After catching Suzanne Vega's fantastic homecoming/birthday gig at Highline last night -- highlights: "Left Of Center" with solo bass accompaniment, "Tom's Diner" twice (a cappella and DNA remix) -- we headed an avenue east to Hiro shortly after 10. Courtney Love's transatlantic meltdown was in town and hundreds of creatively coiffed kids snaked around 16th St. for the occasion. At the front of the line, "New York's top doorman" (groan) Thomas Onorato quizzed the fabulous folks: "Who's list?" "Are you on Courtney's list?" And we wisely decided not to stick around. All the good shit ends up on YouTube anyway, right?
She didn't kick things off until midnight, but Rolling Stone (the show's sponsor) and NY Mag describe it as a tame affair by Love standards. (Then again, Deerhunter have raised the bar.) In between smoking, mumbling, and confessing to an eating disorder, Courtney delivered a slew of new material (co-written by Linda Perry, in case you didn't catch Courtney's first 500 shoutouts) and old hits "Doll Parts" and "Malibu." Also, it was apparently 500 degrees inside. Freshbread has some nice pics, but here's a front and back from NYand Constintina, respectively.
