Nightclubbing | Max Blagg
Poet Max Blagg, then a bartender at the club, read his epic, “Smack Yourself Senseless.” His poem, a brutal five minute take-down of heroin chic, was a comfort. … “Reading in places like Tin Pan Alley and the Pyramid, you had a much tougher crowd,” Max recalled, “not the polite ‘listen to…
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Shows: Noise Rock Savagery and a Beloved Venue’s Punkerversary
The first time I saw them was seven years ago at a small all-ages club in Ann Arbor, Michigan– I walked in to find one of the loudest shows of its kind… … Frontman Emil Bognar-Nasdo emerged from a twisted pyramid of sorts, ripping it into pieces and tossing the remnants, giant sheaths of gold…
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Two Exhibitions Illuminate Queer NYC Subculture During the AIDS Epidemic
…Eichelberger, Jack Smith, and others, there’s a wide range of flyers for long-gone clubs like Danceteria, Crisco Disco, plus gallery openings, benefit shows, film screenings… … Martin, who previously did PR for places like the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge, tells me that before this exhibit one would be hard-pressed…
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