Sunday, April 11, 2010

april 1995

15 Years Ago in NYC NightLife: April 1995

april 1, 1995 I attended the Tunnel 'abducted' afterhours party with leo dicaprio & milla jovovich in attendance. leo was very out of it in the VIP. abducted STARTED at 4 am every friday latenight/afterhours and favourite rooms in the gigantic Tunnel club included the main floor with ravey techno; the upstairs VIP lounge adjacent to the co-ed open bathrooms, and the silver room just off the main dancefloor with a big silver bed!

april 6, 1995 I attended diana balton's amazing opening at tony shafrazi gallery in soho. I also went over to tramps to see letters to cleo, the 90s' 1 hit wonders with 'here & now.'!

april 7, 1995 fashion week finished [its now the 1st week of february!] with a huge party at the tunnel. guests included prince [!!!], helena christensen, yasmeen lebon, and bridget hall. and yes it was a GREAT party!!

april 8, 1995 Belly & supertchunk played roseland. I also went to the bar 'no tell motel' at 167 ave a, and also to greendoor at coney island high where top tracks included stones' 'happy' david bowie & generation x!!

april 10, 1995 i attended the whitney museum's biennial show; the artists that particularly stood out to me were andrea zittel, richard serra, cy twombley & matthew barney.

april 13, 1995 I saw juliana hatfield play a special NYU concert. I then went to beavher at don hill's where guests included chloe sevigny & bonnie from sugah. why is there so much more pressure to have a good time in NYC ni9ghtlife in 2010? to the extent that it's not fun at all ??

april 25, 1995 Sleeper played brownies on ave a. & dinosaur jr was at irving plaza.

april 27, 1995 I saw sonic youth at nyu, still the best SY show I ever saw with an earlier academy show also being really great.

april 28, 1995 siouxsie & the banshes played roseland with spiritualized opening!! best siouxsie show I ever saw was 1981 touring JuJu at university of maryland college park.

other nightpots in april 1995 incl Match on 60th st. n 6th ave; ozone at demerara west 28th. the roxy on west 18th. 5 spot. culture. soul kitchen. merc bar. system on east 13th, buddha at 150 varick, konkrete jungle. mars on 10th & 13th. Boom in soho.

favourite art shows in april 1995 incl mariko mori at AFA 22 wooster st; stan douglas at david zwirner 43 greene st; sean landers at andrea rosen 130 prince; nadar at MMA. starn twins at pace 57th st; rouge.

oasis released their great 45 'some might say' on april 24 1995.

favourite tv shows in april 1995 incl melrose place on monday nights; & conan obrien on NBC.

My art gallery clients in april 1995 incl (gallery) george henoch & mimi ferzt both in soho. and vivian horan on 67th.

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