Wednesday, December 31, 2008

FIFTY TOP SONGS of 2008

FIFTY TOP SONGS of 2008
TOP 45s/SONGS/SINGLES/CLUB TRACKS

1. Mariah Carey "Touch My Body" + seamus haji club mix + the dream remix + david morales stereo remix

2. morrissey 'all you need is me'

3. magic wands 'magic love + dreams" ep

4. Kanye West "The Good Life"

5. Elton John "Are you ready for love" remix

6. estelle "american boy" with kanye + jay z remix

7. Sheek Louch "Good Love"

8. black kids "Im not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance" [+ twelves remix]

9. Plies w/Ne-Yo "Bust It baby" pt 2

10. Harley & the Night EP: "Dandelion" / Make Up/ Somebodys Baby/ I Love You Hudson's ..

11. rick ross w/nelly 'here I am'

12 Missy Elliot "Ching-A-Ling/ Shake Ya Pom pom"

13. the game/lil wayne "my life."

.14. .jennifer hudson 'spotlight'...

15. ..lil wayne 'a milli.'....

16. T.I. "whatever you like"

17. the game/keyshia cole 'game's pain'

18. Busta Rhymes ft. Reek Da Villian, Spliff Star, Lil Wayne, Nas, The Game & Big Daddy Kane - Don't Touch Me / Throw water on em remix.

19. Papoose "I Get Gully" [I Get Money Free-Style]

20. LMC vs New radicals 'dont let go'.

21. Ne-Yo "Closer"

22. . Sean Kingston feat The Dey, Juelz Santana "Theres Nuthin"

23. DJ Unk "Show Out"....

24. Mobius Band "City vs country" ep..

.25. ray j/yung berg "sexy can I"

26. TI/rihanna 'live your life.'

27. .john legend & andre 3000 'green light'...

28. Fergie + Nellie "where my party people at?"

29.. . Kenan Bell "Save Your Life"

30. . fat joe w/plies & dre 'you aint sayin nothing/coca money'


31. Jazmine Sullivan "Need You Bad"


32. Baby P "Im Bout Money"

33. . lil wayne "lollipop" + remix with kanye

34. Rocko "Umma Do Me"

35. katy perry "i kissed a girl"

36 st etienne 'burned out car' [2008 rmxs]

37. maino 'hi hater' rmx w/plies, fabolous, swizzbeats + jadakiss.

38. lil wayne got money w/ t pain

39. . young jeezy/kanye 'put on'...

40. Vivian Girls "Fun Pack"/"Girl dont tell me" /"where do you run to?"

41. Lil Josh & Ernest "Jigga juice"

42. Hot Chip "Ready For the Floor"..

43. Cut Copy "Hearts on Fire"

44 Glen Campbell 'these days'

45. Hercules & Love Affair "Blind"

46. MGMT "Time to pretend"

47. Robin thicke "magic"

48. Cut Copy "Out there on the ice"

49. DeerHunter "Nothing Ever Happened"

50. Friendly Fires w/Au revoir Simone "Paris" [aeroplanes rmx]




RUNNERS UP : George Michael "Amazing" .. .. George Michael 'flawless (go to the city)" .. Rihanna "Dont Stop the Music" .. . Snoop Dogg "Sensual Seduction" .. Flo Rida "Low" .. St. Etienne "This Is Tomorrow"
The National "Fake Empire".. The Pipettes "Pull Shapes" .. Of Montreal "The Past is a Grotesque Animal" .. Alicia Keyes "No One" {Junior Reid remix]
DopeWax pres. Joe Smooth "Promised Land" rmx .. Telepopmuzik "Breathe".. Numero "Hit Pop".. Mary J. Blige with Lil Wayne/Swizz Beats "Just Fine"
Sarah Cracknell/Mark Brown "The Journey Continues" .. All $tar "Grey Goose" .. James Brown "Rapp Payback [Where Iz Moses]" (1980) 12"
Tinie Tempeh w/Ultra & Agent X "Perfect Girl" .. The Pierces "Bored" .. Santana "Into the Night" .. Adam Green / Ben Kweller "Kokomo"
Janet Jackson "Feedback" remixes.. .. Joyce Sims "What the World Needs Now" [Junior's mix] ..Ting Tings "Great DJ" ......Kanye West "Flashing Lights" .. MSTRKRFT 'bounce/ VUVUVU' .. MGMT. "Kids" ... Lil Wayne "I'm Me" ..Eminem ""You Dont Know" .. janet jackson "Freedom" .. Pitbull/Lil Jon "The Anthem"...santogold "L.E.S. Artistes" .. ludacris "down in the dirty".. john mayer "say" ..mariah carey "bye bye" .. agyness deyn/5 o'clock heroes 'who' .. peter bailey & carlos fauvrelle 'bring it on' .. steve lawler 'courses for horses' .. dj vibe/ithaka 'you' [peter bailey mix] .. dj vibe & carlos fauvrelle 'tech9' .. cajmere 'percolator' .. funkagenda 'what the fuck' .. The Ting Tings "Thats Not My Name" .. usher "Love in This Club Pt II" w/lil wayne, young jeezy, beyonce ..... . leona lewis 'bleeding love.' .. metro station 'shake it.' .. .. wink "stay out all night".. ashanti 'good good'....robin thicke 'magic.'....shwayze corona & lime'...shwayze 'buzzin.' ... . HitMasters 'all summer.'...steve coogan "the pussy song"... 2 Live Crew "we want some pussy"... neyo miss independant.... ......kevin rudolf 'let it rock'.... 'slim 'so fly'.... Aphrodite's Child - 'The Four Horsemen'.... The Pretty Things - 'Baron Saturday'...Marmalade - 'I See The Rain'. Colosseum - 'The Kettle'... .. Slim "So Fly" ...Kevin Rudolf "Let It Rock."...."Lil Wayne "Mr Carter."...The Fray "You Found Me."....ashley dupree 'what we want.'....TI, lil wayne, jay z, kanye 'swagger like us.'...Lady GaGa "just dance." ...Katy Perry "Hot n Cold." ...White Lies (Crystal Castles remix)"...The Cool Kids "what up man."....50. Crystal castles "Courtship dating"...girl talk 'set it off.'...chromeo 'my girl is calling me a liar'...CSS 'rat is dead'...hercules & love affair 'hercules theme'...
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top 55 songs OF 2007
top 50 songs OF 2007 so far


45s/Singles/songs/clubtracks:
1) maroon 5 'makes me wonder' + 'makes me rock with you' mashup by sam ronson

2) johnny cash & bob dylan 'girl of the north country' ABC-TV 1969

3) brett anderson 'love is dead' 45

4) 50 cent "I Get Money"

5) rich boy 'throw some D's' .

6) gwen stefani 'sweet escape'

7) hurricane chris 'a bay bay.' + remix w/game, jadakiss, lil boosie & baby.

8) rihanna 'umbrella' { Jody Den Broeder's Deconstruction Mix.; haji/emmanuel mix].

9) T Pain 'buy you a drank [shawty snappin]'

10) T.I. 'big things poppin'

11) rihanna 'we ride' jamie & leo anthem club mix.

