10 years ago in nyc nightlife- march 1999

10 years ago in nyc nightlife- march 1999

march 2, 1999 alex english's fab Til Tuesday party debuted at bar 13. opening night guest incl. kathleen & christine, nancy from staten, jenna from LI, chris court, & steve from shout! top tunes from alex's magic tables incl heaven knows im miserable now, st etienne who do you think you are, moz suedehead, and new order's subculture. in the last decade alex has become one of nyc's most familiar djs, operating out of the GBH stable. everyone else from that party disappeared and /or left town. weird eh??

march 4, 1999 beavher was at coney island high for a few months. guests this night incl. george gilson from athens, alice from nj & nico star's friend kim punkrock. beavher was 1 of nyc's best 90s parties at don hill's but frank always had potitical trouble keeping it going with don hill. so frankie gave up & moved to LA. its sad.
frankie's hits incl. devo uncontrollable urge, beatles tomorrow never knows, iggy's the passenger, rockwell somebodys watching me, bowie lets dance & young americans, smiths how soon is now, and night fever. also opening sets from bands finger 11, shades apart & picasso jones. brian was on the door. frank's music was great; its a shame his music could not survive in nyc.

march 6, 1999 tiswas at don's featured tripsonic, swimmer & orbis. later tis moved to annex- pretty bad. now its at webster hall. the jury is still out ....

march 13, 1999 tiswas featured an amazing set from mark lewis' new pop jet, also supercuz opening up, guests michael lamorte, anna & scott from NJ, keith ozar, and daniel from american pop. top trax incl chems leave home, dodgy good enuf, oasis some might say, new radicals you get what u give, monkees stepping stone, pulp do you remember the 1st time, smiths panic, blur shes so high, and stone roses elephant stone 12" . you cant argue with nick's britpop playlist, but other than mark lewis, nick, alex english & myself, no one from 10 years ago at don hills even goes out in 212 anymore. so lame

march 16, 1999 the 2nd til tuesday incl guests rob xian, will from the realistics, kerri black and the humans. lots of top trax from alex incl shes a rainbow [cover?], st ets like a motorway, psb i wouldnt normally, suede killing of a flashboy & animal lover , electronic disappointed, and moz the more you ignore me. alex english with the vital tracks ! happy birthday AE!

march 18, 1999 lloyd cole played solo acoustic at mercury lounge with philip foxman opening up. set list: unhappy song. i didnt know that you cared. chelsea hotel #2. imposible girl. youre a big girl now. that boy. sunday morning coming down. artificial tears- debut of this negatives bonus track. trigger happy. 4 flights up. waterline. 2cv. reason to believe [tim hardin]. these days [jackson browne]. brand new friend. girl of the north country. dont look back. forest fire. undressed. just an amazing set of originals + covers - lloyd is one of the greatest singer-song-writers ever and he's still doing it , since 1983 !!!!!!

march 19, 1999 coney island high featured a big lineup incl. insomniacs, mooney suzuki, bianca, ultra fine, & damn personals. big line up- for 1999!! coney closed a year or 2 after. mkooney suzuki prob sold about 60.000 CDs ever. and sdropped from every label they were on.

march 20, 1999 tiswas at don's with american pop, optic nerve & mantaray performing. top tunes from nick: new order temptation, jb sex machine, suede metal mickey, jumping jack flash & charlatans jesus hairdo. tiswas might have been better at coney island, but it sure was great in 1999 at dons !

march 25, 1999 perfecto at the bowery ballroom with paul oakenfold & dave ralphs. another transcendant night in oakey's golden 1999. oakey cant even be bothered to play ny even once a year in 2008/09. in 99 he came every 2,3 months. he seemed invincible in 99. now hes in the dustbin. hes playing atlantic city in june 2009- maybe I'll bring margaret mead with me to explain the locals loool.

march 26, 1999 jenna & I attended Blur's "13" record release party at limelight. many free drinks. then we went over to sway where nick marc was spinning. and then squeezebox at don's with white burning car, supla zoo, mistress formika with the squeezebox band & miss guy & jayne county dj-ing. my tune of the night was doobie bros. long train runnin' . squeezebox could hold its own as don hills greatest party ever, up there with beavher & tiswas. Blur. what a great band the last 20 years.
and even better in concert. and reformed with graham in summer 2009 yayyyy!!!!!!

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