We are excited to announce that WESU is co-sponsoring a talk by Ian MacKaye at the Center for the Arts Hall, located at 287 Washington Terrace in Middletown, CT. This event will take place February 27th at 8 PM. It will be free and open to the public. Be sure to show up early to make sure you can get a seat. The talk will be made up entirely of questions and answers, so please think of questions in advance!
Ian MacKaye is co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, an independent Washington D.C.-based label that has existed since 1980. He has been lead singer, songwriter, bassist and guitarist for world-changing rockbands The Teen Idles, Minor Threat, Embrace, Fugazi, and The Evens. His latest album with The Evens, The Odds was released on November 20, 2012. The Needle Drop's Anthony Fantano (past WESU lecture guest) describes the concoction, "great songwriting, strong messages, and tight playing are the main ingredients." An awe-inspiring documentary about his band Fugazi, Instrument directed by Wesleyan alum Jem Cohen was released in 1999. It shows the band playing at such locations as prisons and college gyms, and getting interviewed by an eighth-grade girl on public access TV.
When Fugazi was just getting started, they played at least two shows at Eclectic and even crashed at my house on Fountain Avenue after one show. This would have been in 1987 or 1988.
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool Stephen! Hopefully you'll be able to make it back to campus for the Q & A.
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