Sisters And Dragsters And Models, Oh My

Last night Aaron and I waded into the downtown hipster scene to attend a release party and screening of the new Scissor Sisters concert DVD, Hurrah - A Year Of Ta-Dah. We got to the party a little late and spent much of the rest of the night celeb-spotting all the Gotham bold names in the house: model/singer Amanda Lepore, party promoter and DList.com owner Daniel Nardicio, Kiki & Herb's Justin Bond, French Vogue cover model and Bruce Weber subject Andre J, and on and on.

After the party, we moved into the theater next door where the Scissor Sisters gave a brief Q & A session before settling into the seats with us for the movie. Part behind-the-scenes documentary, part performance, the movie was just terrific. The audience particularly seemed to dig the multiple opportunities Jake Shears takes to remove his clothes on the stage. Props to Fly Life PR guru Carmen Cacciatore for a great event. Here's the trailer from the movie:

After the movie, we moved across Houston Street to raunch institution The Cock for their 9th anniversary party, which around 1am hit the usual Cock tipping-point from regular bar night to full-out, naked drunken bacchanal. I chatted a bit with electro legend DJ Man Parrish and Rapture Books owner Joe Birdsong, discussed fake fur with an 11-foot tall tranny, and schooled some youngsters on the merits of Vanity vs. Apollonia. Good times.

Justin Bond took the stage around 2am with a couple of able bandmates and treated the very frisky crowd to a couple of songs which may or may not be a part of next week's Kiki & Herb holiday concert at Carnegie Hall. I got home at 3am on a school night and am really paying for it today. Grampa just can't play with the cool kids anymore.

BELOW: Justin Bond and band.
BELOW: Amanda Lepore, Andre J.