I ran into him here in NYC a few months ago after not having seen him in ages and caught up a bit. He recently consulted on and opened a massive, multi-floor club in South Beach named Billboard Live and is now opening his own smaller club in a space that used to be called Lola. I don't want to give the name away before it opens but I think he's leaning towards the one that's part of the human anatomy.I called him last month when I was in S.Beach and
we hung out a little bit and he made sure that I knew what was going on there every night of the week that was worth checking out.
This might sound silly but that meant alot to me.When I returned home to NYC after going upstate to college I was lucky enough to catch the last couple of years of AM/PM, The Mudd and Danceteria.The personalities in the Downtown Scene that I admired most and learned alot from were; Rudolph,Vito Bruno,Fred Rothbell Mista,Steven Lewis, Frank Rocchio,Scotty Taylor,Arthur Weinstein (poor Arthur) ChiChi and Johnny,Haoui and Anita(how many people are aware that it was their fault that Karaeoke arrived in the West in the mid 80's) and Saban, Musto and Patric M for documenting this incredible time.
What's truly wonderful is that most of them are still being creative and inspiring and as always are a few beats ahead of the rest of us. Bless all of them.e