Congratulations! I ope to meet you when we are in NY!
http://www.ayearatthewheel.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Irina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey thanks for this email > i had no idea! > holy cow 10 yrs > > On 9/13/07, WWWhatsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://punkcast.com/10years.html > > > > PUNKCAST 10 YEARS ANNIVERSARY > > PARTY AND SCREENING > > FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14 2007 8-12pm > > > > Secret Project Robot > > 210 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn > > (& Metropolitan) > > (entrance on River St) > > > > In September 1997, UK punk band One Way System came to play NYC. > > Their manager John B was a friend, and had run Jettisoundz - a UK > > punk video label. I was working on internet stuff and suggested > > the event be webcast. He was keen to do it live, but I explained > > the merits economical and reachwise of making the meat available > > on-demand with as little fluff as possible - thus punkcast.com > > was born. I myself was inspired by the fan-run ftp sites for both > > Bjork and Prodigy, which way outstripped all other internet music > > efforts of the day. We hired a cameraman to come and shoot video > > and put up some pix, the entire audio from three shows, plus a > > postage stamp size mpeg clip. John B, inspired, went back to the > > UK and on his own next shoots - Hawkwind (taken down, > > regretfully, earlier in 2007), and Goldblade - made audio > > punkcasts. He returned to the USA in Jan 98 to shoot Jane Couch - > > a Women's Boxing Champion who is the sister of One Way System's > > drummer, and later in the year posyted audio of the UK Subs > > playing in his local in Lancashire. The arrival in NYC of Peter & > > The Test Tube Babies in Sep 1998 was sufficient impetus for me to > > buy a camera for punkcast, and over the next year I shot about > > half a dozen more old school bands I knew, including a quartet of > > NYC hard core favourites - Bad Brains, Agnostic Front, Murphys > > Law, and Leeway. In 1999 when Ari-Up re-appeared on the scene for > > her first shows in over 25 years I was there. She's a compelling > > subject and I shot her several times, plus some of the local > > reggae scene, which brought the punkcast count up to around 20. > > In late 2000 I started paying Sean P. Murphy to shoot local punk > > & hardcore, mainly at CBGB, and over the next year he shot about > > 70 odd shows, only a couple of which I actually got round to > > posting. During this time punkcast also got it's first taste of > > the NYC indie scene when Leesaw Andaloro contributed a Touchdown > > clip for #50. The count was just #100, in September 2001, as > > Punkcast entered its 5th year. I'd found I enjoyed shooting so, > > with the well burst internet bubble giving me more time, I > > decided to do more. Two local bands interested me in particular - > > anti- folk heroes the Moldy Peaches and hot hipster outfit the > > Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I shot & posted both in short order, and also > > discovered that both bands were the tips of the iceberg of > > extensive associated scenes that would provide grist for years to > > follow. Shooting old pal Joe Strummer in April 2002 for 4 nights > > in a row allowed me to experiment and is when I really > > established the style I maintain to this day. By September 2002 > > the count was up to #200. It was then that I seriously started to > > shoot in Brooklyn, discovering Mighty Robot and Todd P. After > > clandestinely shooting some great shows such as The Gossip in Jun > > 2003, I was fortunate to gain a carte blanche to shoot in the > > Knitting Factory, greatly expanding the possibilities. This was > > an exciting period as the YYY's, Liars etc broke out > > internationally, while new and interesting bands such as TV On > > The Radio were appearing. I embarked on shooting a series of > > avant showcases - titled 'Mutiny' - put on by The Social > > Registry. The city had started it's own TV station NYCtv and, > > after being approached by producer Shirley Braha, I supplied the > > bulk of the content for it's nascent new music show NY Noise. In > > September 2003, after 6 years, the count was #320. A year later, > > in September 2004, the count was #540. Doubling the shoot rate, > > however, meant that fewer shows got posted. I had moved the > > studio to close to the Knit, to better take advantage of the > > opportunies it presented. One shoot #431 - The Fall - was so > > successful the band released it on DVD. Apart from frequent > > Mighty Robots I was also regularly shooting at Pianos, Sin-é, > > Southpaw, Trash Bar, and a new warehouse space in Brooklyn called > > Volume. I was also VJ-ing weekly at BP Fallon's Death Disco at > > The Delancey. The summer saw the first series of East River Park > > shows. The Cake Shop opened. 280 shoots in the year pushed the > > count to #820 by September 2005. Even less got posted but those > > that did, like The Long Blondes, Oneida, and Todd P's first > > acoustic BBQ, were spectacular. With the advent of the video iPod > > came the Punkcast Podcast - the first posted was #840 The Gossip > > blockbuster 'Standing In The Way of Control', also Punkcast's > > first ever YouTube clip, currently closing in on 80,000 views. In > > March 2006 the Knit withdrew my privileges. I was just able to > > get in there for one last shoot - of my old pal Nikki Sudden, who > > sadly died the following morning. The favorite punkcast venues > > became The Cake Shop & Tonic. Bands posted included Oakley Hall, > > Gang Gang Dance, and Awesome Color. In the summer I shot nearly > > all the free McCarren Park Pool shows. In September 2006 I was in > > CBGB for the last days, as the count reached #1020, down to 200 > > shoots in the year. This last year has seen the annual rate drop > > even further to 180, as we've seen the closures of Sin-é, Tonic, > > and North Six, and right now I'm just on #1202. The flipside has > > been, of course, that I've had more time to edit, and it's been a > > record year for output with 74 posted. This last year has seen > > the first official public screenings with exhibits at Secret > > Project Robot in Brooklyn and Point Ephemère in Paris. > > > > It's a lot easier to shoot than to process. A few years back I > > reckoned it out that, if I stopped shooting right then, it would > > still take me, at the rate of 4/5 bands a week, around 5 years to > > catch up. God knows what that figure is now. I trust that I will > > live long enough to get around doing it all justice. Probably out > > of the 1200 shoots 700 or so merit the effort - the others likely > > don't have good enough audio. There are something like 270 > > punkcasts there right now, with around 700 individual clips. > > > > In 4 hours at Secret Project Robot I'll be able to show, maybe, > > around 50 clips. > > > > Flier: http://punkcast.com/punkcast10years.jpg > > > > Video of Paris exhibit: http://punkcast.com/filmerlamusique.mov > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > WWWhatsup NYC > > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://geekentertainment.tv > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
