JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT & PLASTICS - Copy - (from "Downtown 81")

Downtown 81 (a.k.a New York Beat Movie) is a fictional film that was shot in 1980-1981.

This film, directed by Edo Bertoglio, written by Glenn O'Brien and produced by Maripol, is a rare real-life snapshot of ultra-hip subculture of post-punk era Manhattan. Starring renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and featuring such early Village artists as James Chance, Amos Poe, Walter Steding, and Tav Falco, the film is a bizarre elliptical urban fairytale.

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[kissolife]

I was living in London, working security at Heaven Ultradisco under Charing Cross Station while going to university there for a year... the 6' 7" straight American lad whose passport was stamped Employment Prohibited. Tuesday nights the place stopped being the largest disco in Europe and they had New Wave nights. The place was packed with folks who'd come out to see Tuxedomoon, and everyone was skinny, dressed in black, and sucking in their cheeks while hugging themselves. Then the Plastics,

[kissolife]

...pretty intensely, their physically massive spontaneous go go boy, half in the shadows. Next thing you know some kids near me started to loosen up and dance, and then a wave rolled across the floor of people dancing like crazy. This is a huge, ancient space with vaulted brick ceilings, spookily lit, and The Plastics were an explosion of color and movement and spastic but solid dance beats. The whole place went ballistic. A beautiful scene... perhaps their greatest performance.

[repelghosts]

the no-talents...good lord kiddies...save yo money...as you reside in a 'dead' country...have and have-nots...we all realize your category...pack of losers...Gemma

[videolover61]

There was no JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT in this video at all. You guys are just bitin' on his name to get more hits. Thumbs down!!

[kissolife]

Then The Plastics hit the stage as the opening band, and the Tuxedomoon fans didn't know what to do. The Plastics were more ferociously pop crazy and incredibly tight, and Chica Sato was far more elegant and electrifying than any of the existing YouTube videos show. It was a wall of sound and motion and beauty, and audience was totally taken off guard. They had sticks up their asses. I was working stage left, halfway up the stage steps, and started to dance along with the music, pretty...