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The Financial District in Lower Manhattan is a playground for monumental public art installations, including Isamu Noguchi’s Red Cube, which was installed on the plaza at 140 Broadway Between Cedar and Liberty Streets in 1968.
Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Isamu Noguchi’s Red Cube Sculpture
Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz was born on this day, March 23rd, in 1968. Favorite Blur Album: Park Life. Happy Birthday, Damon!
On This Date, October 15th in 1968: Led Zeppelin performed their first concert as a band (after changing their name from The New Yardbirds) at Surrey University in the UK.
If I didn’t have a calendar in front of me I’d swear it was April Fools’ Day, because I just read about a new musical coming to off-Broadway which is based on the true story of the late sixties’ all female rock band, The Shaggs. For those unfamiliar with this pop cultural phenomenon, the band was composed of sisters Dorothy “Dot” Wiggin (vocals/lead guitar), Betty Wiggin (vocals/rhythm guitar), Helen Wiggin (drums), and later Rachel Wiggin (bass). The Shaggs were formed by Dot, Betty, and Helen in 1968 on the insistence of their father, Austin Wiggin, who believed that his mother foresaw the band’s rise to stardom.
Continue reading Shaggs: Philosophy of The World Comes to the Off Broadway Stage!
Today, March 16th, 2008 marks the 40th Anniversary of the first show performed by the original band called Alice Cooper after changing their name from The Nazz. Happy Anniversary guys!
