Would you believe ...

uwe · July 22, 2009, 01:44:32 PM

... about to witness the New York Dolls in a Frankfurt club in a few minutes. Let's if the legend lives up. Place is 2/3 empty at least, hope they still put up a good performance.

SKATE RAT · July 22, 2009, 01:52:33 PM

are you gonna have a personality crisis?

uwe · July 22, 2009, 02:02:53 PM

I'm feeling stranded in the jungle already!

nofi · July 22, 2009, 02:21:59 PM

sylvain and dave. hardly the dolls. i saw the original a few times and they were great. good luck with these guys.

Barklessdog · July 22, 2009, 02:23:46 PM

Man, that's bad. Must be having quite an impact on you. All the best, take care!

That is rough - sorry you had to see it.

I'm sorry to know you saw that but am equally happy you won't have to go to that 'hood anymore!

Now to go off topic

QuoteLost my mum quickly from a burst peptic ulcer (underlying big "C"), back in '92, but we spent a month up on the Island in '01 waiting for my dad to pass when he had melanoma... we (me and my wife, Jackie) were with them both when they passed... going to come back to this later...

Hopefully David Johannson's daughter will show up to liven things up for you.

nofi · July 22, 2009, 02:29:32 PM

what just happened here.

uwe · July 22, 2009, 04:12:14 PM

Pills? Johansen said some people lik'em too much ...

Dave W · July 22, 2009, 04:21:03 PM

Say hi to Johnny Thunders and Killer Kane.

OldManC · July 22, 2009, 05:23:08 PM

Had tickets to see them in SLC at the end of May but they canceled at the last minute. I was bummed...

uwe · July 22, 2009, 05:43:17 PM

Granted, Bill Murcia, Jerry Nolan, Johnny Thunders (but Sylvain did sing "You can't wrap your arms around a memory" for him) and Arthur Kane were all excused tonight. Wherever they are, they'll be rehearsing for that great reunion. But until then we have to do with what we've got, which is still a lot. It's a raucuous - sometimes on the verge of cacophony - rock'n'roll show. Sylvain is the jester of the band, Johansen in surprisingly good and agile voice, skinny as a rake and wrinkled like Jagger and Iggy combined, his moves are sparse, but effective, I last saw him as Buster Pointdexter in NYC in 1988, Sam Yaffa, survivor from the Hanoi Rocks, looks younger and healthier than he did 20 years ago, it's amazing what good rehab can do, he looks a bit Johnny Depp'ish Pirates of the C. at times and wears his Jazz Bass down (pics to follow), Steve Conte is a deadringer for Nikki Sixx though a little stouter and the bald, youngish drummer does fine work. I never saw the old Dolls, what I heard on bad bootlegs was, well, I guess you had to be there. This was tight, but wild tonight. I stood right at the stage, leaning over a monitor, something I haven't done for ages, with Sylvain's Marshall and Yaffa's Ampeg fridge blaring in my left ear which is numb and ringing. Exceedingly entertaining, jawohl!

uwe · July 22, 2009, 05:48:01 PM

And if that was indeed daddy's girl there in a dress watching the show from stage right, then he got himself a pretty daughter.

Nocturnal · July 22, 2009, 08:02:32 PM

I'm jealous!!!! I'd like to see them but they haven't been around here. I have a few dvd's of the Dolls that I like to watch now and then.

Saw Johnny Thunders once on a solo tour. It was pretty damn cool!