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Jan 6th - Famed bluesman Hubert Sumlin played at the Jazz Standard club with a great band including Tony Garnier, David Johansen and James Blood Ulmer, above.
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Jan. 5th - Sean Lennon & Hal Wilner put on a very avant garde show at the Stone, a small performance space on the Lower East Side.
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My wife, Elizabeth Gregory & Yoko Ono at the closing party for Elizabeth's exhibition of her artwork. Yoko was impressed and bought one of the pieces.
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 Jan 20 - Patti Smith Group were at the Sundance film festival where a documentary about Patti was screened.
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I ran into old friends at the Sundance film fest, photog Ray Ann Rubinstein, Jim Fourrat and Famous Toby Mamis. I go there to ski with Toby, because no one is on the world class slopes - they are all watching films!.
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 Jan 21 - Velvet Revolver played at the Sundance film fest but lead singer Scott Weiland didn't make it so they had friends fill in, karaoke style. It made it a very original unusual set by the band.
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Paris Hilton gave some support to Velvet Revolver. |
Patti Smith Group played again later in the week at Sundance. |
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English superstars of the '60's, Peter and Gordon had a reunion at the Sundance Film fest.
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Jesse Malin and Johnny T opened a pizza parlor next to their bar Niagra on Ave A and 7th street. They used my photo of the Clash on the box.
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Feb 2 - Supla and his brother João came to New York and played a few shows as the 'Brothers of Brazil' this one for their friend, fashion designer, Geova.
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Brothers of Brazil play up the fact that Supla is very punk style while João plays in a more traditional Brazilian Samba style. |
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Feb 6th - Supla & Anna Sui at Don Hill's club, where Anna had her party.
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The Paddingtons played at the Anna Sui party at Don Hill's.
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Model Agyness Dean celebrated her birthday at Don Hill's at the Anna Sui party. |
Feb 8th - Sonic Youth played some songs onstage at the Marc Jacobs fashion show. |
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Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon & Marc Jacobs celebrate the success of Marc's show.
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The Brothers of Brazil finished their week in New York with a show at Niagra on Ave A at 7th Street, on the Lower East Side where Supla used to live. |
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 Feb 9th - Jen & Greg Passmore and Mike Page showed me the future of 3-D TV at their studio in San Diego. That's right, 3-D TV coming to your living room soon!
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Feb 12th - Tito Ficarelli came from Brazil to design my exhibition to open on the Bowery at the old CBGB gallery space. |
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Feb 13th - Ray Davies was the rousing closing act at the Carnegie Hall benefit for Tibet House. |
Feb 14th - Damien Hirst and Bono sponsored an auction of art at Sotheby's that raised over 40 million dollars to help fight AIDs in Africa.
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A painting by Banksy at the auction pokes fun at Damien's spot art paintings. |
Damien Hirst and his soul mate Mia at the auction party. A happy Valentines day! |
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Damien with Takashi Murakami, one of his world famous artist friends who contributed to the auction. |
After the auction, The Hours played for the party and were joined by Bono who led the crowd in singing "All You Need Is Love" a great choice for the Valentines Day event.
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Bono & Damien Hirst at the party after the auction |
Feb 18th - Yoko Ono celebrated her 75th birthday with a party at Joe's pub; her son Sean got a band together to play some songs with her.
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April 2 - Matt White warms the hearts of all the girls who came to see him at the Blender theater. |
April 4th - Mick Jones and Tony James brought their band Carbon Silicon to the Fillmore East at Irving Plaza.
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Matt Dillon & Mick Jones, old friends getting together after the Carbon Silicon show.
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April 8th - Ron Delsener & Ray Davies after Ray's show at the Beacon Theater. |
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April 17th - John Varvatos opened his new store in the space that used to be CBGB. It's not a rock club, but it's as close as a clothes store can come to one. I came to his opening party and had a great time!
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D-Generation had reunion and played for the first time in 10 years at the John Varvatos store opening party, which was a benefit for the VH1 Music Cares charity.
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Jesse Malin & Ronnie Spector backstage at the John Varvatos store opening party. |
Clem Burke & Ian Hunter got to chat backstage at the John Varvatos store opening party. |
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John Varvatos & his wife Joyce had a lot to celebrate at the party for his store. |
John Varvatos & Joan Jett who was at her most exciting best on the stage! |
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Ronnie Spector was a real rock highlight at the John Varvatos store opening party. |
Jerry Cantrell & Slash played a few rockin' songs at John Varvatos store opening party. |
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Slash & Cheeta Chrome backstage at the John Varvatos store opening party. |
Joan Jett & Wayne Kramer backstage at the John Varvatos store opening party. |
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Jerry Cantrell & Jakob Dylan were at the John Varvatos store opening party.
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April 25th - The blondes all came out to see the opening of the documentary film about the Squeezebox parties, including Miss Guy, Debbie Harry and Mistress Formica. |
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April 26th - My friend Richard Lewis and his wife Joyce came to see my Rockers exhibition and we had a lunch together. |
May 1st - The Kills played a cool sold-out show at Webster Hall. |
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Theodora and Alexandra Richards at the Kills after-party in Jesse Malin and Johnny T's hot new club, the Bowery Electric.
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May 9th - I went to Chicago to give a talk at the Gravity Free Convention of Designers and found out that the Kills were there too, playing at the Metro. I talked to Jamie and Alison and took this photo backstage before their show. |
