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Times Square Press Folder
FacebookTwitterTumblrRedditPinterestGoogleEmailAt least that’s what it was called when I got it. It’s only a folder though in the sense that it’s folded, not that it contained something else like the press kits which have pockets to hold papers and photos. This is just a big piece of heavy glossy stock, folded over. It’s not really…
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“Times Square isn’t a punk picture”
FacebookTwitterTumblrRedditPinterestGoogleEmail Magazines are dated ahead by their publishers to try to keep them on the stands longer than their competitors. The date on a magazine usually refers to when it is supposed to be replaced by the next issue, not when it actually comes out. Anyway, although this issue of Prevue was probably still…
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“TIMES SQUARE ‘package’ due shortly”
FacebookTwitterTumblrRedditPinterestGoogleEmail Even the culturally barren industrial wasteland of Northeast Ohio was receiving word of the impending great event. I’m kidding, of course; Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown… this area birthed Pere Ubu, the Dead Boys, and Devo, so it seems right that not only did the August 21 1980 Scene make the release of Times Square…
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The Last Word
FacebookTwitterTumblrRedditPinterestGoogleEmailThe May 1980 issue of Photoplay mentioned Times Square’s production in Ken Johns’ Last Word column. The image of Nicky singing “Damn Dog” in the Cleo Club was later published in at least one more magazine after the film’s release, but I haven’t yet seen it anywhere else, or in color. This was the version…