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James Chance 1953-2024, RIP 🎷Admin: @stupefaction & @theoreticalmovement

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Poster for the Marathon 80 aka M80 event that took place in the Twin Cities during the fall of 1979. The bill boasted an insanely great line up, featuring a who's who of the best bands from the era including Contortions, Devo (DOVE) Dark Day, Judy Nylon, The Girls, The Feelies, Tuxedomoon and more.

A welcomed piece in my archive.

#nowave #marathon80 #m80festival1979 #contortions #devo #judynylon #darkday #nnb #thefeelies #tuxedomoon

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This is a special acquisition. I of course already had a copy of this, but recently had to get some expensive car repairs done which forced me to have to sell some records. This record was one of the few records I held back to sell only IF desperately needed.

As I listed it briefly on discogs, I started looking at pricing for getting a replacement because I can't not have it back when I'm able to start buying again. Prices weren't that bad, but I checked around. As fate would have it, this incredibly special copy went up for sale for an affordable price. What makes this particular copy special is it belonged to none other than Contortions/Raybeats/8 Eyed Spy bassist, George Scott III. This was his personal copy. Last played in 1980, by George before being locked away in storage following his tragic death by overdose later that year. It's still in the shrink and even signed by Lydia to boot.

RIP George & James

#nonewyork #nowave #contortions #mars #dna #teenagejesusandthejerks #brianeno #nowave #georgescottiii

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Poster for a film event hosted by Printed Matter c. 1990's.

The poster was designed by artist, Christopher Wool.

The event featured films by Eric Mitchell, Michael McClard, Vivienne Dick, James/Jamie Nares, John Lurie, and Becky Johnstson.

The rarest of these films is "Hell Is You" which I've been dying to see. "Hell Is You" was John Lurie's first feature, and was a loose remake of "African Queen" co-starring James Chance. I'd love to know where the film now resides. I hope John releases a collection of his films someday.

This poster is for sale via Marc Miller at Gallery 98
@onlinegallery98 Contact Marc for pricing.

#nowavecinema #johnlurie #hellisyou #jameschance #viviennedick #beckyjohnston #michaelmcclard #jamesnares #jamienares #printedmatter #christopherwool #gallery98

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This year we lost @jameschanceofficial . The one and only ever 2016 Australian Tour was something of legend. If you were there you know. If you weren’t, here’s a poster for you to drool over. Missing you and your eccentric wildness and unpredictability James x #contortyourself

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I found a folder with dozens of old HAUNTED HOP posters from across the years dating back to the first one at TONIC in 2006 (the last in the set) on to GLASSLANDS, SECRET PROJECT ROBOT, BROOKLYN BOWL, KNOCKDOWN plus a couple of out of town HOPS! Some years I put on/DJ-ex many as seven Halloween parties in a week around nyc and globally! These days preparing for my Quixotically overstuffed Halloween party is so time-intensive that I only do an NYC edition! While I’m exhausting just looking through all of these, it also brings back two decades worth of warm fuzzy memories…

These are a few of my favorites from the knockdown prehistory. I made most of ‘em myself except:

# 1: excellent illustration by the much missed Mississippi fine artiste @nicevibrato
# 7: from Chicago - I think is by the brilliant comedian/performance artist @sarahsquirm
#8: from Austin by the prolific and talented @bennyfromtexas
#9: by awesomely colorful fuzz banana artist and musician @gregorystovetop

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"Design To Kill" sweater vest from Japanese company Hysteric Glamour Late 00's. Part of the James Chance/Contortions series as inspired by the song, "Designed To Kill" by The Contortions. I've never seen one of these until I saw this listing on Grailed. Since sold.

#jameschance #contortions #designedtokill #designtokill #hystericglamour

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Part 2

Of course I messed up on the page numbers when I credited the work in the thanks list, so apologies in advance for that. What's a zine without at least a few mistakes right?

Repeat info from last post:
I only made 100 of these. The majority are being sent to James' family to hand out to attendees of James' celebration of life on September 1st, at Gman Tavern in Chicago.

The gofund me page has the address and rsvp info.

The remaining physical copies will be reserved for a list of collaborators/friends that helped out.

While I realistically can't commit to printing/shipping/selling 300 like I originally hoped, I will be doing a high resolution scan of the whole thing including some additional pages I had to cut and making it available as a free download.

RIP James

#jameschancememorialfanzine #jameschance #jameswhiteandtheblacks #nowave

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Finished product part 1.

Front and rear pages combined in first image so the pages fit in landscape without getting cropped. Gotta love Instagram's lack of photo cropping options.

I only made 100 of these. The majority are being sent to James' family to hand out to attendees of James' celebration of life on September 1st, at Gman Tavern in Chicago.

The gofund me page has the address and rsvp info.

The remaining physical copies will be reserved for a list of collaborators/friends that helped out.

While I realistically can't commit to printing/shipping/selling 300 like I originally hoped, I will be doing a high resolution scan of the whole thing, including some additional pages I had to cut, and making it available as a free download

RIP James

#jameschancememorialfanzine #newyorknowave #nowave #jameschance

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Assembly time.

#zine #jameschance #nowave #nonewyork #jameschancememorialfanzine

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Spinning a career retrospective today, with the exception of the reel to reel and the black & white book. All of these records represent a different time in James' career. No two albums sound alike. The man had range and vision. He was not afraid to embrace his influences and bring people into his world.

#jameschance #contortions #jameswhiteandtheblacks #jameswhitesflamingdemonics #nonewyork #meltyourselfdown #buythecontorions #offwhite #jimmydesana #jacberrocal #juliagorton #teenagejesusandthejerks #contortyourself

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It's finally done. I'm still really bummed that James didn't get to see this, but it's done.

This zine (a few snaps from the maquette are pictured) was originally intended to be a fundraiser to help with James' medical expenses. Sadly, it's now a memorial piece. It details James' life in music through photos and various pieces of ephemera starting in the early 70's through to his final tour in 2019.

It turns out I misread David's update. He hasn't closed the donations yet, but said he will soon. So, this may end up being used for its original purpose which is now essentially a gift for your donation. It's looking like 200 copies, and they will be $15 shipped for domestic or $25-30 shipped for international.

NOTE: I will be doing all of this outside the Go Fund Me. I'll announce where/how you can order one once I get everything sorted out. I will donate any and all profits after shipping to James' Go Fund Me.

First things first, I have list of photographers that I need to get in touch with as their images are being used here. I know it's a zine and who really asks for permission when making a DIY zine? I know it isn't exactly punk, but I don't want any trouble. Even though I'm not taking any profit for myself, I still need to ask these fine people if they don't mind donating their work for this.

If all goes well, I should be printing the first batch sometime next week!

#jameschance #fanzine #jadedbutsoinlove #discojaded #ripjameschance

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47 years ago tonight!

James Siegfried (Chance)'s first NY group, Flaming Youth played small, pretty much forgotten jazz club, Changes. This gig was just a duo made up of:

James - on Alto Sax
Stephen Moses - Drums

Though not part of this gig, other members included:

Future Contortion/Black Dave Hofstra - Bass
Brian Lynch - Baritone Sax/Trumpet
Ryuichi Homma - Violin

This gig took place just a few months before Flaming Youth did a (final?) gig at John Fischer's Jazz loft, Environ on September 20, 1977. Lydia Lunch and Bradly Field were in attendance. What happened next? well James joined Teenage Jesus & The Jerks.

#jameschance #jamessiegfried #flamingyouth #stephenmoses #changesjazzclub #freejazz

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