[kj] Quick Joke-spotting

[Karen Weil]

Oh my gosh -- I loved that series! Thanks for the jog down memory lane!   


Cheers,

Karen 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rheinhold Squeegee 
  To: Gathering Gathering 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:48 AM
  Subject: Re: [kj] Quick Joke-spotting


  This was a clip from a PBS series called "Alive from Off Center" that ran from about 1984 - 87. It was produced by the PBS station in Minneapolis, but featured primarily NYC performance artists and musicians like Laurie Anderson, Ann Magnuson, Bill Irwin and David Byrne. I think Jonathan Demme had something to do with it as well.
   
  This is a weird flashback for me because the show premiered on January 1, 1984 and they really played up the Orwellian angle. I specifically remember watching this clip from my home in rural MN at the age of 17. The show was hosted by Laurie Anderson and she did a duet with Peter Gabriel on the song "Excellent Birds" from the album that came right after "Big Science."
   
  Now I'm all nostalgic...

   
  > From: vassifer at earthlink.net
  > To: gathering at misera.net
  > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:04:03 -0400
  > Subject: [kj] Quick Joke-spotting
  > 
  > 
  > I can't believe I'm only noticing this now.
  > 
  > About a year back, a friend of mine put up an interesting little video 
  > clip on his weblog showing a performance artist named David Van 
  > Tieghem doing his thing on the streets of NYC circa 1982. Being that I 
  > love that kinda thing, I stole it and put it on my weblog. Recently, 
  > I've started contributing to a new weblog called THE NEW YORK NOBODY 
  > SINGS, which is devoted solely to music of and about New York City. I 
  > felt that this clip was perfectly suited to the project so I revived 
  > it and put it up. In watching it again just now, I spotted a fleeting 
  > image that I'm surprised I never noticed before. Staring at about 
  > 00:45 into the clip, look at the wall BEHIND David Van Tieghem and 
  > you'll see a series of posters plastered there towards the bottom 
  > (closer to the sidewalk). The poster is Colesy's signature design for 
  > the cover of What's THIS for...!
  > 
  > http://thenewyorknobodysings.blogspot.com/2009/08/ear-to-ground.html
  > 
  > Alex in NYC
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