12) brett anderson 'back to you' 45

13) swizz beats feat lil wayne, r kelly, jadakiss 'its me bitches remix'

14) morrissey 'throwing my arms around paris' new live song

15) andy lewis & paul weller 'are you trying to be lonely'

16) r kelly, t pain, TI "Im a flirt'

17) fergie 'big girls dont cry'

18) morrissey 'all you need is me' live 2007

19) superdrag 'live & breathe' new 4 track demo 2007

20) lil boosie feat fox & webbie 'wipe me down'

21) feist '1234'

22) yung joc 'coffee shop'

23) kings of convenience 'Id rather dance with you'

24) T.I. 'you know how it is'

25) mims w/jr reid & baby cham 'this is why Im hot' remix

26) tokyo police club 'a lesson in crime' ep

27) the fray "over my head [cable car]"

28) kanye west 'touch the sky'

29) royskopp 'remind me'

30) morrissey 'thats how people grow up' greatest hits 45

31) modest mouse 'dashboard'

32) sean kingston 'beautiful girls'

33) soulja boy tell'em 'crank that soulja boy'

34) rich boy & keri hilson 'good things'

35) ceevox 'music is my life' juniors 2007 remix

36) da shop boys 'party like a rock star [totally dude]' remix w/jim jones, chamillionaire, & lil wayne

37) McFadden & Whitehead, Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (Solitaire's Labour Of Love Remix)

38) the fray 'all at once.'

39) rihanna 'dont stop the music' junior's remix

40) sonny jim 'cant stop moving'

41) nelly furtado 'say it right' [peter bailey remix, junior vasquez mix]

42) huey 'pop lock & drop it' .

43) tiefschwarz feat. Tracey Thorn - Damage (MOGG Man Band Remix).

44) whitney houston '..its not right but its ok' [dj taz 2007 remix]

45) dj simmi 'one time for the underground' [chus/ceballos remix]

46) swizz beats 'money in the bank'

47) bone thugs & harmony w/mariah carey 'L.O.V.E. love'

48) ciara & 50 cent 'cant leave em alone'

49) chris brown / T Pain 'kiss kiss'

50 ) Gui Boratto - Like You (Supermayer Mix)

51) tiffany evans w/ciara 'promise you forever'

52 ) bob sinclar feat steve edwards 'world hold on' [rosabel remix]

53 ) paul mccartney 'ever-present past'

54 ) muziq soulchild w/fat joe, ja rule & lupe fiasco 'buddy' remix

55 ) the virgins ep

RUNNERS UP: . irina lazareanu/pete doherty 'girl of the north country' . fat joe/lil wayne 'make it rain' remix w/r kelly . the game 'its ok/1 blood' remix . new young pony club ep. . young love 'discotech' . domino 'everyone else is boring' . lil scrappy 'money in the bank' . shaggy 'church heathen [big yard]' . dj unk '2 step' . .lil keke 'chunk up the deuce' . cam'ron 'curtis' . CSS 'off the hook' . justice 'phantom' . christina aguilera 'candyman' . robin thicke/lil wayne 'shooter' . killers 'read my mind' [pet shop boys mx] . . lil fl..p & mya 'flippin' . . timbaland 'give it to me' . fall out boy 'thnks for the memrys' . janet jackson 'with u' [chad jack remix] . crime mob 'rock yo hips' . the fray 'look after you'. the secret handshake 'summer of 98'. . bonez/thugs/harmony/akon ' i tried.' rich boy 'boy looka here.' rich boy 'touch that ass.' sean kingston 'beautiful girls.' the national 'fake empire.' .' 8Ball & MJG 'get low.' lil flip & rob..n andre 'find my way.' shout out louds 'tonight i have to leave it.' paul mccartney 'dance tonight.' bob sinclar 'sound of freedom.' ne yo w/remo da rapstar 'because of you' remix. akon 'dont matter' . ferry corsten 'beautiful.' lil scrappy 'gangster gangster.' 50 cent 'straight to the bank.' plies 'shawty.' mims 'like this.' bent 'waiting for you' danny howells remix. panda bear 'take pills'. mariah carey 'bringing on the heartbreak' [altar mix]. green velvet 'shake & pop' sneak mix + shake & wham! mash up . usda 'white girl.' 50 cent 'amusement park.' down 'lean like a cholo.' justin timberlake 'lovestoned' justice mix. gotty boi chris 'dip low.' dj medhi 'signature' [thomas bangalter mix]. tina cox 'forget paris' juniors xbeat dub. soul avengers w/chris lake 'changes.' collie budzz 'come around' . tarot 'everything that you feel' [dj vibe remix]. bone thugs & harmony w/mc jermaine 'lil love.' chris brown 'wall to wall.' paul weller & graham coxon 'this old town.' UGK 'international players anthem.' lil scrappy 'gangsta gangsta.' timbaland 'the way i are.' rihanna 'shut up & dance.' T.I. 'live in the sky.' dude n nem 'watch my feet' gorilla zoe 'hood figga' justice 'd.a.n.c.e. [jackson & his computer band remix].' the virgins ep. sean kingston me love.' britney spears 'gimme more' remix with lil wayne/max methods remix.' T.I. 'you know how it is.' BlackBox 'everybody' [fuzzyhair remix]. gucci mane 'freaky girl.' kraftwerk 'la forme' [king of the mountains remix by hot chip]. baby bash 'cyclone.' hot chip 'ready for the floor.' tokyo police club 'smith' ep . the killers 'shadowplay' snoop dogg 'sensual seduction.' . fergie 'clumsy.' flor rida 'low.' yo gotti/pleasure p 'lets vibe.' the pinker tones 'we are your friends/soul bossa nova' mash up.

Monday, December 29, 2008

BEST ART SHOWS of 2008

ART SHOWS 2008‏
ART SHOWS 2008

1. Jasper Johns "Grey" at MMA

2. "POP Art" at Philadelphia Museum

3. Roy Lichtenstein "Girls" at gagosian

4. "pipe glass bottle of rum" MOMA found art/collage

5. Elizabeth Peyton at Gavin Brown's Enterprise

6. For Your Eyes Only ; Ian Fleming & James Bond at Imperial War Museum London

7. . giorgio morandi 1890-1961 MMA through dec 14.

8. Gee's Bend Quilts at Phila Museum of Art

9 . james castle : a retrospective phila museum of art oct 14.

10. . van Gogh & the Colours of the Night" MOMA...

11. . Reverberations at Phila Academy of Art

12. . the NYC WaterFalls Olafur Eliasson

13. perelman museum of art: quilts/ kansai yamamoto kimonos/ design/ calder jewelry...

14. Diana Thater 'chess' at david zwirner ..

15. . JMW Turner at MMA

16. Buckminster Fuller :starting with the universe." national automotive museum, reno NV.

17. . real men & women of madison ave & their impact on american culture : NY Public Library Science Industry & Business library...

18. stan douglas 'humour irony & the law' at david zwirner.

19. richard prince at gagosian

20. rachel whiteread at gagosian

21. barkley l. hendricks : birth of the cool : studio museum in harlem.

RUNNERS - UP :

"Colour" at MOMA .. Dan Flavin 1964 Green Gallery at Zwirner/Wirth.. Jeff Koons MMA sculpture garden .. Catherine Lee 'The Mark Paintings' Galerie LeLong
.. "Deconstructed Geometry" Vivian Horan .. Morris Louis at Paul Kasmin.. David Smith "Sprays" Gagosian 980 Madison ... "Impressionists By the Sea," Wadsworth Athenaeum . "Colour as Field 1950-75" Smithsonian DC .. Lucien Freud at MOMA .. Charles DeMuth at Whitney.. NY Cool at Grey Art Galery .. Piotr Uklanski at gagosian. .. Ashley Bickerton at Lehmann Maupin .. Tony Feher at pace 57th.. Wayne Thiebaud : The Figure at Allan Stone.. Christopher Wool at Luhring Augustine .. adolph Gottlieb "4 Decades" at Pace 57th .. Tom sachs "Bronze Collection" Lever House... . . keith haring at per skarstedt... jack goldstein at mitchell innes & nash... Robert Indiana at paul kasmin 'hard edge" ...joan miro:painting & anti painting 1927-37. MOMA... ...al held at paul kasmin ... S&M: shrines & masquerades in cosmopolitan times at wash sq east... daniel guzman: el sol de mexico at harris liebreman gallery. ... James Wood at anton kern... Shag:voyeur at Jonathan Levine...
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15 Best ART Shows of 2007


best art shows of 2007

ART SHOWS:

1) c/o velvet underground, nyc / warhol show at glenn horowitz
2) ellsworth kelly at MOMA

3) andy warhol black & white silkscreens at larry gagosian

4 jasper johns 'allegory of painting' national gallery dc.

