Friday, March 5, 2010

nyc nightlife in march 1995 15 years ago this month

nyc nightlife in march 1995 15 years ago this month

Oasis at the Academy, Chloe Sevigny Liquid Sky: 3/95 !!!
nyc nightlife in march 1995 15 years ago this month

march 2, 1995 bridget hall had an in-store appeanance for ralph lauren at bloomingdale's from 730 -830 pm.
* afterwards down to bowery bar on east 4th street guests incl. elle macpherson. then don hills beavher with nigel mogg & paula.
* the same night FOX had an hilarious woody allen biopic with patsy kensit as mia farrow !!

march 3, 1995: Fuzzy played the mercury lounge, one of the most under-rated US alternative bands of the 90s. the same night abducted at the tunnel, bliss & limelight, all 3 clubs defunct by the end of the decade.

march 4, 1995 bob mould & mark eitzel played the academy. around this time 94-95 I also saw a marvelous american music club show at knitting factory, with helium opening up. AMC is another fantastic US 90s band, hopefully they will play more gigs this century.

march 8, 1995 Oasis headlined the Academy, touring 'definitely maybe,' the audience included jason nesmith, howard alan thompson from elektra, donovan leitch, nigel mogg, parker posey, & mark gardener from ride. I also attended the after-party at rebar on 17th street hosted by john dorrian and attended by john macenroe. hi-lites of oasis' set: rock & roll star. shakermaker. its good to be free. married with children. up in the sky. cigarettes & alcohol. live forever. columbia, slide away. supersonic & i am the walrus.

march 9 1995 i saw IVY play an instore at tower records on west 4th st. setlist: no guarantee. 15 seconds. wish it all away. december. new song. get enough. dont believe a word. the candy butcher mike viola was in the band at this time.
* also visited liquid sky on lafayette that afternoon & chatted with sales girl chloe sevigny, & DB from smile communications in the jungle room.

march 10, 1995 I atttended squeezebox at don hill's with the goops performing, and openers Thrust. : Thrust lit torches during the set and don demanded that they extinguish them. no great white pyro here!!

march 11 1995 the whitney museum projected andy warhol's 'empire' an 8 hour silent film of the empire state building.

march 16, 1995 I went first to cafe tabac, and then beavher at don hill's, featuring favourite songs 'kung fu fughting' and the monkees theme.
* the same night OZONE at club demerara with djs dave hollands , james christian, mr kleen, dave trance, & odi.

march 17 1995 juan atkins headlined culture at club bliss. I cant recall where bliss was now ! chelsea? oh, memory !

march 18 I saw the late kirsty maccoll at tramps with fossil opening up. fave songs included 'you just havent earned it yet baby' and 'new england' attendees incl tina weymouth & chris frantz from talking heads/tom tom club.

march 21 I went to mercury lounge for edwyn collins' first american show ever! orange juice sadly never played here. top tunes included 'a place in my heart' 'what presence.', my dying day, & out for the count. hung with evan dando afterwards and he sang a version of leonard cohen's 'famous blue raincoat' in my ear!! after party at max fish. it was one of my top gigs of 1995.

march 22 I went to disco 2000 at limelight & the super cool UK band Senser performed, kind of a Public Enemy hiphop style with additional TV/radio sample clips.

march 23 1995 OZONE at demerara with djs soul slinger, terra, mr kleen, sprout, beau & john selway.
* also shopped earlier in the day at supreme on lafayette, skateboard clothing, in 1995, why not?

march 24, 1995 I saw veruca salt at the academy, a very rocking and crowded show on the heels of their current hit 'seether.' 90s alternative rock, oh the fun we had!!
* and the amazing techno pioneer kenin saunderson from detroit played 'culture' no idea where that event/club was.

march 27, 1995 david letterman hosted the oscars, his infamous bomb performance, he's never been asked back, with 'oprah, uma' etc etc.

march 28, 1995 i ran into naomi campbell at anna sui in soho, one of several times ive met her. she was a lot nicer in the 90s!

march 30 1995 fashion week began

march 31 1995 d generation was at cbgbs & more parties at culture, the tunnel & the g spot.
* and suede was on ABC's 'in concert' with live videos from 'introducing the band.'

favourite bands in march 1995 incl elastica, gene with 'haunted by you,' the stone roses who released the 'love spreads' 12", Ivy's realistic, veruca salt, oasis & suede.

favourite art shows in march 1995 incl richard tuttle at mary boone, 417 w bway; gregory crewdson at luhring augustine, 130 prince; lartigue's photos at danziger, 130 prince; spencer finch & christian schumann at postmasters 80 greene st. . stan douglas at david zwirner, 43 greene st. & mariko mori at AFA 22 wooster.

my business meetings in march 1995 incl arthur danziger at 96 spring st; dawn brown at isaac mizrahi; & sterling/macfadden publishing/wrestling world.

the top film of march 1995 was pulp fiction.

Currently listening :
Definitely Maybe
By Oasis

No comments: