[TypicalGirls] ymg dvd
mike@appelstein.com
mike at appelstein.com
Wed May 3 08:53:54 EDT 2006
The Live At The Hurrah! DVD contains the same concert footage that was
released
on VHS in the mid-90s. No extras, unfortunately - though they did use a shot
of my old zine, with YMG on the cover, in the artwork! You can buy the
audio-only portion on a separate CD.
For those of you who've never seen it: get it. It reminds me of Joy
Division's
Here Are The Young Men in that it's raw and often poorly lit, but these
qualities work in its favor to preserve some of the mystery. What a
revelation, after listening to the records for so long, to actually see the
band members in concert. Alison actually smiles! There's occasional stage
banter! Real people actually made this music!
There's a separate clip of "Include Me Out" from one of the Target Video comps
(probably recorded at their Berkeley or Palo Alto shows) that still needs
unearthing.
I am envious of Lydia Z. for getting to spend time at Hurrah. You
can't imagine
how hard it was to live an hour away in high school exurbia, knowing all this
amazing music was happening just up the New Jersey Turnpike.
-Mike
http://djearlybird.blogspot.com
Quoting HunnyPi007 at aol.com:
> haven't viewed this dvd yet but i've been waiting for it to come out since
> seeing it prematurely listed on netflix a couple of months ago. the
> fact that
> they list the always great live PYLON as "The Pylons" makes me a little
> suspect as to the quality of this thing and it would have been better
> if they could
> have gotten the rights to footage of more interesting bands who played at the
> club (maybe the "more" listed are these bands?). however, i still want to
> see it as i really enjoyed my time spent at hurrah's, the closest
> cool club to
> my grandmother's (uptown) apartment (where i mostly stayed when visiting the
> city back in the day)?fun dancing to great dj's and some killer
> bookings, most
> notably for me a new year's eve bill with au pairs, the mekons, and gang of
> four! i truly feel lucky to have experienced that. (i'd also like
> some info
> on the au pairs comp?42 tracks!?if anyone has it.)
>
> btw, netflix lists another "live at hurrah[s]" dvd, this one from 2004 of a
> 1980 show by a fave of all true typicalpeople, young marble giants.
> i haven't
> seen it yet either so can someone else comment on it?
>
> typically,
> lydia
>
> In a message dated 5/2/06 8:23:11 PM, romansic at serv.net writes:
>
>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> What does anyone know anything about this DVD, supposedly released about a
>> week ago:
>>
>> ?Back in the Day: Live From Hurrah?s: New York City Raw!?
>>
>> Quoting further from the cover-
>>
>> ?30 Individual Raw Performances:
>> The Go-Go?s
>> The Waitresses
>> The Dell Byzanteens
>> Public Servants
>> Buzz & The Flyers
>> The Pylons
>> The Lounge Lizards
>> Liquid Liquid
>> And more from the legendary New York nightclub?.
>>
>>
>> The presentation says cheapo rush-job, but the band names on the cover
>> (okay, some of them) should be interesting to this list. I?d love
>> to know what
>> else is on here and whether it does service to the bands. Also, who
>> is behind
>> it and where does it come from?
>>
>> I missed ?The Pylons? back in the day and would love to see even snippets.
>>
>> -GR
>>
>> PS: and have I missed it, or has no one mentioned the Au Pairs 2-CD
>> anthology due out next week? I see that there are new mixes of some
>> songs. How
>> much were the original members involved? I count on this list for
>> back story.
>> Please don?t disappoint!
>>
>>
>>
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