A 50-percent-off sale continues over at the retail portion of Wendigo Productions, 24 Avenue A near Second Street.
#glennbranca pic.twitter.com/qfWPRf7qaw
— Reg Bloor (@RegBloor) May 14, 2018
Branca is perhaps best known as a member of New York’s very short-lived no wave scene, which aimed to emancipate punk from the aesthetic trappings of rock 'n' roll. While The Ramones and the New York Dolls brought punk to the public as basically rebranded, updated hippies, Branca and his cohorts had other plans.
By treating listeners to endless drones, austere classical moves or prepared instruments like screwdrivers stuck in guitar strings, Glenn Branca’s basic M.O. never wavered in his decades-long career. And some of the young noisemakers he had in his madcap ensembles — Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Michael Gira — were listening.
RIP Glenn Branca. Such sad news. I have fond memories of seeing him play furiously in the dank basement of Lit Lounge in the East Village to an audience of less than a dozen people. Glad I got to see him play.
— Geeta Dayal (@geetadayal) May 14, 2018
"I was out there playing to a Phil Collins audience and coming home and listening to Glenn Branca," Bowie in 1997, recalling the '80s
— Bowiesongs (@bowiesongs) May 14, 2018
And just remember, without Glenn Branca we'd not have Sonic Youth, Swans, and so much music that speaks of such intensity and passion.
— Scanner (@robinrimbaud) May 14, 2018
The X Magazine benefit in 1979 was perhaps the most amazing series of concerts that I have ever seen.
— John Lurie (@lurie_john) May 14, 2018
Glenn Branca, playing with Theoretical Girls was the best band in the program. It changed my life. Sorry I never had a chance to tell him.
Glenn Branca started out giving zero fucks about what people said he could and couldn’t do, and then when his ambition outstripped his ability, he went out and learned, practiced, honed. A genuine artistic hero.
— Glenn Kenny (@Glenn__Kenny) May 14, 2018
Oh no Glenn Branca died. Goddamit. His music always defined my conception of a kind of New York cool that barely exists anymore
— nuanced opinion guy (@charles_kinbote) May 14, 2018
Glenn Branca’s influence on and stewardship of the genre-bending music scene that exploded out of NY in the 70s & 80s can’t be understated. He was a true giant of modern experimental music, and will be sorely missed #glennbranca pic.twitter.com/mIDsBLwxdc
— Phil Tomlinson (@philatom) May 14, 2018
RIP Glenn Branca. This is still the greatest clip on YouTube https://t.co/DG4Um8PO2J
— Andrew Male (@Andr6wMale) May 14, 2018
My guess is the prior caretaker(s) carried it out to dispose of it under cover of darkness.
Is there a walk of shame equivalent for discarded holiday shrubbery?
The city has begun stationing an army of workers in 30 parks in Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx to warn people that it “has experienced problems with rats” and make sure they know that “rats are a health hazard, especially to children and seniors,” according to internal Parks Department e-mails and sources.
But some residents say the move only shows that City Hall is a Mickey Mouse operation.
“You know what would be more useful? If de Blasio had them empty the trash more often,” said Rob Wooster, in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village Sunday.
Chelsea Casey, 28, who was at the park with her three kids last week, added, “I don’t know what warning people about rats in New York City will achieve.”
Union members with the Parks Department said workers with both the agency’s Parks Enforcement Patrol and Urban Park Rangers divisions were first dispatched last week. The union said the move is sapping valuable manpower that is meant to police the city’s 30,000 acres of park land.
We believe our concept of American Mexican cuisine will bring a new variety of food to this neighborhood. In an area filled with primarily Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, and American restaurants within a two block radius, this will provide a unique option for local residences ...
Along with Michael’s concepts, Eder’s mom Rosa will be bringing in her Mexican taco recipes that offers a more traditional take. Rosa learned how to cook from her mother-in-law who learned from her from mother and grandmother. This dates back to over three generations of classic Mexican cooking. The Breukelen style for some dishes will include small touches to traditional recipes that feels like a home cooked meal is being served. The right balance in sweet and spicy in her mole and Pipian sauce recipes will be unique to the neighborhood.
