I’ve been a bad boy, abandoning Underground Thursday for a couple of weeks. So I’m coming back with a bang, starting with “Major”, a knockout song from soulful indie pop band The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, plus a bunch more of my favorite all-time indie (and not so indie) videos. Also, tomorrow night, Friday, July 29, I will be DJing at the Lush & Lively cocktail hour at the Time Out New York Lounge at New World Stages 340 West 50th Street (between 8th & 9th Ave) from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The music emphasizes horns and strings, so there will be jazz (classic and “nu”), latin, international orchestral and big band pop and – of course – lots and lots of disco. The Cosmo special is only $3 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, and there are $5 drink specials until 9:00 PM.
A whole bunch of videos after the jump.
Here’s “Major” (and it is):
A song I love so much it’s practically my theme song, “Lay My Love” by Brian Eno & John Cale:
On the same level is Saint Etienne’s reinvention of Gary Numan’s “Stormtrooper in Drag”, with one of the most stunning, abstract YouTube videos EVER — this sums up my visual and musical sensibility in one sprawling package:
Another favorite, “John Cage Bubblegum” by Stereolab; love John Cage, love bubblegum rock, love Stereolab!
R.E.M., led by queer trailblazer Michael Stipe, and the epic “Discoverer”:
Punk is key for me and “Turn on the Light” by Bad Religion is about as good as it gets:
David Bowie a huge influence, and “The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)” is his experimental best:
And my roots (ahem) also include the fantastic, sexy post-punk performance artist Fad Gadget
About Jonathan Warman
JONATHAN WARMAN is a writer, editor and stage director residing in New York City. He was the exclusive theater critic for the New York Blade. Previous to that, he was Associate Editor of HX Magazine, the original weekly gay nightlife guide, where he was also their exclusive theater critic. Also, recently, he has done line editing for the Post War & Contemporary and Old Masters departments of Christie’s Auction House. In the late 1990s he was Managing Editor of Western European Stages, the leading American journal of contemporary Western European Theater.
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MEGA Underground Thursday: “Major” by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Lush & Lively, and Jonathan Warman’s musical DNA
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