Interview

“Then I went chomp, spit. The dove’s head landed on the PR chick’s lap in a splatter of blood. To be honest with you, I was so pissed, it just tasted of Cointreau. Well, Cointreau and feathers. And a bit of beak.” —from the autobiography, I Am Ozzy (Grand Central Publishing) by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres (out now)

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PHOTO BY HANUK

It wouldn't be New York Fashion Week without the city's most kissable photographer, Hanuk. Emboldened by the notoriety he found in 2009, shooting for Interview, among other magazines and web sites, Hanuk has moved upward and onward into the gallery world. Eight of the fashion world's most kissable, among them Derek Blasberg, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, and Patrick Robinson, will host the opening of a show of the photographer's work from 2003–2008. Hanuk did us the special honor of picking out a special favorite image from the show, a non-compositional photograph from January 28, 2004 (above), featuring a bottle of champagne and artist/Cheeseburger frontman Joe Bradley. Says the artist, ever nostaligic and self-deprecating, "This picture makes me miss when I was a Cheeseburger groupie partying with crazy rock and roll boys with my bra undone."


PHOTOGRAPHS, 2003–2008, OPENS FEBRUARY 12. ATTENDANCE REQUIRES RSVP. THE SHOW IS LOCATED AT BELLHAUS, 57 BOND STREET, NEW YORK.

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Last night's Super Bowl performance by the Who, like many of this past decade's halftime sets, was a (relatively) stripped-down affair. Like Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Paul McCartney, the Rollings Stones, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band before them, the Who's show featured a big, light-up stage, a medley of classics, a handful of backup musicians, and not much else. A fine showing for for diehard fans and rock 'n roll purists, but we found ourselves feeling a bit nostalgic for the more over-the-top spectacles of the 90s, most of which included dancers, massive children's choirs, and flashy pyrotechnics displays. No disrespect to the set by Pete, Roger, & Co., but we've posted a video of Diana Ross's 1996 blowout at Tempe's Sun Devil Stadium (above), which comes complete with multiple costume changes, legions of flyboys (and girls), singing kids, heart-shaped balloon and fireworks displays, and a grand exit by helicopter.

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Mid-’90s alt rock was not ­particularly renowned for ­producing rock stars with ­transcendent career trajectories. But with her recent ­independent multiplatform concept ­project, Out of Our Minds (OOOM), Melissa Auf der Maur—the flame-tressed bass player from Hole and, occasionally, the Smashing Pumpkins—has proven that artistic life can outlive the era of the babydoll dress. Her latest venture includes a short surrealist fantasy film directed by Tony Stone and starring Auf der Maur (pictured in stills below), a comic book illustrated by artist Jack Forbes, and a ­full-length album, and revolves around a few common themes, including some old ­classics: environmental destruction, time travel, and blood. More details at xmadmx.com. 

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