nyc nightlife in oct 1998 ten years ago this month

nyc nightlife in oct 1998 ten years ago this month

sept 30, 1998 brian jonestown massacre played brownies on ave a.

oct 2 1998 the jesus & mary chain played life on bleecker st!! well the jamc but minus william reid the guitarist who had quit in the midst of this Munki tour. it wld prove to be the last tour & LP for jamc until 2007. i saw jamc's first nyc show at danceteria circa 1985 when they had only released a few 45's like upside down, never understand & trip you up. I was an avid follower of theirs throughout the 80s & 90s, seeing most of their nyc gigs at venues like the ritz, the world, roseland, and giants stadium with DM in 1990. despite william's absence, the life show was decent HERE'S MOST OF THE SET: snakedriver. happy when it rains. teenage lust. mo tucker. stardust remedy. i love rock n roll. sugar ray. sidewalking. new kinda kick [cramps cover]. reverence. *** of 5 stars. Im psyched that jamc are recording a new LP & that new 45 'all things must pass' is a very encouraging start.
* the same night twilo hosted darren emerson from underworld along with jim masters & steve stoll.

oct 3, 1998 the sound factory on 46th st hosted roy davis jr & chris the creator. SF is now known as pacha and it is currently the reigning big room venue in nyc's dance scene. there were 2 fights the other weekend at pacha as covered in the NY Post.

oct 9, 1998 doc martin was at sound factory.

oct 10, 1998 the cooler on 14th st hosted The bounce, with bands kitty in the tree. damn personals, holmes & the panic. 8 years later the damned personals scored an unlikely success when one of their members joined carl barat's dirty pretty things. Im not sure if DPTs are even together in 2008?
* the same night the tunnel hosted dj funk, tom grimm & scott richmond.

oct 11 1998 shout! at bar 13 with guests yuko, jenny from nj, keith carney, keith ozar, & nick marc. top tunes soulful strut. taxman. tighten up. 25 miles. jumping jack flash, think by lynn collins. **3/4 of 5 stars . soul music lives at Turnround vs. Immediate! monthly at the Barbary: "America's best soul party" !!
* the same night the BOO! 3 rave was at the roxy. MaskARave was a far better yearly event.

oct 16, 1998 the penultimate Tiswas was held at coney island high on st marks place. for whatever reason, Tis was held on Fridays in the fall of 1998, in the final weeks at coney. the charade headlined, guests incl scott anna & danny from nj, alex english & steve & pedro. top choons from nick incl. only love can break your heart, panic, mersey paradise, boys dont cry, JB night train, and MBV only when you sleep. also vaseline, itchykoo park, popscene, metal mickey, jesus hairdo, chems leave home, weirdo, tattva [trivia question : did nick ever play kula shaker at tis? : YES!]. satisfaction, babies & supersonic. ***3/4 of 5 stars
* the same night derrick may was at sound factory. and I think sven vath was at twilo.

oct 17, 1998 autechre headlined other music's web-launch party with stock, hausen & walkman, plaid, jim orourke, nintin sawhney & arto lindsay opening. Ae's set was made up of mainly LP5 pieces with maybe some EP7 textures thrown in. It was a stunning display of live experimental electronics & breakbeats. Ae's 2008 "Quaristice" was a decent electronic CD but nothing like CD5 or even Confeld really. . ***3/4 OF 5 STARS.

oct 23, 1998 twilo hosted a bill of bad boy bill, adam x & richard humpty vission.

oct 24, 1998 the historic first night of Tiswas at don hills, where it remained a saturday weekly residency until the end of sept 2005, for 7 years. the headline band at the 1st dons tis was thin lizard dawn. guests incl dr janet guss, john mooney, & alex english. top tunes incl panic, fools gold 1994, tighten up, bigmouth, louie louie, 96 tears, age of consent, get off my cloud, 1 to another, loaded, help, step on, jamc go ask alice [!!], & do you remember the 1st time. ***3/4 of 5 stars.

oct 27, 1998 coney island high hosted opening night of the 'afterglow' party, nick marc's 60s beat, mod psych & other grooves. & the realistics played after midnight.

oct 29 1998 the charade played luna lounge at 171 ludlow st, with set highlight 'nancy goes to london.'

oct 30 1998 the final Tiswas ever at coney island high, again on a friday night, oddly. the upper crust performed. guests incl will from realistics, lena & matt. top choons from nick: common people dance mx, girlfriend in a coma, tainted love [original], wake up! boo, temptation, boys better, johnny chrome, trash, white shirt, cant get out of bed, under my thumb, connection, beat surrender, bluetonic, dexys burn it down [!!], lets spend the night together, tin soldier & mersey paradise. banging set from nick there!! ***3/4 of 5 stars.

oct 31 1998 maskarave 7 with dubtribe, mr kleen & scott henry. not sure where this one was but it might have been at the tunnel.


my favourite LPs in oct 1998 incl. burt bacharach & elvis costello's 'painted from memory' one of the most haunting collections of orchestral pop of the last decade. also oasis' the masterplan, showing how superb their 45 b-sides were in the 90s before everything went all wrong. marion's 'the program,' another under-appreciated Britpop act. the classic nuggets LP was reissued on 4 cds, all brill, a must! and the style council's stunning career retrospective 4 cd box set.

favourite films in oct 1998 was whit stillman's the last days of disco. I went to studio 54 perhaps 100 times in the late 1970s & early 80s & it is still by far the single greatest club I ever attended. 'modulations' a house music/dance feature with great dance talent like dj sneak, ltj bukem, orbital, rbt moog, giorgio moroder, autechre, prodigy, marshall jefferson, juan atkins carl cox, derrick carter & arthur baker. In 2008 I only see cox, carter 7 sneak performing at the level they accomplished in 1998. and 'catwalk' with christy turlington, a somewhat rare docu.

my favourite art shows in oct 1998 were mark rothko at the whitney museum. wolfgang tilmans at andrea rosen. & tony oursler at metro pictures.

a few favourite models in oct 1998 incl bridget hall, jamie king, amber valetta, dawn radenbaugh, jaime rishar & georgina grenville. Of those i think georgina was the best in the 1990s.

my horoscope lucky colours in oct 1998 incl charcoal grey, navy blue, pink, & burgundy.