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Soundtrack music from the first silent forward. If it was written for the moving image, we'll play it. Library music included; popcorn optional.

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Favoriting July 28, 2020: JONATHAN HERTZBERG's "Dirty Old New York aka Fun City III" (Two Hour Show)
Jonathan Hertzberg returns for a seventh installment, the third of which dedicated to music from John Lindsay and Ed Koch-era NYC films (as experienced through his "Dirty Old New York aka Fun City" video series). Jonathan's new label Fun City Editions reissues repertory cinema and music of works that exist "outside of their time." Revisit Jonathan's past appearances featuring NYC preserved in film in all of its glory on 7/21/15 and 2/17/19, as well as appearances on 12/15/15 (Coming Of Age Films), 1/17/17 (Films of 1981), 11/21/17 (Source Music) and 11/12/19 (Dirty Old LA).

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Artist Track Album Label Year Images Approx. start time
Al Kooper  Lainie’s Theme   Favoriting The Landlord  United Artists  1970 
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Don Sebesky  The Trip   Favoriting The People Next Door  AVCO Embassy  1970 
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Quincy Jones  Theme from The Anderson Tapes   Favoriting The Anderson Tapes  A&M   1971 
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Donny Hathaway  Liberation   Favoriting Come Back Charleston Blue  Atco  1972 
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David Shire  Main Title   Favoriting To Find A Man  Columbia  1972 
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Merl Saunders  Michael’s Scarborough Fair   Favoriting Heavy Traffic  Fantasy  1973 
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Billy Goldenberg  Kojak Theme   Favoriting Kojak  TVT  1973 
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Music behind DJ:
Bill Conti 

Chase #1   Favoriting

Gloria 

Varese Sarabande 

1980 

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James Brown  Down and Out in New York City   Favoriting Black Caesar  Polydor  1973 
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Herbie Hancock  Suite Revenge (edit)   Favoriting Death Wish  Columbia  1974 
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Curtis Mayfield  Claudine Theme   Favoriting Claudine  Buddah  1974 
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Jerry Fielding  On the Morning After   Favoriting The Gambler  Quartet  1974 
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Bill Conti  Harry & Tonto   Favoriting Harry & Tonto  Casablanca  1974 
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Music behind DJ:
Jack Nitzsche 

Underscore   Favoriting

Cruising 

Blow Out Recordings 

1980 

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Curtis Mayfield  A Heavy Dude   Favoriting Short Eyes  Buddah  1977 
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Artie Kane  Laura and Neville   Favoriting Eyes of Laura Mars  Columbia  1978 
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Lalo Schifrin  Theme from Nunzio   Favoriting Nunzio  MCA  1978 
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John Craig Doerge/Judy Henske  Happy Ida & Broken-Hearted   Favoriting Rich Kids  United Artists  1978 
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Music behind DJ:
Bernard Herrmann 

Getting into Shape/Listen You Screwheads/Gun Play/Dear Father & Mother   Favoriting

Taxi Driver 

Arista 

1976 

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Fabio Frizzi  Zombie Theme   Favoriting Zombie  Cinevox  1979 
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Artie Kane  End Titles   Favoriting Night of the Juggler  Columbia Pictures   1980 
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Ennio Morricone  End Titles   Favoriting Windows  Quartet  1980 
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Pino Donaggio  The Fan (Suite)   Favoriting The Fan  Paramount  1981 
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Jonathan Tunick  End Titles   Favoriting Fort Apache: The Bronx  20th Century Fox  1981 
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Stanley Silverman  Darryl’s Theme   Favoriting Eyewitness  20th Century Fox   1981 
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Music behind DJ:
Barry De Vorzon 

