by Bryan | Jun 2, 2011 | Music, Neighborhood Scenes
At a loss for time is more like it. My teaching schedule today prevents me from posting, but stay tuned: We have some special pre-33 1/3 release posts on their way. Meantime, here’s a teaser for the material my Downtown Scenes class is dealing with today:...
by Bryan | Jun 1, 2011 | Film, Music, Neighborhood Scenes
Reblogged from the excellent Dangerous Minds — the BBC4 documentary Once Upon a Time in New York: The Birth of Hip Hop, Disco, & Punk (2007):
by Bryan | May 31, 2011 | Music, Neighborhood Scenes
This one goes out to my Downtown Scenes class, who’re discussing Forced Entries later today. You’ve all seen the terrific Jim Carroll site, Catholic Boy, right?
by Bryan | May 25, 2011 | Art, Music, Neighborhood Scenes
My undergrad course (Downtown Scenes) is reading material on and from Yoko Ono, John Cage, and others for this afternoon. We’ll be talking about conceptualism, minimalism, Fluxus, Happenings, and the like. Here’s the hillbilly minimalist and philosopher...
by Bryan | Apr 12, 2011 | Music, Neighborhood Scenes
A post from last year that rounds up our Patti-related content on this site (and a little bit elsewhere as well). Since then, we took note that her 2010 memoir, Just Kids, won the National Book Award. Most of what I have to say about Television I’ve saved for...
by Bryan | Apr 12, 2011 | Art, Film, Music, Neighborhood Scenes, Writing New York
Previously on PWHNY. Also. And. A few people and/or pieces mentioned in this morning’s lecture on Downtown Scenes from 1950 to 67 or so.
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