Tagged With "Ann Magnuson"
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Re: Liquid Sky
I was almost in it too! I auditioned for the part of the girlfriend. You know, the one who wears the sleep mask on her head. Ann Magnuson suggested that these people call me to read for the part. So, I went to Ann Carlysle's loft on 14th Street at 10:30 in the morning and was greeted by her wearing that same wacky makeup she wears in the movie. She was in a wheelchair with her ankles bandaged up and wearing platform shoes. She said she had sprained her ankles falling off the shoes and that...
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Re: Liquid Sky
Ann Magnuson and I were at the club when they were filming the "Me and My Rhythm Box/fashion show" scene. We were scoping out the place because we were doing a big Pulsallama show the next night. I remember we laughed our asses off! Really, we were literally crying with laughter. When that movie was being filmed, everyone in the downtown club scene was talking about it - well, actually making fun of it. Liquid Sky was a laughing stock. I'm so glad I didn't get that part. It would have been...
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Klaus Nomi
I'm surprised that he wasn't a topic here already, but am glad to start one with this exciting announcement: THE NOMI SONG opens February 4 at the Cinema Village Winner of the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival, THE NOMI...
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57 Varieties ( Club 57 Remembered)
Located in a church basement at 57 St, Mark's Place, and directed by the likes of Ann Magnuson, Dany Johnson, Kai Eric and a host of others in the early 1980's, this seminal boite influenced countless clubs and club nights worldwide. Post here your...
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Early Eighties Nightclub legends panel at MOMA 10/13
Thought you Nightclub History fanatics would enjoy seeing this - one of the climactic events for the great new Tim Lawrence book Life and Death on the New York Dancefloor 1980-1983 . It happened last night in a packed theater at the Museum of Modern Art and is now up on YouTube. Our own Johnny Dynell joined Glenn O'Brien, Fab Five Freddy, Ann Magnuson, Michael Holman and Patti Astor for this deep discussion moderated by Tim L.
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Re: Klaus Nomi
It's pretty good. So many peeps from the 70's and 80's...early footage of Joey Arias.. Klaus and interviews with Kenny Scharf and Ann magnuson..The only people missing were Mommy, Daddy, hatches and I. See it when you can and tell us what you think.
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Re: First JOEY ARIAS Concerts in NYC in Nearly a Decade! October 1/2 and 8/9 at Abrons.
Check out Hilton Als piece on Joey and Ann Magnuson in this week's New Yorker!
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Re: Los Angeles--do you hate it?
In no particular order... -- The old Ambassador Hotel. -- Sneaking into the decaying Union Pacific train yards downtown. -- Mulholland Drive in late November (from a 4-wheel drive vehicle, of course.) -- Aimee Semple MacPherson's temple in Echo Park. -- Hangin' out at Danny's Okee Dog on Santa Monica Blvd. -- The Malibu General Store and that Mexican orchid guy's wonderful greenhouses nearby. -- Griffith Park, especially its observatory. -- Chuck E. Weiss, Syd Straw, Ann Magnuson, and all...