Wonder Wheel   Favoriting

The Warriors 

A&M 

1979 

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Burt Bacharach  Street Talk   Favoriting Night Shift  Warner Bros.  1982 
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Chris Stein/DJ Grand Wizard Theodore  Subway Theme   Favoriting Wild Style  Animal Records  1983 
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Johnny Mandel  Main Title   Favoriting Death Trap  Warner Bros.  1982 
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Dave Grusin  Making Progress   Favoriting Author! Author!  Varese Sarabande  1982 
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Frank Stallone  Far From Over (Instrumental)   Favoriting Staying Alive  RSO  1983 
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Slava Tsukerman/Brenda I. Hutchinson/Clive Smith  Night Club III   Favoriting Liquid Sky  Varese Sarabande  1983 
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Nile Rodgers/Maura Moynihan  Lady Luck (End Title)   Favoriting Alphabet City  Fun City Editions  1984 
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Mason Daring  Dealer Steel   Favoriting Brother From Another Planet  Daring Records   1984 
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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
ultradamno:

Devon! Castaways!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
dale:

herro. al kooper? nantucket sleighride al kooper?
  7:01pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

the trip...!
  7:02pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

the Supersession Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield one, yeah.
Avatar 7:02pm
Linda Lee:

hello!! thank you so much for offering another program with Mr Hertzberg! iv'e been recommending the Fun City video series everywhere since i first turned on to it. brilliant work.
Avatar 7:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

It's late 60s-ish. Somebody has to trip out somewhere in the film!
Avatar 7:04pm
Linda Lee:

not that i don't have a special place in my heart for my hometown as i remember it 1969 - 1994 ~ reflected so beautifully in the series. indeed i do!
  7:04pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

"Nantucket Sleighride (to Owen Coffin)" by Pappalardi, Collins.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
dale:

dirty old ny is becoming dirty new ny from what the news tells me.
Avatar 7:05pm
slugluv1313:

omg -- i remember seeing "The People Next Door" -- even as a kid, TOTALLY saw it as cheesey anti-drug propaganda
Avatar 7:06pm
slugluv1313:

greetings Devon and Skeletons and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
dale:

bop - i just associate al with mountain and make assumptions. which is wrong.
Avatar 7:06pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Dig Quincy.
Avatar 7:06pm
Linda Lee:

unfortunately, the gritty city we loved will never return in any way. long gone.
hi slugluv! how are you?
Avatar 7:06pm
slugluv1313:

hi there, Linda Lee!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
dale:

yes. jack klugman as quincy was fantastiic. an old fugly medical examiner with lots of topless young chicks on his party boat.
Avatar 7:07pm
Linda Lee:

great seeing you! :-)
sadly haven't seen 'the people next door'. should i?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
dale:

hi linda lee - long time no etc.
Avatar 7:08pm
Linda Lee:

hi! ow are you, dale?
  7:08pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

s'ok!! for years i thought Theme for an Imaginary Western was written by Mountain
Avatar 7:09pm
Linda Lee:

ow? how!
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Otis Fodder:

Hi Devon, finally made it to the island on time. How's the weather?

Hi LL!
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Ned Merrill:

Well, I think PEOPLE NEXT DOOR is worth checking out, cheesy anti-drug message or not. If nothing else, it's shot by the prince of darkness himself, Gordon Willis.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Folsom:

Was the soundtrack for The out of towners released?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
dale:

fine. no complaints other than modern society and our effed up government.
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slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- right? still live across the river in Hoboken -- grew up in NJ suburbs, started visiting NYC in 70s, started working there when i got outta college in '81 -- so unfortunate how the whole city has changed, the gaps between wealthy and poor are way worse than they used to be :(
Avatar 7:10pm
Ned Merrill:

I don't believe there was an OUT OF TOWNERS official soundtrack release, alas.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Getting a bouquet of Composers this week.
Avatar 7:12pm
Linda Lee:

hey Otis!
glad you're doing all right, dale!
Avatar 7:14pm
Linda Lee:

