WNYC’s Sara Fishko covers the fascinating tale of New York’s first fashion week. In the audio is an over-the-phone chat with the amazing and hilarious Polly Mellen, who was the Creative Director of Allure when I worked for Garren in the 1990s. She was bar none my favorite industry client.
And here’s a link to the article on WNYC’s website, which includes a couple of photos and some YouTube video:
http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/150034
Patti Smith (photo by Jean Baptiste Mondino)
Patti Smith was on The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC on Tuesday January 19th. She was there to talk about the book she’s written about the early days of her friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who died of AIDS in 1989.
The book is called Just Kids: From Brooklyn to the Chelsea Hotel, a Life of Art and Friendship, and covers Patti’s life with Mapplethorpe in the 1960s and 1970s in New York City. The 25 minute interview on Leonard Lopate’s show was fascinating and left me wanting more (which means it was good press for the book). This was a time in NYC that has always fascinated me. Patti was great to listen to.
I’m only vaguely familiar with the work of Rosanne Cash. One of my clients, Steve Lippman, did an amazing music film in 2006 called Mariners & Musicians that features music from her album ‘Black Cadillac’. View an excerpt. Other than that, my consciousness of her work was next to nil.
Last week, Rosanne was on WNYC’s Soundcheck with John Shaefer talking about her new album ‘The List’. The album’s tracks and title come from a list of essential songs given to Rosanne by her father Johnny Cash when she was a teenager. As I listened to the live broadcast, I kinda fell for her. Her music – and her conversation about it – was amazing. Beyond that, she’s hilarious, which is my favorite quality in anyone.
The audience for jazz is shrinking and growing older fast, says Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout. View full article »