5) philip taaffe at gagosian.

6) richard prince 'spiritual america' guggenheim

7) joseph cornell 'navigating the imagination' san francisco museum of modern art.

8) jeff koons bunny in macys thanksgiving day parade

9) neo rauch at MMA.

10) hirst/thiebaud/chamberlain at gagosian.

11) kara walker at MMA.

lawrence weiner at the whitney.

12) the summer of love at whitney

13) robert rauschenberg 'transfer drawings from the 1960s' at jonathan o'hara.

14) unknown monet pastels & drawings @ royal academy of arts london.

15) takashi murakami at gagosian.



RUNNERS UP: . george stubbs at frick. karen kilimnick at musee d'art moderne de la ville de paris. jasper johns at art institute, chicago. david hammons at L&M. the real edie sedgwick at MOMI . richard serra 40 years at moma. glitter & doom germany at MMA. edward hopper at museum of fine arts, boston. assume vivid astral focus at john connolly. . eugene boudin at national gallery of art wash dc. richard pousette-dart at guggenheim. raymond pettibon 'heres your irony back' at david zwirner. duane hanson at van de weghe fine art . 'multiple interpretations' ny public library. charles ray at matthew marks.

BEST DJs of 2008

BEST DJs of 2008:


BEST DJs of 2008:

1. Carl Cox
2. DJ Vibe [Portugal]
3. Derrick Carter
4. Lil Louis Vega
5. Felix Hernandez [rhythm revue]
6. MSTRKRFT
7. Max Graham
8. Peter Bailey
9. Turnaround vs. Immediate! [russ, gregg]
10. danny howells
11. junior vasquez
12. danny tenaglia
13. dj sneak
14. david morales
15. roger sanchez
16. paul oakenfold
17. behrouz
18. dave pianka [making time].
19. Sorted djs
20. josh wink
21. steve lawler
22. victor calderone
23. adam hook
24. hurrah djs [shawn ryan, chris rogy]
25. sander kleinenberg

RUNNERS-UP: 24 Court. Spencer Product. Quentin Harris. DJ Demi. Denny LeNimh. Niko {Vango].
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AND FROM LAST YEAR THE BEST DJs of 2007:

1. derrick carter

2. dj vibe [portugal]

3. carl cox

4. dj sneak

5. danny howells

6. danny tenaglia

7. steve lawler

8. max graham

9. chus/ceballos

10. david morales

11. lil louis vega

12. peter bailey

13. junior vasquez

14. behrouz

15. roger sanchez

16. paul oakenfold

17. frankie knuckles

18. timmy regisford

19. stephan grondin

20. denny le nimh

runners up; demi. victor calderone. . choo choo. boys noize . 24 court. spencer product. quentin harris. francois k. joeski. joe claussell.


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nyc nightlife in dec 1998 10 years ago

nyc nightlife in dec 1998 10 years ago


nyc nightlife in dec 1998 10 years ago

dec 12 1998 tiswas at don hills every saturday with american pop headlining. hi-lites of nick's set: supersonic, temptation, jesus hairdo, commercial rain, pushkings love takes flight, johnny chrome, get off my cloud, blutones slight return, animal nitrate, trash, boys & girls, this charming man, and the dandy warhols every day shold be a holiday & boys better. *** of 5 stars. BritPop might be dead in NYC but SORTED at Barbary each month is one of the hottest paties Ive attended in autumn 2008 !
* the same night fatboy slim was at roseland. Gosh norman cook hasnt been touring much in the last 5 years eh?

dec 14 1998 st etienne was at bowery ballroom touring their splendid good humour LP. setlist: nothing can stop us. hug my soul. lose that girl. split screen. are we gonna be alright? goodnight jack. hit the brakes. i was born on xmas day. the bad photog. erica america. sylvie. like a motorway. spring. hobart paving. people get real. The 'Ets remain one of my favourite bands ever; and THANK YOU ALWAYS to Rui for "Boxette" one of 2008's best releases.

dec 17 1998 afghan whigs were at bowery. also the vinyl xmas party with carlos from sf. wow i sure miss carlos from SF, heard he moved to hawaii?

dec 19, 1998 tiswas with spacehog headlining. top tunes: shiela take a bow, beautiful ones, 96 tears, she bangs the drums, & love cats. ***3/4 of 5 stars . space hog broke up years ago & Arc Kid didnt do anything? where are royston & anthony in 2009??
* the same night liquid sky party with carlos & 187 at the cooler. and green door was still at coney island high. coney island closed like 1999 & the meat packing district signalled the demise of coller circa 2003.

dec 21 1998 lloyd cole's negatives played a great gig at bowery ballrm with jill sobule opening. setlist: first lloyd & neil clark did an acoustic set: why I love c&w music. unhappy song. 2cv. girl from the north country [dylan]. theme from the rose [bette midler] !! then the negatives set: past imperfect. so youd like to save the world. brand new friend. like lovers do. perfect skin. impossible girl. 4 flights up. that boy. shes a girl & IM a man. tried to rock. i didnt know that you cared. born in the usa. [springsteen]. dont look back. are you ready to be heartbroken. no blue skies. undressed,. i kissed a girl [sobule]. forest fire. **** of 5 stars. Lloyd Cole is among the greatest singer/songwriters ever, and that's been true from 1984 through to 2008 + beyond.

dec 22 1998 dave hollands & osheen were at downtime . downtime is now called rebel.

dec 24 1998 beavher at don hills a very slow xmas eve night with guests jj from dc & steve from uk. brian was at the door. top songs boys dont cry, hungry like the wolf, people are people, love + one , BLT, bang a gong, love rollercoaster, antmuzik, borderline, dancing days, when you were mine, fly lioke an eagle, brown sugar, roxanne, golden years & sufragette city. frank moved to LA and beavher seems a memory, 1994-2004.

january 30 1998 a special pre new years beavher at don hills.

a few clubs that were active in dec 1998: key/system at 76 e 13 [later spa & plaid]. limelight [now avalon]. shine 285 west bway. lava lounge 28 w 20th. family at 222 w 14. coney island high. spy with roger sanchez on fridays !!! sway with nick marc on fridays . vanity at 28 e 23rd. . el flamingo. pierrot at 28 ave b. & korova milk bar.

WEATHER REPORT AWARDS 1998:
my favourite clubs for the year were tiswas at coney. twilo on fridays. and bowery ballroom.

my favourite cds for the year 1998 incl bacharach/costello 'painted from memory.' st etienne's good humor. bob dylan live 1966. autechre CD5. and hole celebrity skin.

films of 1998 incl velvet goldmine, truman show & gummo.

top tv shows in 12/98 incl tom snyders late late show, emll lucha libre on galavision & E! TV

top comebacks of 1998 were burt bacharach & kraftwerk.

top actress' were charlize theron, cameron diaz & parker posey.

best djs were paul oakenfold, carl cox & derrick carter.

best wrestlers: owen hart. ultimo dragon, ken shamrock

radio: cbs fm 101.1. howard stern on krock. ktu 103.5.

best concerts: lloyd cole/negatives at bowery ballroom. superdrag at irving plaza. paul oakenfold at roxy trancegiving. st etienne at bowery. kraftwerk at hammerstein. sunkist rave at downtime. pulp at hammerstein this is hardcore.

band of the year: superdrag, pulp, the verve

my horoscope lucky colours in dec 1998 incl yellow, white, & grey. I was still doing it in 1998 & I am still rocking in dec 2008 !!!!!!

