By Guest Blogger @thefrogge

When I first heard that Harley Davidson was throwing a launch party for their newest bike, it came as no surprise to me that they chose Don Hill’s as the venue… as they should have! However, nothing irritates me more than walking up to a joint that I frequent, aka live in, and have some dumb blondie ask me if I am on the list. I am not saying that I am The Queen of Sheba or anything, but it’s pretty insulting when you are in fact, a regular at a place and someone asks you if you are on the list. Who was she? Was she on the list? Was she even qualified to be handling the list? That would have never have happened if good ‘ol Thomas or James was at the door… But that’s what happens when Harley Davidson rents out Don Hill’s and decides they need something blonde with large boobies to guard the doorway.

I was concerned that because of this “door situation” some of my special friends would not be inside. And although many of them were unfortunately shut out, due to the Fort Knox status, I was pleased to walk in and see my bubbly buddy Kelle Calco, the man behind Ladyland and Ruby Tuesdays. Of course, he was accompanied by his gal pal, the beautiful, the intelligent, the talented Ash Fox, rock & roll photographer and creator of Tit Tees, a handcrafted, rock & roll influenced T-shirt line based out of NYC. Ali Hassan, Wildstreet bassist was present, as well as the always jovial Mr. Marty E, drummer of The Dirty Pearls. Jonathan Murray, ex-bassist of BM Linx was also in the house, when I asked him why he left BM Linx, he said something about “not wanting to grow a beard.” Jonathan leaving BM Linx is old news, but I bring it up because that was something I was genuinely sad about… Their music was good, they were interesting to watch, and I wanted to see how far they were going to go…

Ash Fox & Kelle Calco

Should I talk about the bike for a second? After all, that was why we were all gathered at Don’s… No actually, I think we were all gathered there for the 3 hour open bar and Paul Sevigny’s DJ set… But okay, okay! About the bike… It is called the “Blackline” and it possessed the quality of The Three B’s… Black, Beautiful & Badass. I am no expert on motorcycles, so I can’t really say much, but I can say that it was v.e.r.y.s.e.x.y. But you know what’s not sexy? Trashy girls humping it. And there seemed to be a lot of that going on. See photo below.

Photo taken by Mike Palladino

The best part about the night, besides the 3 hour open bar was Paul Sevigny’s set… I met Paul for the first time when we were valiantly Saving the Nightlife with Steve Lewis & the NYNA over at Mansion in sometime 2009… He was sweet and cool but what really sold me was his t-shirt. Not gonna lie, I can definitely appreciate a man with nice boobies.

Photo taken by Kirill of KirillWasHere.com

He was playing all of my favorite songs from all of my favorite artists including, but not limited to, Bowie, Siouxsie & The Banshees, New York Dolls & Danzig. Let’s just say I was having a physical reaction to the music, which at the end of the day is really what everything is all about. I heard that he has a record collection of 7,500 and I have officially added, “Swimming in Paul’s record collection” to my bucket list. (Hey Paul, if you’re reading, make it happen!)

Anyway, I could tell you about the caramel popcorn that was on the bar, or the miniature crab cakes that were circulating, but who really cares? I don’t… So instead I will just say this, The HD Launch party was a lovely night in New York City filled with great music, comped cocktails, and a cute… or rather a hot, dirty & leather-clad crowd… And most of the time, that’s all I need

Love your friend who looks good in leather,
The Frogge<3