Part 7 (1/2)
Don Kirshner was there and we three had our pictures taken together Then ent over to Studio 54 Stevie introduced me to Roy Cohn ith four beautiful boys, but butch-looking A boy is ”butch” if he weighs over 170 and he's an all-A-out masculine man A butch person looks like-well, we don't have one at our office Maybe the building super Yeah, a thinner version of Mike the super, that's ”butch”
Monday, October 10, 1977 Cabbed to Diane de Beauvau's (225) She told what she'd just learned about Barry Landau, that creepy guy we can't figure out, who soets hiht he was a friend doing nice things for her, when suddenly she got a bill frolas Show! The Mike Douglas Show! Barry had asked her if she wanted to go on and she said sure He probably sends Stevie Rubell bills, too Barry had asked her if she wanted to go on and she said sure He probably sends Stevie Rubell bills, too
Went to Elaine's (325) Bob Weiner was there, upset because New York New York azine had rejected his article on Stevie He was sort of passed out but with his eyes open azine had rejected his article on Stevie He was sort of passed out but with his eyes open
Tuesday, October 11, 1977 Cabbed up to Parke Bernet, got a few catalogues because they seem to be the best reference books (cab 2, books 24) Ran into Kenny Jay Lane who's put his whole house and furnishi+ngs up for auction-now that he's getting divorced fro ”for the settleether, it really looks bad
Went to Che around, he had a beautiful girl with hi Popis on the place-Jay Johnson and To By closing time Vincent still wasn't back, so I locked the place up et so nervous I do things like pull out the plugs to the Xerox machines so they won't start a spontaneous coerator on When I got hootten my number So now the three worst people to have your unlisted number have mine-Bob Weiner, Steve Rubell, and Barry Landau until next week Vincent was off in Montauk, checking on the place-Jay Johnson and To By closing time Vincent still wasn't back, so I locked the place up et so nervous I do things like pull out the plugs to the Xerox machines so they won't start a spontaneous coerator on When I got hootten my number So now the three worst people to have your unlisted number have mine-Bob Weiner, Steve Rubell, and Barry Landau
Lester Persky called and invitedof Equus Equus I loved Peter Firth, he onderful and Richard Burton onderful The raph a cock they make it fall in the shadows and the shadoays fall where the cock is But in this ht where you can see it Peter Firth's dick gets in the hen he est cock on screen and not circu as Joe Dallesandro's
Peter Firth caland for all the publicity and she was there and we had a good time There was lots of food, but I'd already eaten Then Peter Firth wanted to take the girl dancing so alked over to Studio 54 for the Elton John thing Stevie invited us all up to the booth where Michael Jackson was and Michael eet-in his high voice he asked raphers were there and wanted Elton John and ether so I asked Elton if I could kiss him, but he didn't answera hat because of his hair transplant
In order to get out of Studio 54 alone, I had to avoid all the boys I've been accepting rides and dates from lately I had to look nervous and run around so no one would follow me-you know, the ”frantic” technique
Friday, October 14, 1977- New York-Springfield, Massachusetts-New York Up to Massachusetts to photograph Dorothy Haraph someone really pretty Dino Martin's sister ith her
Barbara Allen's name was linked with John Radziwill's in ”Suzy's” coluot a new girlfriend Barbara's letting all these rich guys slip through her fingers, but I guess she's working hard, wanting to be an actress
Saturday, October 15, 1977 Ran into John Weitz, the fashi+on designer, on Madison with his wife Susan Kohner, the actress who gave up acting to beover to Fraser-Morris, so I ith them
They wanted to invite me to a party, they said, and asked for ave them the number down at the office and I don't think she liked that
Went to Studio 54 and it was jaether It was a party (laughs) (laughs) to show that Victor wasn't black Halston Victor said that Bobby Zarem had called and said there was a ru hiether to squelch the rumor and have lots of pictures taken Then later Chris Makos took us to a bar on 52nd called Cowboys, a hustler bar where Ara and Zoli go to pick up beautiful kids for azines (5) to show that Victor wasn't black Halston Victor said that Bobby Zarem had called and said there was a ru hiether to squelch the rumor and have lots of pictures taken Then later Chris Makos took us to a bar on 52nd called Cowboys, a hustler bar where Ara and Zoli go to pick up beautiful kids for azines (5)
Sunday, October 16, 1977 David Whitney called about going together to the Jasper Johns opening that night at the Whitney-Philip Johnson was going with Blanchette Rockefeller
Pretty day Cabbed don (350) then walked to work Richard Weisaret Trudeau ith them She's really split up with her husband now so she lets herself be photographed with anybody, and I guess she's been dating Richard for a while She was prih, and they fought over the teddy bear
