Here's some good ol' fashioned cable access for you. Cable access was/is a channel that cable companies are supposed to provide for noncommercial broadcasting by members of the general public. Kind of a precursor to YouTube only less spontaneous. As you can imagine, the draw of free screen time in the pre-YouTube era attracted some oddballs. there was some stuff of serious merit as well.
On the previous post about Sylvain Sylvain, I linked to a video on YouTube. Some of you might have noticed that in the description at YouTube, the poster mentioned a full length video "Paul Tschinkel's Inner Tube", a compilation of clips from a public access show of the same name. The video has Johnny Thunders (acoustic), the Heartreakers (live) Sylvain, Mink DeVille, Levi and the Rockats, Jayne County, Suicide, the Contortions, 8 Eyed Spy, and the Feelies, among others I can't ID. These are from the late seventies to '81 or so. Most are live clips from small venues.
This Paul Tschinkel was prolific. His YouTube channel has a lot of other music clips, along with a lot of art oriented clips. Basquiat, Koons, Sherman, Schnabel, you get the drift. If you dig art, budget twice as much time.
Paul Tschinkel's Inner Tube at YouTube Johnny Thunders (acoustic), the Heartreakers. Sylvain and the Criminals, Mink DeVille, Levi and the Rockats, Jayne County, Suicide, the Contortions, 8 Eyed Spy, and the Feelies
Paul Tschinkel's Channel at YouTube
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