Monday, March 30, 2009

nyc & phila nightlife feb 2008 :

nyc & phila nightlife feb 2008 :
nyc & phila nightlife feb 2008 :

feb 1 2008. fashion week in nyc with parties at the ben sherman store and the annex.
* the same night making time at pure.

feb 2 2008. peter bailey was at pacha, one of 2008s best tech tribal djs. looking forwaqrd to his next 125 lounge appearance.

feb 3 2008 the ny giants beat the NE pats 17-14 in one of the best superbowls ever. the Jints were 12 POINT UNDER DOGS ! receptions by david tyree & plax burress are legendary, as was eli mannings QB performance.

feb 5 bloody social was at the delancey.

feb 6 louis vega was at cielo

feb 7 2008 misshapes fashion week party at don hills. agy deyns birthday. the paddingtons played, they sounded like the kaisar chiefs' little brothers. guests incl anouck lepere, jeremy scott, cameron russell, ciara, anna sui, bob gruen, krys kauder. I took a picture with Isabelle McNally & she borrowed $5 from me. More pics with Romina, Cameron, Jacky Pollis, Gracie, and Spencer Product, ***1/2 of 5 stars. best songs: wanna be starting something. lust for life. mariah all I want for xmas is you. spice girls wannabe. and buzzcocks' everybodys happy nowadays. I wish geo & leigh would throw more than 1 or 2 parties a year in nyc in 2009.
* next up to kiss + fly for louis vega, best song marley 'is this love' man russian call girls who wanted to be "models" but their rates were too low. yawn.
** the same night vampyre weekend was at 1st unit church on 22nd st

feb 8 2008 more fashion week with jeremy scott at mansion's opening. its called M2 1 year later.

feb 12 2008 gawker.com published my recap of nyc nightlife in feb 1998. here's my blog link: http://the-earl-grey.livejournal.com/
comments at bottom.

feb 13 2008 the red romance at midway

feb 14 2008 david morales at pink elephant.

feb 15 2008 erick morillo was at pacha.

feb 16 2008 started out the night at trash in williamsburg. you cant imagine how much a lifetime manhattanite like me hates the L train and the people of BillyBurg in the 21st Cent. You really cant imagine. Took pics with owen, jim brown. gave joel a new reality button. my 2 fave nyc bands of the 21st century are the everyothers + rockethouse. everyothers were truly great. set: go down soon. tickethome. surprise surprise. too far. pink sticky lies. dive with you. something wrong. john Im only dancing. whatever you want. like a drug / break that bottle. absolutely fab set **** of 5 stars
* also the bullies played. [dead boys xerox] . and electric frankenstein. [shit metal.]
** finally cabbed it out of BK to pacha, 46th, 11th ave. not bad for 145 years young right? victor calderone played a solid tech tribal set but hes just not as diverse as dj vibe or even peter bailey honestly. always that 'circuit' beat that gets boring after 20 mins. he can mix the records tho 4 sure! ***3/4 of 5 stars.
*** same night: rated x at don hills.

feb 17 so saturday wasnt enough? I went to cielo on lil w 12th for junior vasquez' brill house music. great mix of styles/tracks. hot tribal percussion. 'its gonna be a good night.' electro bangers like miss kitten/hacker 'rippen kitten' rmx. FRD 'you got to believe' 08 rmx. systems of silence great new mix. your loving arms new mix. just great electro & tech til 345 : ****1/4 of 5 stars.
* the same night danny tenaglia was at harrahs in Atl City NJ.

feb 21 2008 the bravery were at terminal 5. behrouz was at cielo.

feb 22 2008 room service on e 21st st. with steve aoki. hooked up with krys kauder from Vogue mag. guests incl NY Giants Supe Champs Mike Strahan, Amani Toomer & Osi Umanyura. It was a thrill to see our local conquering heroes. top trax evermore its too late. daft 1 more time. phoenix so young zoot mix. and a lot of hip hop stuff. aoki may not be a technician but he keeps a room moving !! ***1/4 of 5 stars.
* the same night the bravery were at the TLA. james zabiela was at pacha.

