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 NY and Constintina, respectively.

 

Comments (8)
  1. gossiphead  |   Posted on Jul 13th, 2007

    i heard she killed kurt cobain

  2. JesusSucks  |   Posted on Jul 13th, 2007

    No, Michael DeWitt killed Kurt Cobain. But, Courtney told him to.

  3. Stephen  |   Posted on Jul 13th, 2007

    Jesus. There are a million similes to describe what she looks like but none would do justice to just how sickly, whorish and drugged out she looks.

  4. iburl  |   Posted on Jul 13th, 2007

    I thought El Duce did it. BTW, if that’s not the look of self destruction, I’d hate to see it. Remember when everybody thought she was a good actress (when she kept getting the role of the Junkie girlfriend?)

  5. To see photos opf Courtney Love’s DEBUT NYC performance at Hiro Ballroom go here: http://www.nickydigital.com/index.php?/gallery/album/C436/

  6. The Other Matthew  |   Posted on Jul 13th, 2007

    I never thought I’d say this, but she really needs to gain some weight. It’s better to be a little overweight than freaking underweight, like she looks there. Do not want.

  7. clem  |   Posted on Jul 14th, 2007

    She needs to lay off the junk before she dies, it looks like the only thing she’s subsisting on these days is heroin.

  8. Jimmy James  |   Posted on Jul 15th, 2007

    She looks like a crazy grandma. Game over, Court.

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