Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong reveal the way they filmed at punk’s many crazy venues while surviving down gallery wine and cheese.

Virtually every evening between your mid ’70s and very early ’80s—sometimes more than once—Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong lugged tv movie digital digital digital cameras and light equipment around Lower Manhattan. They caught a huge selection of shows from bands whom defined the period: think Dead Boys, speaking minds, Blondie, Richard Hell, Bad Brains.