Oh coming off a high from the premiere of Downtown Calling!  We’ve been pretty vocal about our obsession with New York “back in the day,” but when it comes to this particular interest we can always learn (and obsess) a little bit more….

Going into the theatre we anticipated the interviews with icons like Deborah Harry, Fab Five Freddy and Maripol.  However the documentary really dug deeper into the  “underground”  by consulting lesser known luminaries like Cynthia Sley and James Chance.   So today at the studio we’re downloading their music- the Bush Tetras and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks!  Also, we really liked hearing the insight and hindsight from other filmmakers of that era, such as Michael Holman, screenwriter for Basquiat and Henry Chalfant, co-producer of the 1983 graffiti documentary Style Wars.

Speaking of back in the day and Style Wars…Around the time Ce Ce moved to NY (mid 90s), she was photographed with Henry Chalfant for Ego Trip magazine.  The fashion story was about Henry and his friend Sarah, the good guys, having a “style war” against Ce Ce and Noah, the bad guys.  And there’s a fight between two Asian girls.  Guess who wins?

Here’s some images from that 1998 issue of Ego Trip.