Marc Masters of Wire and Pitchfork just published a book on No Wave as well. It's a great read and very thorough - it covers the music and film scenes and the aftermath, with tons of quotes and photographs. Highly recommended.

Pitchfork ran an excerpt of the first chapter:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/47828-no-the-origins-of-no-wave

Agreed, Dodd's leading the charge here and he deserves the credit - he pushed the issue, and Obama and Clinton are tagging along.

Strange coincidence, a Vatican Astronomer also makes an appearance in this month's Ex Machina ... is the Vatican starting a meme?