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Mish and I went to see the New York Dolls last night at the Plaza.  Well, we saw original Dolls Sylvain Sylvain and David Johansen (who recently surpassed Mick himself as the best looking Mick Jagger in the world) along with a few much younger stand-ins, including a guitarist (3rd from the left) with an uncanny resemblance to Johnny Thunders and a bassist that looked like he belonged in the Traveling Wilburys.  We arrived too late to see opener We Are the Fury so the Dolls hit the stage pretty much 10 minutes after we walked in.  They played for about an hour and a half and offered up a nice sampling of the Dolls’ catalogue, including glam-tastic renditions of the Arthur “Killer” Kane co-penned tune “Private World” (dedicated to the late Dolls bassist) and an acoustic-electric “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory” dedicated to Johnny Thunders.  Despite a bit of a slow start from the band the crowd was really responsive and by mid-set NYD were really kickin’ it into high gear… possibly overdrive.  A quick encore of “Personality Crisis” and one last tune and they were done.  Off to suck down some prune juice and head into the hyperbaric chamber on the tour bus, no doubt.After a week on a resort in Cuba it was good to be back in civilization — watching NHL games and seeing a rock show.  And just to set the record straight, yes I smashed a rented scooter into the median right in front of our resort.  Yes, it fell onto my foot, essentially pinning me to the hot asphalt.  Yes, I needed to get help to get it off me.  Yes, I then had difficulty getting it started again.  And yes, after I got it started I realized the handlebars were totally crooked.  How do you say “shameful embarrassment” in Spanish?

posted on Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 pm in Music
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