* and The BEST of 1998 : 1998 AWARDS on My TV Show "the Weather Report" :
Friday night's Weather Report is our "Best Of" awards show from December 1998. That year Tom Snyder's "Late Late Show" was my 1 TV show.

I'm re-running that December 1998 show as a tribute to the late great TV host Tom snyder, who sadly passed away earlier in August 2007.

Also on the Best of 1998 Weather Report Awards show is the category "Best 45 Singles Act" of 1998. The winners in Best 45 are The Verve, St. Etienne & Suede. the Verve's LP "Urban Hymns" featured great 45s like "Lucky Man," "The Drugs Dont Work," & "Bittersweet Symphony."

St. Etienne's "Good Humor" featured "Sylvie," "The Bad Photographer," & "Lose That Girl," along with great b sides & dance mixes. They also released the 45 "Lover Plays the Bass."

and Suede's "Coming Up" featured brilliant 45s "Trash," "Beautiful Ones," "Saturday Night," & "Lazy," along with spectacular b sides as heard on "Sci Fi Lullabies." And "Poor Little Rich Girl," from the Noel Coward tribute LP. A great year for Suede, St Etienne & the Verve as recorded on the Weather Report.

Pay tribute to the late great Tom Snyder with this Weather Report repeat, the Best of 1998, including Best Tv Show of 1998, Tom Snyder's "Late Late Show" on CBS.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

ART SHOWS 2008

ART SHOWS 2008

1. Jasper Johns "Grey" at MMA

2. "POP Art" at Philadelphia Museum

3. Roy Lichtenstein "Girls" at gagosian

4. "pipe glass bottle of rum" MOMA found art/collage

5. Elizabeth Peyton at Gavin Brown's Enterprise

6. For Your Eyes Only ; Ian Fleming & James Bond at Imperial War Museum London

7. . giorgio morandi 1890-1961 MMA through dec 14.

8. Gee's Bend Quilts at Phila Museum of Art

9 . james castle : a retrospective phila museum of art oct 14.

10. . van Gogh & the Colours of the Night" MOMA...

11. . Reverberations at Phila Academy of Art

12. . the NYC WaterFalls Olafur Eliasson

13. perelman museum of art: quilts/ kansai yamamoto kimonos/ design/ calder jewelry...

14. Diana Thater 'chess' at david zwirner ..

15. . JMW Turner at MMA

16. Buckminster Fuller :starting with the universe." national automotive museum, reno NV.

17. . real men & women of madison ave & their impact on american culture : NY Public Library Science Industry & Business library...

18. stan douglas 'humour irony & the law' at david zwirner.

19. richard prince at gagosian

20. rachel whiteread at gagosian

21. barkley l. hendricks : birth of the cool : studio museum in harlem.

RUNNERS - UP :

"Colour" at MOMA .. Dan Flavin 1964 Green Gallery at Zwirner/Wirth.. Jeff Koons MMA sculpture garden .. Catherine Lee 'The Mark Paintings' Galerie LeLong
.. "Deconstructed Geometry" Vivian Horan .. Morris Louis at Paul Kasmin.. David Smith "Sprays" Gagosian 980 Madison ... "Impressionists By the Sea," Wadsworth Athenaeum . "Colour as Field 1950-75" Smithsonian DC .. Lucien Freud at MOMA .. Charles DeMuth at Whitney.. NY Cool at Grey Art Galery .. Piotr Uklanski at gagosian. .. Ashley Bickerton at Lehmann Maupin .. Tony Feher at pace 57th.. Wayne Thiebaud : The Figure at Allan Stone.. Christopher Wool at Luhring Augustine .. adolph Gottlieb "4 Decades" at Pace 57th .. Tom sachs "Bronze Collection" Lever House... . . keith haring at per skarstedt... jack goldstein at mitchell innes & nash... Robert Indiana at paul kasmin 'hard edge" ...joan miro:painting & anti painting 1927-37. MOMA... ...al held at paul kasmin ... S&M: shrines & masquerades in cosmopolitan times at wash sq east... daniel guzman: el sol de mexico at harris liebreman gallery. ... James Wood at anton kern... Shag:voyeur at Jonathan Levine...
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15 Best ART Shows of 2007 So Far


best art shows of 2007 so far

ART SHOWS:

1) c/o velvet underground, nyc / warhol show at glenn horowitz
2) ellsworth kelly at MOMA

3) andy warhol black & white silkscreens at larry gagosian

4 jasper johns 'allegory of painting' national gallery dc.

5) philip taaffe at gagosian.

6) richard prince 'spiritual america' guggenheim

7) joseph cornell 'navigating the imagination' san francisco museum of modern art.

8) jeff koons bunny in macys thanksgiving day parade

9) neo rauch at MMA.

10) hirst/thiebaud/chamberlain at gagosian.

11) kara walker at MMA.

lawrence weiner at the whitney.

12) the summer of love at whitney

13) robert rauschenberg 'transfer drawings from the 1960s' at jonathan o'hara.

14) unknown monet pastels & drawings @ royal academy of arts london.

15) takashi murakami at gagosian.



RUNNERS UP: . george stubbs at frick. karen kilimnick at musee d'art moderne de la ville de paris. jasper johns at art institute, chicago. david hammons at L&M. the real edie sedgwick at MOMI . richard serra 40 years at moma. glitter & doom germany at MMA. edward hopper at museum of fine arts, boston. assume vivid astral focus at john connolly. . eugene boudin at national gallery of art wash dc. richard pousette-dart at guggenheim. raymond pettibon 'heres your irony back' at david zwirner. duane hanson at van de weghe fine art . 'multiple interpretations' ny public library. charles ray at matthew marks.

Current Music: nick heyward monday to sunday

BEST DJs of 2008:

BEST DJs of 2008:

1. Carl Cox
2. DJ Vibe [Portugal]
3. Derrick Carter
4. Lil Louis Vega
5. Felix Hernandez [rhythm revue]
6. MSTRKRFT
7. Max Graham
8. Peter Bailey
9. Turnaround vs. Immediate! [russ, gregg]
10. danny howells
11. junior vasquez
12. danny tenaglia
13. dj sneak
14. david morales
15. roger sanchez
16. paul oakenfold
17. behrouz
18. dave pianka [making time].
19. Sorted djs
20. josh wink
21. steve lawler
22. victor calderone
23. adam hook
24. hurrah djs [shawn ryan, chris rogy]
25. sander kleinenberg

RUNNERS-UP: 24 Court. Spencer Product. Quentin Harris. DJ Demi. Denny LeNimh. Niko {Vango].
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AND FROM LAST YEAR THE BEST DJs of 2007:

1. derrick carter

2. dj vibe [portugal]

3. carl cox

4. dj sneak

5. danny howells

6. danny tenaglia

7. steve lawler

8. max graham

9. chus/ceballos

10. david morales

11. lil louis vega

12. peter bailey

13. junior vasquez

14. behrouz

15. roger sanchez

16. paul oakenfold

17. frankie knuckles

18. timmy regisford

19. stephan grondin

20. denny le nimh

runners up; demi. victor calderone. . choo choo. boys noize . 24 court. spencer product. quentin harris. francois k. joeski. joe claussell.


