Part 42 (1/2)
Thursday, November 10, 1983
A Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal reporter called and said she was doing a story on ”clubs” and wanted to go to Area and the Liot bongo drums in her pants and wants to run around to the clubs so she says she's doing articles on the a story on ”clubs” and wanted to go to Area and the Liot bongo drums in her pants and wants to run around to the clubs so she says she's doing articles on them
Yes, I am happy about the 135,000 price for the coke Bottle Everybody thought it was good Thoht a Flower painting for 40,000 It's worth a lot h Someday
I went to La Cote Basque to ht Whitney Tower's grand her face treated by Karen Burke, too She said she's starting a concrete business in the United States, and I told her that hed and told ”
Saturday, Noveuy with the second house over fro earth ith parked trailers” And he didn't even laugh, he had no sense of huot upset And hethe condos, so now I' a bill fro a house, and he told me Paul Simon was, too
Went to see Rear Window Rear Window and I was next to a black guy ouldn't move, but when he saas ht?” He had bo He was intellectual, he laughed in the right places I loved the movie, it was beautiful Technicolor like they don't uy ouldn't move, but when he saas ht?” He had bo He was intellectual, he laughed in the right places I loved the movie, it was beautiful Technicolor like they don'tto get Keith Haring and Thoether for a dinner because Thoetting up, he and Juan had been to the Paradise Garage until 8 AM AM and they'd slept all day
At 9:00 Thomas picked me up and he said Richard Gere and Silvinha would meet us at VanDaht Had broiled fish but didn't eat it Richard earing a little hat and a mustache, and that's his look fro about newspapers never getting things right, he was grand He said he only ca art He toldof iven Jean Michel a Coot drunk together, and Jean Michel didn't have anything to write his phone nu ofto Richard Then when Richard woke up the nextand threw it into the fire I told him it was my my come but actually it was Victor's And Richard said that if he had all the s of Balthus, who does the little girls s like after sex They cost over a million now come but actually it was Victor's And Richard said that if he had all the s of Balthus, who does the little girls s like after sex They cost over a million now
Monday, Nove her roo to les from there
Wednesday, November 16, 1983 Jay was upset because I said no to his idea ofa discotheque that he and Benjamin would run, so he was moody
And Vincent was in a badand it looks like they're cancelling our show They never got the point of our shows-they're a sports network and they said said they wanted to branch out, butthey wanted to branch out, but
Friday, Noveirl and with everything she said she put her foot in herthat she wanted to do a study of the skin of homosexual men because of the sperm they would have sed, and she mentioned me as an example and I just looked at her and I told her, ”Listen I haven't sed any sperm” And she knew she'dto have collagen and she said oh no, that she was allergic It was like, ”Me take collagen? Are you crazy?” So she put her foot in it again And then she said, ”Oh, and I'll give you credit on the line of natural-foods cos” And I mean, this was the idea that I told her her the week before! To have butter creaerator cosmetics that you have to replace all the time And so I just told her, ”Well I'll be in business the week before! To have butter creaerator cosmetics that you have to replace all the time And so I just told her, ”Well I'll be in business ith you, so ” you, so ”
Sunday, November 20, 1983 Cornelia called a couple of ti asThe show opened at 6:00 and it should have closed right then It was silly The girl playing Marilyn was very good, though, she has star quality and she could sing, but I guess it's the book that's so bad When it was over, we lied and said how great it was Ran into Lester Persky and Truman Capote who looked pickled And Truman kissedto the party afterwards and he said, ”No I can drink at home”
Got ho on TV and Republicansabout the curtains when they were having the Cuban crisis Fell asleep watching thing on TV and Republicansabout the curtains when they were having the Cuban crisis Fell asleep watching
Wednesday, Noveo see Doc see Doc cox cox, but when I got there, there really wasn't anything to do Bubbles is just crazy She said that the test that they took about ten gallons of blood out of ain this ti of the week She said they charged me for it last time but that this second tiht me up there in person because they didn't want to call and tell me to pay my bill, so they did it this way Because there was really nothing that I was there for The whole place has gotten sort of crazy But then while I was there so” called on the phone, so maybe it's the really rich one and so Doc cox does cox does have rich important clients Then they told me that I hadn't had any X-rays since 1978 but I said the nurse had done the them, but Doc have rich important clients Then they told me that I hadn't had any X-rays since 1978 but I said the nurse had done the them, but Doc cox cox said that Bubbles never even went near that drawer said that Bubbles never even went near that drawer
