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BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | Jochen Auer’s Vienna Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe in the Gasometer continues to bring high-level, world-class talent to his public. A messe is a fair, and the Gasometer is four huge, 19th-century, brick gas tanks that have been converted for various uses, from office and residential to entertainment. One of the contributions I [...]
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BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | In 1990 at the Chelsea Hotel, Linda Twigg gave a party to celebrate the release of Herbert Huncke’s autobiography, “Guilty of Everything.” Huncke roomed in the walk-in closet of Linda’s second-floor gaming den. The party was a solid cross-section of the well-known radicals, activists, literary types, club divas and other well-recognized [...]
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BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | In actuality, having a film out is a job. A job that requires a lot of work, and there is the small glimmer of hope for some kind of payoff. I am still out there pitching “Captured,” my biopic, and in doing this kind of work, one at times ends up in [...]
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BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | I recently finished reading a book called “The Mammoth Book of Tough Guys,” by Robin Barratt. In Barratt’s world the tough guy is a man whose livelihood is connected to his fighting ability, his knowledge of fighting techniques and the respect he has earned using his physical abilities. His tough guys [...]
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BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | For many, the Lower East Side represented much more than a geographic location with ever-changing borders. The L.E.S. was a magical kingdom where almost anything seemed possible and we felt we had the freedom to be whoever we wanted to be, to say whatever we needed to say, and the right [...]
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BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | One lesson I learned from living on the Lower East Side is that there is no heaven on earth, no utopia, no perfect solution to all of life’s problems, which means life is about dealing with the good and the bad, the ugly and the beautiful, the rational and the insane. [...]
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BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | The Lower East Side was a magical cauldron. The brew that percolated in this pot nourished a number creative individuals who went on and made a creative contribution to the world. Magic and mysticism are subjects of interest that have always found a place in the hearts of some fringe niche [...]
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BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | Elsa and I are dog lovers. We got our first dog around 1978. A friend was getting divorced and had to give up the dog. We took the dog in. When we came to New York City, the dog, a part of the family, came with us. After our canine friend [...]
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BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | Documenting the streets and the people of New York City, in my case, mostly the Lower East Side, can yield rewards as well as have its drawbacks. Most of the negative incidents happen because people are high on drugs or drunk, or have something to hide, or because the people are [...]
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[media-credit name="Photos by Clayton Patterson " align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] Steven Tyler performing at RIFF 313, with RIFF designer Charles Andrew (without hat) on guitar. BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | There are hopes and rumors and thoughts of possibilities centered around the idea of CBGB & OMFUG (Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers), better known [...]
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