Currently listening :
Skintrade
By Skintrade

Saturday, December 27, 2008

PHOTO SHOWS of 2008 :

PHOTO SHOWS
1. Juergen Teller at Lehmann Maupin

2. wm eggleston democratic camera photo & video 61-08 whitney.

3. Andreas Gursky at Matthew Marks

4. Lee Miller at Phila Museum of Art

5. O.Winston Link at danziger

6. Paolo Roversi "Guinevere" at Pace/MacGill

7. Robert Mapplethorpe Polaroids at the Whitney

8. . Irving Penn "Close Encounters/Writers & Artists" Morgan Library & Museum

9. Philip-Lorca DiCorcia at LA County Museum of Art

10. . The Genius of Miles Davis the Columbia Years (Morrison Hotel Gallery, 313 Bowery).

11. Lee Friedlander "Olmstead' Metropolitan Museum

12. Irving Penn "The Small Trades," The Getty LA

13. "Bill Woods' Business" ICP

14. Framing a Century: Master Photograpers 1840-1940 MMA

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TOP PHOTO SHOWS of 2007
:

1) cartier-bresson .ICP 1932-46.

2) helmut newton at cook fine art

3) Linder at PS1 contemporary art center

4) stephen shore at ICP 1969-79

5) morton bartlett at julie saul

6) larry clark LA 2002-08 at luhring augustine

7) philip lorca-di corcia at Institute of contemporary art, boston

8) seydou keita/lolo veleke at danziger.

9) gordon matta-clark at whitney.

10) paul strand at work at pace/macgill.

11) jeff wall at MOMA.

12) lisette model & her successors at aperture foundation

RUNNERS UP: Ryan McGinley 'Morrissey' at Team. Irving Penn flowers at pace 57th. rineke dijkstra at marian goodman. family pictures at guggenheim. valerie belin at galerie xippas , paris. henry wessel [sf moma]. thomas struth at marian goodman. kevin landers at elizabeth dee. celluloid skyline: NY In the movies at grand central vanderbilt ave. 'making the scene' ny public library.
william henry fox talbot at at hans kraus 962 park ave. moriko mori at deitch projects. richard misrach at pace/macgill.

Friday, December 26, 2008

My Favourite BOOKS of 2008

BOOKS

1. new york dolls photographs by bob gruen

2. "hermes shop windows" by leila menchari

3. guy bourdin monograph by gilles de bure.

4. The James Brown Reader by Nelson George & Alan Leeds
5. "The Kitchen Readings: Untold stories of Hunter S. Thompson " Michael Cleverly & Bob Brandis

6. "Joseph Cornell; Navigating the Imagination" by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan

7. richard avedon "performance"

8. . edward steichen in high fashion - the conde nast years by william ewing & todd brandow.

9. "Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers" by Barrington Edmonds

10. the clash' by topper headon, joe strummer, paul simenon & mick jones .

11. Body language (1970) by Julius fast.

12. paintings in proust: a visual companion to 'in search of lost time.'

13 "1 top class manager rob gretton" by lesley gilbert....

14 "basic checkers" by richard fortman

15. "Weather Language " (1979) by Julius Fast

16 NASA Art:50 years of explration...

.17 .. "scrapbooks: an american history" ...

18 Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric" by Bob Dylan & Barry Feinstein...."

19. Juliana hatfield "when I grow up"..."

20. . "We Have Ways of making You Laugh: 120 Swastika Cartoons" by Sam Gross

21 The Best Game Ever by Mark Bowden...

22. "No wave. post-punk. underground. new york. 1976-80." by thurston moore/byron coley.

23 "The Body Language of sex power & aggression" (1976) by Julius fast

24 . with strings attached: the art & beauty of vintage guitars

25. "george lois & his creation of the big idea" (assouline)...

22. the chicagoan: a lost magazine of the jazz age

26 "the elvis encyclopedia" by adam victor ...

27. "redemption song: the ballad of joe strummer" by chris salewicz...

28. "coltrane: the story of a sound" by ben ratliff

29 . . le corbusier a life

30. . the new york times the complete front pages 1951-2008.

31. Horoshige: 100 famous views of Edo....

32 "The Beatles: the Real Story" (1968) Julius fast

33 pop surf culture by brian chidester & dominic priore

34 . "Black Postcards" Dean Wareham ..

35 . "Comedy at the Edge" by Richard Zoglin..



RUNNERS-UP: "The Little Black Book of Rock Lists" ... "Wetlands/ Feuchtgebiete" by Charlotte Roche ... "Comfortably Numb" by Mark Blake (Pink Floyd). "Everything by Design" Alan Lapidus .. "Slash" by Slash & Andrew Bozza.. .. "Skinny Bitch in the Kitch" by Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin
"Rock Star Babylon" by Jon Holmes. "Willing" Scott Spencer.. "Bright Shiny Morning" James Frey/ terry Richardson/Richard Prince.... "This years model" by carol alt . "sex love & fashion" by bruce hulse. "the adventures of grandmaster flash: my life, my beats." by grandmaster flash. "a romance on 3 legs: glenn gould" by katie hafner. ..'scuse me why i kiss the sky' by david henderson... van gogh & the sunflowers... "something in the air: radio, rock & the revolution that shaped a revolution" by mark fisher.... Hiroshige/Eisen: 69 Station1s of the Kisokaido...Le Corbusier:Le Grand..."The (mostly) true story of Helvetica & the NYC Subway" by Paul Shaw....Giants among men by jack cavanaugh.... The Glory Game by Frank Gifford ...

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AND The Best Books of 2007 : !!!!!

FAVOURITE BOOKS : READING LIST 2007:

1) 'peepholism' .into the art of the smiths & morrissey by jo slee.

2) warhol screen tests catalogue raisonne.

3) leroy grannis 'surf photography of the 1960s & 70s.'

4) designed by peter saville.

5) misshapes by geordon nicol

6) STP the rolling stones 1972 US tour by robert greenfield.

7) ralph lauren

8) rolling stones' 'a season in hell' by robert greenfield.

9) gonzo: the life of hunter s thompson

10) josef albers "interaction of colour"

11) bob richardson

12) andy kaufman revealed by bob zmuda

13) the assault on reason by al gore

14) the beatles second album by dave marsh

15) 'confessions from the velvet rope' glenn belverio + thomas onorato.

16) facts on the ground: archaeological practice and territorial self-fashioning in israel society' by dr. abu el-haj

17) the story of tea by mary lou & bob heiss.

18) 'a priveleged life' by susanna salk.

19) 'extreme weather, a guide & record book- climate change edition.'

20) the complete peanuts 1965-66

21) 'the israel lobby & US foreign policy," by john mearsheimer & stephen walt.

22) 'the terror presidency' inside the bush administration by jack goldsmith

23) 'fashion babylon' by imogen edwards-jones & anonymous

24) 'windswept; the story of wind & weather' by marc de villiers

25) 'the weather makers,' by tim flannery.

26) 'the storm chaser a photographer's journey' by jim reed

27) 'palestine peace not apartheid' by jimmy carter

28) andy warhol portraits by tony shafrazi

29) the kennedy's portrait of a family: richard avedon & shannon thomas perich.