feb 23 2008 orange park was at luna lounge BK. david morales was at stereo montreal.
the orion experience was at tiswas at annex. tiswas moved to webster in 09.

feb 27 2008 josh wink was at fluid.

feb 28 the english beat were at trocadero.

feb 29 2008 tony humphries was at sullivan rm. the everyothers were at otto's shrunken head.


favourite LPs in feb 08 incl morrisseys greatest hits + the 45 "thats how people grow up." carla bruni's LPs, steely dan's countdown to ecstacy & pretzel logic.

the best art show was lee miller's photos at the phila museum of art.

my favourite tea time spots incl capogiro gelato on 20th st.

my favourite drink was aberlour 12 yrs single malt scotch.

Top films included the re-release of Bruce Weber's heart-breaking Chet Baker docu "Lets Get Lost," and the Joy Division Docu.

my horoscope lucky colours in InTouch incl Blue, & white.
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feb 12 2008 gawker.com published my recap of nyc nightlife in feb 1998. here's my blog link: http://the-earl-grey.livejournal.com/

+ comments:
SELECTED READERS' COMMENTS:
* AMISHREBEL :...everything operates in cycles, I suppose

* MATTGAYMON : But what was 19103 like in 1998?

* THEHONJUDGESMAILS @AmishRebel: Yeah, this sounds like my past couple of weekends.
Also: SPACEHOG!?!?! Awesome.

* DWAYNE PROVECHO Dear Earl,
Was the Mooney Suzuki show at Coney Island High the one where they opened for thee Headcoats and thee Headcoatees? Because I was at that one, but I can't remember the exact date. One of the best shows I've ever been to, and certainly one of my top 3 in NYC.

*JMACNY : angular banjos sound good to me...

* FIVEINCHTAINT : @TheHonJudgeSmails: Dude writes one catchy tune and lands Liv Tyler. That song wasn't that great, was it?

* THEOLOGICALSONG : well done, EG. your use of well documented intricate detail, presented in a bare bones reportorial style, becomes strangely, almost maudlin-ly poetic as it accumulates. not at all to dismiss the more generalized amusingly sardonic dialogues of The storied Past, but this approach somehow arrives with more emotional force for me. without getting too insular here, I suspect we have many friends in common, in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if we know each other. fruit for another conversation. for now, thanks for bringing it back. I s'pose my only caveat is: a fairly narrow swath of your demimonde, as represented here. a more expansive window might be nice. but I imagine this was an accurate depiction of the netherworld you were inhabiting at the time.

* FLOSSY : Drum & Bass? Psy-Trance? Brit-Pop? This makes me glad I was only 12.

* CHEAP SHOT @yourfriendandneighbor:
Then: no table service, smoking allowed rampant drug use.
Now: table service, no smoking, not so rampant drug use.
I prefer the former.

* MICKEYITALIANO : Not to knock 'the Earl', but anyone with a synapse left of pre and post NYC nightlife highs and lows may agree to the late 80's early 90's, being on par with the days of Max's and early CB's.

* THEHONJUDGESMAILS @fiveinchtaint: Perhaps fittingly, neither is Liv Tyler, anymore.

* KOALA325 Sadly, Patch Adams is the only thing I remember about 1998.

* SALLY TOMATO Duu-huuude. Are you rockin' the Philly zip? Is that what that signoff is? Because if you are, I am so loving you. Also, love that you're listening to Aja. I guess I'm not the only Steely Dan-loving Philadelphia native on the premises.

* SEEINGI What, no Squeezebox?

* JMACNY : @Sally Tomato: I'm on the top of that list, brave as I may be to admit it. (not Philly, I'm in NYC)....Steely Dan were pretty snarky, hidden by the lounge jazz sounds.....smart guys.

* MONKEY_BUTTER What! Where's Mother and Jackie 60, boy you people have total flea memory. What you do think inspired most of what is above here.

* THEHONJUDGESMAILS @JMacNY: @Sally Tomato: Steely Dan ruled.

