Night Flight is proud to announce that a “new” collection of completely re-mastered and re-sequenced ‘Best-Of’ New Wave Theatre performances, interviews and Peter Iver’s monologues will be kicking off the Post-Punk Junk Fest tonight at the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood…
The opening of this year’s Post-Punk Junk fest brings the return of Night Flight to the Cinefamily! In the ’80s, overnight TV was completely staid, except for one anarchic alternative: Night Flight. Premiering on the USA Network in ’81, this legendary weekend variety show featured a glorious amalgamation of music videos, short films, cartoons, interviews, concerts, and cult movies — and the cutting-edge, truly original New Wave Theatre. Hosted by the verbose, fun-loving Peter Ivers, NWTwas crammed full of chaotic live performances by So Cal punks and new wavers (Fear, Dead Kennedys, Surburban Lawns), in addition to Dadaist comedy sketches, rapid-fire montages of Hiroshima and outer space, and gonzo monologues preaching optimism for the Nuclear Age (written by crazed visionary producer David Jove.) Running for three years until Ivers’ untimely death, NWT gave the best of what the underground L.A. music scene had to offer, and tonight we present a much-deserved tribute to this unsung slab of video history, as well as a fiery blast of vintage punk-themed Night Flight programming. - Cinefamily
Here’s some classic moments to get u in the mood…
Geza X Interview:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trtx1qhN5A8[/youtube]
Angry Samoans performing “Gas Chamber” & “Not of This Earth”:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ZBBQxrboU[/youtube]
Suburban Lawns performing “Janitor”:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHrZwK-q6Ro[/youtube]
Fear performing “New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones”:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q_odSgDQeE[/youtube]
and a Peter Iver’s genkels-inspired monologue:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwfj2IufUks[/youtube]
