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  • From: grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Nouvelle Vague Films
  • Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 09:23:54 -0500

If you're recapping Night Flight movies from the 80s, you forgot "Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains" (which underwent a revival of sorts a few years ago thanks to the tireless efforts of Sarah Jacobson, whom I just found out died last year, goddamn) and "Another State of Mind," which I may or may not still have a VHS copy of (I kept loaning it to people) which is the one that probably had the most profound impact on my young teenage backwater-South Carolina self.

As far as Urgh! goes, yes, Lux & Gary Numan. I remember my friend Steve being perversely intrigued by Spizz as well, but I don't recall why.

ross

p.s. I can still clearly see/hear the Cramps' performance from Urgh! in my head, despite having only seen it once, close to 20 years ago. How many other performances can one say that about?

bendy wrote:
I haven't seen URGH! in about 14 years, and this is all I remember:

1. Lux.

2. Gary Newman, caked in make up, motionless and rolling around the stage on a golf-cart. He saw the future. Of Christopher Reeve.

3. Gang of Four may have been leftists, but they sure dressed a lot like Duran Duran.

Has anyone watched Liquid Sky recently? Does it still suck, or has it taken on a patina of amusement that glosses over the shockless androgyny?

Smithereens, at last viewing, still sucks. I never liked Diva, but then, other than Nomi, I've never like opera. Repo Man holds up. I find Rude Boy ten times more powerful now than I did in it's day. They made a film about how they dicked over a fan!

Bendy



domcasualties AT yahoo.com wrote:

As far as URGH! goes, I really enjoyed Nomi's performance and thought
his early 70s take on an-alien-in-Fleischer-cartoon makeup was
stunning. However, Skafish's performance put me to sleep. My favorite
piece would have to be the Cramps' version of "Tear It Up." Lux rules
that movie.

Jamie

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