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'''Stephen Sesnick''' is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and businessman, who also had an earlier career as a rock club and rock band manager.
'''Stephen Sesnick''' is an American rock club and rock band manager, and later an inventor, entrepreneur, and businessman.


==Velvet Underground manager==
Sesnick was manager of the ], a seminal Boston nightclub, founded in 1967, which was the first in Boston to spearhead the burgeoning ] and ] scene, and which also help break bands which went on to become major stars. Sesnick was replaced in 1968 by ]. Sesnick was manager of the ], a seminal Boston nightclub founded in 1967, which was the first in Boston to spearhead the burgeoning ] and ] scene, and which also helped break bands which went on to become major stars. Sesnick was replaced in 1968 by ].


{{rquote |align=right |quote=Sesnick was a real hustler, and he managed to get the airlines to fly these amps around.... On one of these tours we stayed at the St. Francis in San Francisco which is like one of the oldest hotels in San Francisco. Really old money, and they don't like men with shoulder length hair walking around in the lobby in flowered shirts. They didn't want us there, but finagled it with his little song and dance. |author=Doug Yule<ref name=VelvetUndergroundFanzine/>}}
⚫ The ] at the Tea Party were particularly notable and the band became especcially popular in Boston. Sesnick became ] the Velvet Underground after the band ended their association ] in 1967.<ref name=Bockris/><ref name=Hogan/>


⚫ The ] at the Tea Party were particularly notable and the band became especially popular in Boston. Sesnick, who had also been involved with the ],<ref name=WarholStars/> became ] of the Velvet Underground after the band ended their association with ] and ] in 1967.<ref name=NewYorker/><ref name=Bockris/><ref name=Hogan/> Sesnick was also associated with ] at the start of his career.<ref name=NewYorker/>
⚫ Over the next few years, Sesnick influenced the group members to move toward a more commercial direction in their music.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}. ] joined the band when ] quit, and ] later accused Sesnick of driving "a wedge between" him and Yule during the recording of '']'' in 1970.<ref>Hogan, 1997, </ref>


⚫ Over the next few years, Sesnick influenced the Velvet Underground to move toward a more commercial direction in their music.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}. Sesnick invited ] to join the Velvet Underground when ] quit.<ref name=VelvetUndergroundFanzine/> ] later accused Sesnick of driving "a wedge between" him and Yule during the recording of '']'' in 1970,<ref>Hogan, 1997, p. 37</ref> and Yule did aver that Sesnick favored him as the potential leader for a new Velvet Underground, minimizing Reed's role.
⚫ Sesnick owned the tapes that were to become '']''. ] and ] signed over their rights to the tapes for $1500 each (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1500|1974}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars).{{inflation-fn|US}}<ref>Hogan, 1997, </ref>
<ref name=VelvetUndergroundFanzine/>

⚫ Sesnick owned the tapes that were to become '']''. ] and ] signed over their rights to the tapes for $1500 each (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1500|1974}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars).{{inflation-fn|US}}<ref>Hogan, 1997, pp. 49-50</ref>

==Businessman==
By 1972, what was left of the Velvet Underground ceased operations, and Sesnick left the music business and became an avid golfer. He claims to have conceived the concept of the ], a yearly golf event where where four top golfers competed head-to-head in a ] format. Extant from 1983 to 2008, it was successful and popular.

