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  • From: "Clark, Chris" <CClark AT slk-law.com>
  • To: 'RTP-area local music and culture' <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: Nouvelle Vague Films (was: Re: I think this guy...)
  • Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:33:53 -0500

I have a VHS copy of URGH! at home somewhere, but it has also been many
years since I watched it. For some reason today I am especially remembering
the Go-Go's sounding horrible and looking like the dirty dirty girls they
were.

-----Original Message-----
From: bendy [mailto:bendy AT duke.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:14 AM
To: RTP-area local music and culture
Subject: Nouvelle Vague Films (was: Re: I think this guy...)


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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