30) skinny bitch by rory fredman & kim barnouin

31) inside the music of brian wilson' by philip lambert

32) 'tearing down the wall of sound: phil spector' by mick brown

33) state of denial by bob woodward

34) lisa ruyter 'one million postcards'

35) 'according to the rolling stones'

36) 'the headmaster ritual' by taylor antrim

37) the down to earth guide to global warming by laurie david & cambria gordon

38) 'the fantastic four omnibus'

RUNNERS UP: Peter Beard 'scrapbooks from africa & beyond, 'rhonda byrne 'the secret' . 'white bicycles' by joe boyd. 'wrestling babylon' by irv muchnick. the society of s by susan hubbard. 'prep' by curtis sittenfeld. 'teenage: the creation of youth culture' by jon savage. the art of the band tee shirt by amber easby & henry oliver. "margrave of the marshes:john peel" by shiela ravenscroft. james st james 'freak show.' bill evans 'category 7.' 'the real animal house' by chris miller. 'deluxe' by dana thomas . 'wonderful tonight' by pattie boyd. schulz & peanuts by david michaelis. the penguin guide to jazz recordings by richard cook. 'strange as this weather has been' anne pancake. 'edie' an oral history jean stein/george plimpton . jack kirby's fourth world omnibus.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

NYC NightLife Nov 2007 1 Year Ago

NYC NightLife Nov 2007 1 Year Ago

Nov. 2 2007 SuperDrag, one of my favourite bands of the last decade, re-formed & played 2 shows at Fillmore / Irving Plaza. While Friday was certainly a fine rock show, I think they were still working out the kinks of re-forming the original line-up 10 years later. I got my CDs auoi-graphed by drummer Don Coffey Jr. & bassist Brandon:
Here's the generous set-list: Slot Machine/ Phaser. Carried. Whitey's Theme.
Garmonbozia. Truest Love. Senorita. 6/8. N.A. Kicker. Pine Away.
Nothing Good is Real. Tell Me I'm Not Free. I'm Expanding My Mind.
Hellbent. Sold You an Alibi. Do the Vampire. Amphetamine.
Unprepared. True Believer. Sucked Out. Cynicality /
Encore: Keep it Close to Me. . Bloody Hell. Destination: Ursa Major . Rocket.
***3/4 of 5 stars .
* then down to annex for ruff club. I gave spencer product my artworks 'no time for fun & games' & 'yellow & orange.' marika w hopsted downstairs. I gave jacky pollis a pavement live cd from 1994. I took a pic w/leigh lezark. dj geo told me the misshapes website was on the way. I gave out "new reality" buttons. stayed til 345 good energy. ***1/4 of 5 stars.
** the same night, Dave Seaman was at Rebel.

Nov 4 2007 the NYC Marathon

Nov 5 2007. i was in East Hampton for the week. it was 58 degrees & sunny on the beach. I had Vegetable Lo-Mein for dinner at Chen's garden.

Nov 6 2007 I attended Ryan McGinley's photo show at Glenn Horowitz on NewTown lane.
My late lunch at Rowdy Hall was spinach and pumpkin pecan cake.

Nov 9 2007 Armin Van Buuren was at Pacha

Nov 10 2007 Felix Hernandez' Rhythm Revue at Roseland.

Nov 11 2007 Junior Vasquez was at Cielo

Nov 14 2007 I was tested at NY Hospital for an inguinal hernia & acid reflux. My operation was at the end of the month.
Nov 16 2007 started out the night at UpStair's Danny A's 'wanna-be exclusive' lounge/club above Cafe Bari on Spring Street. While I am grateful to charismatic hosts cameron & romina, this venue always lacked 'that certain something,' despite big hype in the Post etc. A year later, autumn, 2008, UpStairs is closed. I gave out Hamptons magazines to cameron, romina, lady lucy, ian cogneato, mike nouveau, dhani & josh becker. stayed from 11-1245. cute crowd. no vibe. I like the photos though.
* next up to Cielo on lil west 12th st. I was comped $20 admission at the door. I gave dj vibe cds to rob f & danny howells cds to benny soto. Behrouz played a fine set of medium-size-room chunky progressive tech-house. I spent about 15 minutes talking with danny tenaglia, arguably among the 3 or 5 best djs who has ever lived. taking 2 pics w/DT was 1 of the highlights of my autumn, 2007. stayed til 340. ***1/2 of 5 stars
** finally up to Hiro for tommie sunshine. I was comped, thanks Daniela M ! tommie played ok 90s house but there were 5 people left at 4:10 am . 1/2*
*** the same night: rooney & the polyphonic spree were at Terminal 5. Billy Carroll was at SBNY.

Nov 17 2007 Victor calderone ws at pacha

Nov 22 2007. I attended Paul Oakenfold's Thanksgiving [former Trancegiving] at Pacha. Circa 1999, Oakey's NYC dates at Roxy & Bowery Ballroom were among the best club nights in NYC of the decade or two. How the mighty have fallen. I could barely stand 60-90 mins of Oakey's warmed over epic trance. And in 2008, for the first time in 10 years, Oakey didnt even play a NYC Thanksgiving party.
Sandra Collins played a surprisingly strong progg & euro set. Oakey came on at 1: am. the crowd was happy with his ancient epic trance but i wasnt. songs incl Faster Pussycat dub, nightmare brainbug. super8 & tab 'needs to feel.' 'future music' by astrix. simon patterson 'bulldozer.' armin van buuren 'rush hour.' thanks to dj gregg for the spots. I left by 230 i had never before bailed on oakey after 60-90 mins like that & I have not heard him at all in 2008. *** of 5 stars.
Jesus, Oakey's sets in 1999-2000 were some of the best Ive ever heard !!
* the same night: Junior was at SOL.

Nov 23 2007 Danny Tenaglia ws at Webster Hall.

Nov 24 2007 Stephan Grondin was at WORK on west 33rd st

Nov 25 2007 the Memorial service for my late uncle Elliot Feder

Nov 29 2007 I had a hernia operation, which was excruciatingly painful for 2 weeks, and in the end took 4-6 weeks to heal & stop hurting. Vicodin & Percocet. Thanks to the great Marc Jacobs, who had a similar operation a few days before mine, and Really helped my recuperation!!

and in the news:
nov 19 2007: mr whipple, actor dick wilson who played the fussy mustachioed grocer Mr Whipple on the charmin TP commercials who said 'pleae dont squeeze the Charmin," died in woodland hills, ca at age 91
* paul mccartney were hanging out with nancy shevell in amagansett & east hampton at whites pharmacy.

top models in nov 2007 incl coco rocha, raquel zimmerman, doutzen krose, shannan click, caroline trentini, suvi koponen, gemma wardd, sasha pivovarova, lily d, tanya d, snejana onopka, freja ericksen, inguna butane & valentina z.


My favourite books incl. Johnny Rogan's "Morrissey." and Hunter S Thompson's "Gonzo" compendium.

music-wise, Tokyo police Club released their "Smith" EP. Other top tunes incl the Spinners 1st LP, Hits by Suede & St Etienne, and SuperDrag's 8 track Sound.

my favorite sneakers [Trainers] were Tretorns at Clearly First 980 Madison Ave.

the best DVD was Paul Lynde's Halloween special from 1976.

my horoscope lucky colours incl Green.

