello TV Party!
Anybody have a video clip of the offending act?
<br>Schwenko, did you go? Review? Any word of official release??
Sorry for all the questions.
[/quote]
I almost missed it (I thought it was Sunday, not Saturday), though I did realize about 2 hours beforehand the correct date.
This was attended by a "crowd" of about 30 people at The New Museum of Contemporary Art
http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/upload ... 087_sq.jpg
It was basically Glenn O'Brien, Chris Stein and Amos Poe telling stories/recollections of the 4 years of TV Party, with clips of the shows playing on a screen in the background. Go to the tvparty.org link I posted for the complete TV Party story, with sales info for the 5 shows currently released (and a documentary) as well as pictures, bios etc.
One story that Go'B told was how Bowie came to a show, but refused to go on camera; instead he went with a woman into the restroom for a half hour (Walter Steding was concerned because Bowie had taken WS's hat).
And the complete unrehersed, pretty much unplanned nature of the show was emphasized, fueled by copious amounts of drugs/alcohol.
Charlie Ahearn (directed "Wild Style" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084904/) was in the audience as well.
Final note: one of the people who became involved with TV Party was Charles Rocket, who was a Saturday Night Live cast member. Was, because on the same SNL show that Blondie was on, he got to know Chris Stein. After saying "fuck" live on SNL he needed a new job[:D] hello TV Party!
Anybody have a video clip of the offending act?
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