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| From | beth2459@aol.com |
| Subject | PHL, PA:NUGGETS: CELLULOID ARTYFACTS OF SIXTIES ROCK |
| Date | Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:08:13 -0500 |
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For those in the Philly area, this looks pretty cool! Wish I were going to be in town for it....I heart the Secret Cinema!
Beth
Lenny Kaye and Nazz singer Stewkey join Secret Cinema for
NUGGETS: CELLULOID ARTYFACTS OF SIXTIES ROCK
Friday, February 16
8:00 pm
Admission: $6.00
Moore College of Art & Design
20th & Race Streets, Philadelphia
(215) 965-4099
On Friday, February 16, The Secret Cinema at Moore College of Art and Design will revive a special program last shown over six years ago. NUGGETS: CELLULOID ARTYFACTS OF SIXTIES ROCK is a unique hodgepodge of ultra-rare reels consisting of various short films and television shows showcasing mod, garage and pop music from the mid-to-late 1960s. When we named that program back in 2001, it was in naked homage to the inestimably influential 1972 garage rock compilation album of the same name. This year, we are thrilled to announce that in addition to the rare films, we will have with us the creator of the original "Nuggets," Lenny Kaye.
Prior to his 30-plus years as Rock Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith's chief musical collaborator, Lenny Kaye was a prolific rock critic and historian. He contributed to leading rock periodicals, wrote legendary liner notes (even earning mention within a Steven King novel), and was one of a handful of rock critics at the time to take serious interest in the supposedly frivolous corners of rock history, from doo wop to the previously-unlabeled genre of garage rock. This work reached a pinnacle when he compiled for Elektra Records a double-LP of what were then considered regional obscurities and "one hit wonders" of mid-late sixties rock, titled NUGGETS: ORIGINAL ARTYFACTS FROM THE FIRST PSYCHEDELIC ERA, 1965-1968. The collection brought together great proto-punk singles by The Electric Prunes, The Standells and The Seeds, sides that had been recorded just a few years earlier but had already been forgotten in the wake of progressive rock and singer-songwriters.
NUGGETS insured that this music would never be forgotten again. It first spawned a host of similarly-named compilations of garage rock (PEBBLES, BOULDERS, et al), and then Rhino Records turned the name NUGGETS into something of a sixties reissue franchise, culminating in no less than three deluxe CD box sets of psych and garage rarities. Lenny Kaye, meanwhile, moved on, as leader of the Patti Smith Group, record producer, teacher of a university class in rock history, and author. His latest book is YOU CALL IT MADNESS: THE SENSUOUS SONG OF THE CROON.
At NUGGETS, the film screening, Lenny Kaye will discuss sixties rock and add his insightful commentary between films.
To make this an even more special event, we'll have Stewkey (lead singer and keyboardist of Philadelphia's greatest sixties band The Nazz) in person to present a rare print of the promo film for "Open My Eyes."
As always, this Secret Cinema presentation will be projected in 16mm film on a giant screen (that's right, not using video).
There will be one complete show at 8:00 pm. Admission is $6.00.
A few highlights of NUGGETS include:
GIRLS IN SHORT SHORT DRESSES (1966) - Paramount made this topical film in the final days of the theatrical short subject era, to capitalize on the worldwide interest in then very-Swinging London. It stars actual mod band The Thoughts, who are best known to collectors for their recording of Ray Davies' otherwise unreleased song "All Night Stand," on Shel Talmy's Planet Records label. In this previously unheralded Technicolor film, they perform two songs in the famous Blaise's nightclub, and in a reverse on the usual rock band scenario, THEY chase GIRLS around tube stations and Carnaby Street boutiques. The film also makes a visit to the studio of fashion designer Mary Quant, inventor of the mini-skirt.
THE ECSTASY IS SOMETIMES FANTASTIC (1966) - Made by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, this is a rare cinema verite look at a working, not-quite-made-it rock group. Toronto garage band Jon and Lee and the Checkmates reveal all sides of their world, from belting out James Brown numbers in packed clubs, to going over itineraries and accounting, to the crucial business of getting the right haircut.
THE NAZZ: OPEN MY EYES (1968) - Rock videos weren't invented in the eighties; they've been around since sound film was perfected. In the sixties they were called "promo films," and this was one of the better ones. Stewkey, the lead singer and keyboardist of Philly's greatest mod band, will introduce this rare public screening of his personal 16mm print (which is actually a rare alternate edit of the clip MTV has shown!)…and be interviewed by Lenny Kaye, who included this great song on the original Nuggets LP!
Plus clips from feature films and television with music performed by The Standells, The Chocolate Watchband, The Seeds, The Birds (UK), The Marmalade, The Orphan Egg, The Zombies and more!
SECRET CINEMA WEBSITE: http://www.thesecretcinema.com
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