* FLIPPER BABY My reminiscence of February 1998: Enjoyed Okocim at the Olde Homestead Inn, avoided everything the Earl mentioned.

* HYPATIA Oh man. I was such a little retard, but I wish I'd saved my flyers. I was at at least two of those events (Grooverider/Frost/DB/Dara and Suzuki).

* THIGHHIGH @yourfriendandneighbor:
As my mother used to say when I complained of having nothing to do: There are no boring days, only boring people.Same with cities.

* FROMTHEFUTURE OMG! Tiswas! How could I forget! Sigh. Thank you.

* SUPERBIEN @MattGaymon: Kinda "meh", but on the cusp of blossoming into the bougie decadence that it is now. Rittenhouse Square is a lovely park . . .

* UNRED AT 03:19 PM
The Upper Crust and Coney Island High! And not knowing if you were going to be assaulted on St. Marks Place. Such good memories.

* YOURFRIENDANDNEIGHBOR AT 03:32 PM
@ThighHigh: Did your mother say that 10 years ago when everything was cooler?

* KLL5 But what about Baktun? When 14th street between 9th and 10th had the Cooler, Baktun, Mother, the Belgian place, the 24 hour and the deli. And that was about it for blocks!
Also, these were the last sputtering days of raves in burnt out clubs in Times Square.

* SNAPPALOOSA I was at that Spacehog show. A friend invited me to come along after I got stood up ("aw, shit, babe-- got called in to work! Can't get out of it") by my schmuck of a boyfriend.
Wouldn't ya know it, but there, in the back of the room, sucking face with a girl who was decidedly NOT me, was that schmuck of a boyfriend. "Working," I guess?
Oh well. At least it was a good show. That said, the best thing I ever saw at Wesbeth was Crash Worship in 1994...

** Hi. I love your updates on Gawker. Will you be doing more of these this year, reminiscing about 1998?

REPLY: go back in the live journal cal;endar, i already wrote lots fropm 1994-2007. yes i will send more to gawker too THANKS !!!!!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

NYC NIGHTLIFE in MARCH 1994: The Cocteau Twins & Pavement

NYC NIGHTLIFE in MARCH 1994: The Cocteau Twins & Pavement
NYC NIGHTLIFE in MARCH 1994:

march 11 1994 my brother's birthday party at hatsuhana on 48th st guests incl. susan holmes from elite, later married duff from GnR & designed swimwear.

march 12, 1994 the cocteau twins at roseland [4 calendar cafe tour?] with luna & moose opening. the cocteaus were pretty good live but the late 80s ritz show i saw of theirs was much better. I also found luna to be disappointing compared to the excellent galaxie 900. to be fair it was their 1st LP, I know many people became fans later on.

march 22, 1994 morrissey released 'vauxhall & I' which may be his best solo work & imo this LP compares favourably with smiths' LPs like meat is murder, the queen is dead & strangeways here we come. 15 years later I dont think Moz has matched Vauxhall on LP; but his gigs from 99-present rank among the greatest shows he's played, solo or with Smiths.

march 24, 1994 tickets went on sale for morrissey's carnegie hall shows, [april 11 & 12], which were later cancelled. he's playing carneigie, webster & bowery on this tour 2009.

march 25, 1994 I saw madder rose at brownie's courtesy of tvt. I very much miss browniesw as an intimate ave a venue.

march 30, 1994 pavement at irving plaza on the crooked rain tour. hi-lites incl. silence kid, cut your hair, and heaven is a truck. the band was good but the slacker crowd was flat. *** of 5 stars. It was a treat to go backstage however & hang with evan dando & chris lombardi from matador records.

my business meetings in march 1994 incl mark kostabi at kostabi world.

the whitney museum continued its retrospective of andy warhol's 1960s films incl. many rarely seen edie sedgwick, nico, and velvet underground classics. I filmed a cable TV "weather report" with the underground film stars nico star and nick zedd at the whitney museum march 26.

