Redefining Punk: TAB comes onto its own…
There’s a moment while you’re watching "TAB the band," blasting out their fusion of glam pop, rock and Rolling Stones collage that you look at yourself, the indie set wildly bopping away, the John Varvatos suits tucked neatly away...
Gastronomical Delight at the French Consulate.
If one happens to be either the French consulate general or a diplomat of certain élan then one can be sure to argue that what awaits them at the culinary quarters of the French consulate general are of the...
Brooklyn International Film Festival takes off.
If one could summarize the general sensibilty of the film that opened the Brooklyn International Film Festival last night- “Breaking Upwards,” it would be when the lead protagonist played by the director himself (Daryl Wein) turns around and looks at...
Adrian Alicea; Deep in Vogue.
The first time I came across Adrian Alicea back in 1989 I was stationed out in Milan, Italy. When I say ‘came across’ what I should make clear is that he wasn’t anyone I had met at the time...
The etiquette of being drunk in public
We have all been there.
Whether it is a business lunch that goes too long, a brunch that sees more mimosas than needed or the day-after-lingering-drunkenness…there are times when you are in public completely plastered. You know the day must...
2009 Annual Benefit to Support the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.
The artists who will be impressing us with their talent within the next five years are probably all in high school today, and the 2009 Annual Benefit to Support the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers is in the...
Putting on the Ritz in tribute to the Gordon Parks Foundation.
Once in a while the titans of media, design, fashion, photography will come to pay homage to those who have excelled in bringing awareness and valor to the arts. Tuesday night was one of those evenings…
In tribute to a...
ACE silent auction: Did anyone notice?
Beneath the stone walls and metal arches of the Queensboro Bridge on E. 59th st, two young men in navy blue jump suits scour the trail of cabs for important looking people. They run swiftly towards men in tailored...
Christie’s keeps them coming…and how!
In an unusual move, architecture was the surprise star of Christie’s recent 20th Century Decorative Art and Design event. Around fifty potential bidders were treated to a reception at the famous auction house to get a sneak peak of...
Dance Astounds at the Astaire Awards.
This much was clear to anyone in attendance at the recent Fred Astaire Awards- the organizers adore dance. The ceremony did much more than pay lip service to the art of dance, it actively embraced it by showcasing number after...
Matt Assante Blows it all away…
If anyone has had the pleasure of spending their afternoons smashing their brain cells to champagne, rubbing their oil slicked backs up against a cavernous boom box (not to mention another oil slicked body, the type of course you...
St.Tropez finally arrives in Manhattan.
This Saturday, I found myself at the Gansevoort Hotel for the launch of their summer rooftop bikini brunch party, and the first hint I had of the impending mayhem above was at the door. Tim, the true New York...
If only Frank Zappa had sounded like Electric Black…
A lot of bands begin their journey haphazardly enough, perhaps inviting a few acquaintances to their first gig and putting up inscrutable fliers here and there. But Electric Black, being Electric Black, went a little further, hitting the streets...
Pump and Dump: the Society of the Spectacle.
Famed philosopher Guy Debord wrote on the Society of the Spectacle, the point at which meaning falls victim to bullshit. It is, in simpler terms, all pomp without circumstance. In this world, the symbolism of an object, the theatre...
Literary titillation at Bomb Mag and Granta Book Expo’s Bash…
The tender breasted coed cavorts coquettishly with the English professor. He is yellowed like so many pages of so many books sitting on so many shelves in his many-windowed office. He is a rake with a rapier wit. He...
