5 years ago in nyc nightlife: Frankie Crocker We Love You!! august 2004
august 5, 2004 behrouz was at cielo, one of the better underground SF house djs. and tony humphries was at discoteque, one of the most legendary 20th century NY/NJ house masters.
Check out Behrouz next time he's in town, soulful deep house.
august 6, 2004 kerri black's Strike! party was at tribeca rock club with aerovox. HQ was at pianos. and junior vasquez was holding down his intiomate friday residency at discoteque, 1 of 2004's best weeklies- while it lasted!! JR's a cielo resident in 2009; and kerri moved to westchester & started a family.
august 7, 2004 the everyothers were at rothko. I hope you have picked up their 'pink sticky lies' EP on kill rock stars- or even better their debut LP- the EO were prob my favorite NY band of the 21st century.
august 12, 2004 beavher was still at don hill's every thursday with guests corinne, vito, greg, caroline, EB, curt, bob, & angelo. top tunes; B52's roam, burning down the house, J5 the love you save, emotional rescue, spinners' its a shame, & franz' take me out. stayed til 3:15. *** of 5 stars.
Frank should play Philadelphia- mphil. has soul - L.A. is 100% ersatz.
* then over to discoteque for NY/NJ house music legend tony humphries mid-2004 residence. top tune: the JB's 'doin it to death' - the full version! made it til 4:30 am closing, the soul, disco & r&b was superb. **1/2 of 5 stars.
* also armin van buren played central park's summerstage. AVB, Tiesto & PVD are still filling stadiums with their trance !
august 13, 2004 john 00 fleming was at avalon with his banging progressive & hard trance - a somewhat under-rated dj who doesnt play nyc enough!
august 14, 2004 the strokes played randall's island with the raveonettes in support! 5 years later I think the raveonette's are giving us the better music of the 2 bands, including their new LP; and the Strokes are making mediocre studio LPs and insignificant solo work. well Albert is a nice guy, anyway...
august 19 2004 guided by voices and ambulance ltd played a great double bill on west 13th st & the hudson river . GBV stands as one of the best bands USA produced since in the last 20 years. ambulance havbe taken 6+ years for a 2nd LP; wassup ?!
* beavher at don hill's with guests donna baxter, becca, christy, jeff from nj & shawn from sophomore. top tune: morrissey's suedehead & our lips are sealed. stayed til 3 am *** of 5 stars.
* over to discoteque one more time for tony humphries. closed it out one more time at 4:30 am with best tune MFSB 'TSOP' [the soul train theme] full, rare 12" version circa 1974: Bliss!!! **1/2 of 5 stars
august 20, 2004 saeed & palash headlined crobar with behrouz opening- that's a great bill of underground deep & hard house!! rewind! crobar is now Mansion/M2 and it's shite
* and benzos were at sin e . sin e long closed.
august 21, 2004 HQ was at luna lounge; and the death of fashion played tiswas at don hill's !! luna moved to BK & is now knittiong factory.
august 27, 2004: sander kleinenberg played a great set at crobar with steve porter opening. hi-lites of sander's set: doors riders on the storm dance mix. blur song 2 hard house mix. made it til 5 am. ****1/4 of 5 stars one of sander's best crobar sets. sander plays pacha now but his sound got more techy and less melodic/percussive.
august 28, 2004 roger sanchez was at crobar. S-Man had nyc's best radio show imo 'release yourself' every friday latenight on WKTU 3-5 am. and his bi-monthly crobar residence gave us at least 3 of 2006's best NYC house sets. sanchez- total worldwide house superstar.
* and my favorite was at sin e , a much missed long island band.
august 30, 2004 the republican convention came to town at madison sq garden & I LEFT town! as if nominating GW Bush for a 2nd term wasnt bad enough,. there were repeated incidents of police brutality & supression of protests/free speech. Vote Democratic in November 2006!!
some of my favourite bands/djs in august 2004 incl. ambulance ltd, guided by voices, danny tenaglia, derrick carter, junior vasquez, paul oakenfold, deep dish's recent BBC essential mix, & morrissey was riding high on you are the quarry & its popular 45 singles.
some of my horoscope lucky colours in august 2004 incl. purple, white, red, gold & silver .
