andy Wrote:I saw a prog on Friday night on BBC2 or 3 featuring Patti Smith and Blondie and Lou Reed. Was this related, or just a coincidence?
Was this a collection of
Whistle Test/ Later performances?
I clocked that too, and yes it was related in as much as BBC4 are having/ just had a New York season. Although I have no great affinity with the city I found the programs fascinating. For one thing they exploded the myth that the punk movement was an entirely British invention.
The
New York Dolls appear to have kicked things off in 1974 or so . . . some years before musical debrifulation hit these shores. There is a connection between the
Dolls and the
Pistols though. Malcolm McClaren managed both groups.
There was an interesting profile on Iggy pop recently in the
Times. The guy is and was a complete basket case, and remains the emissary of all things punk in this modern age, even if the article concluded that his latest album is 'nothing short of a sell out', whatever
that is. Doesn't everyone sell out to some degree?
Watch out for an IP Biopic due out later this year. My excitement on hearing this news was tempered somewhat when I learned of the actor scheduled for the leading role:
Elijah 'Frodo' Woods.
