NO WAVE Book Event/Lecture May 2, 2008

This Friday, May 2 at the Crooked Beat record shop in NW, Pitchforkmedia writer and NO WAVE author Marc Masters will be giving a lecture/book reading on no wave, the title of his new book, which looks at the short-lived iconoclastic independent music/performance art genre from the late 70s. The reading is at 7pm.

Here's the e-mail note I got today from Bill Daly, co-owner of Crooked Beat:
"On Friday May 2nd, Marc Masters who is the author of the book No Wave will be here to do a reading/discussion on the legendary No Wave scene from New York that produced the likes of Suicide, Richard Hell, Bush Tetras, DNA and many others. For those unfamilar with No Wave, it was the late 1970's anti-movement that consisted of artists, musicians and poets who took the ideas, styles and attitude of punk to another level. Based on primitivism, the No Wave scene not only produced totally original and compelling music, it also tapped into film, performance art and even fashion. People such as Jim Jarmusch and Steve Buscemi got their start from the indie films from the No Wave period."

Crooked Beat
2318 18th St NW
Washington DC 20009
Marc Masters lecture/book reading at 7pm.