@slugluv, is it still possible to make a life of any kind living in the city unless one's moneyed or supported by money?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
dale:

kojak's theme was scarborough fair?
Avatar 7:15pm
slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- hanging in there! how have you been?
"The People Next Door" is definitely worth checking out:
en.wikipedia.org...
although i could swear there was a "made for TV" film too?
i may even have a copy (on VHS!) that a friend made for me years ago :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
Devon E. Levins:

Yes! Dirty Old New York is back both in real life and on the air!
Avatar 7:15pm
Linda Lee:

ha! still have your VHS player?
glad you're hangin in. i am too.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

dale posted before played I realized...
Avatar 7:16pm
slugluv1313:

KOJAK!
another TV show that had me wanting to move to NYC when i was a kid
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Ned Merrill:

Yes, David Greene directed both a made-for-tv version of PEOPLE NEXT DOOR and the theatrical feature film version.
Avatar 7:16pm
Linda Lee:

did it really? :-)
love the idea of 'fun city editions'!! fantastic.
Avatar 7:17pm
slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- i keep hearing that b/c of COVID-19, a lot of people are moving out of cities, to the suburbs -- and that housing prices in NYC, etc. will come down -- we shall see
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
ultradamno:

Is there a Dirty Old Dirty Daytona show?
Avatar 7:18pm
slugluv1313:

@ Ned Merrill -- thank you!
i was not imagining things :)
i mean, my parents never took us to the movies -- so i was trying to remember *how* i saw the film back then
Avatar 7:21pm
Linda Lee:

well, i must tell you on my end that they've deifinitely been shopping for property up here, 90 miles from town. it's been a wild spring & summer. i placed my cabin on the market last January & i've had 4 serious buyers bite. i've lost 3 of them due to lockdown job losses. now waiting to close with my 4th buyer. meanwhile, i've had people driving up onto my lawn to come peek in my windows, since the cabin was still listed online til recently.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
dale:

pamela sue martin? nancy drew - meOW!
  7:22pm
sugarwolf:

This is Abe Beame erasure!!! ;)
Avatar 7:22pm
Ned Merrill:

Haha, Devon needs to fix that. Sorry, Abe.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
ultradamno:

One of the better Nancy Drews, though I liked the It girl
Avatar 7:23pm
Linda Lee:

unfortunately i doubt city landlords' expenses are dropping ~ so rental rates may stabilize, but they never seem to go downl.
Avatar 7:24pm
Otis Fodder:

Fantastic fav soundtrack here, nice pick and song by James!
Avatar 7:25pm
slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- NOW i have a VHS player, thanks to the director working on the "Tattoo Mike" documentary -- i still have a ton of stuff from Coney Island Sideshow days, including VHS tapes, but had no player
Avatar 7:26pm
Linda Lee:

wow! so glad!
i understand you can transfer to digital from VHS without too much trouble, though i haven't tried it.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
ultradamno:

Are we listening to the 8 Track now?
Avatar 7:26pm
Linda Lee:

try & do that if you can. we know what happens to tape after a while..
Avatar 7:26pm
slugluv1313:

omg i thought i was the only one who remembered "To Find A Man"! it was the cover story one month for "Ingenue" magazine way back when . . .
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Devon E. Levins:

Yes this is the 8 track
Avatar 7:27pm
Linda Lee:

will we hear the ka-CHUNK when the tape changes tracks in the middle of the song?
Avatar 7:27pm
slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- YIKES! even if still listed, strangers just invading your privacy like that is SO not cool!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
Handy Haversack:

I was cooking -- which movie was set in Dirty Park Slope?

