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HAIR

i watched HAIR last night on the HBO Family channel. it was trippy. it took me back to the first time I saw HAIR. at someone's loft on Bond Street in the village. they were projecting it onto a wall and it was about 1994. i think Carlos the club promoter was housesitting and i was there with Bobbito, i think stretch, and some other downtown heads/personalities as HAIR played in the background and we took in the evening. I dont remember the story only the images that flashed on the wall of the apartment/loft, so was surprised to discover last night as i read the opening credits that barnard alum Twyla Tharp choreographed the movie. and damn, has anyone seen the opening dance number to "age of aquarius" ?? is way trippy - magical even and i may have had an actual flashback as I retold the story of my first viewing to my hubby.

woke up this morning thinking of other inner sanctums ./experiences/ moments i lived in the 90s. not in the clubs, we often rehash those stories, but in peoples homes in new york city. it doesnt happen much in a city where most live in shoebox apartments (the rent is too damn high!) and didnt happen for me, a 19 year old that went from dorm in morningside heights to club and maybe fatbeats, wash square park, phat farm, or footwork exclusively. but those moments for instance in our apartment on bleeker and macdougal when jamie c and harold hunter battled to see who could memorize the most lyrics to 'verbal intercourse' on first listen. or listening to liquid swords for the first time and marveling at rza as his production went decisively off track. there are more funny private escapades that will one day be told/sold:), but the tangential conversation i remember from that late night watching HAIR was about bush and whether shaven or unshaven was preferred. this was 94, the brazillian was just about to hit the streets of new york - hard... i still remember the conversation. this week, tangential conversations about hair have involved sesame street characters performing "i love my hair" and akiba brilliantly suggesting elmo record the response,"i too love your hair", and my husband admitting that he likes unshaven legs. since pants season is upon us, i may just try it out. trippy... :)

dance sequence begins about 2 mins in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhbxI5eVnM4

posted by z.a.k. @ 8:04 AM