* shout out! to the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker from WBLS-fm.
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junior vasquez on ktu juniors world :
vernessa mitchell 'took my life'
david morales on wktu davids house:
vicky d 'this beat is mine' disco classic remixed
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and 20 years before, 21 August 1984, here was my music playlist in Firenze Italy, Roma , Italy, and London England:
scitti politti 'absolute'
frankie goes to hollywood '2 tribes'
bronski beat 'smalltown boy'
george michael 'careless whisper'
david sylvian 'red guitar'
lloyd cole 'perfect skin'
gino soccio 'turn it around'
industry 'state of the nation'
also in aug. 1984 I saw bruce springsteen at meadowlands touring born in the usa.
echo & bunnymen at the beacon on 'ocean rain'
ghostbusters was the top film
and terry may & anne bezamat were top nyc models.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
nyc nightlife in august, 1999 10 years ago this month: squeezebox, twilo, body & soul
nyc nightlife in august, 1999 10 years ago this month: squeezebox, twilo, body & soul
august 4, 1999 ON! at club life on bleecker st. was 1 of the best weeklies of 1999. guests this night included chantal claret of morningwood, giving out promo ON! baby tees, justine d of MFer, and hosts nick marc & james spooner. top tunes incl. edwin starr 25 miles, bowie rebel rebel, stevie uptight & higher ground, cornelius bros. treat her like a lady, & 'ree rocksteady. *** of 5 stars. I started out the night at caliente cab ob 6th ave with antoine stark & sam kripalani & Im lucky I remember anything after those giant mango margaritas.
august 5, 1999 broadcast at bar 13 was a popular thursday weekly curated by EDM/GBH's alex english & MFer's Michael T. guests this night incl. ginger kathleen #1 & nanci from Staten. top tunes the drowners,. esther's ray of light, how soon is now, & girls on film. **1/4 of 5 stars.
august 6, 1999 germany's commander tom headlined twilo with a headbanging set of techno & hardhouse. it was teutonic & banging, too all night long I have a few of tom's import peacefrog techno cds around this time and thery are Diamond-hard, and worth $50-100 each.
august 7, 1999 body & soul, the legendary disco/R&B/house sunday party from vinyl in tribeca hosted its annual summerstage saturday open-air afternoon disco jam. even in the bright scorching sunlight, the sisters & brothers got down to the musical stylings of francois K, joe claussel, and danny krivit. all 3 djs played superbly with their garage and disco classics, a mega-mix of dan hartman's relight my fire [re-edit/12" version of course!] was the top tune but the whole day was splendid & upful. *** of 5 stars.
* the same night aimee mann was at tramps, make sure you pick up her 90s CDs whatever & Im with stupid - you wont find any singer-songwriter LPs better than those from the last decade or so.
august 11, 1999 Fuzzy from Boston headlined the mercury lounge with brilliantine & sleepyhead in support. of all the 90s USA alt-college-rock almost-was/obscure bands, Fuzzy might be my favourite- a Lemonheads spin-off band fronted by 2 gorgeous ladies & great songwriters. Their 'electric juices' on warners is one of the 90s great lost LPs. set at merc: glad again. dead end day. true colors. neil young. summers gone. gave into it. are you living. set my sights. rock song. flashlight. flies. and encore: best song, my request, a cover of the beach boys girl dont tell me. *** of 5 stars.
* and over to ON! at Life with GirlToucher
8/12 magic touch was a short-lived soul revival weekly at idlewild/white rabbit. and frank's beavher was over at don hill's the original 80s revival night.
8/13 factory fridays: UK garage at 222 lounge on 14th st. there's always been a uk speed garage element to my partying.....
& the legendary squeezebox was at don hill's with mistress formika + dj miss guy. To some people squeezebox is a movie. for some of us it was one of the best rock & roll parties in nyc of the last 30 years.
8/14/99 tiswas at don's with More headlining & michael mooon.
