Big doins in NYC

sars · Post by **sars** » 28 Mar 2007 01:32

Please post order information for the catalogue as soon as you know it! Also, will the items for sale be posted online, or do you have to go in person to see and order?

bobbldr · Post by **bobbldr** » 28 Mar 2007 03:06

mr. star minuta, It is definetly worth the wait... keep checking eBay. It isn't very rare.
And as NYC is a scant 3 hour drive for me, I'll be checking out the Velvets stuff... see you there, Lou!

sal mercuri · Post by **sal mercuri** » 28 Mar 2007 03:40

sars wrote:Please post order information for the catalogue as soon as you know it! Also, will the items for sale be posted online, or do you have to go in person to see and order?

I will. I don't know if the gallery will make any of the pieces availabe online. I doubt it, though.

arjan · Post by **arjan** » 04 Apr 2007 10:18

Additional info for people who still remember Bettie Serveert: their ex-drummer Berend Dubbe, a huge Velvets fan and driving force behind their V.U. covers tour and Bettie Serveert Plays Venus in Furs and Other Velvet Underground Songs live CD, is to play a V.U. covers set at the exhibit.

The original Dutch news item (off the Nationaal Popinstituut website, http://www.popinstituut.nl/nieuws/beren ... .5201.html):

Nationaal Popinstituut wrote:Berend Dubbe speelt op feestje Velvet Underground

3 april 2007

Berend Dubbe gaat komende week optreden tijdens de opening van een expositie in New York ter gelegenheid van de veertigste verjaardag van het album The Velvet Underground & Nico. Dubbe zal in het bijzijn van Velvet Underground-leden Lou Reed, John Cale, Maureen Tucker en Doug Yule tien nummers spelen van deze legendarische Amerikaanse band.

?Ik treed op onder de naam Bud Benderbe Esq.?, vertelt Dubbe, ex-drummer van Bettie Serveert en actief in Bauer én groot fan van de Velvet Underground. De stijl waarin de liedjes worden gespeeld omschrijft hij als soft jazz, original lounge, crooner, Caribbean en schlager. ?Ik doe het met een keyboard en geluidsband. Echt German-style. Ik heb het optreden te danken aan mijn goede vriend Johan Kugelberg, die één van de curatoren is van de tentoonstelling.? Ter gelegenheid van de expositie wordt er in een kleine oplage een cd gemaakt die gratis wordt weggeven tijdens de show. ?Later zal er een limited edition vinylversie uitkomen. En naast het optreden in New York zijn er ook plannen om hiermee in Tokio op te gaan treden?, aldus Dubbe.

Ziet hij er naar uit om zijn helden te ontmoeten? Dubbe lachend: "Ik denk niet dat ze na m'n optreden iets met me te maken willen hebben!"

De tentoonstelling is van 12 april tot en met 12 mei te zien in John McWhinnie @ Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 50? East 64th street in New York. Het album Velvet Underground & Nico is het klassieke debuutalbum van de legendarische New Yorkse band, met de beroemde banaanhoes van Andy Warhol. Op de expo is een grote verzameling Velvet Undeground memorabilia te zien, met zeldzame posters, foto?s, artwork, boeken, advertenties, enzovoort.

Key bits for the very few among you who cannot read Dutch:

"[Dubbe] describes the style in which the songs will be performed as 'soft jazz, original lounge, crooner, Carribean and Schlager'".

"Is [Dubbe] anxious to meet his heroes? Dubbe, laughing: 'I don't think they'll want anything to do with me anymore after hearing my set'".

Thought you'd like to know

The good news, though, as far as I can gather from this news clip, is that Reed, Cale, Tucker and Yule are all to visit the exhibition and are all to attend Dubbe's set, together in the same room!

Best bring along your banana monos and perhaps your Loaded:Fully Loaded copy, maybe you can get both Yule and Cale to sign it

sars · Post by **sars** » 04 Apr 2007 21:34

Okay, so I'm guessing from that article that the performance is during the reception on the 12th, but the general public isn't allowed in at all that day?

Also, is their an admission price to see this?

sal mercuri · Post by **sal mercuri** » 04 Apr 2007 23:19

sars wrote:Okay, so I'm guessing from that article that the performance is during the reception on the 12th, but the general public isn't allowed in at all that day?

Also, is their an admission price to see this?

The reception on April 12 is not open to the public. The show runs from April 13 - May 12 and there is no admission fee.

Sal

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 06 Apr 2007 08:18

What are the hours?

Jez · Post by **Jez** » 10 Apr 2007 14:23

There's a bit more info here:

http://www.johnmcwhinnie.com/currentexh ... index.html

My wife actually priced-up how much it would cost for me to go to this -bless her. But at ?600+, just for flights and accomodation, I think I'm going to have to give it a miss. I will try and get a catalogue though.

For all those of you who are going, have a great time and please let the rest of us know what it was like. I'm green with envy.

sal mercuri · Post by **sal mercuri** » 13 Apr 2007 17:29

For those of you who missed it...here's a shot from last night's opening. It was a great turnout capped by an historic photo-op.

Sal

sal mercuri · Post by **sal mercuri** » 13 Apr 2007 17:41

here's another.