Monday, Nove outaway froone, and she left it right in front of my housel my housel And here comes a truck from the Happiness Cleaners and Laundry And here comes a truck from the Happiness Cleaners and Laundry
Fred hired a kid to replace Robyn and didn't even ask ood because he just sat there for five hours waiting for Fred to arrive instead of seeing what little things he could do, like sweep up He's Italian with an English accent
Tuesday, Nove story on AIDS The tourist business in Haiti is down to nothing Probably the tourists were only there secretly for the big cocks Because Jean Michel is half Haitian and he really does have the biggest one had a big story on AIDS The tourist business in Haiti is down to nothing Probably the tourists were only there secretly for the big cocks Because Jean Michel is half Haitian and he really does have the biggest one
Went to the Trump Tower and laid out a stack of Interviews Interviews and watched people take theraph, and she said, ”God bless you” and I hope she's right and watched people take theraph, and she said, ”God bless you” and I hope she's right
I heard that Peter Brant just bought Antiques Antiques ood ood idea, it's a good o to the thing at Tavern on the Green that was to announce Don King taking over thestarted an hour-long speech, and he was outrageous, he was telling everybody that Dustin Hoff because everybody knew they weren't really there (laughs) (laughs) And then he started talking about ”a young, ”It's you! It's you!” And all the Jacksons had on dark glasses and wouldn't take the And Mrs Jackson is beautiful
Sunday, Dece o to the Helmsley Palace for the Philip Johnson retrospective exhibition with Jackie O at the Municipal Art Society benefit in the Villard House Got into black tie
Went over there and talked to David Whitney The photographers wanted a picture ofdifficult She was in a Calvin
Then ent in Steve Rubell's car to the Four Seasons Shook hands with Jackie O, she never invited ain, so she's a creep And noouldn't go go if she did I'd tell her to go e, so I can tell her off Although I do feel like she's older than me But then, I feel like everybody's older than o e, so I can tell her off Although I do feel like she's older than me But then, I feel like everybody's older than me
Philip was sort of cute He said that it wasn't his exhibition, it was his execution David Whitney was having martinis and he said that as soon as Philip popped off he and I could get together I laughed it off, but later he said I had to kiss him on the lips I really didn't know he actually felt this way about ave a speech and David laughed and clapped He's s had roupie kissedthe Diary will knohere it's frooodbye (cab 7)
Wednesday, Dece like Bianca: ”hellllloooo” You call her and you get this whole low voice and Euromumble She's at the Westbury
And Fred's new assistant's na genheih
Thursday, Decen Interviews Interviews because because Interview Interview had arranged it And when I got there (cab 6) it was so nutty because it was ”Andy Warhol Look-alikes Day” and there were five guys at the store dressed in white wigs and clear pink-franed about 250 had arranged it And when I got there (cab 6) it was so nutty because it was ”Andy Warhol Look-alikes Day” and there were five guys at the store dressed in white wigs and clear pink-franed about 250 Interviews Interviews and sold therey day Went to go look at the trees out at Averil's in Katonah, where her husband is an eency-room doctor and she just had twins They've lent Fred a little shack on their property, so ere going out there to see Fred's newest architectural adventure
Peter Wise rented a car and we picked up Fred and went out there (tolls and gas 10) And Averil's husband's so handso comfortable house with a live-in maid and it's rich but sort of the shabby way And it's this perfect fa and her husband who loves her, and it's so ao
Tuesday, Dece hard yesterday Benjamin and I walked down Madison Avenue and saw all the stuff I want but it's the saet a lot of the cheaper little things or one big expensive thing And this year I notice that people are back to new things Last year it was retro If you had a thirties watch on last year it was chic But now it's back to Corus Pocket watches are out Wristwatches are in, but they're sort of finishi+ng That's the second collecting trend that I started, the wristwatch one The first was Deco This year you can get pocket watches that were 12,000 last year for 4,000 And ones that were 85,000 you can get now for 35,000
