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Our
launch was on April 15, 1999. We indulged ourselves on tax
day with a party in the Basement under CBGB's club, in Downtown
New York. As you can see, the crowd was very well-behaved. We
were delighted to see the broadest cross-section of people:
from
computer programmers to online company directors
from classical virtuoso instrumentalists to punk guitarists
from corporate record company execs to DJs
from seven years old to seventy years old.
Since
it wasn't exactly Hollywood, darlings, we left everyone to photograph
each other with disposable cameras. Hello. Someone
out there still has three of them. These are the pictures
fit to print. We kept others as hard physical evidence.
Off-duty
JR Rost, feels awkward at a party if he isn't taking snaps. We
collected a few of his on
his own separate page. Funny how people have different
favorites.
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Wondering
where the next drink is coming (from left to right): Bob Funk (Uptown
Horns), Kit Hain (artist
and writer), Mike Thorne (artist
and producer), Hilly
Kristal (artist and CBGB's owner),
Jeanette Buckley (the Stereo Society) and James Biondolillo (the
Stereo Society) |
Keeping
the speech mercifully short. Mike Thorne (artist,
producer, Stereo Society President) |
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Rob Rives
(artist, remixer, producer) |
Barry
Reynolds, co-writer with Marianne Faithfull of many of her great
songs from Broken English to Sexual
Terrorist. |
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The
ground zero of microtonal intensity (from left): Andrew Bolotowsky
(flute soloist in Chaco
Canyon), unidentified person in nice red shirt,
Paul Savior (actor, voice in Raven), Johnny
Reinhard (composer and bassoon virtuoso), and friends. |
Getting
very late for Elizabeth Ziff of BETTY. |
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The off-duty-but-serious
corner (from left to right): Jordan Rost (Senior Vice President,
New Technology, Warner Music Group), and Mike Thorne (artist
and producer). |
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At
some time in the evening, someone must have said something interesting. (from
left) Sarah Jane Morris (artist
and writer), Amy Ziff (BETTY)
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Another
perfect Billboard magazine shot. From left: Katheryn Russell (vocalist
and multi-instrumentalist); Sherrie Siegel (video and communications
doyenne) and BJ Nelson (artist and writer, featured on Cry
Tomorrow). |
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Traditionally
interactive pints. From left: Jeremy Kagan (President and
CEO, ezcd.com), Hilly
Kristal (artist and owner of CBGB's) |
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