Monday, December 22, 2008

DJ SETS/Concerts/Club Nights of 2008 :

DJ SETS/Concerts/Club Nights of 2008 :
1. superdrag/cassavettes johnny brendas 12 april 2008 *****

2. Derrick Carter at Sullivan Room 1/26/08 ****3/4

3. cut/copy, black kids, mobius band, making time 8th anniversary. 16 may 2008 Pure. ****1/2+

4. dj vibe pacha 3/22/08 ****1/2

5. little louis vega arts garage 07 nov 2008 ****1/4

6. junior vasquez cielo 2/17/08 ****1/4

7. making time/halloween/hercules + love affair transit ****1/4

8. MSTRKRFT/ LA Riots at TLA 13 Oct 2008 ****1/4

9. raveonettes at johnny brendas 3/27/08 ****

10. Everyothers at trash BK 2/16/08 ****

11. rhythm review roseland 5/3/08 ****

12. danny tenaglia cielo 11/27/008 ****

13. turnaround vs immediate spankrock barbary 23 may 2008 ****

14. peter bailey 125 lounge 8/22/08 ****

15. MSTRKRFT at snacks/woodys 11 march 2008 ****

16. paul weller / the rifles 14 sept trocadero ***3/4

167 the virgins. black kids. magic wand. 1st unit 9/29/08 ***3/4

18. Peter Bailey at WORK ***3/4 1/12/08

19. victor calderone at pacha 1/16/08 ***3/4

20. Anna Sui/Agyness Deyn/MisShapes Don Hill's 2/7/08 ***1/2

21. ruff club 05 sept 2008 eric hook. matt mccauley. danzie. death set. ***1/2

22. making time xmas party w/ CSS Transit 12/19/08 ***1/2

23. sorted barbary 12/12/08 sugarcane ***1/2

24. ruff club 30 may 2008 carmine filthy. eric sharpe. ***1/2

25. Lloyd cole tin angel 11/14/08 ***1/4

RUNNERS UP : . Steve Aoki Room Service 23 Feb 2008 ***1/4 . .. josh wink ovum fluid 25 june ***1/4 ... Tvs.I! barbary Oct 17 2008 ***1/4... .. Lovelight" at Transit 14 June 2008 Denny leNimh, MicProbes, TVI, Live Forever ***1/4.

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AND MY BEST DJ SETS/ CONCERTS & CLUB NIGHTS 2007 !!!!!!!

BEST CLUB NIGHTS/DJ SETS/CONCERTS of 2007:

1) morrissey hammerstein 10/27/07 *****

2) derrick carter at sullivan room 5/19/07 ****3/4+

3) dj vibe at pacha 6/16/07 ****3/4

4) dj vibe/victor calderone studio mezmor opening 2/17/07 ****3/4

5) carl cox at pacha 10/20/07 ****1/2

6) dj sneak/joeski/halloween rebel ****1/2

7) Derrick Carter at Duvet 2/2/07 ****1/2

8) junior vasquez at bank 4 4/28/07 ****1/2

9) felix hernandez rhythm revue at roseland 5/12/07 ****1/4

10) derrick carter/james curd/foos club love 8/3/07 ****1/4

11) danny howells at cielo 7/5/07 ****1/4

12) peter bailey/victor calderone studio mezmor 3/17/07 ****1/4

13) lloyd cole at joe's pub 9/8/07 ****

14) junior vasquez at bank/element 3/3/07 ****

15) chus/ceballos studio 4/14/07 ****

16) danny howells at pacha 4/7 ****

17) lil louie vega, peter bailey & tom stephan at cielo 4 october 2007 ****

18) superdrag 11/2/07 fillmore ***3/4

19) the raveonettes at bowery ballroom 12 october 2007 ***3/4

20) The Young Knives at Ruff Club 3/22/07 ***3/4

21) jeremy scott at misshapes 5/5/07 ***1/2

Thursday, December 18, 2008

best tv of 2008

TV
1. BET 106/park,

2. CNN Campbell Brown election center

3. monday night football on espn

4. CNN anderson cooper AC360

5. sunday night football

6. Plumm TV

7. 30 Rock

8. football on nbc

9. football on cbs

10. News Long Island Ch. 12 '

11. espn sportscenter

12. CNN lou dobbs

13. Are You Being Served?

14. Banana Splits

15. BET New Rap City [RIP]

16. Gossip Girl

RUNNERS-UP:.. Mad Men... .. George of the Jungle .. Lipstick Jungle.. Quarterlife. Weeds. The Hills. Laguna Beach... waiting for god.... tennis on usa & cbs....project runway....ugly betty...

current music; E W F REMIX CD 2



AND 2007's BEST TV SHOWS:

Current music: shoes as is


TV SHOW:

1. Full Frontal Fashion on Metrochannel.

2. BET 106/park.

3. WLIW news 12.

4. weather report.

5. PLUMM TV

6. BET new rap city

7. David Letterman.

8. craig ferguson.

9. conan obrien.

RUNNERS UP: Gossip girl. jimmy kimmel. American idol . jay leno. carson daly. ch 13. ch 21.. merv griffin's crosswords. quarterlife

Currently listening :
How To Save A Life
By The Fray
Release date: 13 September, 2005

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

BEST RADIO SHOWS & STATIONS of 2008: ADD YOUR OWN LOCAL FAVOURITES !!

BEST RADIO SHOWS & STATIONS of 2008: ADD YOUR OWN LOCAL FAVOURITES !!

1. felix hernandez' rhythm review on KISS fm sundays noon- 4:00 pm the best soul, funk, disco & r&b 1960s-1980s

2. .felix hernandez' rhythm review on WGBO saturdays 10:00 am - 2:00 pm the best r&b, funk, disco & soul 1960s-80s

3. DJ VIBE ROTATIONS Live in Portugal each Sturday night

4. WOGO Best Oldies in Philadelphia since the 1970s.

5. Carl Cox Global

6. . cbs fm 101.1. the greatest hits of all time -

7. . Area 33 on Sirius Satellite : Paul Oakenfold

8. Roger Sanchez Release YourSelf

9. Howard Stern on SIRIUS

RUNNERS-UP:
WRFF Phila 104.5
107.9 Phila.

LONG ISLAND:
92.9
96.9
103.9
92.1
101.7





AND Here Are 2007's Best Radio Shows :

BEST RADIO SHOWS & STATIONS of 2007: ADD YOUR OWN LOCAL FAVOURITES !!

1. felix hernandez' rhythm review on KISS fm sundays noon- 4:00 pm the best soul, funk, disco & r&b 1960s-1980s

2. .felix hernandez' rhythm review on WGBO saturdays 10:00 am - 2:00 pm the best r&b, funk, disco & soul 1960s-80s

3. cbs fm 101.1. the greatest hits of all time - back after 3 horrid years of "Jack"

4. 106.7. lite fm w/contemporary hits, a favourite in my luncheon spots

5. 102.7 . very similar to 106.7

6. Sirius . incl. howard stern & dance shows

7. XM had junior vasquez, that's ending this month

8. CD 101.9. smooth jazz/ some good soul/versions at night

9. Hot 97. some good hip hop

10. Z100. lots of fun top 40 hits

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

20 BEST FILMS of 2008

FILM
1. "Lets Get Lost"

2. "Gonzo: the Life & Work of D. Hunter S. Thompson"

3. "Lou Reed's Berlin"

4. "man on Wire" [philip petite]

5. . 'a girl cut in half'

6. "Squeezebox!"

7"the wrestler"...

8. 'harvard beats yale 29-29'...

9. ..."rachel getting married"...."

10, "The Spirit"

11. "Slumdog millionaire"

12. "the curious case of benjamin button"

13. . "Vicky Christina Bacelona"

14. 'fados'...

15. . "All in this Tea"

16. . "Get Smart"

17. "Wild Combination" (a portrait of arthur russell).

18. . "young people fucking." ..."

