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The Music Book Podcast047 Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere on Alan VegaOn this episode, Marc talks with Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere, co-authors of “Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega,” a deep and thorough portrait of the man most know as half of the innovative duo Suicide, but who also had an amazing career as a visual artist and poet. Laura and Liz weave a compelling narrative of his life with extended quotes from many people whose lives were affected by him, as well as an amazing wealth of images from along his entire, massively-productive career.As Liz writes, "Alan Vega live...
2024-11-0554 min
C86 Show - Indie PopLaura Davis-Chanin - Student TeachersLaura Davis-Chanin in conversation with David Eastaugh
http://backbeatbooks.com/books/9781617136870
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Infinite-Dreams-Life-Alan-Vega/dp/149307248X
Winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award for Excellence in Writing and named in Billboard's top 10 Music books of 2018 for her book, "The Girl in the Back," Laura is pursuing her second love, writing. Her first love, her daughters, bring her eternal sunshine everyday. Her second book, "I am Michael Alago," about the unique and remarkable person who brought Metallica to the world as well as Nina Simone's last album, was released...
2024-08-081h 11
New Books in Performing ArtsLaura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere, "Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega" (Backbeat Books, 2024)Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega (Backbeat, 2024) by Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere is the first biography on the life of Alan Vega, best known as the co-founder of the punk duo Suicide. In their exhaustive biography Davis-Chanin and Vega's wife of 30 years, Liz Lamere, start with Vega's early life and attempts at astrophysics in college, to his encounter with Iggy Pop that changed his path and encouraged him to become an artist and performer. Infinite Dreams describes Vega’s many experiments across a variety of media, including the partnership with Marty Rev that became Suicide, which challenged audienc...
2024-06-1159 min
New Books in MusicLaura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere, "Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega" (Backbeat Books, 2024)Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega (Backbeat, 2024) by Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere is the first biography on the life of Alan Vega, best known as the co-founder of the punk duo Suicide. In their exhaustive biography Davis-Chanin and Vega's wife of 30 years, Liz Lamere, start with Vega's early life and attempts at astrophysics in college, to his encounter with Iggy Pop that changed his path and encouraged him to become an artist and performer. Infinite Dreams describes Vega’s many experiments across a variety of media, including the partnership with Marty Rev that became Suicide, which challenged audienc...
2024-06-1159 min
New Books in Popular CultureLaura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere, "Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega" (Backbeat Books, 2024)Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega (Backbeat, 2024) by Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere is the first biography on the life of Alan Vega, best known as the co-founder of the punk duo Suicide. In their exhaustive biography Davis-Chanin and Vega's wife of 30 years, Liz Lamere, start with Vega's early life and attempts at astrophysics in college, to his encounter with Iggy Pop that changed his path and encouraged him to become an artist and performer. Infinite Dreams describes Vega’s many experiments across a variety of media, including the partnership with Marty Rev that became Suicide, which challenged audienc...
2024-06-1159 min
New Books in Biography & MemoirLaura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere, "Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega" (Backbeat Books, 2024)Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega (Backbeat, 2024) by Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere is the first biography on the life of Alan Vega, best known as the co-founder of the punk duo Suicide. In their exhaustive biography Davis-Chanin and Vega's wife of 30 years, Liz Lamere, start with Vega's early life and attempts at astrophysics in college, to his encounter with Iggy Pop that changed his path and encouraged him to become an artist and performer. Infinite Dreams describes Vega’s many experiments across a variety of media, including the partnership with Marty Rev that became Suicide, which challenged audienc...
2024-06-1159 min
Lived Through ThatEpisode 56 - Laura Davis-Chanin from the Student Teachers“Lived Through That” is the companion podcast to my book where I look at influential musicians of the 80s and 90s and where they are today. On this podcast, we’ll delve deeper into a single pivotal moment in the lives of some of the artists I feature in that book, as well as other artists I love and admire. The stories they tell are open, honest, and inspiring.This week, I am excited to bring you Laura Davis-Chanin from the band The Student Teachers. They were a small band in New York City back in the late 19...
2024-03-2725 min
jack and emily play the hits!episode 16 - don't take emily and jack's word for itit's a READING RAINBOW as we riff on 3 or 4 or 5 music books we've recently finished, none of which is "scar tissue" by anthony kiedis.
the audio on this one is a touch natty in places! but the content, oh the content... oh the sweet, sweet literary content...
jack read "go ahead in the rain" by hanif abdurraqib. it's good and you can purchase it here: https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477316481
emily read "the girl in the back: a female drummer's life with bowie, blondie, and...
2023-04-211h 13
Roadie Free Radio301: RFR Rewind: Laura Davis-Chanin | What Do You Really Want Laura Davis-Chanin is a founding member of the band the Student Teachers, and the author of the book about her experiences in the NY punk scene, The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer's Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the '70s Rock Scene. After being diagnosed with MS at the age of nineteen, she left Rock ‘n’ Roll and returned to school and eventually became a lawyer. Her love of writing was always constant, and since leaving law behind and finishing The Girl in the Back, she is working on the autobiography of Michael Alago...
2022-07-1407 minRoadie Free Radio295: RFR Rewind: Laura Davis-Chanin | I Had To Write ItLaura Davis-Chanin is a founding member of the band the Student Teachers, and the author of the book about her experiences in the NY punk scene, The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer's Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the '70s Rock Scene. After being diagnosed with MS at the age of nineteen, she left Rock ‘n’ Roll and returned to school and eventually became a lawyer. Her love of writing was always constant, and since leaving law behind and finishing The Girl in the Back, she is working on the autobiography of Michael Alago, a uniq...
