While crack-is-wack-ster Whitney was staging another “comeback” at the Davis affair, we favored Saturday night’s more real-feeling rock- flavored happenings over the R&B/pop-machine-driven mashes.
The Rhino/Los Angeles mag event with The New York Dolls saw a spindly and spectacled David Johansen and youthful looking Sylvain Sylvain kiss and hiss onstage for fellow musicians Perry Farrell, Tim Burgess, Dead drummer Mickey Hart, Urge Overkill’s Nash Kato and director Jason Reitman (who spun for the crowd earlier under his “DJ name” — yes, he’s a DJ now — Bad Meaning Bad with partner Mateo Messina, the dude who co- scored Juno).
The Dolls did all the classics and some swingy new tunes from a forthcoming Rhino release being produced by Todd Rundgren. After the Trash-tastic set, Nightranger was off to the Roxy for more glammy week action with Chelsea Girls, the all- chick supergroup featuring Sam Maloney, Corey Parks, The Donnas’ Allison Robertson and sexy celeb-DJ Tuesdae (singing).
Jane Wiedlin, who we reported a few columns ago was in the group, is no longer, but we hear the split was amicable. Lemmy Kilmister joined the gals for “Ace of Spades,” while Taylor Dane’s guest vox saw the femmes getting funky on the disco tune “Take Your Time.”
Though Cherie Currie and Carmen Electra were rumored to join the jammin’, no cherry — or Cherie — bombs went off, and Electra and BF Rob Patterson stayed to the side of the stage ogling their pal Parks’ busty bass quakes. Catch Chelsea Girls at the Roxy on the last Thursday of each month. Next gig is Feb. 26, with Sweethead featuring Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age).
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