Hey, music lovers! Here's a TED talk in which David Byrne talks about the relationship between physical space, community, and the production of specific kinds of music. He uses CBGB, the Bowery club where his band Talking Heads got its start in the mid-70s, as a starting point.
Join me (Prof. Waterman) tonight at 6:30 in the 6th floor lounge for a discussion of CBGB and its legacy in rock and roll and the downtown scene. You'll also have a chance to play favorite tunes (or simply listen to others' choices), debate which bands were the most important (Television, Patti Smith Group, Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, etc.), and think about differences between downtown in the 70s and today.
Everyone's welcome, curious novices & die-hard fans alike. The first 20 people to visit the resource center & sign up for the event will be able to pick up a copy of a small book I published this summer in the 33 1/3 series. It focuses on the seminal 1977 album MARQUEE MOON by the band Television, one of the key bands in the underground rock scene that emerged at CBGB in the club's first years. I'll be happy to talk about the project & my experience researching the 70s downtown scene. We'll have food on hand for the conversation. Hope to see many of you there.
For a video playlist of music related to the CBGB scene (and its indebtedness to downtown poetry), click here. Here are a couple more tracks from lesser known bands who played there. You can also download a playlist of CBGB-related stuff here. (It's a playlist I've used in some of my classes.)
Hope to see some of you there!
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