Beleive Half of what you see and none of what you hear. (Lou Reed 1988)
I sit on a greyhound from Boston to New York, listening to Lost in the Supermarket by the clash, Pete turns to me shake my hand and says welcome to the Bronx, we cross into manhatten and the first thing that strikes you is that this place does exactly what it says on the tin, yello taxis, people in a hurry, everyone hustling you for everything, making a buck of everyone for nothing. We get to the hostel, pick up the rest of Macaca Mulatta and Ciccone and head for the Lower East Side. The first thing that strikes you when you hit the lower east side is the fact that it is, in essence a Dandy Warhols album. The Boho with out the BS of the London music scene, people ask us where are you from the stock answer, London, you know lousy food, worse weather, Mary f**king Poppins. Coyote Ugly is worth a visit, a place that serves beer whilst girls dance on the bar to Highway to Hell is worth a visit.
We have two days off breifly summarized here, a Pixies cover party where our friends www.thedansettes.com play a cracking cover of crackety jones we meet everyone who knows everyone else and wants to tell us about it, some amazing bands then, I got lost on my own on the lower east side and in Brooklyn for 5 hours as they dont lable subways there, in fact the subways are as bad as the subways, we saw the Empire State building, Central Park, The Library from Ghostbusters, numerous bars deli's and Julian Casablancas look a like, Pete got interviewed on TV about the 9/11 film and Danny got into a film with Jeff Goldblum, and I went to see Harlem with Pedros, The nest gig was at Sine-e with Nous non Plus, the second fake French band we saw that week, Le Sans Culottes being the other one. They do a great cover of 99 red balloons then have to leave to go to a film premier at "Bobby" Deniros Tribeca film festival where their bass player is the air guitar champion of the world. ciccone play then we play to an emptying room, just like London people only go to see bands they know then they go again but thse who stayed loved it. On the Sat we do a DJ set in the most unlikely of bars thanks to our friend and legend www.jonnylives.com Jonny was Debbie Harries date at the Rock and Roll hall of fame, supported Meatloaf on his last tour and you can catch him in the UK on Blondies last tour this summer. Jonny is, however, telling the trueth.
New York is the land of fun and oppertunity, if you talk to anyone they will talk back to you although it is sometimes hard to believe what they say. Always tip, nothing is what it seems and they did indeed build that city on rock and roll we are indeed lost in the supermarket.
Jimmy Savage
I sit on a greyhound from Boston to New York, listening to Lost in the Supermarket by the clash, Pete turns to me shake my hand and says welcome to the Bronx, we cross into manhatten and the first thing that strikes you is that this place does exactly what it says on the tin, yello taxis, people in a hurry, everyone hustling you for everything, making a buck of everyone for nothing. We get to the hostel, pick up the rest of Macaca Mulatta and Ciccone and head for the Lower East Side. The first thing that strikes you when you hit the lower east side is the fact that it is, in essence a Dandy Warhols album. The Boho with out the BS of the London music scene, people ask us where are you from the stock answer, London, you know lousy food, worse weather, Mary f**king Poppins. Coyote Ugly is worth a visit, a place that serves beer whilst girls dance on the bar to Highway to Hell is worth a visit.
We have two days off breifly summarized here, a Pixies cover party where our friends www.thedansettes.com play a cracking cover of crackety jones we meet everyone who knows everyone else and wants to tell us about it, some amazing bands then, I got lost on my own on the lower east side and in Brooklyn for 5 hours as they dont lable subways there, in fact the subways are as bad as the subways, we saw the Empire State building, Central Park, The Library from Ghostbusters, numerous bars deli's and Julian Casablancas look a like, Pete got interviewed on TV about the 9/11 film and Danny got into a film with Jeff Goldblum, and I went to see Harlem with Pedros, The nest gig was at Sine-e with Nous non Plus, the second fake French band we saw that week, Le Sans Culottes being the other one. They do a great cover of 99 red balloons then have to leave to go to a film premier at "Bobby" Deniros Tribeca film festival where their bass player is the air guitar champion of the world. ciccone play then we play to an emptying room, just like London people only go to see bands they know then they go again but thse who stayed loved it. On the Sat we do a DJ set in the most unlikely of bars thanks to our friend and legend www.jonnylives.com Jonny was Debbie Harries date at the Rock and Roll hall of fame, supported Meatloaf on his last tour and you can catch him in the UK on Blondies last tour this summer. Jonny is, however, telling the trueth.
New York is the land of fun and oppertunity, if you talk to anyone they will talk back to you although it is sometimes hard to believe what they say. Always tip, nothing is what it seems and they did indeed build that city on rock and roll we are indeed lost in the supermarket.
Jimmy Savage