2 music fanzines were favourites in 1994, morrissey's Morrizine & the suede fanzine swayed.

some of my favourite restaurants in march 1994 incl skyyline coffee shoppe on 75th, & soupburg on 79/80 and lexington. by the summer I went vegetarian & Ive never gone back to meat eating. skyyline was a nyc institution for about 50 years but closed 5 years ago and is now a crap "starwich" yuck.

some of my favourite music in march 1994 incl. morrissey's the more you ignore me 45, pavement's crooked rain & slanted/enchanted, dinosaur jr living all over me, cranberries linger, and snoop's gin & juice.

* more march 1994 news as seen on my video show 'the weather report': Vol. 14" a Media deconstruction episode filmed between Feb. 21 and March 7, 1994.

POP Art/Andy Warhol: A book on NICO from the Velvet Underground is reviewed in the New York Times.
* Lisa Robinson broke the world exclusive story ion the NY Post that the VU 1993 re-union was over, due to Lou Reed's opressive production demands on John Cale.
* Edie Sedgwick in the pages of Vogue with some rare 1960s b&w photos !!
* and Werther's Original caramel hard candies; Top Cat the cartoon cat; Mickey Mouse.

Sports/Video: The Olympics were the top news story in Feb/March 1994, particularly the soap opera-like rivalry between American skaters Nancy Kerrigan & Tonya Harding. It's no exaggeration to say that these 2 women were on the front page of the Post, News & the Times for 2 weeks straight! Dont believe me? Just watch! I show every front page headline of these 2 & you'll quickly remember it was a sopa opera that riveted the entire world !! PLUS I show a cool video of Kerrigan's silver medal winning short program, set to the music of the dance mix of St Etienne's "Pale Movie" !!! In the end Oksana Baiul took the Gold as the entire world watched!
* and Wrestling's Main Event's April 1994 issue is covered, a magazine I edited in the late 1980s, with STING on the cover !!!

Music News/Magazine deconstruction. The magazine of the month was RAYGUN issue #14 wioth Morrissey on the cover!! Hopefully youve seen RAYGUN, the predecessor to NYLON via publisher/editor Marvin Scott Jarrett, and RAYGUN was much more experimental and arty than NYLON has ever been. Youll LOVE the Morrissey layout in RAYGUN #14 I show, as well as a Pavement article too.
* VOX March 1994 from England with Brett Anderson from Suede on the cover ! And the Stone Roses.
* a sculpture of the Beatles circa Sgt Pepper !!

Fashion/Models: Some hot video of the Chanel spring/summer 1994 runway show, including super-duper models christy turlington, linda evangelista, nadja auermann & bridget hall, including swimwear, at the absolute apogee of their modelling careers & runway skills.
* "W" has long been my favourite magazine & early 1994 had some superb "W" covers, including Kate Moss & Linda Evangelista, all of which are shown on tonight's episode.
* Bridget Hall's Calvin Klein campaign. Town & Country March 1994 with Kelly Klein on the cover!!

The Banana Splits: Ive been a huge Banana Splits fan since I first saw them on Saturday morning TV in the late 1960s! And tonight's show features a couple of appearance from the Splits as well as their neighbours The Sour Grapes Bunch !! Check it!

ASTROLOGY: The NY Post's great astrologer the late Patric Walker is shown. In 2009 Sally Brompton, a protege of Walker, holds down the Posts's astrology, but I have yet to find another astrologer to match the much-missed wisdom & philosophy of the late great Patric Walker.

Animal Rights: "Beverly Hills 90210" had a great episode where Shannon Doherty & Tori Spelling joined PETA & campaigned for animal rights & against animal testing!!! See why "BH902" was still one of the best shows on TV in 1992. Admit it, you watched it every week just like I did !!!

Weather: Black & white weather maps from the New York Times. Colour weather maps from Long Island Newsday.