8/15 Duran Duran [only simon, nick + guitar warren cucurillo] played jones beach. gosh I saw D2 onn their first lp TOUR [in DC] up through Miami 2000 when they were on the comeback road.
8/18/99 lust for life at life with toilet boys, candyass & demon speed. after that ON! with nick marc's pop rocks & soul shots, 60s soul,, indie dance, hippie funk & britbeat.
8/19/99 beavher with 'the tide is high' **1/2
august 20, 1999 roger sanchez headlined the sound factory on west 46th st. S-Man is now one of the world's most popular djs, a ny legend, plasyiong pacha, cielo and the Zoo festival in a couple of weeks.
8/21/99 tiswas with the rosenbergs, superflux & sweden.
august 27, 1999 derrick carter headlined sound factory, now known as pacha. In 2009 Ive seen DC twice at sullivan - possibly thye best djs sets Ive heard in 2009.
* the same night steven erdman's lard dog & his band of shy headlined CBGB's with malik yoba & blackout. will you be his friend?
Currently listening :
Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary CD+DVD (Limited Edition Fuzzy Package)
By The Beach Boys
Release date: By 29 August, 2006
august 4, 1999 ON! at club life on bleecker st. was 1 of the best weeklies of 1999. guests this night included chantal claret of morningwood, giving out promo ON! baby tees, justine d of MFer, and hosts nick marc & james spooner. top tunes incl. edwin starr 25 miles, bowie rebel rebel, stevie uptight & higher ground, cornelius bros. treat her like a lady, & 'ree rocksteady. *** of 5 stars. I started out the night at caliente cab ob 6th ave with antoine stark & sam kripalani & Im lucky I remember anything after those giant mango margaritas.
august 5, 1999 broadcast at bar 13 was a popular thursday weekly curated by EDM/GBH's alex english & MFer's Michael T. guests this night incl. ginger kathleen #1 & nanci from Staten. top tunes the drowners,. esther's ray of light, how soon is now, & girls on film. **1/4 of 5 stars.
august 6, 1999 germany's commander tom headlined twilo with a headbanging set of techno & hardhouse. it was teutonic & banging, too all night long I have a few of tom's import peacefrog techno cds around this time and thery are Diamond-hard, and worth $50-100 each.
august 7, 1999 body & soul, the legendary disco/R&B/house sunday party from vinyl in tribeca hosted its annual summerstage saturday open-air afternoon disco jam. even in the bright scorching sunlight, the sisters & brothers got down to the musical stylings of francois K, joe claussel, and danny krivit. all 3 djs played superbly with their garage and disco classics, a mega-mix of dan hartman's relight my fire [re-edit/12" version of course!] was the top tune but the whole day was splendid & upful. *** of 5 stars.
* the same night aimee mann was at tramps, make sure you pick up her 90s CDs whatever & Im with stupid - you wont find any singer-songwriter LPs better than those from the last decade or so.
august 11, 1999 Fuzzy from Boston headlined the mercury lounge with brilliantine & sleepyhead in support. of all the 90s USA alt-college-rock almost-was/obscure bands, Fuzzy might be my favourite- a Lemonheads spin-off band fronted by 2 gorgeous ladies & great songwriters. Their 'electric juices' on warners is one of the 90s great lost LPs. set at merc: glad again. dead end day. true colors. neil young. summers gone. gave into it. are you living. set my sights. rock song. flashlight. flies. and encore: best song, my request, a cover of the beach boys girl dont tell me. *** of 5 stars.
* and over to ON! at Life with GirlToucher
8/12 magic touch was a short-lived soul revival weekly at idlewild/white rabbit. and frank's beavher was over at don hill's the original 80s revival night.
8/13 factory fridays: UK garage at 222 lounge on 14th st. there's always been a uk speed garage element to my partying.....
& the legendary squeezebox was at don hill's with mistress formika + dj miss guy. To some people squeezebox is a movie. for some of us it was one of the best rock & roll parties in nyc of the last 30 years.
8/14/99 tiswas at don's with More headlining & michael mooon.
