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2 days ago · Stein said that he paid Jean-Michel Basquiat $200 for a painting and added that it was Basquiat’s first painting on a canvas. When Stein admitted that he later sold the painting for $10,000 when he was broke, the crowd groaned. Stein went on to say that he sold several other Basquiat paintings because he needed the money.
3 days ago · The TVD Interview. PHOTO: AXEL DUPEUX | Towards the end of his memoir Under a Rock, which hit shelves on June 11th via St. Martin’s Press, Blondie co-founder Chris Stein reflects: “I remember that back then, Debbie and I never felt we’d quite succeeded, that we’d only attained some cult status; it’s only now in the rearview mirror ...
5 days ago · Chris Stein tells the inside story of the beloved band he co-founded with Debbie Harry in his new memoir, 'Under a Rock'. Chris Stein tells the inside story of the beloved band he co-founded with ...
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3 days ago · UNDER A ROCK; A MEMOIR by CHRIS STEIN. Corsair $40. There's a widespread and understandable belief that the chasm between San Francisco's hippies in the late Sixties and the New Wave kids hanging out at New York's CBGB's in the late Seventies was so wide as to be unbridgeable. Two culture separated by a decade and very different ideas.
Directed by Sheffield Theatres’ Artistic Director Robert Hastie, with irresistible songs of legendary singer-songwriter Richard Hawley and a beautiful, hilarious and gut-wrenching book by Chris Bush, Standing at the Sky’s Edge reveals the history of modern Britain through the stories of the landmark housing estate – a heartfelt ...
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1 day ago · When I interviewed Seymour Stein, the co-founder of Sire Records, the label that signed Talking Heads, he told me that he came up with the expression new wave because the promotion people for Sire were describing Talking Heads as punk. But Stein thought you were, quote, "the furthest thing from punk." Did you feel like the furthest thing from punk?
5 days ago · IN the final series of pieces, your Echo puts the parliamentary candidates vying for your votes under the spotlight. We’ve asked all those seeking for your vote in the General Election to answer the same set of questions to give our readers an insight into their lives and make an informed decision on polling day.