My VCR was killed late last year, and I hadn't worked out bringing my emergency backup VCR home from the office when I was cut off from the office ...
Avatar 7:28pm
Ned Merrill:

THE LANDLORD immortalizes dirty old Park Slope!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Michael 98145:

Whoa. I am impressed. A still functional 8-trk player.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Folsom:

I should see if my SVHS player still works, it was pretty decent back in the day
Avatar 7:30pm
Linda Lee:

it was really weird!
my broker *finally* removed the cabin from the online MLS listings. they do sometimes keep 'desirable' properties online even if they're under contract, to bring attention to the brokerage.
Avatar 7:30pm
Linda Lee:

that track couldn't have been the tape! it sounded too good.
Avatar 7:31pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Analog !
Avatar 7:32pm
slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- yes, exactly! a LOT of VHS i can just ditch -- but have yet to find a recycling facility -- but definitely want to save some in a form that will not disintegrate!
i was amazed that all the old tapes i had -- from the early 90s! -- were still okay, the filmmaker was totally able to play them without any problems!
Avatar 7:32pm
Linda Lee:

wow! fantastic!
Avatar 7:33pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

A platform that won't disintegrate. Always relative!
Avatar 7:34pm
Linda Lee:

i should check out 'the landlord' for dirty old park slope. i lived there in the very early 80s. it was mellow; not a problem at all.
Avatar 7:36pm
spodiodi:

aloha, Devin, islanders
Avatar 7:36pm
slugluv1313:

right? my first job in NYC, right outta college, some of my co-workers lived in Park Slope and they LOVED it!
it is so very very strange to me to see all these photo essays -- "NYC in the Big Bad 70s, 80s," etc. -- sheesh!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Handy Haversack:

Yeah, two of my close friends grew up there in the 70s and 80s and loved it a lot more then than now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
John from NP:

Stopped in to like the chirping bird
  7:41pm
P-90:

Harry and Tonto, a classic.
Avatar 7:43pm
slugluv1313:

omg -- Harry & Tonto!
wanted to see that SO BAD when i was a kid (again, parents never took us to the movies)
FINALLY saw it on DVD -- so sad, i so loved that cat :)
Avatar 7:44pm
slugluv1313:

"Cruising" was such a weird fucking movie, saw it when it was released, TOTALLY understood why so many of my friends hated it
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
ultradamno:

Waxworks put out a pretty fancy vinylx3 Cruising soundtrack waxworkrecords.com...
Avatar 7:46pm
spodiodi:

i had 3 deathwishes on VHS for years
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Michael 98145:

1974. we were still entangled in Viet Nam.
Avatar 7:47pm
spodiodi:

Claudine has me interested
  7:48pm
P-90:

Claudine is a must-see.
Avatar 7:48pm
Linda Lee:

it is very odd to see our home as a museum piece of some sort..
Avatar 7:49pm
Linda Lee:

without any of this coverage the place justice.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
ultradamno:

An attempt of a road trip with my cat would end in a massive crash, of this I have no doubt.
Avatar 7:49pm
Linda Lee:

sorry: without any of this coverage doing the place justice!
Avatar 7:50pm
Linda Lee:

i haven't seen Cruising.. most likely embarrassed for Pacino..
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Loves Curtis.
Avatar 7:51pm
Jeff Moore:

Ooof. My dad and I saw Short Eyes when it came out, a class I was in having been assigned the activity of watching it for discussion later.

Dad and I were both a little traumatized.
Avatar 7:52pm
Ned Merrill:

Wow, Jeff Moore.
Avatar 7:54pm
slugluv1313:

"Death Wish" was so typical of how NYC was portrayed as this "evil" place when i was growing up! but dammit, even though i was a kid, i understood that horrible crimes happened EVERYWHERE -- and being completely cynical, i saw that the evil just got covered up better in the suburbs
(one thing i like about current TV shows like "Criminal Minds," they show that horrifically bad shit can happen ANYWHERE)
Avatar 7:55pm
slugluv1313:

@ Jeff Moore -- oh no!
Avatar 7:56pm
spodiodi:

now i want to see "The Landlord" and watch some "Criminal Minds" -- thanks, Ned Merrill and slugluv1313
Avatar 7:56pm
Linda Lee:

very smart of you.
the wonderful thing about the city was, she could really appear as anything the filmmakers intended. she was that versatile & complex a star.
;-)
Avatar 7:57pm
Linda Lee:

from gritty hellhole to a rich, glittering dream world & eveything in between. no wonder she starred so often.
Avatar 8:00pm
Jeff Moore:

@slugluv1313: Oh, 'traumatized' is really overstating it.