According to Sesnick, he came up with the concept, convinced some influential people of the worth of the concept, and began working on the project with the sports marketing company People & Properties. People & Properties then obtained buy-in from ]; this attracted wider attention, and bigger industry players stepped in and seized control of (and credit for) the property from Sesnick, he has said. (Others have disputed this account.)<ref name=GolfWeek/>

Sesnick was later part of a team at Florida Sustainables which developed technology for replacing plastic grocery bags and other plastic items with robust but degradable plastics, the research being partly funded by a (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|383000|2011}}}} grant from the ]. This effort won the team the 2011 Cade Prize from the ].<ref name=GainsvilleSun/>

Sesnick invented improvements to the ] and licensed it for commercial development from the ] through Sestar Technologies, a sort of parent company for Florida Sustainables,<ref name=GainsvilleSun/> of which Sesnick was a co-founder and Vice President of Product Development.<ref name=Sestar/>


==References== ==References==
{{reflist|refs= {{reflist|refs=


<ref name=Hogan>{{cite book |last=Hogan |first=Peter |title=The complete guide to the music of the Velvet Underground |year=1997 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-7119-5596-7 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GL0eMqztmuIC&pg=PA50}}</ref> <ref name=Hogan>{{cite book |last=Hogan |first=Peter |title=The complete guide to the music of the Velvet Underground |year=1997 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-7119-5596-7 |page=50 |url=<!--https://books.google.com/books?id=GL0eMqztmuIC&pg=PA50-->}}</ref>

⚫ <ref name=Bockris>{{cite book |last=Bockris|first=Victor |title=Up-tight: the Velvet Underground story |year=2002 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-7119-9170-5 |page=69 |url=<!--https://books.google.com/books?id=C_Yf3szF0iAC&pg=PA69--> |author2=Gerard Malanga |accessdate=December 4, 2010}}</ref>

<ref name=GainsvilleSun>{{cite web |url= |title=Creating a plastic alternative |author=Anthony Clark |date=May 22, 2011 |work=Gainsville.com |publisher=Gainsville Sun |accessdate=April 20, 2021}}</ref>

<ref name=NewYorker>{{cite web |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/11/25/world-on-a-string |title=World on a String |author=Ben Greenman |date=November 17, 2013 |work=The New Yorker |accessdate=April 20, 2021}}</ref>

<ref name=VelvetUndergroundFanzine>{{cite web |url=http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/articles/headheldhigh/yule.html |title=Head Held High: The Velvet Underground Featuring Doug Yule |author=Oliver Landemain |date=<!--Fall/Winter-->1994 |volume=3 |work=The Velvet Underground fanzine |publisher=Fierce Pup Productions |accessdate=April 20, 2021}}{{better source|date=April 20, 2010|reason=Alright it's a fanzine, but it's strictly an interview -- everything is in Yule's words, and we can have pretty good confidence that Landemain would have recorded them fairly faithfully. And I mean after all, many "reliable" pubs to not check interviews by having an independent fact checker go over the interviewer's notes and call the subject to confirm quotes. Granted, Yule could be misremembering or dissimulating. But that's true of any interview, and we use interviews a lot. But, you know, it's a ] so your call.}}</ref>

<ref name=Sestar>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331213227/http://www.sestartechnologies.com/about-sestar/board-of-directors/ |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Sestart Techologies |accessdate=April 20, 2021}}{{better source|date=April 20, 2021|reason=Well, it's a site associated with the subject. They could be doing some puffery, plus its not very reliable anyway. Not a good ref for a BLP, but maybe better can be found.}}</ref>

<ref name=WarholStars>{{cite web |url=http://andywarholstars.blogspot.com/2008/11/ |title= Andy Warhol Chronology 1967 |author=Warholstars |date=November 29, 2008 |work=Andy Warhol Stars |accessdate=April 20, 2021}}{{better source|date=April 20, 2021|reason=Well, it's a blogspot site. Anon author. Possibly a one-person site. Not a good ref for a BLP, so maybe a better can be found.}}</ref>

<ref name=GolfWeek>{{cite web |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2019/10/17/golf-skins-game-a-never-before-told-story-about-how-it-all-started/ |title=The never-before-told story about the Skins Game forgotten man |author=Adam Schupak |date=October 17, 2019 |work=Golf Week |publisher=USA Today |accessdate=April 20, 2021}}</ref>


⚫ <ref name=Bockris>{{cite book |last=Bockris|first=Victor |title=Up-tight: the Velvet Underground story |year=2002 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-7119-9170-5 |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_Yf3szF0iAC&pg=PA69 |author2=Gerard Malanga |accessdate=December 4, 2010}}</ref>
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Stephen Sesnick is an American rock club and rock band manager, and later an inventor, entrepreneur, and businessman.

