All-star benefit for proto-Fug Tuli Kupferberg in Brooklyn
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/01/all-star_benefi.php
By Julia
Jan. 9 2010
On January 22, St. Ann's Warehouse will be hosting a benefit concert
to help pay medical expenses for Tuli Kupferberg, the anti-war poet
and all around wiseass who co-founded local heroes the Fugs.
Whether because of their political activism (Kupferberg was arrested
trying to levitate the Pentagon, which earned him a spot in Norman
Mailer's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Armies of the Night), or because
of top 40-unfriendly songs like "Coca-Cola Douche," the Fugs didn't
spend a lot of time on Ed Sullivan. They were a huge influence on
what later became indie music, as well as the work of icons Frank
Zappa and the Velvet Underground. He was in this space as recently as
last Monday, when Tony's Clip Jobs revisited a happening in 1966
Tompkins Square Park.
Kupferberg suffered two strokes last year, which left him, at 86,
mostly blind and in need of nursing which isn't covered by Medicare.
So far, Lou Reed, Philip Glass, John Zorn, Richard Belzer, Sonic
Youth, members of the Holy Modal Rounders and the Fugs are scheduled
to play. Tickets are $75-$125 and are available here, or call (718) 254.8779.
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LOU REED, PHILIP GLASS, JOHN ZORN, SONIC YOUTH, GARY LUCAS, RICHARD
BELZER and Other Luminaries to join THE FUGS for TULI KUPFERBERG
Benefit Concert - January 22nd, 2010 at ST. ANN's WAREHOUSE in Brooklyn
Counter-Culture Icons THE FUGS To Release Stunning New Album 'BE
FREE! FINAL CD (PART 2)' on February 23, 2010
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- LOU REED, PHILIP GLASS, JOHN ZORN,
GARY LUCAS, RICHARD BELZER and SONIC YOUTH will join THE FUGS for a
benefit concert for TULI KUPFERBERG, the Beat poet and original
member of THE FUGS, at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn on January 22,
2010. Mr. Kupferberg, 86, has had two strokes over the last year,
which have left him blind. The tickets for the concert, produced by
HAL WILLNER, will help pay his medical expenses. Others performers
include singer John Kruth; and Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal
Rounders (who also played on early Fugs albums). Tickets are $75 to
$125 and are available at https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/7900805
or (718) 254.8779.
Rock pioneers THE FUGS - the world's first major underground/punk
group - will release their final, and arguably best-ever studio
recording - BE FREE! FINAL CD (PART 2), on February 23, 2010.
BE FREE! delivers 14 tracks of pure sonic joy, from the opening
psych-rocker "Be Free", to the transcendent, chill-inducing closer
"Greenwich Village of My Dreams". Featuring the band's 25-year-strong
lineup of Steve Taylor (guitar and vocals), Coby Batty (drums and
vocals), and co-producer Scott Petito (bass and keyboards) - this is
a monumental recording of two great American poets and songwriters:
founding Fugs Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg. Tuli, unable to join
the band in the studio, recorded his parts on remote equipment from
his Manhattan home.
BE FREE! is a fitting bookend to a remarkable 45-year career. THE
FUGS have had a significant impact on the evolution of rock music,
their influence was apparent in their Village contemporaries Frank
Zappa/Mothers of Invention and The Velvet Underground, just as it is
in today's indie rock and freak folk.
Last November, THE FUGS released five rare concerts and studio
recordings to digital retailers. Ed Sanders will publish a new memoir
covering his time with THE FUGS with Da Capo Press in 2010.
THE FUGS - BE FREE! FINAL CD (PART 2)
Fugs Records - UPC: 188666000463
In Stores February 23, 2010
For ADVANCE MUSIC or more information, please contact Doug
Yoel/Kindred Rhythm: 845.679.2730 ex. 101. promotions@nowforward.com
http://www.facebook.com/TheFugs
SOURCE Now Forward Music
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The Fugs to perform benefit concert for original member
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100108/ENTERTAIN/100109783
By Times Herald-Record
Posted: January 08, 2010
Original member of the Fugs, Tuli Kupferberg, has had two strokes
over the past year, leaving him blind and in need of medical
assistance. So his bandmates, including Woodstock resident Ed
Sanders, will join together for a benefit concert Jan. 22 at St.
Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn.
A host of music and entertainment icons will join them, including Lou
Reed, Philip Glass, John Zorn, Gary Lucas, Richard Belzer and Sonic Youth.
Tickets are $75 to $125 and will go toward Kupferberg's medical
expenses. They're available by calling 718-254-8779 or visiting
www.ovationtix.com.
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Lou Reed and Friends to Play Benefit for Tuli Kupferberg
By BEN SISARIO
January 6, 2010
Lou Reed, John Zorn, Sonic Youth and others will play a benefit
concert for Tuli Kupferberg (left), the Beat poet and original member
of the Fugs, at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn on Jan. 22. Mr.
Kupferberg, 86, has had two strokes over the last year, which have
left him blind although he still manages to regularly post video
jokes to YouTube and the tickets for the concert, which is being
produced by Hal Willner, will help pay his medical expenses. Among
the others performers are the singer John Kruth; Ed Sanders, Mr.
Kupferberg's fellow Fug; and Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal
Rounders (who also played on early Fugs albums). Tickets are $75 to
$125 and are available at stannswarehouse.org or (718) 254.8779.
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