nyc nightlife in dec 1999 10 years ago

nyc nightlife in dec 1999 10 years ago
nyc nightlife in dec 1999 10 years ago

dec 1 1999 On!/Lust for Life was a popular weds. night event at Life on Bleecker St. Dec 1 sweden's backyard babies headlined, with support pcp highway & holly golightly. top tunes from nick marc: tighten up [james brown's cover!], shiela take a bow, loaded & venus ***1/4 of 5 stars . guests incl kerri black, alex english and justine d.

dec 3 1999 Exit was a recently opened club on west 56th st [earlier carbon, later Ikon, now terminal 5 ] Diana Balton & I celebrated Sagittarius with music by Peter Rauhofer/Club 69. ***1/2 of 5 stars. now you knopw who peter rauhofer is.. good, not great.
* the same night carl cox and darren emerson were at twilo . and the makeup were at maxwell's in hoboken. gosh i shld hv gone to coxy 1

dec 4 1999 i took the path to maxwell's in hoboken nj to see lloyd cole solo acoustic. guests incl jj & chris from DC & sam kripalani. **** of 5 stars
* then cabbed it back to 212 to hit tiswas at don hill's in soho. nick's top choons: head music & lazy by suede. staying out for the summer by dodgy. vapour trail by ride & mersey paradise by the roses. *** of 5 stars. inm dec 2009 im listening to 'head music' almost every day - im serious suede was the best band of the 1990's 11

dec 8 1999 miss guy & the toilet boys played On! at Life.

dec 9 1999 beavher at don hills with bands world inferno society & artificial joy. frank's hits incl notorious, set it off, brown sugar & buffalo stance. ***1/4 of 5 stars . wow world inferno. frank, now that soul kitchen is back, can the beav be far behind //

dec 11 1999 the salford lads 'the east coast's only smiths tribute band' headlined Tiswas. the band included dj jess, john k, and ezra from sadie.
nick's choons incl jumping jack flash, weirdo & sproston green, spirit in the sky by dr & the medics, & in between days. **** of 5 stars . im feeling so nostalgic now 1

dec 15 1999 ronnie spector's xmas spectacular featuring joey ramone ! at Life! + hedwig & angry inch band. joey rip. met him at coney island. saw the ramones in 77 in nj 111
* also the Pop Art cosmic costume party with aerial love feed [rockethouse], mahogany & bunsen honeydew. rockethouse were among nyuc's best bands of the past 10 years. re-unite 1

dec 16 1999 my birthday party at beavher at don hills with guests carmen kass, diana balton, jackie macallister & jake from squirt tv. frank's hits incl dreaming of me, time clock of the heart, walking on sunshine, dress you up, everything she wants, & rock with you. **** thanks to everyone for a wonderful & warm birthday !!!! carmen was gorgeous and sweet as always. the culture club song pretty much made me cry .. diana i love you xxoo

dec 18 1999 tiswas xmas party at dons with guests courtney taylor from dandy warhols, kathleen I, & justine d. nick's choons: rebel rebel, daytripper, trash, this charming man, & fools gold 1994. ***1/2 of 5 stars . wow dandy warhols. u kno its ten years gone ...

dec 23 1999 beavher xmas party at don hills. top tunes jive talkin, rock the boat, rock your baby, & young americans. ***3/4 of 5 stars

dec 30 1999 beavher pre new years. guests incl ali wise & carina. top choons night fever, tainted love, start me up, dont stop til you get enough, our lips are sealed, walk like an egyptian, opp, & funkytown. ***3/4 of 5 stars . ali wise dolce publicist has become a bit more infamous in nyc and la in 2009 ....

jan 1 2000 sasha & digweed continued their legendary monthly residency at twilo . a decade later, sasha is in minimasl tech noodles and diggers -- gotta find out out of he can still twist melonjs deep twisted house stylee.

here are some favourites in various categories for the year-end 1999:
bands of the year incl suede blur st etienne & pavement.

singles of the year incl cher's believe, new radicals you get what you give, blur's tender & coffee & TV, suede's shes in fashion, lloyd cole's that boy, stardust music sounds better with you. wow those are great songs.

comebacks of the year incl: burt bacharach & elvis costello, echo & bunnymen, blondie, nick drake, & new order. burt and elvis - quality wins the day

top news events incl: columbine/gun control; amadou diallo/police harassment; monica lewinsky/impeachment; and the deaths of owen hart & stanley kubrick.

films incl: Go! the matrix; misadventures of margaret; austin powers, [intl man of mystery], blair witch, the mummy & reissues of 8-1/2, peeping tom, & andy warhols screen tests at the whitney.

actresses incl katie homes, sara polley, charlize theron, natalie portman gretchen mol, parker posey & sarah michelle gellar.

top clubs incl bar 13, Life, don hills & coney island.

TV shows incl the UFC, E!, charmed, buffy & the chimp channel !

radio incl 105 classic soul/disco, cbs fm oldies, and wfmu

art shows incl karen kilimnick at 303; raymond pettibon at zwirner; nabil nahas at sperone; jim shaw; sigmar polke; david salle & philip taafee at gagosian, don bachelor at shafrazi; ashley bickerton at sonnabend & jack featherly at team. almost all of these were in soho- all of these galleries have moved to chelsea in last 10 years. but i hold to these tasteful, forward predictions.

photo shows: wm eggleston at cheim & read; jean loup sieff at staley wise; peter sekaer; and malick sidebe at jeffrey deitch.


my horoscope lucky colours for dec 1999 incl purple, red, white, blue

Currently listening :
Penthouse and Pavement
By Heaven 17/
steely dan alive in usa 1995.