It’s been a very busy summer and fall as friends played in New York and my new book Rock Seen was released. Check out all the action below….
July 28 - NYC - Blondie Chapman plays at the Bobby Keys night at the Highline Ballroom.
July 28 - NYC - Bobby Keys was honored by his many musical friends in a tribute night to him at the Highline Ballroom.
Aug 2 - NYC - Big Audio Dynamite played at Jimmy Fallon's Late Nite TV show.
Aug 2 - NYC - Don Letts got to say hello to Tony Bennett who was also on the Jimmy Fallon show when BAD was there.
Aug 2 - NYC - Don Letts and Mick Jones backstage at Jimmy Fallon's Late Night show.
Aug 3 - Brooklyn - Big Audio Dynamite plays at the Brooklyn Bowl, a really fun club combining rock and roll with bowling and a great kitchen serving good food.
Aug 16 - NYC - D-Generation gets ready to go on a short reunion tour, and they got fantastic reviews for their rockin shows...see Rolling Stone.
Sept 3 - Aix-en-Provence, France - Mark Ronson married Josephine De La Baume in a beautiful ceremony in the south of France.
Kate Moss dances with Mark Ronson at Mark's wedding party.
Mark Ronson chats with his best man, Sean Lennon at Mark's wedding reception.
Sept 13 - NYC - Blondie had a party and signing for their new CD 'Panic of Girls' at the Marc Jacobs store on Bleeker street in New York, and I came by to see how the store had displayed my photos of the group.
Sept 27 - NYC - Later in the month the Marc Jabobs store invited me to install a version of my 'Teenage Bedroom' in their Bleeker street store when I had a book signing at the Bookmarc store across the street. By chance Billie Joe Armstrong came by just as I was finishing the installation.
Sept 20 - NYC - Morrison Hotel Gallery had an exhibition of photos of Tony Bennett taken by Josh Cheuse and Tony's grand-daughter Kelsey Benett to celebrate Tony's new CD release.
Oct 5 - NYC - I had an exhibition of my photos and a book signing, and my old friends Jeff Samuels and famed NY radio DJ John Zacherly came by.
Sept 12 - NYC - Bebe Buell asked ex Cycle Slut from Hell, Raf to read from her upcoming memoir as the opening act at the Hiro Ballroom showcase for Bebe's new CD "Hard Love".
Oct 15 - Toronto - Brian Liss of the Liss Gallery listens as I tell some stories about my photos on display there.
Oct 22 - NYC - Tammy Faye Starlite channels Nico in her new show playing at the Duplex in New York, and she does it very well.
Oct 23 - NYC - My son Kris played a very rockin set with his band at my annual birthday party.
Oct 21 - NYC - Green Day was in New York for 2 weeks working out new songs and stopped by Little Steven's party for the 500th broadcast of his syndicated radio show.
Oct 27 - NYC - While in New York, Green Day played a secret surprise show at the very small Studio at Webster Hall. They came in Halloween makeup and played 25 new songs in a row!
Oct 26 - NYC - Peter Wolf played a great rock and roll show at the Bowery Ballroom, and Earl McGrath (above) was among the friends who came out to see him perform. Peter talked about meeting Howlin' Wolf and other stories of the good old days.
Nov 1 - NYC - Yoko Ono announced the start of the 'Why Hunger' campaign to help feed children around the world...click here for more info.
Nov 8 - NYC - President Clinton gave the Norman Mailer Literary award for biography to Keith Richards....Keith said the night was 'one for the books!'.
Tony Bennett shares a laugh with Keith Richard at the Norman Mailer Foundation awards ceremony.