19. "Synecdoche NY"

20. "Love exposure"

RUNNERS- UP

"Smiley Face",, "Chuck Close" .. "Teeth".. "The Cool School" .. .. .. "The Sisterhood of the Travelling pants 2" .. "Mr. Lonely" .. . "Richard Serra: Thinking on your Feet".. ..... "the Class [Entre Les Murs]"... "snow angels" .. 'the exiles.'... 'garden party.' ... 'bagheads' ... . "Shine A Light" ... "what we do is secret"....paris, not france" ... 'the dutchess'...'american swing'...'tokyo'...'igor'...'the guitar'....'four nights with anna.'... "Kung Fu Panda" "Space Chimps"

Friday, December 5, 2008

nyc nightlife nov 2003 5 years ago this month

nyc nightlife nov 2003 5 years ago this month

nov 1 2003 danny howells was at arc every month. he plays nyc once or twice in 2008. DH's latest Renaissance cd is great, deep melodic and funky!

nov 5 2003 aerial love feeed [now rockethouse] were at pianos. one of nycs best bands of the 21st century, I dont know if RH are playing any gigs anymore 5 years later? setlist:
retrieve the history. cb. lock n load. cutdown. pedestal. doomsville. rockethouse. temporary glitch.

nov 6 2003. the alps were at sin e. sin e closed about 3 years ago, a much missed LES rock bar/barn. I met karen elson & elise crombez there in dec 2003.

nov 7 2003 the bluetones were at mercury lounge! wow britpop flashback. I saw the BT at westbeth maybe 1999 great show !!
* the same night ambulance ltd was at plaid! formerly spa & the cat club on east 13th st . ambulance's 2nd LP is about 4 years in the making at this point, but should be great in 2009!

nov 12 2003 guided by voices and ambulance ltd were at warsaw in BK! wow what a show!! one can NOT have too many GBV cds !

nov 13 2003 . orange park was at sin e. i listened to OPs 2007 LP 'revelations' recently its awesome !!!!!

nov 14 2003 the von bondies were at mercury lounge . and paul van dyk was at the roxy.

nov 15 2003 nick warren was at avalon [former limelight]. and charming was at tiswas.

nov 20 the white stripes were at roseland. and my favorite was at knitting factory.

nov 21 2003 danny tenaglia & tedd patterson played a great night of funky hard house at ARC/VINYL [formerly NASA] at 6 hubert st. Here's nick's edited review:
"I haven't checked out DT in a while so i figured i might as well head over there...got there at about 3:30AM, Tedd Patterson was rocking that place i must say, keeps u moving. Danny went on a little after 4, took him a while to get into it, but once he did that place was a blast.
To The music: (i wasnt there that long, i left at like 6am but)..Danny was playing some jams:
~~Hydraulic Dogs - Shake It Baby -- what a happy track, the Phazon was actually pounding full force to this one
~~Queenie!!>>very surprised to hear this track, real old school here>>"fuckin bitch cunt, fuckin bitch cunt"--didnt know Danny rocked this at all...BTW i have no idea what mix this was, def not the MV mix from back in the day....real dope hard progressive keys in it
~~Kelis - Milkshake--another nice track, i love the X-Press 2 mix but it def wasnt that one, much more tribally
~~Iberican Beats...another dope one -- -- he also teased Aphrohead - In The Dark We Live..."i can see the lightttt"...not sure if he played it later on. wish i would have stayed later but my boy was feeling real sick
i'm hoping the crowd changes next week for his vinyl classics party which he said will be the past 5 yrs of classics, he also said he was recording it, looking forward to it"" thanks, Nick !
I spent thanksgiving 2008 with danny at cielo, it was a solid **** set from classic house to deep hard tech-house. DT is a living legend, only a handful of DJs ever are on his level. pretty much anyone who calls themselves a "DJ" should find about Danny Tenaglia. It will be an education.
* the same night dave seaman was at avalon.

nov 22 2003 ferry corsten was at avalon. and ambulance ltd & the blondes were at luna lounge on the LES.

nov 26 2003 danny tenaglia and portugal's dj vibe played extraordinary thanksgiving eve sets of twisted progressive tribal house at ARC. DT has long been was a contender for worlds greatest dj. I would have to say in 2008 DJ Vibe is slightly better, but it's oh so close at the top !
AND here's Nick's awesome review of DJ VIBE + Danny Tenaglia at Thanksgiving 2003:
""DT at ARC by nick: Got into Vinyl around 4:45AM...DJ Vibe was behind the decks, man that guy is insane...while i was there he was on for around an hr or so...some of what he played:
DT's Edit of Dream On vs. I Feel Loved (havent heard this since DT @ Abyss wow what an production!)
Underworld - Two Months Off (King Unique Mix)>>Vibe killed this

Onto Danny: (some are in order, some not)
U2 - Silver & Gold (Luke Fair Edit)>>this was a surprise, love the "Women Beat Their Men" drum beats
LNR - Work It To The Bone (not sure if it was orig or not)
into DJ Dozia - Work (with Work This Pussy Aca on top)
into M.I.K.E. - DEEPEST FUCKIN JUNGLE-->sounded great on that system
Kelis - Milkshake (he played this mix last week and i'm pretty sure it samples "In The Dark We Live">>not the vocal just those familiar sounds hard to explain..maybe he was just teasing us with it like last week, but i think its part of the mix
Sound Of Goodbye (Robbie Rivera Vocal Mix)
Safe From Harm
Nat Monday - Waiting (Creamer & K. Mix) with his Elements "clanks" on top
DT once again played that new mix of Ethyl Meatplow - Queenie (he said it was new)..then went on to say some real classy stuff
"this next track i'm gonna play is all about RESPECT, some people dont have it...follow ur DJ people...this one is for my good friend Jonathan Peters" >>he proceeded in playing Going Thru It-->DT is a true class act is all i can say (screams of "Yea Johnny" were heard all across the dance floor =)
He followed that with Latin Headhuntrz - White Rabbit (suprised to hear this)
Ben Shaw ft. Adele Holness - So Strong (Sander K Mix) ahhh yes
Later on he played the original USOL - So Get Up-->what a mix, teased us once again with Answering Machine - Flash aca over it
Elements beats with Rui Da Silva "Touch Me" over it..he would cut the volume to "touch me in the morning" maybe 2-3x but he never played the full mix or his edit while i was there =(
Sweet Dreams (Frank 'O Moiragh Deep Mix) out of the endless mixes to this track this is by far my fave mix, good choice DT
Sapphirecut - Free Ur Mind>>finally got to hear him play this, one of my fave tracks of all time even tho its not that old
Shane Nolan - Feel Alive vs. DB Boulevard - Point Of View>>dope
Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On>>DT attacked the EFX box on this one
Sume Sigh Say
Walking On Fire aca over Greg O - The Drill>>insanity
Paul Jays - Spiritual Battery...still a sick track. ""
And THAT is why DT is THE DJ's DJ !!!!!!!
* jonathan peters is at 125 Lounge saturday night. review next week.
** and paul oakenfold was at avalon. what ever happened to oakey's NYC thanksgiving parties?? he plays Vegas weekly now - yuck !

nov 28 2003 and DT played ARC/Vinyl for the 2nd time in a week with a set of house classics. Once again, DTs Thanksgiving set 2008 at Cielo was a solid **** party last week.

nov 29 2003 danny howells was back at ARC/vinyl, each month one of the best residencies of progressive house that nyc has seen in the 21st century.

favourite cds in nov 2003 included the everyothers great debut LP and junior vasquez' anthems I.

top fashion models in nov 2003 incl karen elson, elise crombez, angie lindvall, amber valletta, natalia vodianova, tasha tilberg, liisa winkler, tiiu kuik, filippa hamilton palmistierna, madeline blomberg, carmen maria hillestad,

and in the news:
16 Nov 1968: nbc cut away from the jets-raiders game to show "Heidi." the raiders beat the jets 43-32.
* and 22 nov 1963 president john f kennedy was shot to death while riding in a motor-cade in dallas TX. Texas Gov John Connolly, in the same limo as Kennedy, was seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.

my business meetings in nov 2003 included socialite/art dealer leila heller at 72nd/madison.