Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

[mike AT appelstein.com]

Sounds like they need to enlist one of us to do the liner notes next time -
almost any listmember one of us could have tossed off more accurate
information
in our sleep!  I am interested to see the Monochrome Set, ODW,
Mo-Dettes, Bongos
and Polyrock clips.

- mike (frustrated wannabe postpunk product manager)
http://djearlybird.blogspot.com

Quoting randy.haecker AT sonybmg.com:

> I had ordered the "Live from Hurrah's" DVD for an affordable $9.99
> through Amazon a few weeks back, and my factory-sealed copy arrived
> this past Monday.  I watched it twice on Monday evening.  Overall, it
> was a thrill to finally see footage of MANY bands I had only read
> about back in the day, but my excitement was hampered due to all the
> mistakes on the disc.
>
> Two of the bands listed, BUSH TETRAS and MAGAZINE, don't appear on
> the disc.  The group that is identified as MAGAZINE is actually THE
> DEL-BYZANTEENS (featuring Jim Jarmusch). And a second uncredited clip
> of LENE LOVICH performing "The Night" appears instead of the
> advertised BUSH TETRAS.
>
> Numerous songs are misidentified, either on the DVD packaging text,
> or onscreen at the start of the clips.  The outside package calls the
> Georgia band "Pylons" instead of PYLON.  Their song is incorrectly
> listed as "You Cannot" when it's actually "Gravity."  LIQUID LIQUID's
> "Bellhead" is bizarrely called "The Final Cut," and the group's name
> is spelled "LUQUID LUQUID."  AU PAIRS' "Come Again" is misidentified
> onscreen as "Do It Again."  TEARDROP EXPLODES' "Brave Boys Keep Their
> Promises" is truncated to "Brave Boys."  I'm sure there are more
> errors for the wealth of more obscure groups.
>
> All the footage is shot with a single camera, but mercifully the
> camera is steady and the footage is generally well lit and watchable.
>  THE MONOCHROME SET suffer from the poorest lighting -- their brief
> run through "Alphaville" is performed in silhouette.
>
> An uncredited Clem Burke sits in with the Fleshtones on the ACTION
> COMBO track.
>
> Despite its obvious "rush job" presentation, this is a MUST HAVE
> purchase for fans of the era.  I had never seen POLYROCK in action
> and they were exhilirating.  For one reason or another, the clips
> from PYLON, WAITRESSES, MO-DETTES, OUR DAUGHTER'S WEDDING, LIQUID
> LIQUID and SHOX LUMANIA are now burned in my memory.
>
> I have high hopes that future volumes -- hopefully better researched
> and improving on the godawful cover art! -- will appear as a series.
> In addition to the 27 acts featured on this initial disc, I'm aware
> that further unreleased Hurrah's archival footage exists for GANG OF
> FOUR, THE CURE, BAUHAUS, ADAM & THE ANTS, PSYCHEDELIC FURS, SPEEDIES,
> CERTAIN GENERAL, and, of course, MAGAZINE and BUSH TETRAS who are
> listed here but don't actually appear.
>
> Here's a link to the full track listing:
>
> http://www.audiofidelity.net/pc-dvd.html
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: typicalgirls-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:typicalgirls-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of
> mike AT appelstein.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 8:54 AM
> To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [TypicalGirls] ymg dvd
>
> 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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