Happy Birthday Glenn Branca!

Remembering influential guitarist/composer Glenn Branca with an interview & Ericka Berman's doc 135 Grand St New York 1979.  

135 Grand Street New York 1979 by Ericka Berman

1. Theoretical Girls (w/ Glenn Branca) - Glazened Eyes 

2. Theoretical Girls (w/ Glenn Branca) - Contrary Motion 

3. UT - Sharp's Loose 

4. UT - I-Dog-I 

5. A Band - Sand and Sea 

6. A Band - Mirror, Mirror 

7. Rhys Chatam - Guitar duo

8. Chinese Puzzle - Great Wall of Prague 

9. The Static (w/ Glenn Branca) - The Spectacular Commodity (excerpt) 

10. Morales - Gay Girl In A Gay Bar 

11. Youth in Asia - Talking Heads (pt.1) 

12. Youth in Asia - Amnesia 

13. Steve Piccolo - Superior Genes 

14. Jill Kroesen - Freaks Nature

R.I.P. Barbara Ess, 1948-2021

Sadly, photographer/musician/educator Barbara Ess of Y Pants, Theoretical Girls & The Static has passed away.   Photo: Lee Ranaldo

Barbara Ess was best known for her magical pinhole camera photographs. Read more about her amazing work right here. 

LINKS 

Artforum Barbara Ess, 1948-2021

Artforum XY ESS

R.I.P. Glenn Branca, 1948-2018

Influential guitarist/composer Glenn Branca died of throat cancer Sunday night. Here's Alan Licht's obit from WIRE.