We were just... not entirely prepared for the cinematic experience we were about to have.

I'm glad I saw it, though! It stuck with me.
Avatar 8:00pm
Linda Lee:

isn't this track fabulous! Hey Nunzio!
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Linda Lee:

keep forgetting to click my stars but i'm loving this show madly.
Avatar 8:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Jeff cinema can gave impact like that. I'm a bit sensitive to it myself.
Now I think of it this whole idea of the Image of the City is fascinating. Frankly - I'm failure to launch as far as even thinking about living in a real City - the type that's made occasional forays info them & run back home. & not the Big Apple @ all. So I'm kind of a good control case for how the Image has been received & changed. From being a little kid thinking of it as impenetrable irredeemably dangerous place - to more recently bring informed it's like a large serous of relatable neighborhoods - & sometimes now being reminded how different my small-town North New England reality is...
Avatar 8:04pm
Otis Fodder:

This is so good, had to come in from the other room. Judy Henske, fantastic.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
ultradamno:

Rich Kids...a little before the preppy killer.
  8:05pm
Rick A.:

I love "Happy Ida and Brokenhearted John", great song. Rich Kids is an underrated coming of age movie, produced by Robert Altman.
Avatar 8:06pm
Linda Lee:

& all the same, we'll never get a feel for the true city from media pictures ~ it's so much deeper & more compelling than anything captured on film.
  8:08pm
P-90:

This is a great interview and theme for one of these “Double Devon” two hour episodes. Much better than squeezing this topic into a single hour.
Avatar 8:08pm
Linda Lee:

hey! here i am! a turnkey kid in the early 70s! & yes, i spent days at home alone sometimes. i'd been left some money & my own door key.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
ultradamno:

So kind of how thing would have gone for the kids on A Family Affair.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
ultradamno:

I wonder if that's on Me TV or something...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The Image Machine is truly something to grapple with. There is the NYC - L.A. dynamic as well - NY has theater & LA Hollywood...&tc.
Avatar 8:11pm
Linda Lee:

sure. we were conscious of that dual thing always. i spent 2 summers in LA ~ 72& 73 & it really *felt* like another nation.
Avatar 8:11pm
Linda Lee:

really foreign. the whole vibe.
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spodiodi:

Rise, WM., rise!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Rise William rise!
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spodiodi:

rip WM. Berger <3
  8:12pm
P-90:

Saxophone by Ronnie Lang:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Lang
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
joe mulligan:

rest peacefully WM. Berger
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spodiodi:

this is what i began most of my mornings to for ... 3? 4? years
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

RISE
WILLIAM
RISE
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spodiodi:

My Castle of Quiet got me though some crap
Avatar 8:14pm
spodiodi:

through*
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Rise - www.wfmu.org...
  Swag For Life Member 8:17pm
steveplusone:

castle of quiet was a special show. thanks for playing that beautiful reminder!
Avatar 8:18pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yeah William Berger presented intense music for when that was the best medicine.
But though he was opinionated - he was so welcoming & unpretentious. Like they say Horror film people are the nicest maybe!
& I could communicate with him about ideas - like the symbolic relevance of Horror _ things.
He'll be remembered.
Avatar 8:18pm
Linda Lee:

Il Maestro never misses.
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slugluv1313:

YES!!!!!! Rise William Rise!
thanks so much, Devon -- Wm. is so loved and missed
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Morricone as relevant as any Director or Actor. Obviously - but worth noting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
Devon E. Levins:

Thx P-90!
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Ned Merrill:

yes, thanks P-90. Ronnie Lang is all over so much music then. As, was Mike Lang on piano.
Avatar 8:23pm
slugluv1313:

omg Windows!
had to look that up, could not remember the controversy
Avatar 8:24pm
Linda Lee:

hold on. Windows? what controversy?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:24pm
Devon E. Levins:

