As a whole image and full canon of songs I dislike Ministry. However the few good tracks I think they have are steller. “I Prefer” is one of them. Pure synthpunk late 80s madness. If I had to pick the best Ministry album it would be the one this track lives on aka The Land of Rape and Honey (1988).
“Have you run into the human race? Have you run into the world?” – Ministry
For more info: wikipedia.org/The_Land_of_Rape_and_Honey
This entry was written by , posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:19 pm, filed under music and tagged 1980's, industrial, Ministry, synthpunk. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I really wanted to post the track “Pajazzo: by Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons but I couldn’t find an embed anywhere. This Swedish band was only together for about two years (1980-1981). It’s a shame they didn’t record more back then because I love there Devo meets goth synthpunk style.
“Since disbanding, their songs have become well sought-after by collectors of punk, gothic rock, deathrock and art punk music.” – Wikipedia
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_and_the_Plastic_Spoons
This entry was written by , posted on March 14, 2012 at 4:22 am, filed under music and tagged 1980's, Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons, Sweden, synthpunk. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
For a few years I was friends with Ernie Glam. I had some interesting times hanging out with him in the late 80s. The video above is quite the mind trip. How Christina is discussed is facinating.
“The Club Kids were a group of young New York City club personalities mostly led by Michael Alig and James St. James in the late 1980s and early 1990s.” – Wikipedia
For more info: wikipedia.org/wiki/The_limelight
This entry was written by , posted on March 12, 2012 at 6:24 am, filed under political and tagged 1980's, 80s, Bus, club kid, Ernie Glam, trip, Washing DC. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Here’s some proof I have been making music a long time. I’m the one in black of course next to Peter Lopez and Jay Serken. I don’t know that exact year but it’s somewhere in the late 80s. The photo was taken at Suny Purchase in one of the music building’s practice rooms. Imagine sequencing on an IBM PC? You don’t know how good you have it these days. The Roland Juno-106 in the photo was later stolen. This photo is also proof that extreme hair styles dont make you go bald (I still have a full head of hair). Before you ask… no I never smiled back then.
“Suny Purchase offers a unique education that combines programs in the liberal arts with conservatory programs in the arts in ways that emphasize inquiry, mastery of skills, and creativity. It is dedicated to creating opportunities for transformative learning and training in a community where disciplines connect, intersect, and enhance one another. Purchase College is included in the Princeton Review’s Best 371 Colleges (2010)” – Wikipedia
photo credit: Josh Saitz
This entry was written by , posted on October 29, 2011 at 6:42 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged 1980's, Jay Serken, Oliver Chesler, Peter Lopez, Roland Juno-106, Suny Purchase. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Another video example of a world I once lived in. What has been exploited and homogenized by Hot Topic’s in Malls across America once was underground and newsworthy. I think I need to raid my mothers closet again soon!
“Go inside this secret place tonight where black is in and the music is industrial strength and it’s always Halloween. On this Friday night we are going to take you to a nightclub you probably never knew existed. It’s a place where they dress in black and dance to Industrial Disco.” – Channel 9, Orlando
This entry was written by , posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:20 am, filed under music, political, video and tagged 1980's, 80s, Channel 9, Eyewitness News, Florida, industrial, Orlando. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
As record stores disappeared and cassettes disintegrated we lost access to some obscur electronic music from the early 80s. You can find tidbits on iTunes, Spotify and assorted blogs. Youtube on the other hand has become a treasure trove of underground material. Not only is a large portion of early recorded material being uploaded but it seems anyone that had a local electronic band is posting their demos. I’ve started a playlist of my findings. So far I have 35 videos in the playlist that runs over two hours. Of course there is a huge amount more that can be added. Feel free to post links of songs you think I should include. The more tape hiss the better!
“The domain name www.youtube.com was activated on February 14, 2005, and the website was developed over the subsequent months.” – Wikipedia.org
For more info: youtube.com/user/thingstocomerecords
This entry was written by , posted on September 7, 2011 at 4:32 am, filed under music and tagged 1980's, playlist, synthpop, YouTube. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
A friend of mine asked if I would check out the Looking at Music 3.0 exhibit at MoMA (The Yoshiko and Akio Morita Media Gallery, second floor). As a New Yorker who lived and breathed music in the 80s and 90s I’m definitely going to get my nostalgia on.
“Looking at Music 3.0, the third in a series of exhibitions exploring the influence of music on contemporary art practices, focuses on New York in the 1980s and 1990s. In this dynamic period, imaginative forms of street art spread across the five boroughs, articulating the counter-culture tenor of the times. As the city transitioned from bankruptcy to solvency, graffiti, media, and performance artists took advantage of low rents and collaborated on ad hoc works shown in alternative spaces and underground clubs.” – moma.org
For more info: moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1147
This entry was written by , posted on April 28, 2011 at 12:17 pm, filed under music and tagged 1980's, 1990s, exhibit, Looking at Music, MoMA. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I was there then and I am there now. The heart of the universe. Every night it looses it’s soul and every day it gets it back. New York City.
“New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world.” – WIkipedia
via laughingsquid
This entry was written by , posted on March 25, 2011 at 2:48 am, filed under Uncategorized and tagged 1980's, New York City. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Is this stupid or cool? As big as an 80s nut as I am I didn’t download Stereolizer. I want to but I just couldn’t do it. It’s available in the App Store for $1.99: click here
“If, like me, you sometimes work at a desk with your iPad docked next to you, it is great fun to leave Stereolizer running for some 80s Hi-Fi on your desktop.” – iPad Creative
For more info: stereolizer.com
This entry was written by , posted on March 24, 2011 at 2:48 am, filed under iPad and tagged 1980's, 80s, iPad, stereo, Stereolizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
What a Valentine’s Day treat to find this graceful acoustic version of New Order’s 1987 hit Bizarre Love Triangle (iTunes Link). Gray haired freshly cut and clothes to fit Mr. Sumner’s decade in this classy video. If your a young one or was sleeping through the 80s check out the original: youtu.be/W2Ii0K77K1k
“Every time I see you falling I get down on my knees and pray. I’m waiting for that final moment. You say the words that I can’t say.” – New Order
For more info: wikipedia.org/New_order
This entry was written by , posted on February 14, 2011 at 5:38 am, filed under live performance, music, video and tagged 1980's, acoustic, Bernard Sumner, Bizarre Love Triangle, live performance, New Order, Valentine's Day. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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