John Holmstrom talks about founding and editing 'Punk,' the chronicle of late-'70s New York:
John Holmstrom, founding editor of 'Punk' magazine, which is the subject of a brand new book, discusses being "in the right place at the right time" to document the late-'70s punk explosion in New York.
Bio: Jed Lipinski is a writer living in New York City. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times and Fast Company.
Punk’s first issue—released in November 1975—featured interviews with Lou Reed and the Ramones. Holstrom contributed a salty editorial entitled: “Death to Disco Shit! Long Live the Rock!” and McNeil starred in a photo comic in which he fails to pick up girls outside CBGBs. The style—raw, messy, witty, inappropriate—nailed the essence of the burgeoning punk scene. James Wolcott, writing in the Village Voice, called Punk “the ululations of the new zeitgeist.” More
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on December 19th, 2012 1:53pmChicken owners in Red Hook whose backyard flooded during the storm were obliged to relocate their feathered pets indoors, with quirky if malodorous results. The chickens—one of whom is named Chicki Minaj—were eventually returned to their outdoor lot, where they encountered another chicken whose owner was unable to care for it. But according to yet another chicken-centric piece in the Times, that chicken, Cindy, has since disappeared, and may be wandering the flood-damaged streets of Red Hook as we speak. More
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on November 30th, 2012 1:35pmIn addition to stories by Brooklyn chefs and restaurant owners, there were food vendors (among them Frites 'N' Meats, Dreamscoops, and Anarchy in a Jar); a raffle (prizes included a box of kombucha from Mombucha and a gift card for BrisketTown); and “speed networking” for food professionals, sponsored by Work It Brooklyn. The website Brooklyn Based co-sponsored the event. If it were possible to OD on the Brooklyn brand, this was the place to do it. More
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on November 28th, 2012 12:38pmThe launch, which was broadcast live on EchoStar's website, had been delayed after a rocket failure in August. As he watched the rocket ascend, Paglen expressed some amazement that the project had finally come to fruition. "Technically, it really is rocket-science," he said. More
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on November 27th, 2012 1:19pmGagosian said in its release that Dylan has “transformed popular design elements—from Bondage Magazine to Babytalk—by reconsidering the purposes of each: the graphics, syntax and chromatic content.” Further, Dylan “combines a wide range of popular styles, the sources of which he has reshaped to produce new conflations of image and meaning.” More
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on November 26th, 2012 3:30pmWhen the lights and elevators turned back on, the company decided to devote 15,000-square-feet of the space for a set of conservation labs called Art Crisis Solutions. Dozens of distraught artists, gallerists, and collectors from around the city flocked to the space, carrying their waterlogged and potentially mold-infused art objects in tow. “We basically created a M.A.S.H. unit,” said Leslie Gat, the director of the Art Conservation Group, which is based out of a light-filled studio on the third floor with enviable views of Manhattan. “We’re putting all our efforts into stabilizing the effects of the flood.” More
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on November 20th, 2012 2:25pmBut the real story of the event seemed to be the National Book Foundation’s triumphant makeover in the face of the book industry's continued decline. Inside Cipriani, authors posed for photographs on a red carpet. Molly Ringwald and Stephen King dined on sea scallops with frisée and tomato concasse. Rumors spread that the after-party, emceed by “international hip hop artist” Rabbi Darkside, had a waiting list—though if you were already a guest at the book awards, it turned out, you could just walk upstairs at the end of the night to keep things rolling. More
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on November 15th, 2012 1:44pmHurricane Sandy flooded the Added Value farm with two and a half feet of brackish water from the Erie Basin. The remaining fall harvest—which consisted of thousands of pounds of eggplants, kale, arugula, and other vegetables—was wiped out. Computers, tools, and equipment used by the Red Hook teenagers the farm employs were also damaged. Ian Marvy, who founded the farm in 2001, estimated the losses at around $40,000. To aid in the rebuilding effort, Palo Santo, a chic pan-Latin restaurant and wine bar squeezed between brownstones on Union Street in Park Slope, held a benefit for the farm on Sunday night. The 50 available seats quickly sold out. More
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on November 12th, 2012 4:09pm“Take a step back, breathe, and assess yourself,” said Kala Harinarayanan to a crowd of around 150 beleaguered art owners in MoMA’s Celeste Bartos Theater. Harinarayanan, the Director of Environmental Health and Safety at the American Museum of Natural History, was the first speaker at what was deemed a “Consortium on Recovery of Works of Art Damaged by Flooding.” “Once you enter a space,” she continued, “you may think you’re prepared, but your emotions can quickly take over.” More
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on November 5th, 2012 3:09pmThe condition in the Red Hook Houses, as with project developments in flooded areas across the system managed by the New York City Housing Authority, has been an intense focus of the local media. It's used sometimes as a parable of the disparate effects of the storm on rich and poor. And the whole system has been roped together in several articles describing fear and crime in the projects in the wake of the storm. More
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on November 5th, 2012 10:12am