8/15 Duran Duran [only simon, nick + guitar warren cucurillo] played jones beach. gosh I saw D2 onn their first lp TOUR [in DC] up through Miami 2000 when they were on the comeback road.
8/18/99 lust for life at life with toilet boys, candyass & demon speed. after that ON! with nick marc's pop rocks & soul shots, 60s soul,, indie dance, hippie funk & britbeat.
8/19/99 beavher with 'the tide is high' **1/2
august 20, 1999 roger sanchez headlined the sound factory on west 46th st. S-Man is now one of the world's most popular djs, a ny legend, plasyiong pacha, cielo and the Zoo festival in a couple of weeks.
8/21/99 tiswas with the rosenbergs, superflux & sweden.
august 27, 1999 derrick carter headlined sound factory, now known as pacha. In 2009 Ive seen DC twice at sullivan - possibly thye best djs sets Ive heard in 2009.
* the same night steven erdman's lard dog & his band of shy headlined CBGB's with malik yoba & blackout. will you be his friend?
Currently listening :
Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary CD+DVD (Limited Edition Fuzzy Package)
By The Beach Boys
Release date: By 29 August, 2006
Monday, August 10, 2009
nyc nightlife august 1994 15 years ago this month
nyc nightlife august 1994 15 years ago this month
nyc nightlife august 1994 15 years ago this month
august 4 1994 the USS Intrepid battleship on the west side pier at about 40th street was a popular party setting. it was cool to hang out on the giant top aircraft carrier deck of the boat, and sip summer cocktails as the hudson river breeze blew across the deck. inside the ship there was a dancing area but it was kind of claustrophobic & a bit briney/fishy smelling, but it had a cool subterranean/nautical vibe all the same. guests incl super model/victoria's secret pin up frederique van der wahl [at the time one of the most beautiful wonmen I had ever met], john flanagan, ex-owner of southampton's tavern, and dr janet linda guss. i wore the smiths strangeways tee, a button down ralph lauren peat-green pinstripe polo, and ripped/shredded levis. and YES it was a totally great party & no party Im aware of in summer 2009 has been nearly this good !!! An aircraft carrier for fuck's sake !
august 5,6, & 7: 1994 I visited my brother & his wife elizabeth on fire island & we went dancing at the Monster disco in the Pines!!
* AND the Video re-cap from my 1994 TV show "the Weather Report": the weekend of July 6 and 7, 1994 I visited my brother & his wife Elizabeth at their home on beautiful Fire Island. The weather was magnificent as you can see on my TV show "the Weather Report" as we sit on the beach by the water soaking up rays. The atmosphere in Fire Island was considerably looser, freer, & more active than Main Beach, more of a singles scene & lots of volleyball & hotty girls & boys in skimpy swimwear hooking it up. You could probably say that Fire island is the closest that NY state has to the anything-goes, body-beautiful beaches of Miami, thankfully Long Island is still a bit more subdued than the near-insanity/lawlessness that rules on South Beach, as some of us have experienced in recent years. As much as we can remember of South Beach, if you catch my drift.
My brother & I host a Weather Report segment on the beach, commenting on the 8/8/94 New York magazine, stories include Tom Snyder, & Kate Moss again! The NY Yankees in the NY Times, Howard Stern for Governor in Long Island Newsday [Howie is of course a Long Island native], Lisa Marie Presley's recent marriage to Michael Jackson [!!!], and James Dean in the NY Times Book Review. The weather & beach energy is spectacular on Fire Island, and along with the hotties playing volleyball & swimming in the blue Atlantic Ocean, my brother & I finish off the show with about 7 minutes of frisbee playing & I think youll agree the visual aesthetic/athletic contrast against the gorgeous blue water is pretty intense.
august 18 1994 I saw LUSH at the manhattan center, 7th floor ballroom i guess? obvs shoe-gazing and britpop was 1 of the hottest sounds at this time; LUSH's set incl 'for love' and 'sweetness & light.' miki & louise were a gorgeous pair of front-people but make no mistake, LUSH could rock out live with bouncy rhythms & sheets of feedback- the early 90s were a brilliant era for shoegaze bands like ride, mbv, spiritualized, and lush- and they definitely could play it all live. support from WEEZER! in one of their first nyc dates. and throneberry !!!! another GREAT night of music espec LUSH whom I enjoyed a few other times live around this era. Bet you wish YOU saw weezer in 94!
