WHAM - MAKE IT BURN.
Siouxsie and the Banshees, live circa 1978-79
David Bowie, late ’80s
“Bleecker Bob knew Bowie and Bowie had come in plenty of times over the years,” DeSalvo says. “But one time, in the late 1980s, he came in while I was working. He was in disguise, with sunglasses and a beard which looked like he had been growing for several weeks. He asked me, ‘Do you know this band Neu! [an obscure experimental German band from the 1970s]?’ I said, ‘I love them. If you want to listen to them, I’ll give you my albums.’ So he gives me his manager’s address and I sent him all three of their albums — ‘Neu!’ ‘Neu! 2’ and ‘Neu! ’75.’ A few months later, he comes out with his first ‘Tin Machine’ album — some of the worst garbage he ever put out! If that’s what he put out after listening to my records, I oughta kill him!”
xex performing “Fashion Hurts” at Hurrah!, NYC, 1981.
AFAIK, the only existing footage of xex live on the web. Dark Entries released their group:xex LP last year (which you can get at Apop locally), and is scheduled to release their unreleased second LP, xex:change, in 2013.
So good.
Local Versions of Santa Claus From Around the World
Santa comes in all shapes and sizes.
“hello!,I like your writing very so much! percentage we keep up a correspondence
extra approximately your article on AOL? I require an expert in this house to
resolve my problem. May be that is you! Taking a look forward to see you.”
Echo and the Bunnymen, Zig-Zag Magazine 1980
One of the last decade’s perfect singles. “Apply Some Pressure,” FTW.
Starflyer 59, a totally unheralded band.
