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Posted May. 30, 2008,
Bar of the Week: The Randolph at Broome
By Elizabeth Thompson
The Randolph opened last fall in the old M Bar space on Broome Street as a speakeasy-style bar with classic cocktails and a Prince dance party on Sundays. Sounds pretty good, right? The owners thought they could do better, and recently re-opened the spot with a few new additions -- most notably the revamping of the drink menu by mixologist Matty Gee of Milk & Honey. Gee's designed a seasonal collection of summer refreshers like the gin-based Strawberry Cucumber Fizz ($13) and the Golden Delicious ($13), a combination of lemon, honey and applejack. Drinks are made with frozen spirits and -- as at Milk & Honey -- served over hunks of hand-cracked ice, with the intense coldness lending a crisp effervescence. Other changes at the bar include the removal of their banquette, which was swapped out for sleek wooden booths that are of a piece with the art deco pressed tin ceiling, and the addition of a piano. Although the Supremes and Bobby Darin were on the stereo the night we stopped in, the piano is apparently put to good use on weekends with live jazz and ragtime. Prince fans, alas, are out of luck -- the night's been replaced with "Seersucker Sundays," an all day shindig that starts at 2 p.m. and features drink specials. Nevertheless this is only a minor setback, and overall, the new and improved Randolph is an excellent place to party like it's 1929. 349 Broome St., (212) 274-0667
Posted May. 21, 2008,
Eight Items or Less: Bye Bye Bye Lou Pearlman, Bye Bye Bye Lower East Side
By Gary Pini
1. Lou Pearlman, the svengali behind boy bands 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, was sentenced this morning to 25 years in federal prison for conning people out of $300 million. Bye, bye, bye.
2. Steal one, get one free. The owner of New York nightclub Prime is offering Lindsay Lohan an "$11,000 mink coat and settle the model's lawsuit against her." We're not sure how this is supposed to go down, as Lohan is the one being sued for allegedly stealing a fur coat.
3. Hotelchatter is already dissing Eric Goode's upcoming Riverview Hotel: "A cheap love hotel? Why even go about renovating the place and kicking out tenants if you are just going to have small cheap rooms."
4. Let's eat at Thor and then go to the Box. The National Trust for Historic Preservation yesterday said that the Lower East Side is one of 11 US sites most at risk for "destruction or irreparable damage."
5. A federal appeals court ruled this week that paper money discriminates against blind people because it's all the same size.
6. In spite of the eleventh-hour addition of Prince, Coachella still had 30,000 fewer attendees than 2007.
Posted May. 14, 2008,
Tommie Sunshine's Coachella-ella-ella
By Tommie Sunshine
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I have been on a great tour with Junkie XL for the past month and haven't had a ton of time between remixing tracks and working on vocals for a handful of artists around the world during the time I am actually home. However, I had always said that I would never go to Coachella unless I was playing it. This year I broke my word on that as I had been invited to play at a few day parties and figured it would be nice to go hang in the desert while the weather in New York was still shit. I am not exactly sure what I expected but what I got was quite different than I could have ever dreamt of.
Daniela and I arrived on Thursday night late and had a chance to rest a bit and enjoy a night that was both warm and devoid of humidity, much unlike New York at any time of year. Now you see, I have a love/hate relationship with California in general so going there is a process every time. I love the weather there and I like the terrain but the stoned/K-Hole attitude of most everyone who lives there grates on my nerves. I will take the hard working East Coast attitude (from those who actually do) anytime, but I digress. I played a party for BPM that had a Smurf theme on Friday afternoon and it seemed that most of the people hadn't arrived yet so the attendance was slight. I had a great interview with Imeem and got a great Smurf blue hoodie and Daniela grabbed a great '70s bikini from 55DSL before I played a noisy set with a mountain behind me on a very hot day. After all that we grabbed a few things from Trader Joes and went home in time to sneak in a quick skinny dip in the pool before our housemates got home. Fuck yeah!
Posted Apr. 30, 2008,
Coachella Wrap-Up: Scenes from the Anthem Party
By J. Everette Perry
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The most legit party at Coachella was the Anthem party. Not only did they have a huge pool filled to the brim with people, a who's who of music industry heavyweights, but the party was an injection of adrenaline that gave me the perfect buzz right before going to see M.I.A. and Prince. The crowd was decked out to the nines: Bold stripes, vivid colors, high wasted shorts, shiny metallic fabric, sexy scarves and denim cut-offs. Everyone was rocking styles and starting trends without even trying.
Posted May. 18, 2007,
The $15,000 Concert
By PAPERMAG Editors
Here's a report from your special correspondent Gary Pini....
While you're sitting on scalding concrete at the Siren Festival this summer or waiting in line to hear your favorite DJ at PS1, pause for a minute and close your eyes. Imagine what suffering the unfortunate music fan in the Hamptons is going through. No Ruff Club, no Panty Party, no Mr. Black and barely a live venue in sight. But Wait! The $15,000 per person concert series is coming to save the day . The line-up includes Prince, Billy Joel (at least he won't have drive far), Tom Petty, James Taylor and Dave Mathews. We are falling asleep just thinking about it. And to be sure that you get your money's worth, the promoters (Bulldog Entertainment) promise more perks than the artists' dressing rooms: valet parking, celebrity chefs and even Moroccan pillows. Yes, we make fun now, but in 2037 we'll be first in line for the $150,000 tickets to see the Battles, CSS, Klaxons, Feist and Bonde do Role.