Back in the day I didn’t go out on Sunday nights that often. There were some monthly parties or special events that I would hit up but usually that would be my one day off because there was only one place worth going to on a Sunday: Sway. Smith’s Sundays aka Morrissey Night at Sway was always a great party and the longest lasting party I can think of running from 2003 to when the club closed in 2015. When Smith’s Sunday founder Paul Sevigny opened Paul’s Casablanca the party just continued there. Truly a great party… the only issue is that I don’t like the Smiths.
Okay, there was one other issue, which is that Sway was a huge pain in the ass to get to from Brooklyn. A party had to be really good to get me to go Sway or Don Hill’s and Smiths Sundays was a really good party. But yeah I never got into the Smiths or Morrissey. I mean I enjoy dancing to the hits but the deep cuts aren’t exactly for me. Fortunately seeing all my friends made it worth it… just maybe not every week like some of my regular spots.
Anyway, this night in June 2010 wasn’t of any particular note. I was just looking for a party that looked pretty fun to reupload and these photos had some fun stuff in them. I went back and looked at my notes and apparently it was the first night I hung out with the Kari Ferrell formerly known as the Hipster Grifter. I recently finished reading her book (go buy it!) and this must have been right after she moved back to NYC after a short vacation in prison. Her and I apparently met up in the Lower East Side and just walked all the way across the city which is the kinda thing I miss so much since I moved to a place with no sidewalks. We then met up with my old pal Rony Alwin aka Rony’s Photobooth who was in NYC visiting and then we went to Sway.
This was just a random Sunday night like a million other Sunday nights a Sway but there was an appearance from Noel Fielding and his long term partner Lliana Bird who according to the internet he had just met. I had no idea who he was until I posted the photos and a bunch of people told me about it, but as a massive Great British Baking and Taskmaster fan I would for sure know who he was now. Aggy Deyn was there which was awesome because I hadn’t seen her in ages and honestly it was probably the last time I ever saw her. That’s one of the weirdest parts of this Vintage DBB project is realizing that all these people I was friends with, I just never saw again. I would see them every night and then one night was the last night and that was it. It’s extra tough when you didn’t see those people ever again because they died. This gallery has photos of two different friends who both happened to be named Dylan who are both gone and my guess is they aren’t the only people I photographed that night that have passed. Getting old is the worst.
Anyway, that’s all I got for today. I really do want to reupload stuff more regularly but it just takes a lot of time and while it’s a lot of fun, it’s rarely a priority. I am working on a couple of projects at the moment so they have been taking my attention, but hopefully a big one will be wrapped up soon.
Okay, now go look at some 15 year old photos from Smiths Sunday at Sway!