We went to the office and I read the Rolling Stone Rolling Stone where Jann Wenner puts down all his best friends He put me in with the most ”Overrated People” And you'd think since he ownsme up I wonder why not Oh I know, maybe he sold them! And you knoas Joe Allen who sold the Silver Elvis! And he sold all his furniture and everything, the neife is reallytheir apartment where Jann Wenner puts down all his best friends He put me in with the most ”Overrated People” And you'd think since he ownsme up I wonder why not Oh I know, maybe he sold them! And you knoas Joe Allen who sold the Silver Elvis! And he sold all his furniture and everything, the neife is reallytheir aparto to Peter Beard's party at Heartbreak Peter was at the door showing slides The usual Africa Cheryl on a turkey Barbara Allen on a turkey Bloodstains (laughs) (laughs) You know You know
Wednesday, Dece Jean Michel's rent pay due and then I had a fight with Jay because he gave Jean Michel my home phone number He said, ”Oh, I didn't know you didn't want” I yelled at him, ”Are your brains still with you?” Iup toaddict so he's not dependable You can't have-I mean, so then ould I want him to have my home phone? Jay should have known better
And Richard Weisame because Wayne Gretzky invited us
And since I'd called Jean Michel about the rent I felt bad so I invited hiame and I sent Jay home early so he could drop off the ticket to hi his old job back, but Fred had to tell him he couldn't have it And Fred called to rea to ”21” afterwards
So then I uy who Richard Weisman recommended and he worked on h professional He told ht or right to left-I forget which-because one side is weaker than the other, but I told hihs) But I' with the appointment for every Wednesday at 7:30 His na you are young you are young, therefore you are young”
I lied about e, I told hie, too!” I guess he kneas lying But I felt wonderful afterwards age, too!” I guess he kneas lying But I felt wonderful afterwards
Thursday, December 15, 1983 Worked out with Lidija and I strained roin, I don't know I decided to start drinking water instead of coffee The office was busy Vincent paid bills
Thos here at the house-Balthus, Picasso from 1923, and Utrecht And what should I do with these Christmas trees that Tommy Pashun sent? Five little ones Last year allthe
Friday, December 16, 1983 Stopped at different places where I'd been the week before where I'd asked thes, and none of the places had held theot really ular customer So-fuck 'e a baby because she knows Liza can't And I' on a picture present for the Geros Maybe one from the picture of Liza and Judy that ran in the Post Post last week last week
Went out walking with Jon and we ran into Jann Wenner in the neighborhood-he saw me from a block away and came over and then invited us in for a drink I said, ”Gee, Jann, you put down all your best friends in your article on ”Overrated People” And he said, ”Oh yeah, I made the about ain
Saturday, December 17, 1983 There was lunch with Bo Polk at ”21” I asked Jon if he wanted to go Picked him up and ent to 52nd and Fifth Got out of the cab (5) and happened to turndown about fifty people People were being thrown up in the air It was like aall over the sidewalk and other people screa It made me really sick Jon ran over to try to help So to to help the others, but there were other people trying to get Cartier packages away froround who didn't have anybody with him, he was froe in his inside pocket so no one would steal it Ah Lots of Empire ambulances Where do they co next to George Pli down to the lunch, but he didn't answer ht he'd have blood all over him, but he didn't help the others, but there were other people trying to get Cartier packages away froround who didn't have anybody with him, he was froe in his inside pocket so no one would steal it Ah Lots of Empire ambulances Where do they co next to George Pli down to the lunch, but he didn't answer ht he'd have blood all over hi on the news about all these other disasters, the boreat that not one person in this Fifth Avenue thing was badly injured And what happened, it turned out, was that a traffic cop told this guy in the passenger seat of souy couldn't drive but I guess his foot just went onto the accelerator accidentally because they didn't charge hi
So it was all really odd and I can still see it in
At ”21” the hat-check girl said, ”I knoho you are” And I thought she wasa reference to my dirty coat which the other day they hadn't even wanted to check, they just threw it on the floor But later on she asked uess that hy she said it
After lunch walked up Madison still feeling peculiar because of the accident
Sunday, Dece their tree and then they were going off to judge an underwear contest at the Pyramid Club on Avenue A Cabbed to Chris's (9) And Chris is so skinny that his eyeballs are sticking out He's doing it for the same reason I hen I was down to 115-he thinks it ood thin So e get to Aspen I'll have to get hie