An early film by Alan Steinfeld and the experience of living in the East Village in the1980s. Recently shown at the Museum of Modern Art as part of the Club 57 retrospective:
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ReplyDeleteWhat a treasure. Made me weep.
ReplyDeleteRIP Barbara Lehmann.
Thank you EVG.
This made me happy. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVill-ahge !
ReplyDeleteboy that brought me back
ReplyDeleteoh jeez this is amazing. all the feels. thank you!
ReplyDeleteThis is fucking awesome. I was living out west in the mountains as a ten year old boy in 1985. A completely different world from this. It is clear the EV was truly alive and edgy then. Damn. Wish I had been there. Great homage to the hairstyle of the women who wore ribbons on their heads much like Madonna did in Desperately Seeing Susan. Although I am grateful to be a resident of the EV now, I am sure it was really the bomb then. Thanks for sharing this video!
ReplyDeleteI could have watched this for 3 hours considering all the memories it conjured up. I forgot all about the dog man appearing near the end. He used to walk with a whole group of them. They were all his.
ReplyDelete"I just explained to them that I can't stand the concept of chicken salad, you know, I'm just in no condition today"
ReplyDeleteWhat a delight!
This was great to watch, thanks for sharing. It's good to know that 32 years later, people are still whining about high rents, gentrification, and the disappearing east village.
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ReplyDeleteThis is great, but why does she keep saying "village" like that!?!?!
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible. Moved here in 2010 and great to see so many places still around. So many things still so present and real today, so many things so different and more sterile. Had no idea the owner of Cobblestone is a lifelong resident! Really amazing. Also very sad to see that Barbara passed away at such a young age. She had an incredible energy. Does anyone know her or know what happened to her? Peace & Love in the EV
ReplyDeleteA follow up with Barbara's mother Minette indicates that her death was the result of a large mis-diagnosed sarcoma first thought to be fibroid tumors. Minette attributed the sarcoma to the overly extensive series of chemotherapy treatment that Barbara endured as a young child.
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