Photograph King, watches you go…
Jimmy King, our man in New York, attended the
I’ve also grabbed a couple of pix from The Village Voice site taken by MARO, such as the shot above.
Jimmy also kindly jotted down a few observations to give us a little glimpse of the kind of craziness that goes on in that there Big Apple. Over to you Jimmy…
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Saturday night saw what is fast becoming an institution on the alternative NY social calendar, so I thought I’d check it out.
A celebration of everything Bowie, the BOWIEBALL was held at the Santos Party House in lower Manhattan and presented by Deryck Todd with a host of alternative musicians and fashionistas.
The dress code had a colorful flavor of glam, some wore literal interpretations per db, and some had more of an individual or less obvious twist, either way there were plenty of spandex clad girls and boys ‘rocking the rafters’!
Live performances from featured artistes all included a Bowie tune in their sets. Here’s what they chose to play…
~ Oh You Pretty Things – performed by Ziggy Starlet (vocalist Laurel Katz-Bohen above)
~ Scary Monsters, “Heroes” and Ziggy Stardust – performed by Slinky Vagabond (minus Earl Slick)
~ Moonage Daydream – performed by Miss Guy (she’s the girl/boy in the big orange boots on the far right of the montage at the top of the page)
~ Watch That Man – performed by Michael T
Dirty Martini performed a wonderful Burlesque show and six DJ’s split between two levels kept an appreciative and responsive crowd boogying through to the early hours with a constant stream of classics.
A grotto housed several mannequins adorned in Bowiesque creations from designers including Albright NYC, Ben Sherman, Deryck Todd, Don Patron, Garo Sparo, Keanan Duffty, Richie Rich, Stephen Burrows and Zandra Rhodes.
Those who came looking understated were treated to glam makeovers by a team of makeup artists and needless to say many left with lightning bolts and gold circles, firm favorites.
The whole atmosphere was electrically fun and very friendly, it was an evening of celebration and homage to the man, the music and the inspiration, you could feel the love in the air!
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Thanx a lot Jimmy, sounds like you had a fun evening. It’s like the 1979 Bowie Nights at Billy’s all over again!