Sometimes New York gives me this feeling like I’m a little kid and the world is my oyster, everything seems grand and glamorous and shiny. I like that. Other times its really awful, dirty and gross, maybe sticky or something. Clubbing is a good mix of the two, its dark and sweaty, optimistic and magical. It reminds me that there’s always a good time, even if things suck. You know what I mean? And no one did it better, or knows it better, than the people who have been around the block, the heroes and villains of New York Nightlife.
And I gotta start with Sophia Lamar. Some people have the Virgin Mary, but I have Sophia. She’s the original Queen of the Scene, a legend, kind of a Norma Desmond but without the tragedy and craziness, know what I mean? Sophia introduced me to Ruff Club, and in a way to New York. I still remember the first nite we met, in the basement of the Annex. Danzie was spinning with Jake of the Films. The place was packed elbow-to-elbow. That whole dark, sweaty, magical, optimistic thing was going on. Sophia is stories and glamour and wit. Solid gold.
Kenny Kenny, who runs amok at Vandam Sundays and Salon Grande, is classic Club Kid. She? He? — I don’t even know, is a sweetheart and someone I look forward to getting to know better. Kenny goes back to the days of Tunnel and Limelight, whose infamous parties caught the eye of the media nationwide. Crazytown. And his looks are unmistakable, like, I don’t have words. Google him. While you’re at it, google all these darn kids.
Yozmit! I don’t know how long Yozmits been around, but you can see her regularly at the Box, and her performance stuff is the bees knees, the dogs tuxedo. I’m stuck, obsessed. Like, I cant even talk to her. She squeezed my shoulder last nite, and it was way better than chilling with Rihanna or Katie Perry. I mean, Mary Wilson of the Supremes sang last nite, and I’m still yakking away about Yozmit! Check out her website, or come see her with me at the Box, you’re life wont be the same!!
I guess three is good for now, right? Do you want more? I’ll continue the Rogue’s Gallery as the mood strikes me.
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