Glad you mentioned that Patrick. I was going to check it out this weekend. I'll probably just go now to see DJ Harvey - which isn't such a bad thing I guess.
Any other 313ers in NYC this weekend up for it? bg *Benn Glazier* [email protected] <[email protected]> www.BennGlazier.com www.twitter.com/BennGlazier www.facebook.com/BennGlazierPhotography <http://www.twitter.com/bennglazier> +44 (0) 7714 3000 18 On 23 April 2012 18:28, Patrick Wacher <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the article! > > Being one of those sad people who missed out on a ticket, I thought i'd > treat myself a trip to NYC to go see the exhibit at MoMA PS1 this past > Saturday. > > Man was I disappointed. I assumed incorrectly that there would have been > an exhibition of old photos, artworks, memorabilia and whatnot. I quickly > learnt that the exhibit was Kraftwerk music vids playing in a big dome. > Speakers were sooo distorted that I could only stay in there for a whole of > 10 mins. > > Probably my fault for not researching the exhibit info before booking the > 5 hour flight. > > I really needed a t-shirt that said, "I went to the Kraftwerk exhibit and > all I got was this lousy T-Shirt". > > Carry on... > -- > Patrick Wacher > > > > On Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Fred Heutte wrote: > > > > http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2012/04/30/120430crmu_music_frerejones > ? > > currentPage=all > > > > Sound Machine > > > > How did a pop band end up in a museum? > > > > by Sasha Frere-Jones > > > > April 30, 2012 > > > > On an August night in 1981, the German band Kraftwerk played at the > > Ritz, on East Eleventh Street in Manhattan, in support of its latest > > album, “Computer World.” The only instruments onstage were actually > > machines: reel-to-reel tape recorders, synthesizers, keyboards, and a > > calculator. All four members of the group had short hair and dressed > > identically, in black button-down shirts, black pants, and shiny > > shoes, which made them look more like valets than like musicians. That > > didn’t bother them, as they didn’t like the idea of being a band—or > > even musicians—and often referred to themselves as “operators.” > > > --
