Saturday, May 8, 2010

MOVIE POST: TV PARTY


I saw this amazing documentary on Pitchfork.tv a long time ago, and I haven't been able to buy a copy anywhere! TV Party profiles the eponymous, infamous Manhattan cable-access program, hosted by Glenn O'Brien in the early-1980's. Everyone who was anyone in those days stopped by the TV Party studio to smoke grass, look fabulous and "jam" with no-wave pioneers like DNA and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks as well as decidedly more "glam" new-wave acts like Blondie and Talking Heads.

If you have a chance to see this film, see it! Here is a clip from the show, featuring a performance by seminal no-wavers Tuxedomoon: