1/25/08: One Step Beyond

Friday 1/25/08:
I arrived in NYC on Friday morning around 4am. Got to the Sugar Shack around 5am and slept till noon. Spent all afternoon at meetings and went to the Museum of Natural History where the Hayden Planetarium was transformed into a disco at Flavorpill's "One Step Beyond".

I was decked out in Joseph's LA drag: a purple 80's knit one-shoulder dress and grey and purple abstract plaid over-knee socks that made an easy transition between day and night (if not for the general public, at least for one who dresses as ostentatiously as I).


DJ A-Trak is one of the best technical DJs around. Click for his DJ set at the 2006 NewYork-Tokyo Music Festival. Anyways, A-trak was headlining and I was excited to hear him. His girlfriend, Kid Sister performed "Let me Bang", along with a few more of her super-classy tunes. Seriously though, the girl killed it with her bleached-blond pin curls, 30's babydoll top, Chicago street attitude, and air-brushed acrylic tips that I cannot believe are back in style.

So her set was drawing to and end and people were enjoying themselves and dancing and it was chill and fun, albeit a little crowded... And who showed up? This guy in a mink jumped on stage-- he looked rather familiar... was that? No! It couldn't be! Kanye West was not on the bill!?!? But it was Kanye. He was on stage, performing for us, in his mink coat. Poor Kanye--must have been sweltering under all those lights. How Kanye sacrificed his comfort to present such style to us!

The crowd got all hysterical. I jumped into the hysteria, rushing towards the stage. Photobloggers pushed each other in the crowd. In fact, 5 feet from the stage, I could barely see Kanye because there were too many damn cameras in my way. We danced, and were very sad when his 3-song set was over.


Ran into Nicky Digital at AMNH, and cabbed it down with him, Dave, Kristin, and Moritz to GBH's Robot Rock party at Le Royale. After a short hiatus and a new venue or 2, Robot Rock has completely re-invented itself. For a while Robot Rock at Movida was overrun by bottle-buying, roid-raging, button-down-shirt-wearing former frat boys... but the crowd is suddenly hip again--fashionable people, a few gay boys, scenesters, and others. Check out Nicky's site. I met some interesting, connected, and beautiful people. I danced till dawn. T'was swell.