2022-06-2308 min
This Is Not A BitLaura Davis-Chanin and Michael Alago (co-writers of “I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music. Signing Metallica. Beating Death.”Michael Alago and Laura Davis-Chanin have both lived rock ’n' roll from a unique insider’s perspective. As an A&R executive for Elektra Records starting in the early ‘80s, Michael signed such bands as Metallica and White Zombie to their first major label contracts, as well as signing veteran artists like John Lydon/Public Image Ltd., Cyndi Lauper, Nina Simone and many others. Laura was the drummer in the seminal New York City punk band The Student Teachers, opening for artists like Iggy Pop and MC5, and she co-wrote multiple songs for Blondie. Michael and Laura met during the prime...
2022-03-0351 min
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy PodcastPretty Much Pop #84: Musician Memoirs w/ Laura Davis-ChaninMark, Erica, Brian, and guest memoir author Laura talk about the appeal of this type of book whose production has exploded in recent years. We each read a book, covering Elvis Costello, Carrie Brownstein, Ozzy Osbourne, and Debby Harry respectively. How are these better than a film depiction or documentary biography?
For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop.
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2021-03-1500 min
Pretty Much Pop: A Culture PodcastPMP#84: Musician Memoirs w/ Laura Davis-ChaninMark, Erica, Brian, and guest memoir author Laura talk about the appeal of this type of book whose production has exploded in recent years. We each read a book, covering Elvis Costello, Carrie Brownstein, Ozzy Osbourne, and Debby Harry respectively. How are these better than a film depiction or documentary biography?
For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop.
Sponsors: Get 15% off your personal safety alarm at ShesBirdie.com/PRETTY. Get premium wireless for $15/month at MintMobile.com/PRETTY.
2021-03-0348 min
Roadie Free Radio129: LAURA DAVIS-CHANIN/Drummer, Author/The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer's Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the '70s Rock Scene iTunes Spotify Youtube Patreon Laura Davis-Chanin is a founding member of the band the Student Teachers, and the author of the book about her experiences in the NY punk scene, The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer's Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the '70s Rock Scene. After being diagnosed with MS at the age of nineteen, she left Rock ‘n’ Roll and returned to school and eventually became a lawyer. Her love of writing was always constant, and since leaving law behind and finishing The Girl in the Back, she is working on the autobiography of Michael A...
2019-04-011h 32
Give and TakeEpisode 154: The Girl In The Back, with Laura Davis-ChaninMy guest is Laura Davis-Chanin. Her new book is The Girl In The Back: A Female Drummer's Life with Bowie, Blondie and the '70s Rock Scene. Nineteen seventy-seven. New York City. Dark. Dangerous. Thrilling. Punk Rock. Blondie. David Bowie. Drinking. Drugs. Happening at the speed of light. Seventeen-year old Laura quaking within her skin while the bursting punk rock revolution explodes around her starts a band with her teenage friends called the Student Teachers. She's the drummer. They play legendary clubs CBGB and Max's Kansas City. They rehearse madly write songs and tour the East Coast, all between...
2019-03-2343 min
Roadie Free Radio121: CHIP AUCHINCLOSS/Monitor Engineer, Backline Tech/Sony Hall, Silversun Pickups, Dirty Projectors, Childish Gambino, Soulive iTunes Spotify Youtube Patreon Chip Auchincloss is a Monitor Engineer and Backline Tech based in Brooklyn, N.Y., who’s spent the last 20 years living his dream of working in the live sound industry. I met with Chip at his Brooklyn studio where we dove deep into his upbringing in Philadelphia, his obsession with concerts, and the crazy coincidence of our family connection. Over the years he has toured with artists ranging from Dirty Projectors, Silversun Pickups, The New Pornographers, Regina Spektor, and many more. He’s also worked as a house engineer at several venues including So...
2019-02-041h 16
Phi FicPhi Fic #26 The Machine Stops by E. M. ForsterCezary Baraniecki, Laura Davis-Chanin, Nathaniel Hanks, Daniel Johnson, and Jennifer Tejada discuss the novel.
2019-01-241h 24
Phi FicPhi Fic #26 The Machine Stops by E. M. ForsterCezary Baraniecki, Laura Davis-Chanin, Nathaniel Hanks, Daniel Johnson, and Jennifer Tejada discuss the novel.
2019-01-241h 24Phi FicPhi Fic #25 At The Mountains Of Madness by H. P. LovecraftLaura Davis-Chanin, Nathaniel Hanks, Daniel Johnson, Mark Linsenmayer, and Jennifer Tejada discuss the novel. Support through Patreon or directly contact us at phificpodcast@gmail.com
2018-11-272h 02
Phi FicPhi Fic #25 At The Mountains Of Madness by H. P. LovecraftLaura Davis-Chanin, Nathaniel Hanks, Daniel Johnson, Mark Linsenmayer, and Jennifer Tejada discuss the novel. Support through Patreon or directly contact us at phificpodcast@gmail.com
2018-11-272h 02
Nakedly Examined Music PodcastNEM#84: Laura Davis Was “The Girl in the Back” (of the Student Teachers)Laura Davis-Chanin, now a lawyer whom you may know from the Phi Fic podcast, drummed in the late ’70s with an NYC punk band called The Student Teachers and has written about that experience, in which she became friends with David Bowie and dated Jimmy Destri (keyboardist for Blondie), in The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer’s Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the ’70s Rock Scene (2018).
We discuss the book and listen to some songs now released on Invitation to The Student Teachers (2013): “Looks,” “Christmas Weather,” plus as an intro, “Channel 13.” Laura also co-wrote lyrics to two Blondie son...
2018-10-111h 01