Coming to New York with the expectation that things might get a little weird is still a reasonable thing to do. For many locals, that’s still the best part about the city, where anything goes, or at least there’s the possibility. The increasingly high cost of living here has made it more difficult to maintain any kind of alternative lifestyle outside of the norm, but thanks in many respects to the ethos of New York, the norm has been increasingly less homogenous over the years. There are moments, however, when it feels like walking in a windstorm, and that the edge may have gone dull over the years.
Thankfully, there are signs of life, where interesting and exotic people can go to be beautiful in public. In Manhattan, the business hotels offer plenty of extremely hospitable accommodations for those looking to entertain a few nights on the town while making some new deals. One of the events of the season, no doubt, was January’s birthday party for David Bowie at Don Hill’s. This was the great opportunity to see 70s glam culture return in full force, and to see if the wild side was still walkable, or if you might need to hire a driver.
There were lots of live performances, including an orchestra that played Bowie covers, along with a wide and wild variety of people coming out to show off their glam-rock chops. From the photos, it looks as though Oh! You Pretty Things was a huge success, or at least, big fun. Interestingly, the turn out was large, but also overwhelmingly young. This is a new generation, and some of these kids weren’t even born when he was already an icon on MTV in the 80s. It’s pretty encouraging news, really, to consider that the new attempts to play with identity and gender are as strong as ever, and the coming years will see what these new visionaries decide to do to intervene in the mainstream.
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