No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The b-52’s.

Yet talk of difference concealed important ties. Participant and critic Steven Hager would go on to argue that the Club 57 crowd was “more interested in the sort of sensibility embodied by the b-52’s” than its Mudd Club counterpart, preferring grooviness, camp, and color to dissonance, seriousness, and black, yet the b-52s performed at the Mudd Club several times, Fred Schneider worked at the White Street spot, and his cohosting of the “Hawaiian Beach Party” set the tone for future forays into kitsch and irony. Twisting in the other direction, Mudd Club diehards Amos Poe and James Nares screened films at Club 57, the Contortions performed at the St. Mark’s spot long before they debuted on White Street… “Most of the things were extreme and very sexual, gender-bending or campy — a cross between drag shows and social critique,” recalls Diego Cortez, another participant whose social allegiance was never singular. “It was high-level camp and interesting from a theatrical point of view. I went there all the time.” Nor did clichés about drug consumption straightforwardly apply, for while mushrooms were popular on St. Mark’s Place, heroin hardly went down at all on White Street, in part because coke was the drug of choice, in part because of the sheer impracticality of shooting up in a bar. “Early on there was a bit of a rivalry,” observes [Club 57 founder Ann] Magnuson. “But I hesitate to even call it that now, even though I’ve been quoted saying as much.”

— Tim Lawrence, Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 345 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

KC and the Sunshine Band — “That’s the Way (I Like It)” — KC and the Sunshine Band

Gboyega Adelaja — “Funky City” — Colourful Environment

The Elite UFO — “Tarantula” — Surf-Age Nuggets

Charanjit Singh — “Chhailla Babu (From “Chhailla Babu”, 1978)” — Jonny Trunk & Joel Martin Present Bollywood Funk Experience

B-52s — “52 Girls” — DB 45rpm

Prince Far I — “Message From the King” — Message From the King

Wayne Walker — “All I Can Do Is Cry” — Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 7

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Wganda Kenya — “Combate A Kung-Fu” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol.1

THE SECOND SET

The Teacher Haters — “Cut Loose” — Wholesale EP

Noppadol Duangporn — “Yaak (Want)” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3

Sam Gopal — “Cold Embrace” — Deviation Street: High Times in Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou — “Ahouli Vou Yelli” — Albarika Store Archive Vol. 1

The Royal Jokers — “Beatnik” — Beat, Beat, Beatsville! Beatnik Rock ‘n’ Roll

Hùng Cường & Mai Lệ Huyền — “Hờn Anh Giận Em (Jealousy)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Safe As Milk” — It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper

The Lebron Brothers — “Boogaloo Lebron” — Playtime: Pure 70’s Latin Soul & Boogaloo

The Rivingtons — “Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow” — Papa Oom Mow Mow: Rockin’ R&B and Boss Ballads

THE THIRD SET

Don Bruce and The Angels — “Kinuye” — Nigeria 70 Vol. 4: No Wahala – Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987

Ohio Players — “Runnin’ From the Devil” — Fire

Fatoş Balkır, Ve İstanbul Gelişim Orkestrası — “Hey!… Taksi” — Bosporus Bridges 3: A Wide Selection Of Turkish Funk And Jazz

The Crestones — “She’s A Bad Motorcycle” — The Madness Invasion Vol. 2

Al Massrieen — “Bahebek La” — Habibi Funk 006: Modern Music

The Emperors — “Karate [Mono 45 Rpm Version]” — Penniman 45rpm

THE FINAL SET

The Rubies — “Take It Easy Casanova” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 3

Pamelo Mounk’a — “Ngaï Mwana Ya Mana” — Pamelo Mounk’a 

The Velvet Underground — “Rock & Roll (Full-Length Version)” — Loaded

Abdou El Omari — “Raksatoun Fillail” — Nuits D’été Avec Naima Samih (Yellow Album)

Panic Buttons — “Come Out Smokin’” — The Philly Sound Get Down: Funky Philly Instrumentals

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Michael Boddicker — “End Credits (Long Version)” — The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension OST

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