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Friday,
August 25 at 12am
Kill
Your Idols
dir.
Scott Crary, US, 2004, video, 75 mins, color
FREE
MIDNIGHT SCREENING AT WORLD CAFE LIVE - 3025 Walnut Street
Presented
by International House, WXPN + Palm Pictures
 From
the depths of the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1970s,
a piercing new sound emerged, combining the raw, jagged sounds
of Punk and the tribal rhythms of African and American dance
music the “No-Wave” sound was born. 30 years later the legacy
of this groundbreaking period in music lives on with younger
artists embracing the sound and aesthetic. The music and the
people behind it offer candid glimpses into this vital energetic
scene throughout Scott Crary’s documentary Kill Your Idols.
Music fans will not want to miss this fascinating journey through
30 years of rock ‘n roll rebellion.
This
new film traces the line from New York City’s underground, “no-wave”
rock scene to the current groups who are incorporating the sounds
of those original downtown rockers. The film features rarely
seen footage of Sonic Youth, The Swans, DNA, Theoretical Girls,
and Suicide along with interviews with Lydia Lunch, Yeah Yeah
Yeahs, Thurston Moore and many others.
Listen
to 88.5 WXPN on Friday, August 25 from 7pm to 11pm to hear some
of the groups featured in the film on Land of the Lost hosted
by Robert Drake.
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