nyc nightlife in december 1994 - 15 years ago this month -

nyc nightlife in december 1994 - 15 years ago this month -

dec 3 1994 club expo in times square [now club new york] was one of the most popular saturday nights in autumn 1994.
* afterwards late night eating up to the famous skyyline coffee shoppe on lexington/75th st for a cinnamon raisin bagel and a coffee with half & half. after 40+ years as a nyc institution, skyyline closed a few years ago & is now a StarWich :(

dec 7 1994 disco 2000 at limelight was 1 of the best parties weekly. on the 7th Killing Joke headlined with a powerful set. best song; "Change." kenny kenny hosted. george wayne from paper attended, as well as jenny brunt, a gorgeous brunette model of the day.

dec 8 1994 i saw nine inch nails on the downward spiral tour. marilyn manson & jim rose circus show in support! hi-lites on NIN's strong arena set: war of the pigs. wish. down in it. head like a hole. hurt. joy div's dead souls. and closer. excellent arena show.
* afterwards over to club USA on west 47th st with dr janet guss. the same day howard stern had talked a bridge suicide jumper out of taking his life.

dec 9 1994 my first visit to don hills club in soho!! diana balton & I went together for dj wayne/jayne county. guest incl. dave deluca and ivan walters. top tune sympathy for the devil.
* i had a slice of pizza for lunch at mimi's on 84th/lex. and a late night bagel at H&H bagel on west 80th st. among the city's best pizza & bagels both.

dec 13 1994 I had my birthday party #1 at bowles/sorokko galleries on west broadway where i was assistant director at the time. then down to the knitting factory with randy fx for american music club, a somewhat under-rated & forgotten US alt-rock act of the day.

dec 14 1994 birthday party #2 at johns pizza on bleeecker st. birthday wishes from janet guss, nicole garrison of morrizine, steve erdman, alan barcoff, jane pinkus,jeff lynch, randy fx, diana balton & dj medusa.

dec 16 1994 birthday party #3 at the tunnel on west 27th st. an American Models agency party brought out a great group of guests incl. christy turlington, seal, bridget hall & patrician brunette ralph lauren model saffron. I took several pics of turly and bridget & i stayed til 530 with great techno music all night long. a very memorable birthday/holiday party!

dec 17 birthday party #4/xmas party at jeffrey slonim's townhouse. guests incl alison moore & diana balton. jeff now writes for the ny post & hamptons. we watched 'grey gardens' on vhs; top songs 'we are family," psych furs 'heaven.' & some B-52's.

dec 19 1994 more xmas parties: bowles/soroko gallery on west broadway/prince where i was assistant director. our xmas dinner was at Boom! in soho. too much red wine, too much blood ;) then over to SOB's on varick for the afro-brasilian world music soundtrack. as work xmas parties go this was one of the most fun & tasteful i ever experienced. soho in the early-mid-90s a wondeful time to be there :)

dec 20 1994 shopping at liquid sky in soho on lafayette, heather summerfield was a cashier & a longtime friend since sheep meadow/tunnel/world circa 1987-

dec 21 1994 back to disco 2000 at limelight for their xmas bash. marc berkeley's boys night out xmas in the chapel. pretty fab xmas party at limelight.

dec 22 1994 another xmas party thsi time at supper club on west 43rd st. guests incl dr janet guss. top song' ini kamoze here comes the hotstepper.
* and shopping at giorgio armani on madison 66th/67th with my brother I bought a navy blue armani black label cravatte with small white rosettes. this was armani's first madison ave flagship, a tall townhouse that later housed Versace.

dec 26 1994 shooting the weather report awards show best of 1994 with randy x on the west side and guest director andy serban.

dec 28 1994 back to limelight for disco 2000

dec 30 1994 tunnel fridays with randy fx.

dec 31 1994 new years eve the infamous "Heaven" rave on long island city queens. juan atkins spun a powerful tech house set. it was a fun if kooky rave; then like 1230 the cops burst in turned the lights on & busted the rave. another disapoppointing new years eve & another nail in teh coffin of nyc's rave scene- which has never returned to its optimistic vibe of the early mid 1990s.

the best photo show I saw in dec 1994 was robert frank & hiroshi sugimoto at lawrence miller in soho.

favourite music in dec 1994 incl new order's greatest hits. and the vinyl james bond soundtrack 'the living daylights' with the pretenders + johnny marr!

other fave food spots in dec 1994 incl M&O deli sandwiches on western prince st, mimi's for pizza on 84th/lex; skyyline coffee shoppe lex/75th 24 hours for bagels/brunch. iammo bello on 60thy betw park/madison for pasta & salad. and soupburg lex/80th for sandwiches & brunch. & the original green kitchen on 1st & 77th for french fries.

my favourite tv show was melrose place on fox on monday nights

my business meetings in dec 1994 incl Foundation model agency
Current music: carl cox crobar wmc 3/06

AWARDS SHOW, 1994
"Year-End Awards Show, 1994" !
our end of year 1994 Awards show. This show was filmed on December 20, 1994 as I ran down the best in Music, Media & Culture for 1994.

Here are some of the categories & the bands featured in each:

Best 45 of 1994: my favourite singles of the year were: Suede's "Stay Together," St. Etienne's "Like a Motorway," Morrissey's "The More You Ignore me the closer I Get," Blur's "Girls & Boys," and the Jesus & Mary Chain's "Sometimes Always." Youn cant argue with that group of bands, as the last 12 years have shown !

LP of the Year: I selected Suede's "Dog Man Star," Blur's "Parklife," Morrissey's "Vauxhall & I," St Etienne's "Tiger Bay," and the JAMC's "Stoned & Dethroned." Again, Classics all !!


Bands of the Year:
* I chose Blur & Suede.
** Kurt Cobain's April 8 suicide loomed large over the music events of the year, and this episode includes the NY Times famous front-page obituary of Kurt, "Hesitant Poet of Grunge Rock." I have a tee shirt purchased in spring 1994 of this NY Times Kurt Pg. 1 I'll have to wear some time soon!

Concert of the Year: My top gig of 1994 was the Lemonheads at Roseland with Courtney Love playing 3 encore songs just months after Kurt's suicide. My other favourites were Blur & Pulp together at the Academy, St Etienne & Ivy at Limelight, St Etienne & American Music Club at Manhattan Centre, & Oasis & Ivy at Wetlands. Look at those bands live in NYC in 1994!!

Event of the Year: OJ Simpson was the top tabloid story of 1994. Randy selected "Music" itself as the top media event of 1994.
Let's note that TWELVE years later, OJ is Still front page headlines as his recent FOX TV show & Regan books cancellations show....

Best Radio Show: Howard Stern on K-Rock

Comeback of the Year: Punk rock incl. Reagan Youth.

Best Actress: Shannen Doherty.

Hip Hop LP of the Year: Warren G "Regulate the G Funk Era"

Best new artist: bertrand x chose Jeff Buckley. I chose Oasis.

Sex symbols/Top Models of the Year: Christy Turlington, Amber Valetta, Stephanie Seymour, Megan Douglass & Bridget Hall.

Top TV shows: I was watching "Melrose Place" every Monday at 8:00 pm, and David Letterman's "Late Show."


** there's also a flashback to Logan Evans "Loganic One" cable show from April 13, 1983 as he toured the Upper East Side with his Sony BetaMax camera, in the earliest years of our cable TV careers.