Seeing authentic footage from the, "Exploding Plastic Inevitable" tour is about as likely as seeing a flying saucer. Yet, for the purists here it is. This is some footage, minus sound, that encaptures the brain frenized event.
Lou Reed and Warhol went on this cross country trip. Judging from the posters that I found online they had some sort of budget to play with. This tour made a stop at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI. It was billed as, "An Evening With Andy Warhol" and if you ask any aging hipster who remained on college campus after all these years they will tell you they were there or knew someone who was there. But I lived on that campus and we had a ton of cool things come in to play for an audience of maybe 20 - 40 tops.... sometimes an audience of 6. So filling up the entire Hill, which seats about 10,000+ is highly unlikely.
This was a very obscure tour. I only found out about it in the history books. This "famous" tour never makes any VH1 countdown of MUST SEE SHOWS. You will most likely find out about it through reading about Warhol or Lou Reed. Occassionally it will pop up in a art magazine.
Why write about a video from YouTube that has only 6 views? WELL FIRST OF ALL IT IS RARE to find any footage at all. It is very interesting too to see this thing unfold. It was a night of Velvet Underground music, dancing, psychedlic lights and film super imposed over the entire stage. For 1965. THIS WAS IT. This was about as high tech as it gets. The effect is still pretty encouraging and exciting.
The video picks up at the end with more flashing lights. This was the in place to be. It is a recreation of the year 1965. That was the year that Warhol realy broke big to the public.
Its worth a glance.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
WIRE - BRING OUT THE SPECIAL GUEST
I remember singing this after leaving a club.... in my own words.. from what I thought I heard.... "I remember making the body search"... etc.
and some disgruntled clubee girl mumbled, "OH I BET YOU DO !".. what ever that was about. Yeesh..... so much for freedom of expression.
This video comes off as a "DIY" offering.. a real do it your-selfer.... If you watch it over and over you will see more in it that what is necessary. Maybe I remember it too much for what it is..... Its a remarkable peice.
This is off the album, "THE IDEAL COPY". Its a cerebral club favorite. At least it was at the club I frequented. It was a very vital track in its time. It belongs in its own category. Like many of the Wire tracks, it is unique.
and some disgruntled clubee girl mumbled, "OH I BET YOU DO !".. what ever that was about. Yeesh..... so much for freedom of expression.
This video comes off as a "DIY" offering.. a real do it your-selfer.... If you watch it over and over you will see more in it that what is necessary. Maybe I remember it too much for what it is..... Its a remarkable peice.
This is off the album, "THE IDEAL COPY". Its a cerebral club favorite. At least it was at the club I frequented. It was a very vital track in its time. It belongs in its own category. Like many of the Wire tracks, it is unique.
THE DAMNED - JUST FOR YOU - ITS A LOVE SONG !!!
HERE IS ANOTHER CLIP FROM, "TOP OF THE POPS"
This is completely muffled and the quality is poor. But if you ever heard it rip from, "Machine Gun Ettiquette" you will know that this song is stylistically out of control. The volume is out there and there is a strong melody hidden under the thrashing drums of Rat Scabbies.
I saw these guys on their 10th anniversary in New York City at the Ritz -- the world's first rock and roll hotel -- in the late 80's and they were very powerful..... They played the entire first album in about 20 blazing minutes!
Then ten years later I caught them again in Chicago. This time the show was more controlled and the sound was very polished. They were even more powerful than they were the first time. I caught this show at Chicago's House of Blues.
The Damned fell under the shadow of the Clash even though they briefly toured together. They were obscure. But they were no less charming in their own fiendish way. They were just as brilliant.
1977 was a year that celebrated punk music. But just as it was released it was forgotten about as it was squashed by Disco's overbearing presence. 1980 was also a very confusing time as this music edged its sound into commercial releases. In America, the New Wave sound was about as close to punk as the record industry would get. With the invention of MTV punk would reach a broader audience. By 1983 the presence of punk and hardcore was available in just about everywhere imaginable. But in England... the sound had reverted to something else.. Ska, Dub, Goth and danceable pop.
The Damned then went into more changes trading as many as 20+ members in its roster. Each release was more creative and unique but hard to classify. Their sound matured and was very textural. But the classic punk sound that made them famous was forever frozen in this classic 1976 release.. DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED.
