No New York [Poll]

Mars even though "Hairwaves" is the worst song on here. Gawd, each and every one of these people still look positively scary on the back cover. Even Arto.

And check out the fantastic Optimo No Wave Mix if you haven't already here:

http://www.optimo.co.uk/nowave.htm

featuring great bands I've never heard (Blurt) or even heard of (Tools You Can Trust). And what's up with that neato Arto/Neto track?

I love me some Optimo!

Contortions > Teenage Jesus > Mars > DNA

I wonder: Did that particular Contortions lineup record (and release) more than those three racks?

...or tracks, for that matter?

i think george scott got kicked out before the "buy" LP? dan selzer probably knows or check one of the recent no wave histories by thurston moore/byron coley or marc masters (I'm saving my pennies for these books).

perusing thurston & byron's book it looked like the musicians on NNY didn't think eno really "got" them.

the DNA 2.0 lineup w/Tim Wright is my absolute fave no wave unit.

voting contortions

DNA mark 2 was a fantastic band. Tim Wright really opened up the band's sound. I hear elements of funk, rn'b, blues, jazz, plus a lot of other sounds jammed in between Arto's scraping and squawking. It's too bad they didn't record more.

I don't really like the sound on No New York. The Contortions tracks in particular sound too dry. I'm not a technical person so I'm not sure that makes any sense.

toughie, I'll get back to ya

yeah wtf
how come four years ago there was only one web site w/ a few photos and scanned handbills
now everyones dissertation is dropping at once

according to Marc Masters book, George Scott left right before or early on in the Buy sessions. Adele was gone by then as well.

For me, No New York is:

Mars>Contortions>DNA>Teenage Jesus

Actually, for me:

Helen Fordsdale>>>>>Every other song written in the history of mankind

Mars wins

If this were a single track poll, Contortions' "Dish It Out" would win easily, tho

DNA all the way (hey, that rhymes!)

dna 'size' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rest of no new york

Mars

Contortions > Teenage Jesus > Mars > DNA

^^^

absolutely.

On NNY:

Mars > Contortions >DNA > Teenage Jesus

Generally:

DNA > Contortions > Mars > Teenage Jesus

mars win for "helen fordsdale" and "puerto rican ghost", and for having the best band name

Generally:

DNA > Contortions > Mars > Teenage Jesus

This ^

That too.

i've heard more by dna, and i really like them; altough mars are cool as shite. James Chance gets the vote.

Mars >>>>>>>>>>>>>> DNA > Contortions > Teenage Jesus

No one in their right mind should actually consider Teenage Jesus better than Mars. At least not on record.

now everyones dissertation is dropping at once

I know someone who's working on one right now. Maybe this means that more of the scene's films will crawl out of their cans. I've been dying to see She Had Her Gun All Ready for eons.

did anyone see the teenage jesus reunion show?
how was it??

james chance james chance james chance

Mars on the record, but if I could pick one of these to see in their prime, James Chance.

No one in their right mind should actually consider Teenage Jesus better than Mars. At least not on record.

There is a serious film about the No Wave cinema scene in the works now. I helped music supervise.

The Teenage Jesus reunion show was great. They were better then I expected they'd be, I mean how long has it been since Lydia held a guitar and played those songs? She kept berating Jim Sclavanus and Thurston for messing up, and yellng at the audience. It was a bit schticky, a bit silly. The real reason the show was great was the opening band, Information, who put on one of the best shows I've seen in ages.

I know someone who's working on one right now. Maybe this means that more of the scene's films will crawl out of their cans. I've been dying to see She Had Her Gun All Ready for eons.

A bunch of these have been screening in New York recently. Anthology Film Archives did a full James Nares retro. I wouldn't get too excited about She Had Her Gun All Ready or any of the others really.

"you know that thing you've been dying to see? i saw it, it's crap. don't bother."

More like "you know that thing you've been dying to see? It's only celebrated because of it's relative scarcity". I just don't think the films of Beth B. and Scott B. or whoever else are really going to get the No New York treatment.

"There is a serious film about the No Wave cinema scene in the works now. I helped music supervise."

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I like Orphans better than any song by the other 3.

I like Teenage Jesus just fine, but man...I have a really hard time ignoring the lyrics to that song. They strike me as grade school shocker. Have you heard 78+, DNA on DNA, or any James Chance music outside of No New York? I'm not trying to be a prick, I'm just having a hard time understanding how someone can like Teenage Jesus more than the other three bands on No New York.

Have you heard 78+, DNA on DNA, or any James Chance music outside of No New York?

"Red Alert" is the jam. I voted for DNA, though.

DNA has the best funk and bass lines and singer

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

vote for DNA people!!

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

DNA has the best funk and bass lines and singer

-- CaptainLorax, Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:14 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Link

My votes are like:
1-Mars
2-DNA
3-TJ&TJ
4-Contortions

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This actually seems like a good thread to ask for recommendations for books about No Wave...?

http://www.amazon.com/No-Wave-Marc-Masters/dp/190615502X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413385027&sr=8-1&keywords=no+wave

That's expensive.

I think there's some no wave talk in Rip It Up and Start Again, I don't remember.

http://www.amazon.com/Rip-It-Start-Again-1978-1984/dp/0143036726/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=059F2V3XDAE3EXSNSHY9

as mentioned above many years ago, check out the movie Blank City as well. Also Downtown 81. Both tangentially related.

I just ordered this by patron request for the academic library I work at. I may want to check it out when the patron is done with it
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983915288/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Blank City would be great if it wasn't for the five-second-soundbite style of editing, plus it's more focussed on the film side of things.

There's this thread: Please explain to me just what exactly No Wave is. And I'm just now realizing that I've lost most of the stuff I mentioned in that thread to some data crash or another over the past decade. But it's probably all much easier to find these days.