nyc nightlife jan 1995

la roux Im not your toy

nyc nightlife in january 1995, 15 years ago this month
nyc nightlife in january 1995, 15 years ago this month

jan 4, 1995 wednesday nights were DISCO 2000 at the limelight, generally regarded as THE most debauched weekly of the 90s in nyc. weekly luminaries incl richie rich, michael alig, keoki, astro earl.

jan 5 1995 I went to beavher at don hills, with al phillipps from the zerovision cable show. frankie was playing great retro 70s tunes. also started the night/pre-game at barroom, cant recall where that was. on st marks? lower east?

jan 6 1995 the tunnel was THE friday night party, going way afterhours in at least 7 or 8 rooms. until 11 am or noon sunday. true!

jan 7 1995 back to the tunnel on a saturday night where al zero & i shot video of some queens girls for our cable shows incl the weather report. tunnel's been closed maybe, 10 years now? so our video of tunnel twilo etc is archival, nyc nightlife history.

jan 12 1995 a great night at don hills with beavher once again providing the action packed 70s flavoured soundtrack **** of 5 stars

jan 19 1995 back to beavher with guests donovan & nigel from nancy boy. seems like donno & nig moved to LA ca. 2000? both have families/babies. donno sometimes sings with Camp Freddy. and MC Johnny Fayva ? I Love LA lool.

jan 20 1995 the Bliss party at club velvet on west 20th st. Gosh..duvet/centrofly just closed ...Bliss.... maybe 11th ave?

jan 21 1995 club expo in times sq, later known as club new york. and a WWF RAW site? I cant even recognize Times Sq. also met pop/conceptual artist/critic cary liebowitz at the tunnel. and the late kirsty macccoll was at the fez. great venue, FEZ under TIME Cafe.

jan 26 1995 "light dark & shade" at demerara at 215 west 28th st. dr walker of air liquide laid down one of the best live techno PAs Ive ever heard! 'no gimmicks just serious dancefloor thrills' support from techno djs: keoki, db & gillman. house: jason jinx, joeski & reese. and jungle juice: soul slinger, delmar, dara & cassien. guests al zero phillips & heather summerfield. why am I the only person talking about Air Liquide in 2009??

jan 27 1995 the 333 rave at the tunnel.

jan 31 1995 limelight's tuesday night party with steve hillage playing, famous english progressive guitarist with mike oldfield & the orb.

popular bands in jan 1995 incl the britpop acts gene, shed 7, clinton [!], cast, supergrass, marion, menswear, drugstore, weekender, ash, bluetones, mcalmont & butler, sleeper, elastica, suede, & blur. oasis released their great 45 'whatever' xmas week 1994. 15 years later, Oasis havent made a good album since 90s, and Noel is solo in 2010 [??]

some of favourite art shows in jan 1995 incl charles ray & jeff koons at barbara gladstone, kevin landers at david zwirner, franz kline at the whitney, the controversial but trenchant 'black male' show at the whitney, tatsuo miyajima at luhring augustine, cindy sherman at metro pictures, andreas gursky at 303 gallery, & danny lyon at lowinsky. that's a lot of great shows..by artists that almost never show in soho in 2010 ...

films in jan 1995 incl 'hard ticket to hawaii' on cinemax with dona speir & hope marie carlton. hard to believe but dona is 1 of my all time favourite actresses !!!!

my business meetings in jan 1995 incl schmidt bingham gallery on 57th st, manhattan file magazine with christina greeven cuomo [now manhattan File], andrea rosen, & gallery henoch.
soho 15 years ago: so much to answer for ;)




Currently listening :
Abbey Road
By The Beatles
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Top 30 DVDs of 2009 :

Top 30 DVDs of 2009 :
Best DVDs of 2009:


1.led zeppelin 1975 earls court
2. spinners in concert.
3."stop look ... & listen" [early 60s LA experimental film]
4.'the panic in needle park' 1971
5. 'the birth of a nation' 1915 DW Griffith.
6. 'the knack .. and how to get it' 1965
7. 'the parallax view' 1974
8. vanishing point 1971
9. 'soylent green' [1973]
10. 'sleeping beauty' 1959.
11. 'slither' 1973
12. 'island of lost souls' 1934
13. 'stax/volt review: live in norway 1967'.
14. 'dogtown & Z Boys'
15. 'palm springs weekend' troy donohue 1963
16. 'made in usa' [godard, 1966]
17. 'cat people ' [1942]
18. 'biggie & 2pac'
19.'the 7th voyage of sinbad' 1958.
20. 'throw away your books, lets go into the streets' 1971.
21. 'the love parade' 1929
22. 'to catch a thief ' 1955
23. URGH! A music war 1982
24.'vampyr' 1932
25. 'nosferatu' 1922
26.'fallen champ - the untold story of mike tyson' 1993
27.'amazing mr x/ the spiritualist' 1948 bernard vorhaus
28. 'i aim at the stars - but sometimes at london' 1960- wernher von braun biopic.
29.'monsieur verdoux' 1947
30. 'topo gigio & the missile war'

BEST FILMS of 2009::

BEST FILMS of 2009::
BEST FILMS of 2009:

1. "Valentino:the Last Emperor"
2. "Zaire '74/ Soul Power"
3. "It Might Get Loud"
4. "A Single Man"
5. "The Wrestler"
6. "Big Fan"
7. "Chelsea on the Rocks"
8. "Anti-Christ"
9. 'Tyson'
10. "Of Time & the City" [Liverpool docu].
11. "Fados"
12. "The Donkey Punch"
13. "Burning Down The House CBGB"
14. "The September Issue"
15. "The Girlfriend Experience"

25 favourite LPs of 2009

Current music: oakey liverpool 12/99

25 BEST LPs of 2009
1. Led Zeppelin "How the West Was Won" [live 1972]
2. Brian Wilson "That Lucky Ole Sun"
3. Jesus & Mary Chain "Power of Negative Thinking" box set
4. Lloyd Cole live at Bremen & Whelen, Germany
5. The Feelies "The Good Earth" re-issue
6. Led Zeppelin "Live at the BBC"
7. The Beatles "Mono Box" re-issue
8. David Morales Bal de Blanc 11 Montreal
9. Morrissey "Years of Refusal"
10. Percy "Thrills" Thrillington [McMartney/Ram]
11. Morrissey 'Swords'
12. St. Etienne 'Foxbase Alpha," "Foxbase Beta," "So Tough," "Sound of Water"
13. Superdrag "Industry Giants"
14. Lloyd Cole 'Cleaning Out the AshTrays"
15. Morrissey 'SouthPaw Grammar" re-issue
16. DJ Sneak 'Back in the Box'
17. Bat for Lashes 'Two Sons'
18. Animal Collective 'Meriweather post Pavillion'
19. "cool as ice" the be music productions
20. "twice as nice" be music/ kamins/ baker/dojo
21. pavement live in germany 1997.
22. the pains of being pure at heart
23. the Monks "black monk time"
24. 'lissie trullie self taught learner'
25. carl cox peppermint club dubai