An interesting recap of the Pump Me Up: D.C. Subculture of the 1980s exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery by Clinton Yates, writer from the Root DC:
What a weekend. It was one thing to watch a couple of D.C. legends on the movie screen talk about their home town. It was another to see many of them together in the same place again. A little grayer, a little slower and a lot wiser. “I hardly recognized you without the hair!” I heard from multiple people, catching up with old friends and acquaintances. Some brought their kids and many broke out their old leathers. The three-day extravaganza
Poster for the “Pump Me Up” exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which features posters created by the Globe Poster Company. (Roger Gastman)started with the opening of “Pump Me Up” at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and ended with the D.C. Funk Punk Jam at 9:30 Club, with a screening of “The Legend Of Cool Disco Dan.” In between, it was an incredible reunion of sorts.
Read the rest at The Washington Post
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