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Eric Mitchell, Patti Astor & Rene Ricard on set of UNDERGROUND U.S.A. (1980) dir. Eric Mitchell 🇺🇸

Press photo shot by Marcia Resnick ©

RIP Marcia, Patti & Rene 🖤

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#ericmitchell #nowave #pattiastor #renericard #marciaresnick

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UNDERGROUND U.S.A. (1980) - Directed by Eric Mitchell 🇺🇸

Eric Mitchell’s New Cinema No Wave classic/masterpiece. Starring downtown cult icons such as Patti Astor, Rene Ricard, Cookie Mueller & many, many more. I was reminded of my copy of the film during a recent watch of Brian Vincent’s NY arts scene/Edward Brezinski documentary, MAKE ME FAMOUS (2021); UNDERGROUND U.S.A. rightfully still getting high praise. I believe Eric’s films are still in the process of being restored by MoMA, so enjoy this rare archival media/ephemera in the meantime.

1–4: Scans from the super rare 1982 Japanese Betamax release. NFS.
5–6: Snapshots from the film.
7: Cast outside of the legendary Mudd Club, NYC.
8–10: Scans of on-set photos by David Armstrong, from an archival Bomb Magazine article.

@eric.b.mitchell 👑

RIP Patti, Rene, Cookie, et al. 🖤

#ericmitchell #undergroundusa #nowave #newcinema #betamax

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Eric Mitchell & Rosemary Hochschild in a publicity photo for X-TERMINATOR (1977) dir. Michael Oblowitz

X-TERMINATOR was one of the first 16mm b/w New York No Wave films. It was completed shortly after Amos Poe's pioneering first solo effort, UNMADE BEDS (1976), which director Michael Oblowitz helped make possible by sneaking cameras out of Columbia University where he was studying.

Eric Mitchell stars as a neo-noir-punk parody of Lemmy Caution in ALPHAVILLE, while Rosemary Hochschild stars as a post-semiotic parody of Patty Hearst.

X-TERMINATOR gets a very rare screening at Torrance Art Museum in LA on September 5th. Check it out.

RIP Rosemary Hochschild 🖤

Photo by Michael Oblowitz ©

#xterminator #nowave #ericmitchell #rosemaryhochschild #michaeloblowitz

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GODLIS 🐐

The legendary photographer turns 75 today! When you think of NY Punk photography, chances are you think of GODLIS. Below is a quote on how he began shooting at the famed CBGBs, and 20 iconic photos shot by the man himself. Happy birthday, David. 🎂

“I was at the bar late at night. I came to New York to photograph by day, on the streets; I didn’t really come to New York to be a rock and roll photographer, but I ended up in this very interesting place. I had been looking at a book by the French photographer, Brassaï, and I was very taken with his night photographs. So I was sitting at CBGB’s thinking maybe I can do like Brassaï, and photograph at night here, without flash, just by natural light. People would leave the club to smoke a cigarette or to go get some fresh air. In between sets, people would hang out on the street, and I thought the street lights kind of light them up, so I can figure out how to take pictures using that light. It all sort of came to me one night.”
—GODLIS

Photos:
1/ GODLIS
2/ Diego Cortez & Richard Sohl
3/ Seth Tillett & Eric Mitchell
4/ Lydia Lunch
5/ Richard Hell
6/ No Wave Punks (!)
7/ Hilly Kristal
8/ 💋 CBGBs
9/ Blondie
10/ Suicide
11/ Talking Heads
12/ SAMO Graffiti / NY Girls
13/ Ramones
14/ John Cale & Nico
15/ Dead Boys (with Julia Gorton cameo)
16/ Roberta Bayley & Punk Mag Editors
17/ Patti Smith
18/ Television
19/ Nan Goldin
20/ Klaus Nomi, Chris Parker & Jim Jarmusch

ALL PHOTOS BY GODLIS ©

#godlis #punkphotography

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RIP WILLIAM COUPON

When you think of backdrop portraits, you think of William Coupon. Prior to his success photographing presidents for Time Magazine, as well as other notable celebrities, Coupon’s first photo series was ‘The Punks of New York’. Almost all of the portraits were shot at the famed Mudd Club. They are some of my favorite images of all time, and oddly obscure. I’m a few days late on posting about William’s passing, but hope these incredible portraits (and some bonus contact sheets) I’ve collected in that time make up for it. Rest in peace William Coupon.

