Columbia Bands

Needle Dik, Cabaret

April 22 (year unknown)
Flyer courtesy of Dik Peters

Needle Dik, So What, Cabaret

October 26 (year unknown)
Flyer courtesy of Dik Peters

Needle Dik, Tramps

September 11 (year unknown)
Flyer courtesy of Dik Peters

Needle Dik, Cabaret

April 22 (year unknown)
Flyer courtesy of Dik Peters

Jimmy Dawkins Blues Band, Needle Dik, Tramps

Saturday, February 16, 1980
Flyer courtesy of Dik Peters

Needle Dik, Carman

September 1 (year unknown)
Flyer courtesy of Dik Peters

Needle Dik, Max's Kansas City

Thursday, May 7, 1981
Flyer courtesy of Dik Peters

Needle Dik, Cabaret

October 26 (year unknown)
Flyer courtesy of Dik Peters

Needle Dik, Cabaret

April 14 (year unknown)
Flyer courtesy of Dik Peters

Needle Dik, Dan Lynch Blues Bar

Thursday, March 19, 1981
Flyer courtesy of Dik Peters

This flyer is also posted to the Columbia Bands page on Facebook, where previously posted flyers on the Columbia Bands website will soon be archived.

Casuals, Needle Dik, Kenny the Wildman, Earl Hall

Friday, July 13, 1979
Flyer courtesy of Jesse Nahan, who adds that "the poster is probably by Kevin Trainor. The Chicken Little and Skylab Boogie referred to the panic about Skylab or pieces of it falling out of orbit that month."

This flyer is also posted to the Columbia Bands page on Facebook, where previously posted flyers on the Columbia Bands website will soon be archived.

Exhibition on the history of the campus music scene

CU Records, a student group devoted to promoting the current campus music scene, is putting together an exhibition on the history of the Columbia University music scene from the late '60s to today. The exhibition will be displayed at an event held in Roone Arledge Auditorium on October 18, 2015, the night of homecoming. The organizers hope to offer live performances, "old posters and artifacts," and a "short, Ken Burns-style documentary" on that evening.

Caleb Oldham, one of the organizers, contacted me through the Columbia Bands website, and over coffee at the Hungarian we discussed the late '70s to mid-'80s in broad strokes. He'd like many more details, especially from musicians and gig/concert organizers but also from other folks who have strong memories of that period. If you’d like to help, you can contact Caleb at CAO2140 [at] Columbia.edu.

Casuals on SoundCloud

Courtesy of David Pannett, three Casuals songs — "(Don't) Ripple My Lake," "Tokens of Love," and "Who Stole the Family Jewels" — can be heard on SoundCloud:

https://SoundCloud.com/david-pannett/dont-ripple-my-lake

When Art Rocked: San Francisco Music Posters, 1966-1971

The history of the psychedelic rock poster, via Boing Boing: www.BoingBoing.net/2014/10/14/when-art-rocked.html

No-Hit Wonders Get Fresh Shot at Fame

Needle Dik and Special Guests are featured in this profile of CollegeBand Inc. in the weekend edition of The Wall Street Journal. Heads-up courtesy of Marshall St. Clair.

"She Loved Me in Shower Number Two"

A reader who attended Columbia in the late '70s is trying to remember the name of a campus band: "They played Grateful Dead style music and had an original song 'She Loved Me in Shower Number Two' that was funny and popular. It was about being in a co-ed dorm with shared showers. Ring any bells?"

Lawn Service, Sherman and the Bureaucrats, Blue Rose

Thursday, March 7. 1985
Flyer courtesy of Mark Satlof

Lawn Service, Burning Giraffe, Curving Dog, Flavor Chamber, River Hall

Saturday, April 26, 1986
Flyer courtesy of Mark Satlof

Lawn Service, Harold Neuhauser, East Campus

Friday, March 22, 1985
Flyer courtesy of Mark Satlof

dB's, Del Fuegos, Leap of Faith, Columbia Steps

Sunday, September 2, 1984
Flyer courtesy of Mark Satlof

Stir by Still, Flavor Chamber, Lawn Service, River Hall

Saturday, October 26, 1985
Flyer courtesy of Mark Satlof

Lawn Service, The Blue Rose

Wednesday, November 28, 1984
Flyer courtesy of Mark Satlof

Ex-Husbands, The Ritz

Thursday, March 12, 1981
Flyer courtesy of William Wilfong

Ex-Husbands, Malibu Dolphins, BHR

Some Friday in the spring of 1980
Flyer courtesy of William Wilfong

Ex-Husbands, CBGB

Sunday, April 27, 1980
Flyer courtesy of William Wilfong