Scott Schinder tribute at Mercury Lounge NYC tomorrow (Wed., 8/23) 6:30 - 8:30pm

Marshall Crenshaw just posted this on social media:

Hey, Folks..
I know it's short notice but.. I'm on this show tomorrow night, in honor of my good friend Scott Schinder, who has left the building..
I only have this little lo-res poster for it, but it's at the Mercury Lounge in NYC. Admission is FREE.

The talent line-up is:
Yo La Tengo
Laura Cantrell
Health and Happiness Show
Vickie Petersen
Lauren Agnelli
George Usher
Mary Lee Cortes
Tammy Faye Starlight
Amy Allison
Steve Almaas
Glenn Morrow
Marshall Crenshaw

Here's a good article about Scott:
[www.njarts.net]



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/22/2023 11:37AM by belfast.

I'll be there to thank Scott for all the fine work he did for Trouser Press

Here are some (most) of the diverse artists Scott knowledgably wrote about for the Trouser Press Record Guides (Schinder's List?).

Many of them were represented in some form last night.

10,000 Maniacs, 5.6.7.8’s, Absolute Grey, Age of Chance, Alarm, Alex Chilton, Balaam and the Angel, Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, Beat Farmers, Beautiful South, Bevis Frond, Big Country, Billy Childish, Blackbird, Blood Oranges, Blue Aeroplanes, Blue Hippos, BoDeans, Bongos, Boy George, Camper Van Beethoven, Cat Heads, Chemical People, Chesterfield Kings, Chills, Chris Cacavas and Junk Yard Love, Cocteau Twins, Connells, Coolies, Cynics, Dave Edmunds, David Johansen, dB’s, Dentists, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Don Dixon, Donner Party, Drivin’ n’ Cryin’, Easterhouse, Fetchin Bones, Fischer-Z, Flaming Lips, Flying Color, Friggs, G.W. McLennan, Gibson Brothers, Golden Palominos, Guadalcanal Diary, Haircut One Hundred, Happy Flowers, High Llamas, Housemartins, Jayhawks, Jimmy Silva, Jonathan Richman, Julian Cope, Katrina and the Waves, Leopards, Liquor Giants, Long Ryders, Madness, Martha and the Muffins, Men They Couldn’t Hang, Menster Phip and the Phipsters, Microdisney, Mink DeVille, Minus 5, Monks of Doom, Moodists, Mummies, My Dad Is Dead, Only Ones, Pandoras, Plasticland, Plimsouls, Rain Parade, Redd Kross, Reegs, Robert Forster, Robert Wyatt, Roy Loney, Run On, Sam Phillips, Scruffy the Cat, Silos, Steppes, Stump, Supersnazz, Swimming Pool Q’s, Swingin’ Neckbreakers, Teengenerate, Thelonious Monster, Timbuk 3, Tiny Lights, Trip Shakespeare, Walkabouts, We’ve Got a Fuzzbox and We’re Gonna Use It, When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, Windbreakers, Wreckless Eric, Wygals, Yo La Tengo, Young Fresh Fellows, Zantees, Zeitgeist

Wow, a great legacy. I was in Maine but would have loved to attend the tribute gig if I had been near New York!