May 11 - At Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's New York Annex, curator Jim Henke and Yoko Ono support peace at the opening of a new exhibit. Made with help from Yoko and titled "John Lennon: The New York City Years" it's well worth a visit.
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A photo of me at the opening in front of the display of the T-shirt I gave to John Lennon for the now famous photo I took in 1974, now at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex. The show features many original writings and artwork by Lennon, as well as inspiring videos.
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Musician Merlo Podlewski came to New York for a visit and we had time for a photo session.
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June 4 - Fema Kuti performs at Irving/Fillmore with his band and singers and dancers rockin' it African style!
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June 6 - Hunter Mountain was host to the Allman Brothers during the Mountain Jam Festival, a great three day annual event.
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June 8th - DeeDee Ramone's ex wife Vera with Marky Ramone at the party for Vera's book 'Poisoned Heart'.
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June 10th - Sandra Bernhard performs her very funny one woman show 'Without You I'm Nothing' at Town Hall.
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June 10th - Nov 30 - The Museum of Modern Art opened an exhibition called 'Looking at Music'. The theme: how media interacted with music in New York in the 1970's. I was invited to create a 'Teenage Bedroom Wall' installation. I made a collage of my photos from magazines and posters, over 22 feet long for the exhibit.
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June 18 - Alejandro Escavaera performs with his band at City Winery, the cool new venue in the lower West Village.
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June 18 - Pete Yorn showed a tender quiet side at his sold out show at Joe's Pub. |
June 22 - The New York Dolls continued their long-running tour at Music Hall of Williamsburg.
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June 24 - Iggy Pop was interviewed by New York Times critic Ben Ratcliff at the New York Times Talks series. He was very articulate and open. |
June 24 - Bebe Buell performs songs from her new album 'Sugar' at Hiro Ballroom.
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July 1 - Liv Tyler celebrated her birthday with her mom Bebe Buell at The Jane hotel's new ballroom lounge.
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July 5 - Singer Laura Cantrell performed at the Mystery Place in Phoenica, NY owned by writer/photographer Laura Levine (on right above)
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July 5 - Michael Lang and Holly George-Warren signed copies of their new book about Michael's adventures organizing the great Woodstock Festival in 1969
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July 21 - The Mighty Boosh comedy team from England performs at Bowery Ballroom. |
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Aug 10 - The incredibly sexy/tough Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders perform at the Summerstage in Central Park on a hot summer night. |
Aug 18 - Dennis Dunaway, Keith Roth & Glen Matlock at the Love and Rockets tribute show at the Ben Sherman store. They both joined Keith's band Frankenstein 3000 - and David Johansen sang a few songs too, with Tish and Snooky backing them up!
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I get in a photo with Glen Matlock at the Love and Rockets tribute show at the Ben Sherman store
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Sept 2 - Levon Helm showed he has lots of energy at Central Park Summerstage. |
 Sept 5 - Brian Wilson was one of the major acts playing at the Electric Picnic Music and Art Festival in Ireland.
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Sept 6 - I give a photo talk about my career in Rock Photography at the Electric Picnic Music and Art Festival. A large well run festival with a huge variety of things for people to do and see.
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I found this little home made tent with some locals jamming and dancing at the festival.
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A performance artist group from San Francisco at the festival.
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I met Dublin born photographer John Minihan at the Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland. He spoke about his photos of Samuel Beckett and Francis Bacon.
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I posed for a photo with my host BP Fallon & the great rock manager Frank Murray.
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Sept 8 - David Hershkovits & Anna Sui at Paper Magazine's 25th Anniversary party at the New York Public Library. |
Liza Minnelli sings New York, New York at the Paper Magazine party.
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Sept 14 - Supla, my friend from Brazil, and his brother Joao - aka 'Brothers of Brazil' came to New York to promote their new album and TV show.
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Sept 17th - Yoko Ono unveiled a new line of clothes for the 'Three As Four' line with a fashion show that included a version of her famous 'Cut Piece' with models cutting the center model's clothes off.
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Sept 16 - Johnny T, Jesse Malin & Ryan Adams got together in September to record a new album. Ryan was in town making paintings for a charity auction and also for a reading from his new book at the New York Public Library.
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Sept 16 - French band The Plastiscines, (left to right) Katty Besnard, Louise Basilien, Anaïs & Marine Neuilly stopped in New York on a recent tour of the US. |
