U2 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight from David OReilly on Vimeo.

This Friday I went to a lovely little party at the Jane Hotel in honor of The Art of Elysium.

Santogold tore up the stage, Matt Creed was on the wheels, and we even got to see Joy Bryant and Milla Jovovich try to wu-tang.

Ran into some old friends, and met some very cool people. If you don't knoe about Art of Elysium- you should.  Based out of LA they one of the few organizations that:

"encourages working actors, artists and musicians to voluntarily dedicate their time and talent to children who are battling serious medical conditions. We provide artistic workshops in the following disciplines: acting, art, comedy, fashion, music, radio, songwriting and creative writing."
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Get involved, BESEEN!

The female POP star world needs something new.

Britney Spears is tired, Beyonce Knowles is going to be around forever so if you miss her this year she'll be back next year, Gwen Stefani has made her mark and is enjoying royalties, and Madonna, well Madonna keeps on trying to make music - over and over and over again....

I had a feeling I would end up liking Lady Gaga because when I first saw her I hated her.

Not even that, but, I was infatuated with the fact that people liked her ( no, I take that back, LOVE her) from the little music she has put out.  She reminded me of Donetella Versace's little sister only one that can sing (dance- not so much).

My switch from hater to lover occured one night after a looooonnnng night with Sonya. We were in the cab riding back to Queens.  Traditionally, we always try and convince the driver to play my ipod (works one in every 10 attempts, some have the gear, most don't) when all the sudden somewhere over the 59th street bridge the song poker "Poker Face" came on.  Basically, I sang along.  Whatever. It has a catchy chorus.

So the next day I downloaded it.  Plus the rest of her album.

I was embarrassed at first but I realized Lady Gaga is filling a void in the POP universe that we have been missing since Britney had a baby.  I'm too old to geek out over Miley Sirus (nor do I think I would if I was 13), and nothing seems fresh and original these days.  Your either Hipster, or your not.  Lady Gaga is kind of glam, fashion, POP, NY, Euro loving dance queen.

I'm digging it, digging it hard.

xx

Saw Alicia Keys last night in NJ.  As usual, Miss. Keys was ten. High Five to my camera for being so outta focus! Sorry, but hopefully, you'll get the picture.