Velvet Underground manager

Sesnick was manager of the Boston Tea Party, a seminal Boston nightclub founded in 1967, which was the first in Boston to spearhead the burgeoning psychedelic rock and underground rock scene, and which also helped break bands which went on to become major stars. Sesnick was replaced in 1968 by Don Law.

Sesnick was a real hustler, and he managed to get the airlines to fly these amps around.... On one of these tours we stayed at the St. Francis in San Francisco which is like one of the oldest hotels in San Francisco. Really old money, and they don't like men with shoulder length hair walking around in the lobby in flowered shirts. They didn't want us there, but finagled it with his little song and dance.

— Doug Yule

The Velvet Underground shows at the Tea Party were particularly notable and the band became especially popular in Boston. Sesnick, who had also been involved with the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, became manager of the Velvet Underground after the band ended their association with Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey in 1967. Sesnick was also associated with Jonathan Richman at the start of his career.

Over the next few years, Sesnick influenced the Velvet Underground to move toward a more commercial direction in their music.. Sesnick invited Doug Yule to join the Velvet Underground when John Cale quit. Lou Reed later accused Sesnick of driving "a wedge between" him and Yule during the recording of Loaded in 1970, and Yule did aver that Sesnick favored him as the potential leader for a new Velvet Underground, minimizing Reed's role.

Sesnick owned the tapes that were to become 1969: The Velvet Underground Live. Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker signed over their rights to the tapes for $1500 each (US$9,267 in 2023 dollars).

Businessman

By 1972, what was left of the Velvet Underground ceased operations, and Sesnick left the music business and became an avid golfer. He claims to have conceived the concept of the Skins Game, a yearly golf event where where four top golfers competed head-to-head in a match play format. Extant from 1983 to 2008, it was successful and popular.

According to Sesnick, he came up with the concept, convinced some influential people of the worth of the concept, and began working on the project with the sports marketing company People & Properties. People & Properties then obtained buy-in from Arnold Palmer; this attracted wider attention, and bigger industry players stepped in and seized control of (and credit for) the property from Sesnick, he has said. (Others have disputed this account.)

Sesnick was later part of a team at Florida Sustainables which developed technology for replacing plastic grocery bags and other plastic items with robust but degradable plastics, the research being partly funded by a (US$518,750 grant from the National Science Foundation. This effort won the team the 2011 Cade Prize from the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention.

Sesnick invented improvements to the solar cell and licensed it for commercial development from the University of Florida through Sestar Technologies, a sort of parent company for Florida Sustainables, of which Sesnick was a co-founder and Vice President of Product Development.

References

  1. ^ Oliver Landemain (1994). "Head Held High: The Velvet Underground Featuring Doug Yule". The Velvet Underground fanzine. Fierce Pup Productions. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  2. Warholstars (November 29, 2008). "Andy Warhol Chronology 1967". Andy Warhol Stars. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Ben Greenman (November 17, 2013). "World on a String". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  4. Bockris, Victor; Gerard Malanga (2002). Up-tight: the Velvet Underground story. Omnibus Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7119-9170-5. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. Hogan, Peter (1997). The complete guide to the music of the Velvet Underground. Omnibus Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7119-5596-7.
  6. Hogan, 1997, p. 37
  7. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  8. Hogan, 1997, pp. 49-50
  9. Adam Schupak (October 17, 2019). "The never-before-told story about the Skins Game forgotten man". Golf Week. USA Today. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  10. ^ Anthony Clark (May 22, 2011). "Creating a plastic alternative". Gainsville.com. Gainsville Sun. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  11. "Board of Directors". Sestart Techologies. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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