Handsome Dick Manitoba

words & While many designers tagged trendier (see younger) performers to appear at their Fashion Week soirees, many of which happened the day before for Fashion’s Night Out, John Varvatos and show curator/drummer Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver, Guns N’ Roses) stayed true to the spirit of the Bowery store located where CBGB once stood, picking a lineup that would make Wayne and Garth tremble with a lack of self worth (Mike Meyers sitting on the side of the stage with a giddy grin would seem to confirm that)…

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club played the Fashion Week party at Don Hill’s on Thursday. Iggy Pop and The Stooges played there Friday, and according to the above Tweet, Courtney Love is playing there tonight…

DOWNLOAD: Alejandro Escovedo – Silver Cloud (MP3) Alejandro Escovedo played two NYC-area shows this past week. The gigs followed his appearance on David Letterman Wednesday night (video below), and both featured their own special guests…

Iggy Pop and the Stooges played a free show in Toronto’s Yonge-Dondas Square on Saturday June 19th, as part of the city’s NXNE Festival. The show was controlled chaos in the middle of a very public section of the city that NXNE took over with a big outdoor stage for the duration of the festival…

“Joey Ramone (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), born as Jeffrey Ross Hyman, was a vocalist and songwriter best known for his work in the punk rock group the Ramones…

Celebrating what would have been the 58th birthday of punk icon Joey Ramone, the annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will take place Tuesday, May 19th at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza…

Iggy Pop supports Michigan State University’s decision to ban animal circuses from campus in 2009 and hopes the school will make the ban permanent…

Richard Reinhardt (a.k.a Richie Beau, Richie Ramone) (born August 11, 1957) is an American drummer best known for his work with the punk rock group the Ramones…

last night (April 17, 2008) in NYC…. More than a few special guests (and I don’t mean the protesters) showed up to the opening party/benefit inside the John Varvatos store (aka CBGB) on the Bowery last night (April 17, 2008)…

“We make to-do lists, shopping lists, wish lists…but somehow our lists just don’t ROCK. The ones in this new book do…. is the handiwork of Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators and Amy Wallace of the original …