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 !!!!!