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Daniel Johnston's private show & the Man Man vegan dinner
There was no way I was going to pass up a big vegan dinner cooked by Isa Chisandra that included an open bar and a Man Man show (true - I'm not the biggest man man fan, but still). That was until I found out I could instead catch a short set by Daniel Johnston - and still have time to see Man Man on top of it. The Daniel Johnston show was in this loft-office-production-company space in SOHO that fit about 125 people. Luckily there was free food there too, but sadly it mainly consisted of cocktail weiners and macaroni & cheese - aka nothing I could eat. On the way there I passed Fred Schneider of the B-52's going into the Antony-Nico Muhly-Final Fantasy $600 Kitchen performance that Lou Reed was also at to honor his wife/girlfriend Laurie Anderson. Kitchen co-sponsor and Daniel Johnston fan David Bowie was at neither performance.
Daniel played for about 30 minutes - an acoustic set with Brett Hartenbach (who also played with him acoustic at Warsaw). The whole thing was being taped - part of some new series for something (not totally sure what). I was also supposed to interview Daniel after the show - hopefully to clear up the air, but that ended up not working out. Maybe there's nothing to clear up (Interview still might happen though). Happy, and moved, yet conflicted and disappointed, I left and walked over to Man Man. It was just a few blocks away in Chinatown.
It was around 9:15, and Man Man was going on at 9:30....WRONG - a big sign on the door said that Man Man doors weren't opening until 10:00. After killing some time in the area while simultaneously getting tireder and tireder, I came back a little after 10:00 to find that doors were still not open, and there was a huge line going in two different directions. I gave up and went home.
Posted on May 24, 2007 12:11 PM
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You really should consider eating real food. It's good.
Posted by Anonymous | May 24, 2007 12:29 PM
Agreed - bacon is like all the fruits in veggies wrapped into one. FDA just announced it.
Posted by Anonymous | May 24, 2007 12:55 PM
bacon makes my ass bleed
Posted by Anonymous | May 24, 2007 1:12 PM
trying using toilet paper instead..
Posted by RT | May 24, 2007 1:25 PM
I was at the Kitchen affair. Was not worth the 600 dollars. The food was cold. There was no dumplings. Antony was not loud enough. No one from Arcade Fire showed up. Still it was better than 30 mins of Daniel Johnston
By the way BV, how do you know David Bowie was not at the benefit if you were not there.
Also, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson are NOT married.
Posted by Anonymous | May 24, 2007 1:26 PM
Daniel was 'interesting'. A good industry hang though, fer sher.
Posted by matt | May 24, 2007 1:29 PM
"By the way BV, how do you know David Bowie was not at the benefit if you were not there."
someone who was there told me
Posted by brooklynvegan | May 24, 2007 1:34 PM
shut it
Posted by Anonymous | May 24, 2007 1:51 PM
just fyi: Man Man came on close to 11 and played for about 45 minutes.
Din Din was fantabulous, and the Man Man set was short and sweet.
Incredible food. Incredible energy. Lots of room for dancing and prancing. and, oh yeah... open bar all night.
left around midnight.
Thank you, New York Magazine!
Posted by anon | May 24, 2007 2:16 PM
Anon 1:12... your ass bleed must be delicious...
Posted by Anonymous | May 24, 2007 2:59 PM
I love fat 50' somethings Indie Rock sensations. I really really do. Can we see more "talented" old men like him? Not quite sure what the fuss is over this guy, but hey, that's cause I'm not "in the know!" ;)
Posted by deb | May 24, 2007 4:48 PM
Deb-
Why are you even bothering to post here? I am sure hipping all of the BV readers to how "out" of the know you are is mighty important news to us and the internets.
Posted by Anonymous | May 24, 2007 5:02 PM
Deb, not that it matter but he is 45, hardly "old", but you are a "douchebag".
Posted by Anonymous | May 24, 2007 5:30 PM
Come on guys, don't take everything personally, and don't be afraid to put your name on your comment. It adds alittle more cred. You know, like the argyle sweaters you wear when it's cold out.
Posted by deb | May 24, 2007 5:40 PM
lol on 45 being an "old man"...Bob Dylan turned 66 today, Lou Reed is 65, Bowie, Iggy Pop and Patti Smith are all 60...keep on rocking folks and keep on blogging about them bv!
Posted by aarprocks | May 24, 2007 5:44 PM
These old timers ROCK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqfFrCUrEbY
Posted by Anonymous | May 24, 2007 6:15 PM
Obviously, you guys haven't had Isa's food.
Posted by Lauren | May 25, 2007 2:53 PM
daniel johnston is disgusting. i don't care.
Posted by Anonymous | May 26, 2007 8:37 PM
The ironic thing about his concentration camp jokes is that had he been alive in Germany/Eastern Europe back then his mental illness would have made him one of the people on Hitler's list.
Posted by Anonymous | May 29, 2007 8:52 PM