NEW YORK CALLING: From Blackout to Bloomberg

[ghost of miles]

Just ordered a copy of this new anthology on NYC from late 1970s to present. A board member--whom I shall cunningly disguise here as "he who walks in Brooklyn"--has a heavy hand in the proceedings, and Allen Lowe checks in with an essay as well.

New York Calling: From Blackout to Bloomberg

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Edited August 19, 2007 by ghost of miles

[7/4]

finally.

[ghost of miles]

Anticipating a good read, partly because of the contributors & partly because I'm really interested in that period of NYC (only been there once, actually, circa 1991). The whole early/mid-70s Verlaine/P. Smith/Richard Hell music scene interests me too (presumably this book's chronological spectrum begins just as said scene was beginning to fizzle out); fun to read FROM THE VELVETS TO THE VOIDOIDS, which induces a kind of "man, wish-I-coulda-been-there!" feeling, along with PLEASE KILL ME, which depicts the seedier, social-climbing side of events & leaves you thinking (or left me thinking, anyway), "Whadda buncha jerks!"

Undoubtedly better recommendations will follow from other, more NYC-oriented board members, but I was pretty jazzed a few months ago to pick up a used copy of Luc Sante's LOW LIFE, which goes way back into old Manhattan and points surrounding. (He's in this new book too--essay that appeared a couple years back in NY Review of Books, perhaps?)

[7/4]

Sounds interesting to me.

[Chuck Nessa]

After 3 messages, this thread has most/all posts deleted and edited.

What a pile of shit.

I really don't understand some folks unwilling to stand up and defend their posts and/or positions.

Edited August 20, 2007 by Chuck Nessa

[ghost of miles]

?? A bit mystified... I've been offline the past several hours--did people post & delete? I edited my first post b/c I realized my initial ID of the other board member might have been more overt than he/she would prefer... think that's why 7/4 edited his first post as well. Have folks been posting attacks on the book and/or its contributors?

[Chuck Nessa]

The edits you mention are responsible for my post. I think all this hiding behind screen names is horseshit.

If you have opinions, act like you have balls and defend them.

[ghost of miles]

Still a bit mystified--nobody was changing opinions in the two cases mentioned... I just thought the book looked really good, ordered it, and wanted to tout it here--esp. since two board members are involved. My initial post pretty much pegged the other contributor besides Allen Lowe, and 7/4's initial response identified that contributor directly. (And that's all he did... no attacks or praise involved either way.) It occurred to me afterwards that the contributor might not WANT to be so readily ID'd in these parts, so I made the ID much less overt... if he/she wants to acknowledge their role, I'm sure they will.

It looks like a book I & some other board members might or will like, and I wanted to draw attention to it--that's all.

[Chuck Nessa]

In your first post you "exposed" a member hiding behind a screen name. Then 7/4 made note of this. Subsequent posts/edits/deletions corrected this. I love/appreciate/am irritated by "that member's" posts and wish he had the courage to stand behind them.

I think all the "hiding" is diminishing to all involved.

[marcello]

Looking forward to this as I have just read "The Bronx Is Burning" and might have a couple of photos in this new book.

Congrats to all.

[.:.impossible]

My name is Cary Ralston. I did not contribute to this book.

[JSngry]

My name is Cary Ralston. I did not contribute to this book.

[The Red Menace]

My name is Albert Ayler, comrades, and I did, in a certain, indirect manner, contribute to this book!!!

[sal]

A board member--whom I shall cunningly disguise here as "he who walks in Brooklyn"--has a heavy hand in the proceedings

Clementine?

[clifford_thornton]

A board member--whom I shall cunningly disguise here as "he who walks in Brooklyn"--has a heavy hand in the proceedings

Clementine?

And his anthologizing is excellent!

This is a great read so far, and having just done a breeze through of NY (first in several years), it really resonated. Unfortunately I wasn't able to meet up with any of our board members while there, but at least got to see the circus that the Bowery has become, even since 2003 when I was last there...

[7/4]

A board member--whom I shall cunningly disguise here as "he who walks in Brooklyn"--has a heavy hand in the proceedings

Clementine?

And his anthologizing is excellent!

This is a great read so far, and having just done a breeze through of NY (first in several years), it really resonated. Unfortunately I wasn't able to meet up with any of our board members while there, but at least got to see the circus that the Bowery has become, even since 2003 when I was last there...

Yeah, all those new buildings. Did you stop at DMG?

[Guest donald petersen]

Clementine?

nice job, sherlock!

[Guest donald petersen]

Yeah, all those new buildings. Did you stop at DMG?

i was just walking by at midnight on a thursday a week or two ago v. drunk and i saw the light was on and i tried the door and i walked in and manny was sitting there smoking a cigarette listening to something avante. and i asked if they were open and he looked at me like i was an idiot and said "i'm still here, aren't i?" or something like that.

i remember last year walking by on a weekend at around midnight and he was sitting in there pounding cheetos with the door open.

[sal]

Yeah, all those new buildings. Did you stop at DMG?

i was just walking by at midnight on a thursday a week or two ago v. drunk

Was this because your girlfriend was throwing shit at you again?

[7/4]

Manny....the legend.

[AllenLowe]

and I will confess - my real name is Michael Anthony* -

*(obscure 1950s tv reference)

Edited August 20, 2007 by AllenLowe

[Guest donald petersen]

and clementine seems to sort of run a nice website taboot. mad ups to him.

[ghost of miles]

and I will confess - my real name is Michael Anthony* -

*(obscure 1950s tv reference)

Dooooood--you played bass in Van Halen!

[Chalupa]

and I will confess - my real name is Michael Anthony* -

*(obscure 1950s tv reference)

You used to play bass for Van Halen??? Too bad about getting left out of the reunion tour.

Edit: whoops. looks like someone already beat me to it.

Edited August 20, 2007 by J.H. Deeley

[Guest donald petersen]

Was this because your girlfriend was throwing shit at you again?

no we broke up. she's out of here. but all of her big cardboard boxes filled with most of her possession aren't. when will she retrieve them? they are in my way and v depressing. i cannot reach many of my records because of the big boxes blocking my way and they obstruct my access to and view of my fishtank not to mention i must fill all the empty wallspace...i guess for the time being i will put up some of my old psychedelic blacklight posters from college. jesus.