august 23 1994 I saw the film BARCELONA by whit stillman with janet at the carniegie hall theatre. is that theatre closed now?? Barcelona is an attractive, inoffensive personality setpiece, but Stillman's "Metropolitan" is far better- and an under-appreciated recolection of Manhattan's prep school scene circa 1975-1980.
nyc nightlife august 1994 15 years ago this month
august 4 1994 the USS Intrepid battleship on the west side pier at about 40th street was a popular party setting. it was cool to hang out on the giant top aircraft carrier deck of the boat, and sip summer cocktails as the hudson river breeze blew across the deck. inside the ship there was a dancing area but it was kind of claustrophobic & a bit briney/fishy smelling, but it had a cool subterranean/nautical vibe all the same. guests incl super model/victoria's secret pin up frederique van der wahl [at the time one of the most beautiful wonmen I had ever met], john flanagan, ex-owner of southampton's tavern, and dr janet linda guss. i wore the smiths strangeways tee, a button down ralph lauren peat-green pinstripe polo, and ripped/shredded levis. and YES it was a totally great party & no party Im aware of in summer 2009 has been nearly this good !!! An aircraft carrier for fuck's sake !
august 5,6, & 7: 1994 I visited my brother & his wife elizabeth on fire island & we went dancing at the Monster disco in the Pines!!
* AND the Video re-cap from my 1994 TV show "the Weather Report": the weekend of July 6 and 7, 1994 I visited my brother & his wife Elizabeth at their home on beautiful Fire Island. The weather was magnificent as you can see on my TV show "the Weather Report" as we sit on the beach by the water soaking up rays. The atmosphere in Fire Island was considerably looser, freer, & more active than Main Beach, more of a singles scene & lots of volleyball & hotty girls & boys in skimpy swimwear hooking it up. You could probably say that Fire island is the closest that NY state has to the anything-goes, body-beautiful beaches of Miami, thankfully Long Island is still a bit more subdued than the near-insanity/lawlessness that rules on South Beach, as some of us have experienced in recent years. As much as we can remember of South Beach, if you catch my drift.
My brother & I host a Weather Report segment on the beach, commenting on the 8/8/94 New York magazine, stories include Tom Snyder, & Kate Moss again! The NY Yankees in the NY Times, Howard Stern for Governor in Long Island Newsday [Howie is of course a Long Island native], Lisa Marie Presley's recent marriage to Michael Jackson [!!!], and James Dean in the NY Times Book Review. The weather & beach energy is spectacular on Fire Island, and along with the hotties playing volleyball & swimming in the blue Atlantic Ocean, my brother & I finish off the show with about 7 minutes of frisbee playing & I think youll agree the visual aesthetic/athletic contrast against the gorgeous blue water is pretty intense.
august 18 1994 I saw LUSH at the manhattan center, 7th floor ballroom i guess? obvs shoe-gazing and britpop was 1 of the hottest sounds at this time; LUSH's set incl 'for love' and 'sweetness & light.' miki & louise were a gorgeous pair of front-people but make no mistake, LUSH could rock out live with bouncy rhythms & sheets of feedback- the early 90s were a brilliant era for shoegaze bands like ride, mbv, spiritualized, and lush- and they definitely could play it all live. support from WEEZER! in one of their first nyc dates. and throneberry !!!! another GREAT night of music espec LUSH whom I enjoyed a few other times live around this era. Bet you wish YOU saw weezer in 94!
august 23 1994 I saw the film BARCELONA by whit stillman with janet at the carniegie hall theatre. is that theatre closed now?? Barcelona is an attractive, inoffensive personality setpiece, but Stillman's "Metropolitan" is far better- and an under-appreciated recolection of Manhattan's prep school scene circa 1975-1980.
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