Photo personnel:
1/ Eileen Polk
2/ Howie Pyro
3/ Lydia Lunch
4/ Hal Ludacer
5/ Kirsten Bates
6/ Walter Steding
7/ Debbie Harry
8/ The Misfits
9/ Marcia Resnick
10/ Eric Mitchell
11/ Betsey Johnson
12/ Diego Cortez
13/ Tom Verlaine
14/ David Byrne
CONTACT SHEETS
15/ Glenn O’Brien
16/ Tina L’Hotsky
17/ Klaus Nomi
18/ Duncan Hannah
19/ Marcus Leatherdale
SELF PORTRAIT
20/ William Coupon

🖤🖤🖤

#williamcoupon #muddclub #themuddclub #punksofnewyork

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A glimpse inside the winter 1980 issue of NY Art magazine, Cover. I came into a few issues of this lesser known piece of NY art/music history and will be sharing more in follow up posts.

A few tidbits on No Wave and related including a nice little piece penned by Rhys Chatham. Also a discussion with Steve Reich & Phillip Glass. Gerry Hovagimyan, who was the drummer in The Communists, was a contributor for this magazine. This issue features an in-depth piece on rigging/sculpture. I just love the gallery ads too. The Artists Space one is great.

Last page reveals a mystery regarding missing art....wonder how that story ended...

RIP Glenn Branca, George Scott III, Gordon Stevenson, Mirielle Cervenka & John Cage

#covermagazine #nyart #nowave #sculpture #nowavecinema

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ADIOS (2025)
Amos Poe's Last Film

Screened at the beautiful, deeply moving celebration of Amos Poe at @themuseumofmodernart April 1!!

We will miss you Amos!!!

@amos.poe #amospoe #16mm #super8 #film #adios repost @_claudia_summers_
@debimazar @beckyjohnston18

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ADIOS by @amos.poe 🎥 @_claudia_summers_ ❤️‍🔥

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AMOS POE: UNMADE 2026
40min documentary film.

Film measures time; time measures life.

Amos Poe: Unmade follows the legendary underground filmmaker through three years of terminal illness, not as a farewell portrait, but as a final, uncompromising work of his own cinema.

#nowave #punk #moma #blankgeneration #nyc

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Amos Poe, Patti Astor & Eric Mitchell at the Deauville Film Festival, 1977

I love, love, love this photo of three incredibly talented & important downtown artists attending their first ever film festival, Deauville. They were invited to premiere Amos’s first solo, feature film: UNMADE BEDS. The funny thing here is Eric’s hair still being blonde from the shooting of Amos’s NEXT film: THE FOREIGNER.

“𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘦-𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦; 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘌𝘬𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭, 𝘢 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘻𝘪 - 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 - 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘧𝘢𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘬 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘻𝘪 𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺, 𝘨𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥, “𝘊’𝘮𝘰𝘯! 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘦!” 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵… 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.”
—Amos Poe

RIP Patti Astor, Queen of the Underground
RIP Amos Poe, Father of No Wave Cinema
🌹❤️

Photo by J. Heer

#amospoe #pattiastor #ericmitchell #unmadebeds #nowave

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A young Eric Mitchell & Amos Poe on set of UNMADE BEDS (1976)

Amos sports a shirt with ‘POE’ printed on it, alike Duncan Hannah’s character wearing a shirt with ‘RICO’ printed on it in the film.

Unmade Beds was the first (or second, if you count ‘The Blank Generation’, also made by Amos) No Wave film. A fun fact about the truly independent nature of creating the film: when it came to the scene with Eric & Debbie Harry; Amos had all the characters, his script; but no camera. A student at Columbia at the time, and fellow No Wave pioneer, Michael Oblowitz, would sneak a camera out of the university, and thus Amos was able to complete the film.

Amos sadly passed away on Christmas Day 2025, as only he could, following a lengthy battle with cancer. But his mark on cinema remains - as does how many people he and his work inspired. RIP, Amos 🖤

Photo by Fernando Natalici ©️

#amospoe #unmadebeds #ericmitchell #fernandonatalici #nowave

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