Cabbed to the Whitney (2) Bob Rauschenberg blew me a kiss in the elevator and then later came over and said it was silly to blo a kiss so he kissedJack Daniel's It was a small party, just for lenders, old people I ran downstairs to get a catalogue and then I looked around to have Jasper sign it, but I couldn't find hin it, and then I did find Jasper and he rubbed out Rauschenberg's signature and signed ”To a Lender” a kiss so he kissedJack Daniel's It was a small party, just for lenders, old people I ran downstairs to get a catalogue and then I looked around to have Jasper sign it, but I couldn't find hin it, and then I did find Jasper and he rubbed out Rauschenberg's signature and signed ”To a Lender”
John Cage was there with Lois Long, de Antonio's first wife Jack and Marion Javits were there, and Jack gave a speech Robert Rosenbluuess it's another Nicky Weyay old Henry Geldzahler crowd Mrs Irving who's the president of the museum whose mother is a Whitney was there She lives down the street froe space in her carriage house for the car I want it so badly, but nothing ever happens At the Whitney she said that she definitely would callinto the garage that es of Philip Morris cigarettes at each place- they were the sponsor-and when nobody was taking them I took them ”for the box” [see Introduction] [see Introduction] There was one red one but I couldn't get it There was one red one but I couldn't get it
Monday, October 17, 1977 Cab to see Chris Makos's show at the Andrew Crispo Gallery on 57th Street, it was closing toallery was closed but they opened it just for reat He did two photos fras like I used to do-and it looked beautiful I told Bob we should give Chris two pages a month in Interview Interview to do whatever he wants Andrew Crispo came in and said that there were very few photos sold froood to do whatever he wants Andrew Crispo came in and said that there were very few photos sold froood
Cabbed to Chembank (3) The office was busy Kevin Goodspeed cao into the water cooler, in between the jar and the stand, then I saw it nified (reimbursed Ronnie for cabs 210, 305, 225)
Soene, a friend of Joe Eula's, was at the office doing a sculpture of me He says he needs to look at me but I think he just wants a free place to work in He sees me as a hermaphrodite He's a terrible sculptor and it doesn'tto come out like an African totem pole anyway
Then Boris Tinter called and I wanted to escape the office and catch up on the jewelry business so I went up to 47th Street (cab 280) Boris had just been to Parke Bernet and had soood new pieces I love to sit with Boris in his cubicle and see all the strange people who come in And I love Boris's fake hand
Tuesday, October 18, 1977 Woke up after a good long night's sleep I needed it to clear up some pi Christmas didn't send a check yet and I told Fred to tell hiot it
Wednesday, October 19, 1977- New York-Buffalo, New York The plane ride was an hour (cab to LaGuardia 7, toll 75, tip 225, azines 310) I asked Richard if he re a football to the ed to er to find one for us, told hiraphed by OJ Siine's and asked about Marisa Berenson-they presented an Oscar together last year-and was so sweet He had a five-day beard and I thought the pictures would be awful but Fred said no, that they'd be sexy, and he was right, they were OJ is so good-looking
Saturday, October 29, 1977-New York Barry Landau called and said he had tickets for Liza Minnelli opening in The Act The Act
So we picked up Diana Vreeland and Jamie Auchincloss, the half-brother of Jackie O, and Ruth Warrick, who I know froo She was on As the World Turns As the World Turns, and now she's Phoebe in All My Children All My Children She was Orson Welles's first wife in Citizen Kane Citizen Kane She's very good The first thing she said when she saas, ”Your Soup Can changed this country” We got to the theater and I've never seen a crowd that big, not for anyone, so many people
Liz Taylor and Halston sat behind us, Sammy Davis was in front of us with his wife, Altovise Liza was on for the whole show The Halston clothes were beautiful, they really were I asked Halston to ht blue shoes, too It was so beautiful, the boy suit Everything was sequins in all different colors Liza's lost a lot of weight
Martin Scorsese's parents were saying hello todown the clothes saying there was nothing creative about them, which surprised me, that he would put down Halston's stuff But he's into punk now When the show finished, people were doing the ”bravo” thing Sa that
Liz Taylor yelled atatme that look like she'd scratchLiz so raphers that I didn't talk to her She and Jack Haley weren't accepted into River House yet, so they're at the Park Lane Hotel Jack Haley eet, he told me that Liza may want a portrait
We dropped off Diana and then Victor and I went over to Studio 54 (4) It was jammed with beautiful people Now Studio 54 has its liquor license Stevie took hter of Toscanini He was thrilled to be there, in his seventies about, but chipper, but when he got up he tripped I wanted to get out of Studio 54 because there were soeverybody down to the office, so I had to leave
Sunday, October 30, 1977 At Elaine's Stevie Rubell told me he's very rich, but that all his s, you think they don't notice things, but they notice everything: everything: Elaine had new ht away I only noticed because it was clean Elaine had new ht away I only noticed because it was clean
Oh, and after he confessed how rich he was, he started to worry that I only liked him for his money, and I mean, what can I say?
