{"id":11749,"date":"2017-04-30T23:58:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T03:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=11749"},"modified":"2020-11-08T08:34:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T13:34:11","slug":"2020-a-place-of-honor-in-the-pylon-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=11749","title":{"rendered":"2020 – A Place Of Honor In The Pylon Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Raise your hand if you have any idea what that title\u2019s about.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hmm\u2026\u2026\u2026I think I see some hands going up in the Peach State.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pylon was an influential Athens, GA, band that I shot twice in the early 1980s: once when they opened for Gang of Four at the Ritz in Manhattan in 1980 and again when they played at Hitsville in Passaic Park, NJ in 1982.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not familiar with them?<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pylon_(band)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Box: https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/music-blog\/athens-band-pylon-to-release-comprehensive-box-set\/BVK4SG5BFVDORLM3YA5HRJP7H4\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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In March 2019, I received an email from Vanessa Briscoe Hay, Pylon\u2019s vocalist, saying that she found a shot of the band that I had taken in an old issue of Trouser Press and wondered what else I had of them because they were \u201cworking their way towards a reissue project\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the TP page and image she found:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because I had shot them from far away at the Ritz when they had almost no light on them, I concentrated on the much-better Hitsville performance images that I shot from almost point-blank range to send to her. I had also done a quick backstage shoot with them and sent those along too (the TP shot that she liked was one of the backstage ones). The Hitsville shots were fun ones with lots of smiles, personality and dirty socks:<\/span><\/p>\n

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And-oh-by-the-way, I also sent the one semi-sort-of-decent dark Ritz one, but only because that show was their first (I think) big New York City gig, opening for a band they really liked. Stuff like that is important to any band.<\/span><\/p>\n

After much discussion, I was very surprised to find out that they really wanted to use the dark Ritz shot. I couldn\u2019t imagine why, but – hey – it\u2019s not my project.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a fair amount of work, the image was put into acceptable shape (though I was still hoping one of the backstage Hitsville shots would get switched in).<\/span><\/p>\n

As the Box came into being, I found out that it would contain 4 reissued VINYL albums and a book\u2026\u2026\u2026.not a booklet<\/em>, but a 200-page hardcover BOOK!<\/span><\/p>\n

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AND MY DARK RITZ SHOT WAS GOING TO BE ITS FRONT COVER PHOTO!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Had they lost their minds?<\/span><\/p>\n

I really wanted to know what the thought process was here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vanessa explains it here in an interview……….note that she was leaf<\/u>ing<\/em>(!) through an old Trouser Press:<\/span><\/p>\n

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But that didn\u2019t explain everything, so let\u2019s dig deeper. It turns out that the band had donated a lot of things to the Special Collections Library at the University of Georgia at Athens, including a drum kit and the dress that Vanessa was wearing in my photo.<\/span><\/p>\n

They took those items and added Pylon member Michael Lachowski\u2019s bass and borrowed the late Randy Bewley\u2019s guitar from his sons and set all these things up at the SCL@UGA to match the band placement setup in my photo and the resultant photo is the book\u2019s back cover image.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As Brady Brock from New West Records (Pylon\u2019s label) says:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey think your photo is the definitive live image of the band. They also love the symmetry of it (we are talking about art school kids after all!). The special collections library has long housed Vanessa’s dress, which she also wears on the back cover of Gyrate as well. It was her favorite during this period. We recreated your set up with the dress and the instruments at the library for the back cover of the book.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vanessa adds:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWell they are mirrors, aren\u2019t they? Your photo and the back photo were chosen by Michael Lachowski, our bassist,\u00a0to reflect each other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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NOW, I get it (finally)\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.and I\u2019m honored.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And now YOU can get it\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.it\u2019s being released today! (I hear that a CD version will be out next March).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just don\u2019t do what this masked man is doing and steal this book (with a respectful nod to Abbie Hoffman)<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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