Currently listening :
Your Love (Got 2 Have It)
By Ceevox
Release date: By 30 October, 2001

Sunday, March 15, 2009

nyc night life feb 2004

nyc night life feb 2004

jan 31 2004 started out the night at tiswas at don hills. cabbed down the fdr dri9ve from 86th st to houston. cousin bruce on wcbs fm, motown dance party, mary wells, stevie 'yester me yester you.' had cinnamon apple tea. curt, marty, justine d, kerri black, & ingri attended. ingri brought an olson sis' puzzle. she does look a bit like ashley. somke good ART COLLABORATE W/INGRI. SUPERBOWL PARTY . aerial love feed [rocket house ] played: they & the everyothers are ny's best bands since 2000. set list: "lock n load. pedestal. retrieve the info."


gave wade "code:dance" CD. trax from nicK: give it up turn it loose. move your feet. hand in glove. hey ya. stayed til 3 am ***


* next down to arc, darren gave me $10 reduced. lee burridge played a nasty techy set til 7 am. some progg sounded likem genesis w/kickdrum. crowd screams, many bombs. ***3/4 of 5 stars.

feb 5 2004, beavher at don hills. jessie from nancy boy played. guitar, bass + no songs. guests incl gregg, donna, hilary rosenman, vito fun. frank's best songs: tenderness. upside down. its a shame. emotional rescue. you sexy thing. turning japanese. rockstar drink took me til 330. it snowed. marvin on cbs fm 'got to give it up' *** of 5 stars


* also a fashion week party at pm lounge, 50 gansevoort st.


** sarah lewitten dj-ed at Piano's - dont hear much bout UltraGrrrrl anymore do ya?

feb 6 2004 pianos 158 ludlow had inevitable breakups at 11: and orange park at midnight.

feb 7 2004 felix da housekatt was at avalon/limelight.

feb 12 2004 fashion week - cynthia rowley's after-party at plaid. comped by mark nelson thanks! photographed by ny post, liz lippmann. dance room: senorita, hey ya, milkshake. Boy George DJs ! pinstripe suit, silvery makeup, fedora hat. plays inikamoze hotstepper, missy work it/ passthe dutch. mark game me drink tic & comp for juniors red party at SF !! cynthias party, chat w/ larry tee, lady bunny, senior from jnr senior !! STAYED TIL 130. **1/2.


* THEN DOWN TO BEAVHER AT DON HILLS. gave frank mile hi club tee. iris attended. best trax its a shame, thinking of you. slow stayed til 315. *3/4.


** back to plaid on east 13th for cynthia rowleys afterparty! larry tee agaian. george played moz 'more u ignore me,' last of intl pboys. more pics of george. bunny. house room to 420. best things life free. how wld u feel. Im every woman. o0ver all **1/2


*** the same night, ambulance ltd was at pianos.


feb 15 2004. started out the night at justine & michael's MotherF***** party at Centrofly. It was 20 degrees. It was the 1 and only time I ever attended this infamous scuzz rock party. it was valentines & presidents day. I was comped the $25 admission by duke & jester at the door. it was really crowded & hot. ran into Jesse from salford lads/sadie/alps. we watched "!!!" [chik chik chik] who were pretty new, 1 45 out I think. around this time people were talking about "nyc punk/funk" with I guess rapture/DFA being leading names. !!! has returned to well-deserved obscurity. Listen I saw A CERTAIN RATIO on their 1st & 2nd LP tours, and this !!! shit was really embarassing. with some hives/strokes garage influence thrown in for added amateurishness. talked to jesse malin from DGen, he said Niagara is good on fridays. ron m was there on stilts, moco jumbi wha ? lool. it was hot & fun, like a tristate rock scuzz convention. spotlight on New Jerz lool. songs: shannon let the music play. stardust music feels better. cheap trick elle kiddies. pretenders precious! bowie hang on to yrself. hot hot heat. it was good while I was there til 2 am. ***1/2 of 5 stars. but I never went to another MFer. Centrofly's been closed for years. and JUust, Michael, Jonny & George all ended MFer a few years back under cloakede deep acrimony & antipathy. Justine I will always love you. Rawk n Roll !!