Monday, October 31, 1977 This week's New York New York has a big article about Stevie in it by Dan Dorfernails-which isn't true at all, they're not dirty-and in it Stevie called Nan Ke, the editor, told azine to ask, ”What's a pisser?” has a big article about Stevie in it by Dan Dorfernails-which isn't true at all, they're not dirty-and in it Stevie called Nan Ke, the editor, told azine to ask, ”What's a pisser?”
There was a Halloween party at Studio 54, Stevie kept giving me more drinks and then so to shove it to the side but it got stuck and then I drank vodka and it went down and that was a bigmy neck-I hate jewelry How do ladies wear it? It's so uncoot in around 6:30 somehow My boyfriend Peter came up and found me with my boyfriend Danny so I introduced theot theether
Tuesday, Noveh PH's call Woke up at noon when Jed ca its toll
Kevin Goodspeed called from San Francisco There were about fifteen really important calls that I never called back Lucie and Desi Arnaz, Jr called-I'd seen theht-and I haven't returned their call yet
I dropped Catherine (cab 4) I think she's having a secret affair because she's always busy now
Wednesday, Nove I didn't feel so well so I went over to see Doc cox and got the surprising news that for the first tiht to ninety-seven But I don't knohat that means The nurse didn't seeeles There was a problem with the plane to LA-it was stuck on the runway for three hours Victor was also on the plane going out to California for a couple of weeks, but he was back in tourist I read John Kobal's Rita Hayworth book and loved it
Cab to Century City toand had a bull's hat, like a cowboy hat but 100 tis He was fun and he was easy to photograph, the way I guess Negroes are Everybody always forgets the ball ball, though, and soet one
Went to the Beverly Wilshi+re They were going to put me in the old part but I wanted the new Called New York Nelson Lyon called Don Si of cancer in Texas called, and Fred invited hie
Saturday, Noveeles-New York Victor called and he was on an acid trip I asked him how he could take acid Don Siht before We ran into Marisa in front of the hotel, and she's going to have her baby in teeks She's going to do The Vivien Leigh Story The Vivien Leigh Story but I don't kno she's going to do it-she can't act I ood actress for but I don't kno she's going to do it-she can't act I ood actress for Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind and then now they're having and then now they're having Marisa Marisa play her? play her?
Then as aiting, trying to get a cab to the airport, a whole big lie pulled up and a person with dark glasses was in it It was Francesco Scavullo, and he gave us a ride
Sunday, November 6, 1977 David Bourdon called to say that Valerie Solanis had just called him, so she's still around town He said she wanted the address of someone who had put her SCUM Manifesto into their book on wo Victor called from California, not quite over his acid trip He wants to stay out there, I told hiot to the Iranian embassy (cab 250) it was full of movie directors and producers- Elia Kazan, Elliot Kastner, Milos Forman, Lester Persky, Barbara Loden-thirty or forty people
Aht then for the portrait of Princess Ashraf, and get it over with, so ent into a rooeons in the world and every picture-if you keep it very white-coreat The princess said they've seen and done everything in town-every reat, the best ever there The princess ate a lot, but the queen when she was there didn't eat s, although the food is pre-tasted Then everyone went upstairs and in barged Barry Landau with Margaret Trudeau He got in by saying he was my very best closest dearest friend But it worked out fine And Bella Abzug and her husband Martin came with shi+rley MacLaine Milos, who I really like, offered Margaret a part in Ragtio nude, he said, and she's thinking about it I told Milos that I wanted a part in as Evelyn Nesbit, but she'd have to go nude, he said, and she's thinking about it I told Milos that I wanted a part in Hair Hair and he said that if Margaret and I were in Central Park to at 9:00 we could have bit parts I told hiaret and I were in Central Park to at 9:00 we could have bit parts I told hiti very hard It was a bad day, ”family” proble area and when he saw the stacks of Polaroids of all the ”landscapes” I photographed for the Shadow paintings-all the closeups of cocks and things-he began screa my time that way and he left, really upset, and it ruined ot to tell the Diary! So! Oh I wish I could reht Liza had ay, I was shocked I don't think it's true, though I really don't
Anyway, I was upset about Jed being upset so I decided to treat o out for tea from McDonald's for him and Chris Makos and Bobby Huston (10) We sat on the couch by thein the conference rooh tea about the ned about kids who commit suicide Rupert came and helpedup onhappened: the rain was so penetrating you were soaked in two feet's walk It felt so exciting!
Later, at the Studio 54 party for Diane de Beauvau, Diane's nahts And I went over and screa Jed the things I asked theood time Chris Makos and Bobby Huston were there, and Robert Hayes saw Christopher and left, said he didn't want to run into hiht Christopher said he hadn't had sex for three days so he was laughing and trying to rip Bobby Huston's clothes off I didn't have my cas out and they wouldn't pee