SUMMARY:”IT’S MY BIRTHDAY. YOU’RE COMING. Me maytees Gann Matthews and Eric Wolfson are playing too, PLUS, Pete and Eli said they’d join me, so it will be a BAND ROCKSHOW EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED, FOOL!”
SUMMARY:”Dubbed “a pornographic Neil Young with heart and hilarity,” downtown sensation Cock Lorge brings his special brand of comedy and music to Ars Nova’s late night series. Come hear his hit single “Cock in the P**sy,” which Blender Magazine named one of the Top 100 Songs of the Year! Cock Lorge will be joined by Shayna Ferm, winner of the 2006 Shark Show’s “Battle of the Funny Bands.”
WHERE:MoMA, 11 West 53rd St between 5th and 6th Ave
COST:$10 without museum admission (but ticket stub can be presented for $10 off museum admission within 30 days) or FREE with museum admission
SUMMARY:”Chuck Statler, arguably the godfather of the music video, is a pioneer who directed music films for upstart record labels and emerging superstars like Elvis Costello, Madness, and DEVO before MTV’s existence.”
TODAY:”A Conversation with the Director: Statler and Jeff Krulik (Heavy Metal Parking Lot) discuss the birth of New Wave music filmmaking. The program includes behind-the-scenes production stills; early 16mm music film clips including DEVO, In the Beginning Was the End (1977), Madness, One Step Beyond (1979), and Elvis Costello, (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? (1978); post-MTV video music clips; and a preview of Statler’s documentary The Sound from the Ceiling. “