* next up to Sound Factory 46th st [now pacha] for junior vasquez' RED party. I was comped the $40 admission at the door by mark nelson - not bad for 141 years young, eh? ! Got there 230. junior played melodic house & classics, warming up. madonna deeper & deeper wild vocal mix. bango. 'take me higher' diana remix ? cool lights, fog, crowd was UP & wasted. U2 "Lemon" over dark progg beat was so cool. junior even whipped out some 200 bpm hardcore techno just to open our eyes a bit! stayed til 530. Im sure it went til noon. ***3/4 of 5 stars. Junior might be among the most famous house DJs & producers ever but he STILL never gets the props he deserves- when he is "ON" he can stand with the greatest DJs Ive ever heard live - and Ive heard pretty much every 'name' dj.
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.. feb 19 2004. started off the night at pianos. djs incl montgomery- is he with 2 many djs? i dont think so. cool mashups: missy freak on/geoirge michael faith. 50 in de club/NIN closer! and funky cold medina. white light motorcade headlined, great hard set: open your eyes. semi precious. my way. all gone. love it. dream day. whats happening. come together. on top. great set *** of 5 stars.


* then over to beavher at don hills. guests incl xtina aguilera + SNL cast. chrissie miller. iris. jenn stillwell. best songs frontin, its a shame. stayed til 4. **1/2 of 5 stars.


feb 21 2004: my first visit to CROBAR west 28th st. later called studio mezmor. then mansion. now M2 ! King was at door. excellent renovation, looks a lot like miami crobar/cameo. huge dance floor w/2nd flr booths. mix of savvy ny clubbers & 201 guidos. but fun atmosphere. erick morillo headlined, subliminal winter sessions tour. he came out on fire, ibiza stompers, filtered house. euro disco. hi-lites coldplay god smiled. wackassMFer. midnight express chase. noah tepperberg came after marquee closed. stayed til 530. lots of energy & good erick set **** of 5 stars.

Feb 26 2004: beavher at don hills. got there 1130. brass in pocket. de doo daa daa. richie birkenhead got into a brawl at the door & was arrested by 4 cops. ojays love train. andrea true moremoremore. **-1/2* of 5 stars


* the same night morningwood played Pianos, Chantal's birthday. 5 years later, still no LP #2 ... ??


feb 28 2004: started the night at don hills tiswas. aerovox played. sounded like byrds/pixies, not bad. whitelight motorcade headlined. set: semi precious. whats happening. my way. tom petty listen to her heart. *** for the bands. *1/2 for tiswas.


* next down to arc for danny howells his legendary 1 year monthly residence. loved his chunky funky hose 3-5 am. ****. then 5-7 played more techy, 2-1/2*. stayed til 7 am - not bad for 141 years young!!
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* Paul Oakenfold's playlist: 14 Feb 2004: The Police "Bring on the Night" [bootleg remix]. Timo Maas "First day." Robert Owens "I'll Be Your Friend" [2003 remix]. radiohead "Everything In Its Place" [winx mix]. + 'turn it around' trance mix

* junior vasquez RED party playlist on WKTU :
jason walker 'my life'
joyce sims 'all n all' twilo mix
britney me vs the music rmx

* david morales: george michael 'flawless'. got to be real rmx. how would you feel.

* fatboy slim 'happy tv intl 24 hrs a day'

* I was addicted to ebay + purchased: new order ceremony tee; cxa red vintage "10" tee. lacostye cardigans in brown, burgundy + grey. and more coke & elo tees. shoes tongue twister tee. foghat. thompson twins. elo. kansas.

top models incl natalia vodianova, marija vujovic, julia stegner, adine fohlin, mariacarla boscono, daria werbowy, tiiu kuik, michelle buswell, dewi driegen, caroline winberg, lily cole, louise pedersen, amanda moore, liisa winkler, jessy miller, sara ziff, letiicia berkheuer, karen elson, anouck lepere, evgenia volodina, jess stam, kate moss, rie rasmussen, filippa hamilton, luca gadjuf, marisa miller, an oost, diana dondoe and gisele bundchen.

my favourite tea spot was tal bagel on east 86th espec pickwick orange tea


my horoscope lucky colours incl aqua, & gold.
Currently listening:
Give It Up or Turn It Loose
By James Brown
Release date: 2004-11-23