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[coeurdeverre82]

dirtyass rock&roll at irving plaza nyc aug 4 1979

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walking the dog & pablo picasso at irving plaza nyc aug 4 1979

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emily armstrong & pat ivers of nightclubbing

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[cmj]

Emily Armstrong and Pat Ivers were cable access staffers and punk rock scenesters who dragged their primitive cameras around now-famed dives of the original NYC punk era and filmed endless hours of bands, fans, weirdos, etc.

They soon turned their hobby into the legendary cable access show, “Nightclubbing,” then transformed that into a groundbreaking video DJing gig at the infamous NYC club, Danceteria.

In 2012, NYU digitized their tapes for The Downtown Collection at the Fales Library, giving new life for lost footage from the original NYC punk era.

We caught up with Armstrong and Ivers to get the Nightclubbing narrative. Read all about it here.

[cmj]

Other visual artists would drop by and give us some video they made that we would show. Keith Haring, who worked at Danceteria as a bus boy, gave us a clip he made that featured two boys having sex in a shower deconstructed visually to the Gary Glitter song, Rock and Roll. I doubt that even exists anymore.

Emily Armstrong and Pat Ivers talk about their groundbreaking video DJing gig at the infamous NYC club, Danceteria.

[cmj]

Danceteria—it was at 37th Street and 8th Ave.—the place itself itself was a straight-up, all-night, illegal nightclub, but one that took out huge ads out in the Village Voice and Soho News, which was kind of amazing. It was insane. No liquor license, serving booze until 8am. The Democratic Convention happened here around that time, and politicians were showing up, getting loaded and doing blow. Armstrong: We had to buy plastic covers for the TV sets because coke and drinks were falling down into the sets. It was a decadent, fall of the Roman Empire kind of place.

Emily Armstrong and Pat Ivers talk about their groundbreaking video DJing gig at the infamous NYC club, Danceteria.