Punkcast.com is an online video

Video on demand

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 site that covers the NYC

New York City

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 underground music scene. The content is mainly complete songs from live performances in the city's clubs and other locations. The site occasionally covers other local community events.

History

Punkcast was started in September 1997 by Joly MacFie to cover the visit to NYC of punk band One Way System, in order to demonstrate the internet's broadcast potential to the band's manager John Bentham who had run Jettisoundz, a major creator/distributor of punk video in the UK. In the early days the site covered old-school punk, but in 2001 MacFie started shooting the local indie scene, including the Moldy Peaches and Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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. In 2002 he shot Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer

John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...

's final USA shows in Brooklyn. In 2003 - 2004 he supplied the majority of the programming for New York Noise

New York Noise

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- a local music show on the nascent municipal tv station NYC TV. In September 2005 MacFie launched a video podcast

Video podcast

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.

Accolades

• May 2006: Wired
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   Magazine rated punkcast.com a "must-see".
• October 2007: Village Voice awarded MacFie Best documentarian of New York's indie-rock scene in their Best of NYC 2007 issue.
• October 2010: Village Voice awarded MacFie Best Uploader of Geek Culture and Music in their Best of NYC 2010 issue.

External links

• punkcast.com
• PUNKCAST.COM PODCAST (rss
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• Punkcast at the Internet Archive
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• Youtube channel