Yes I think of Wm. every time I hear that theme
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Ned Merrill:

Similar to CRUISING, WINDOWS was attacked as an insensitive portrayal of LGBTQ characters.
Avatar 8:26pm
Linda Lee:

ah. did the controversy make sense in any way?
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Linda Lee:

or was the critique just bogus?
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spodiodi:

Ken, i love that picture ( think i remember it from the homepage -- do you know who took it and where? jw)
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Ned Merrill:

The controversy certainly is understandable. Now, there's so much distance and many more portrayals of LGBTQ characters in the interim, so I don't think CRUISING and WINDOWS sting so much anymore. Almost THE FAN's entire cult following is due to it being championed over the years by gay men. It was critical and box office bomb.
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Linda Lee:

i'm curious. what was the problem precisely? dumb portrayals?
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Linda Lee:

when there's hardly any portrayal at all & what you see is ridiculous..
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Ned Merrill:

These were dark films with psychotic murderers who, it's strongly hinted at, were gay.
Avatar 8:31pm
Linda Lee:

ah. ok. definitely gay in Cruising, right?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
ultradamno:

I thought the portrayals of roller-baseball mimes in The Warriors was quite insensitive.
Avatar 8:33pm
Ned Merrill:

CRUISING likely has multiple killers and it's not clear who all of them are. They are either gay or in conflict or horribly homophobic.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
ultradamno:

I think I may have made a composite of two of the gangs there. That could be triggering, which is insensitive to the potential gang cult leader at the beginning.
  8:35pm
P-90:

“Windows” always felt to me like Gordon Willis thought he’d absorbed enough vibe from DP-ing for Francis Coppola and Woody Allen that he was ready to do his own “trendy New York movie.” Visually the movie seems inspired by the idea of expanding on Willis’s famous b&w montage of the city at the beginning of Allen’s “Manhattan.”
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:36pm
ultradamno:

I kind of remember Bart Simpson doing that scene
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:36pm
loveless:

I'm having bad flashbacks. I got dragged to see "Staying Alive". It was excruciating.
Avatar 8:36pm
spodiodi:

yeah, ultra. i use that often. nice to know it's origins
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Linda Lee:

Liquid Sky! beloved film. amazing music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38pm
John from NP:

Danny Aiello was in Fort Apache, the Bronx, right? Such a great movie. Eyewitness too, great.
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Ned Merrill:

Yes, Aiello is a racist cop in FORT APACHE. Throws a kid off a roof.
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loveless:

Danny Aiello held the door open for me at the Post Office and a week later I saw him in CVS.
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Linda Lee:

what amazing, amazing sets..
thank you so much for an amazing show.
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spodiodi:

thanks, Jonathan Hertzberg!
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Ned Merrill:

Thank YOU for listening and encouraging in the comments section!
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Devon E. Levins:

Martin Bisi, the music engineer, tells great Dirty Old NYC stories, one of which is about a late 70s gang based up on the UES that supposedly wore the Yankees pinstripes and carried Louisville Sluggers around with them
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Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

OMG, this song, so period.
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Linda Lee:

thanks so much for your amazing work, Mr Hertzberg! i'm a fan.
can't say i remember those guys, Devon..
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Ned Merrill:

Thank you, Linda Lee!
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Andres:

Liquid Sky is perhaps the only movie I popped out of the VCR 30mins in. Otherwise the staff recommendations were spot on at the local.
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slugluv1313:

oh gosh Danny Aiello! used to see him around ALL the time, in NYC of course but in Hoboken too :)
and yeah, both Windows and Cruising were criticized for have REALLY over-the-top negative portrayals of gay men and women
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Linda Lee:

a pleasure! :-)
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slugluv1313:

re: Liquid Sky -- i LOVED how that film looked, but HATED the way the main character's rape was treated -- like it was no big deal
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Linda Lee:

