5 Responses to “Friday Morning Videos!”

1. rn Says:
   February 29th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

   I would i would mention this for anyone who loves their punk videos… if you’re not “too cool for PBS”, esp on a Saturday night, many PBS stations are airing “The Clash: Revolution Rock” which is bunch of concert performances from 78-82. it’s received positive reviews from what i’ve read so far. Will be released on DVD April 15.
   www.theclashonline.com

   AND Follow-up on SY Daydream Nation cover at Sotheby’s auction
   According to Bloomberg: “Among five other artists achieving records was Richter. His 1983 painting Kerze (Candle) featured on the cover of Sonic Youth’s 1988 album Daydream Nation, sold to an American private collector by telephone for 7.1 million pounds, or 8 million pounds with fees. That was more than quadruple the low estimate of 1.8 million pounds.
   http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=awDQ4.zrOCHw&refer=muse

   $16 million… Not bad for something made by merely projecting a photograph onto a small canvas and color-matching; or perhaps it was only just color-matched and painted right over the mounted photo itself.

   Should look nice hanging in the Mishka store.

2. My Pal the Crook Says:
   February 29th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

   Rob, buy it for us!

3. rn Says:
   February 29th, 2008 at 11:44 pm

   Sorry, Mike, I capped my bid at £7 million.

   Back to your Friday Videos selection tho… The Cramps were one of my high school faves. They didn’t make great promo videos (as evidenced by “Garbageman”) but their concerts were spectacular events. Their live performance in “Urgh! A Music War” is one of the movie’s best and was my first time ever even hearing OF them. This was around (’86/’87) in junior high.

   Cramps - Tear It Up (live Santa Monica Civic Center 1980)
   check out the mic contol (esp at 2:05)

   Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf (unreleased from Urgh!)
   note how Lux picks the mic up off the floor (1:50)

   But the “Garbageman” video is notable for featuring Bryan Gregory. He was rumored to collect graveyard dirt in many towns The Cramps toured and represented more of the gothic/occult side of the band. He died in 2001.

   More recently, Buddy Miles, Hendrix Band of Gypsies drummer, died this week. In the 80’s, he did a voice for one of the California Raisins commercials.

4. rn Says:
   March 1st, 2008 at 9:10 am

   my hyperlinks failed in the last post

   Tear It Up – mic control at 2:10
   http://youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ4QLFl01g

   I Was A Teenage Werewolf – more mic handling technique at 1:50
   They helped put the “psycho” in psychobilly punk
   http://youtube.com/watch?v=HrbTkNwbUz8

   Human Fly – must have been one of their openers because Lux still has a shirt on, but he’s already unlacing his leather pants near the end (1:30)
   http://youtube.com/watch?v=r3HSO1F7zHM

   Bryan Gregory RIP – Cramps guitartist
   http://members.shaw.ca/thecramps/gregoryrip.html

   Buddy Miles RIP – Band of Gypsies drummer
   http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/arts/music/29miles.html?ex=1361941200&en=a72642578dd25c16&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

   Urgh! A Music War
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgh!_A_Music_War

5. Little Robbie Says:
   March 1st, 2008 at 6:11 pm

   This is one of the best video sets that’s been posted.

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