No wave

Tracing the nihilist style of the No Wave doyenne

Because punk's not dead, it's just not as good as it used to be.

Fucking brill..................

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ＳＯＬＤ MICHAEL DEMPSEY SNIFFIN GLUE: THE BIBLE (1978) Legendary Fanzine founded by Mark Perry in July 1976, Sniffin ‘Glue is one of the pioneers of Punk culture. In this book are reproduced the 10 issues of the fanzine with their cover. An essential book to understand the punk culture and the London scene between the key dates of the birth of punk, 1976/1977. Sniffin’Glue which originally had a print run of 50 copies, was a huge success, so much so that its circulation climbed to 15,000…

This “fashion calendar” featuring Lydia Lunch, queen of New York’s no wave movement of the late 1970s, was executed by Julia Gorton for a class at Parsons School of Design in 1978. This was the same year that the seminal No New York compilation was released, including key contributions from Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, of which Lunch was the frontperson. Gorton, who today is a professor at Parsons, also designed flyers for Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, such the following: This calendar…

Unidentified Designer, Devo. Devo, Baltimore Concert. 1980. Lithograph. 19 1/2 x 12 1/2" (49.5 x 31.8 cm). Gift of Lawrence Benenson. 292.2012. Architecture & Design

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