Monday, January 31, 2011

1972 Ads: Villageast

1972 Voice ads for the Villageast, a.k.a. Village East, the successor to the Fillmore East.  Any similarity to Jeremiah VNY's post today on the Village East movie theater a few blocks uptown (previously the Yiddish Folks Theater, the Phoenix, the Gayety, the Eden, and the Entermedia) is purely coincidental!  I'm reminded of the time I first heard a reference to a rock venue called the Village East, when Bob Gruen mentioned the 12/23/72 Dolls/Teenage Lust/Magic Tramps show in the commentary of his All Dolled Up DVD.  At the time I wasn't sure what the immediate post-Fillmore East incarnations of the building were called, and was confused enough to wonder if he was referring to the former Yiddish Folks.


5/4 and 6/15/72 issues, full-age ad.

6/22/72 issue.


8/31/72 issue.



11/2/72 issue--full-page and originally printed sideways.

11/9/72 issue.

12/14/72 issue.

12/14/72 issue.

12/21/72 issue.



12/21/72 issue.



12/21/72 "Cheap Thrills" column.

12/28/72 issue.


12/28/72 issue.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

1972 Ads: Mercer Arts Center

Selected 1972 Voice ads for the Mercer Arts Center.  See more Mercer N.Y. Dolls ads here.

5/11/72 issue.
5/18/72 "Riffs" column.


6/22/72 issue.

6/29/72 issue.



8/3/72 issue.

8/10/72 issue.


8/24/72 "Riffs" column.  St. Adrian's managed to hold on until October; here's an article about its closing from the 10/19/72 issue.  See also an article about the deplorable living conditions at the University Hotel (a.k.a. the Broadway Central) in the 11/2/72 issue.


9/28/72 issue.  "Official"-looking ads like this, replete with logo, didn't seem to start appearing until the fall issues.

9/28/72 issue.

9/28/72 issue.

10/5/72 issue. 

10/5/72 issue.

10/5/72 issue.
10/12/72 issue.  Separate ads were usually run in both the "cafes/clubs/coffeehouses" section and the theater pages, but in this issue I only spotted one ad in the theater section.


10/19/72 issue.




11/2/72 issue.
11/9/72 issue.  The article above this ad was a "Cheap Thrills" column about the beginnings of the ABC In Concert tv program.


11/9/72 issue.




11/9/72 "Riffs" column.

11/16/72 issue.


11/16/72 issue.


11/16/72 "Scenes" column.


11/23/72 issue.

12/7/72 issue.

12/7/72 issue.

12/7/72 issue.

12/14/72 issue.


12/14/72 issue.

12/21/72 issue.

12/21/72 issue.





12/28/72 issue.

12/28/72 issue.

12/28/72 issue.