Leisure living new york

So when we came around, there was actually no place to play. We were kind of pioneers in a sense. We used to have to go into bars and convince people that they should have a band playing there. It wasn’t like now, when they have a PA and all this equipment. We would say, “If we come in here and play, you’ll get a lot of people in here and you’ll sell a lot of booze.” We started playing the Mercer, because they had this Arts Center. They would have a play in one room and a cabaret in another room and an experimental video room. The people who owned it needed to have stuff in there all the time, because it was quite an ambitious operation. I think when they built it, they didn’t think, “Okay, how are we going to keep this place humming, as far as content is concerned?” I remember they had one floor where One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest used to play in one of the rooms, and then after, we would play a rock show. Once we started playing … [Read more...] about David Johansen of the New York Dolls on 1970s Loft Parties, Downtown Art, and His Malcolm McLaren Wardrobe

'And by the way, I am as informed as any of you, but I can still find time in a day, even a day as sad and depressing as this day, to tend to farm and business and still discuss with family and friends the State of the Union!' … [Read more...] about Martha Stewart goes pear picking and horse riding as she enjoys country living in New York State

Unfortunately, that myth too is starting to fray at the edges. Mayor DeBlasio may be unable to shovel snow, but he’s right about this being a tale of two cities. Feel free to scoff at his populist rhetoric, but as was the case in the 70’s, New York is once again seen as a city beset by massive problems and widening inequality; a place where a Horatio Alger type can’t actually achieve greatness by mere force of will, that talent and pluck and determination aren’t enough. … [Read more...] about ‘When the Garden Was Eden’: Why New York City Needs the Knicks Now More Than Ever

'"You can't think like, if only I can get to X, like then I'm gonna start living. If only I can get married or whatever, whatever it is that you have in your head, that that's gonna be the marker, right? And I really under - I really, really get it, 'cause I always like lived my life waiting for the future, you know?"' Busy said, tearing up. … [Read more...] about Busy Philipps is on the prowl in leopard pants and long green down coat while out in New York

The sad news came down last night that New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain died after a long battle with cancer. “l remember the first time I saw him bop into the rehearsal space/bicycle shop with his carpetbag and guitar straight from the plane after having been deported from Amsterdam,” New York Dolls frontman David Johansen wrote on Instagram after the news broke. “I instantly loved him. I’m gonna miss you old pal. I’ll keep the home fires burning.” … [Read more...] about Flashback: New York Dolls Play ‘Looking For a Kiss’ at One of Their Last Concerts