"Liquid Sky": definitely one of those films. ;-)
i think i've seen it a dozen times without trying.
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Ned Merrill:

DEATHTRAP, which we're hearing now, drew jeers for having a passionate kiss between Chris Reeve (still very much SUPERMAN then) and Michael Caine.
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Linda Lee:

slugluv, i figured that was the point ~ showing a casual brutality ~ which makes it uglier.
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Linda Lee:

the sordid facts beneath any glamour.
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Linda Lee:

.. which is why so many of the characters might've enjoyed heroin. why that contrast late in the film between Margaret's past & her present.
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slugluv1313:

believe it or not, i have never seen Wild Style!
or even Fort Apache The Bronx (just remember people who actually lived in the Bronx were NOT happy about it)
i have a lot of catching up to do :)
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Linda Lee:

confession: i haven't either. always shied away from a certain kind of 'gritty new york city' film..
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slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- right?
i DO remember laughing at seeing Margaret with the professor she was involved with -- it was like wardrobe and hair and make-up did their best to make him look as dorky as possible!
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Linda Lee:

they sure did ~ especially when he's putting down her ' costumes'.
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slugluv1313:

haha! i was thinking, wtf is she doing with this jerk in the first place!?
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Linda Lee:

as brutal as the city appeared in that characterization, she still had charm. i didn't go for characterizations that made her seem soulless. she wasn't.
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Linda Lee:

i think the point there was that he took advantage of his position to interest someone who might not have gone for him in another circumstance.
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Linda Lee:

that was my take, anyway. he's into her pants *only* because he's her instructor! she did like him, though.
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Linda Lee:

she showed warmth. that bit of innocence she'd allowed him to sully.. still showed through somewhat.
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spodiodi:

Thanks again, Devon!

thanks, crew!
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slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- yeah, over the years (going back to when i was in college), i have known people who had gotten involved with their professors -- and yeah, even in my much-younger-days, i saw the professors as merely taking advantage of these younger students -- ick
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Linda Lee:

it was charming, if a little perverse as a power dynamic..
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Linda Lee:

i mean, her relationship with Owen was charming. not the typical dynamic..
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Ned Merrill:

This shoulda been a hit! This being "Lady Luck."
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Otis Fodder:

Super show and selections tonight, thanks Jonathan & Devon!
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Ned Merrill:

Thanks, Otis! Glad you dug it.
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Linda Lee:

i was atually courted by a high school social studies teacher & i couldn't imagine anything more gross than taking the bait.
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slugluv1313:

speaking of Liquid Sky! :)
and i STILL love "Me and My Rhythm Box" :)
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Ned Merrill:

That's THE track!
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Linda Lee:

i do too. :-)
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slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- ewwww! gross indeed!
i think that was my main aversion to that whole scene, these dudes were NOT attractive at all
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ultradamno:

Times Square taught me that there is ample loft space for two teen girls to squat on the island.
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Linda Lee:

no conflict then.
my teacher clearly saw something in me that i didn't quite have a handle on yet, being .. now i see .. a real dyke!
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slugluv1313:

amazing show, thanks so much Devon and Jonathan!
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Linda Lee:

she was almost .. courtly!
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Linda Lee:

thank you so much, guys!! fabulous!!
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Ned Merrill:

Thank you for being here with us, slugluv1313!
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P-90:

Thanks Devon and Jonathan!
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slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- oh wow! courtly, WAY different than the male professors -- i saw them as positively lecherous!
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Linda Lee:

i'm glad i wasn't confronted with that one too!
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Devon E. Levins:

Thx All! Colin Stetson next week!
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Ned Merrill:

Thanks, Devon! Always a blast.
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Ned Merrill:

I forgot to mention the other Miguel Pinero-related films after SHORT EYES. Miguel appears in both FORT APACHE: THE BRONX and ALPHABET CITY.
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