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Ted Cantu - FASCUBE -- 2006
This is completely muffled and the quality is poor. But if you ever heard it rip from, "Machine Gun Ettiquette" you will know that this song is stylistically out of control. The volume is out there and there is a strong melody hidden under the thrashing drums of Rat Scabbies.
I saw these guys on their 10th anniversary in New York City at the Ritz -- the world's first rock and roll hotel -- in the late 80's and they were very powerful..... They played the entire first album in about 20 blazing minutes!
Then ten years later I caught them again in Chicago. This time the show was more controlled and the sound was very polished. They were even more powerful than they were the first time. I caught this show at Chicago's House of Blues.
The Damned fell under the shadow of the Clash even though they briefly toured together. They were obscure. But they were no less charming in their own fiendish way. They were just as brilliant.
1977 was a year that celebrated punk music. But just as it was released it was forgotten about as it was squashed by Disco's overbearing presence. 1980 was also a very confusing time as this music edged its sound into commercial releases. In America, the New Wave sound was about as close to punk as the record industry would get. With the invention of MTV punk would reach a broader audience. By 1983 the presence of punk and hardcore was available in just about everywhere imaginable. But in England... the sound had reverted to something else.. Ska, Dub, Goth and danceable pop.
The Damned then went into more changes trading as many as 20+ members in its roster. Each release was more creative and unique but hard to classify. Their sound matured and was very textural. But the classic punk sound that made them famous was forever frozen in this classic 1976 release.. DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED.
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Ted Cantu - FASCUBE -- 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
ROBYN HITCHCOCK - IS THIS LOVE?
This video leaves a thumbprint on your brain and it stays there... mostly likely for eternity. It did in my case --- I found this particular one to be unforgettable. At least the intro... and the outro. The scene opens with HITCH, as he's known, on the phone with some sort of atmospheric dream -like sounds in the background.
Then it breaks off into the song.... which is very artfully done. The video then tops the audio with its very clean delivery. The scenes are very steady and evenly cut and its very entertaining. Hitchcock looks a lot like Peter Buck in this clip and that is most likely due to the fact that they are very good friends. In fact the middle part of this video looks like an REM video.
This had a much bigger impact on me that I anticipated. I always have the tendency to see things that aren't there. I actually believed that the last shot was of a wasp madonna pinned to a wall... like a science display, in some mad biology exibit. My ideas and the way I remember certain videos are always a little more fantastic than what they usually are.
All and in all, this is an amazing work.
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Ted Cantu is the contributor to the FASCUBE network, and also works as a direct marketing consutant through 911copywriters.com
Then it breaks off into the song.... which is very artfully done. The video then tops the audio with its very clean delivery. The scenes are very steady and evenly cut and its very entertaining. Hitchcock looks a lot like Peter Buck in this clip and that is most likely due to the fact that they are very good friends. In fact the middle part of this video looks like an REM video.
This had a much bigger impact on me that I anticipated. I always have the tendency to see things that aren't there. I actually believed that the last shot was of a wasp madonna pinned to a wall... like a science display, in some mad biology exibit. My ideas and the way I remember certain videos are always a little more fantastic than what they usually are.
All and in all, this is an amazing work.
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Ted Cantu is the contributor to the FASCUBE network, and also works as a direct marketing consutant through 911copywriters.com
Sunday, December 10, 2006
THE PRIMITIVES - ANYONE REMEMBER?
Before you could even register it in your recent memory they were gone in a flash! The Primitives, (led by Tracy Tracy) were a poppy group coming out of the brilliant late 80's. The other bands that surrounded this brief but interesting period were Poi Dog Pondering, the Proclaimers and The Jack Rubies.
They had an interesting edge over the stuff that permeated the airwaves in the entire 1990's decade. These songs stood on their own. Each one was different and took some thought and imagination in putting them together.
The Primitives were featured in the movie Dumb and Dumber along with Echobelly. These songs were brilliant on their own but also helped lift up the film. They dissolved very quickly after this movie was released.
They had an interesting edge over the stuff that permeated the airwaves in the entire 1990's decade. These songs stood on their own. Each one was different and took some thought and imagination in putting them together.
The Primitives were featured in the movie Dumb and Dumber along with Echobelly. These songs were brilliant on their own but also helped lift up the film. They dissolved very quickly after this movie was released.
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