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Posted Jul. 28, 2008,
Peter Davis' Status Update: Seven Celebs Who Snort, According to Christopher Ciccone
By Peter Davis
Here are seven celebrities Christopher Ciccone claims to have done cocaine with in his 342-page book Life With My Sister Madonna:
Kate Moss (page 234, 263)
Naomi Campbell (page 234)
Courtney Love (page 256-7)
Jack Nicholson (page 265)
Dennis Hopper (page 265)
Donatella Versace (page 257, 263-265)
Ingrid Casares (page 234-235)
And as an added bonus, here are two major Madonna players whose names Ciccone misspells:
Debi Mazar: “Debi Mazur” (page 168)
Sandra Bernhard: “Sandra Bernhardt” (page 195)
Posted Jun. 7, 2007,
Eight Items or Less: Twilo Folds in Miami, Cocaine Gets Cheaper and One Person Didn't Like Knocked Up
By PAPERMAG Editors
1. When the world famous New York club Twilo folded in 2001 the owners tried to re-establish the venue in Miami last year. Now the Miami branch has also folded. Located in the downtown Miami 24-hour nightlife district, the club encountered many of the same problems currently being felt on West 27th Street in New York’s nightlife district. The cities' original concept of keeping all the clubs in one zoned area has backfired by also bringing all the attendant problems to one neighborhood -- and then blaming the clubs. In a recent posting on burlingtonnights.com, regular Twilo DJ Danny Tenaglia observes that "Miami is being completely taken over by hip-hop, reggaeton, VIP rooms and non-intelligent teenage drop-outs with gansta tattoos."
2. The next time your favorite house-music anthem exhorts you to "Jack your body, ja- ja- jack your body!" your feet might be doing more than just making you sweat. British newspaper The Independent reports that Enviu, a nonprofit organization for eco-projects, and a Dutch architectural firm called Doll have teamed to create a Sustainable Dance Club. Though still in the planning stages, the dancers will eventually "squeeze a surface membrane in the dancefloor which works a flywheel to generate voltage, which is then fed back into the system to light it." If you can't see your date, just dance harder and brighten up the room. (via The Wall Street Journal).
3. Must be the Shoes (part III): The Consumer Product Safety Commission reported this week that Heelys (shoes with wheels in the heels) caused 1,600 emergency room visits, 64 injuries and one death from September 2005 through December 2006. Wear your helmet, Mr. Mickey!
4. According to the Atlantic, the price of cocaine is falling dramatically. Perhaps diverted by the hunt for terrorists, the DEA claims that the price of a gram in New York City was $20 to $25 in 2005.
5. When you're to trying come down, consider a Mediflow pillow. Its inventor claims that the "patented water-based design therapeutically relieves chronic neck pain" and that you will wake up feeling "rejuvenated, soothed and energized."
6. Or, better yet, skip the powder and the pillow and go to www.i-doser.com where you can download 30 minutes of aural stimulation for $3.75. Their version of "cocaine" supposedly induces a "simulated state achieved through the use of advanced binaural methods." And, like rap music, it comes with a warning: "This one comes close." Sgt. Pepper comes close enough for us.
7. Apparently, someone doesn’t like Knocked Up.
Posted May. 8, 2007,
Cocaine Blues
By PAPERMAG Editors
And now a report from our special correspondent Gary Pini...
Stop whatever you're doing and run to the nearest deli and buy all their cans of Cocaine energy drink. The manufacturer has caved to pressure -- from just about everybody -- and announced yesterday that they would pull it from the marketplace. Already banned in several states and countries and all 7-Elevens, the self described "Legal Alternative" has fallen victim to its own marketing campaign and will change the name after receiving a letter from the FDA claiming that they were pushing it as a legal alternative to the real thing. Three cans are already up on eBay and at press time, the price was $35.07 with 11 bids. As the seller/budding-copy- writer says: "Banned by the Man!"