Let's Go to The Rat: a documentary

by Andrew Szava-Kovats

Overview

Book version of the Documentary Movie: "Let's Go to The Rat" - about the birth of Punk culture in the Boston nightclub "The Rathskeller" also known as "The Rat"
It includes a transcription of the movie dialog, along with still frames from the movie, and additional commentary and photos.
Includes bands like Willie Alexander, The Neighborhoods, Angry Young Bees, Big Catholic Guilt, Lizzie Borden and the Axes and more...
Here them tell the story of most famous nightclub in Boston, from the 1970s to the 1990s.
The Nook version does not have all the additional materials in printed paperback version.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151289320
Publisher:	True Age Media
Publication date:	03/21/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	212
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

About the Author:

Biography:

Andrew Szava-Kovats, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1957) to Hungarian immigrants, has been active in various arts (including cooking) all his life.

He began cooking at age 3, and always loved the kitchen, but not the heat. He's been tinkering with cooking ever since. His approach has always been to improvise on recipes, rather than follow them. He has never been good at taking direction!

Not to be pigeon-holed, Andrew's many interests have lead him to pursue many different artistic expressions. With a BA in Philosophy, what else would he do?

In the 1970s, Andrew took up painting and visual arts. In the 1990s he developed his signature style: “Quadretti”, which combined concepts from computer art and tile art with a textural, painterly approach to oil painting.

In the 1980s, Andrew was highly active in the “Underground Music Network,” and since then has produced more than 70 records, which have appeared on labels in Belgium, France, Germany, Brazil, Portugal and the USA. He also founded his own record label.

With the new millennium, Andrew expanded his interests into video production. Beginning with music videos to accompany his music, by 2009 he branched out into documentaries. The first one was “Grindstone Redux” – about the 1980s music scene. This was followed by “The Last Farm in Lowell.” Funded by the Massachusetts Arts Council, it portrayed a local farm that has been an institution in Lowell. It was followed by “The Last Pow-Wow Oak” - also funded by the Arts Council, it's an historical documentary about the last days of a 300 year old tree that a local group tried to preserve, until it was felled in 2012. After that he went back to music history with “Let's Go to The Rat” - which documents the world famous nightclub in Boston, during the heyday of the birth of Punk culture.

The documentaries lead to a natural transition to book versions of those documentaries.

“A Pinch of Paprika” is Andrew's fifth book, after “The Last Pow-Wow Oak,” (2014) “Let's Go to The Rat,” “Grindstone Redux” (2014), “Data-Bank-A: Book A” (2010)

Filmography – as Director, Producer, Editor:

Documentaries:
Let's Go to The Rat (2013)
The Last Pow-Wow Oak (2011)
The Last Farm in Lowell (2010)
Grindstone Redux: the story of the 1980s Underground Music Network (2009)

Editorial Reviews

If you a) are from Boston, or b) love rock 'n roll, or c) think that today's pop music scene is utterly vapid and boring, then this is the book for you! This photo/interview collection takes you back to the late 1970s when rock music mattered, and outrageousness and high energy ruled. Willie Loco, the Real Kids, the Dead Boys and the Ramones (from NYC, but that's OK), Third Rail, the Atlantics, the Cars - they all played the crummy basement nightclub that had the name The Rathskeller over the do

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