Post by Acekicken on Sept 17, 2009 9:44:48 GMT -5
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Party with Sean Penn, the Sopranos, & Custo in NYC September 13 2009
What a great night on Sunday in New York City. We got invited by our friend Vegas to grab some cool new threads at Custo in Manhattan for Fashion Week. The Custo Fashion Show was Sunday & we were invited. It turned into a night that I will never forget ! Only in New York City!
We got to Bryant Park & had a cool time at the Custo show. The clothes were wild & colourful, I've never been to one of these shows before so it was a new experience for me to see the thousands of people crammed in there, freaking out, the hundreds of photographers, models, etc. It was loud & fun & we felt important being invited there! Backstage we met our old buddy Federico Castelluccio from the greatest show ever, The Sopranos. He was at the show with his beautiful date Yvonne. We have known Federico for years. In the mid-1990's Maria was in a movie with Federico called 'New York Absurdities' & they had a great time together shooting the movie. Then he went on to play one of my all time favorite characters 'Furio' on The Sopranos, Tony's assistant, who falls in love with Carmella & almost throws Tony into the propeller of a plane! Federico also came to the New York Guns N' Roses show at Madison Square Garden in 2006 that we opened, & we all went out together with Axl after the show, it was a wild night. So it was great to see him again! He invited us to dinner at Cha-Cha's in Little Italy, owned by John 'Cha Cha' Ciarcia who played the last remaining New York Boss on The Sopranos. Also at dinner were John Bianco , who killed Vito on The Sopranos, & Salvatore 'Coco' Cogliano from the show too! I was loving it, because like everyone else, this is one of my favorite shows of all time.
After dinner we were invited to the private Viacom 'After the VMA'S' Party at Bungalow 8 in Soho. I have been to this place a bunch of times & it's always a great time. We hung out for a while then we found out my old buddy from Bon Jovi Dave Bryan was there, so I went to his table. I freaked out cause Billy Joe from Green Day was sitting right next to Dave, & he was really nice & making jokes & having fun. Then there was some dude next to Billy in a baseball hat, it was totally dark, I could not see who it was. I looked close & when I realized who I was talking to, I really lost my shit. It was Sean Penn. Now I know I sometimes exaggerate, get emotional etc., but it was no lie when I told Sean that he was indeed my favorite actor of all time. I love Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, James Gandolfini, Frederico & The Sopranos Cast, some other actors , but if I had to pick whom I thought was the best I would have to say Sean Penn. I judge this on the quality & size of his body of work , & right from Jeff Spicoli & Bad Boys to Harvey Milk & Into The Wild, I can honestly say Sean Penn has never let me down when I go to see one of his films. The fan in me came out talking to the man & I was astonished to discover that Sean knew pretty much my whole career, Rock, Broadway, VH1, all of it, encapsulated by one of his first comments to me: "Why aren't you in jail right now"? To which I replied "Well sometimes I don't leave the house alot " To which he replied "Ya that's a good plan for you" which got the whole table laughing & the party kicked into high gear.
He said my "journey has always been interesting " & called me the "Heavy Metal Elvis" more than once during the evening, haha!! Sean Penn's words, hey I'm rollin' with it!
We all made it up to the private private area, had a great time, took some pix, & I got into a discussion with Sean about alot of things. He is a big fan of the original Skid Row. We talked about that & alot of other stuff. Mike Dirnt & Tre Cool from Green Day were awesome too,& Mike is a big Metal fan! He told me he digs my pipes & that I "sing my fucking ass off "! I told him thanks & also to tell Rob Cavallo thanks alot for being a dick on Supergroup when he was listening to our demo! He laughed & we had alot of fun. Then I was hanging out with the guys in Muse & I didn't even know it!
A great night & I got the pictures to prove it ! Haha!! Make sure you click on the 'All Sizes' button above the pic to download the original Large Size photo!
Party with Sean Penn, the Sopranos, & Custo in NYC September 13 2009
What a great night on Sunday in New York City. We got invited by our friend Vegas to grab some cool new threads at Custo in Manhattan for Fashion Week. The Custo Fashion Show was Sunday & we were invited. It turned into a night that I will never forget ! Only in New York City!
We got to Bryant Park & had a cool time at the Custo show. The clothes were wild & colourful, I've never been to one of these shows before so it was a new experience for me to see the thousands of people crammed in there, freaking out, the hundreds of photographers, models, etc. It was loud & fun & we felt important being invited there! Backstage we met our old buddy Federico Castelluccio from the greatest show ever, The Sopranos. He was at the show with his beautiful date Yvonne. We have known Federico for years. In the mid-1990's Maria was in a movie with Federico called 'New York Absurdities' & they had a great time together shooting the movie. Then he went on to play one of my all time favorite characters 'Furio' on The Sopranos, Tony's assistant, who falls in love with Carmella & almost throws Tony into the propeller of a plane! Federico also came to the New York Guns N' Roses show at Madison Square Garden in 2006 that we opened, & we all went out together with Axl after the show, it was a wild night. So it was great to see him again! He invited us to dinner at Cha-Cha's in Little Italy, owned by John 'Cha Cha' Ciarcia who played the last remaining New York Boss on The Sopranos. Also at dinner were John Bianco , who killed Vito on The Sopranos, & Salvatore 'Coco' Cogliano from the show too! I was loving it, because like everyone else, this is one of my favorite shows of all time.
After dinner we were invited to the private Viacom 'After the VMA'S' Party at Bungalow 8 in Soho. I have been to this place a bunch of times & it's always a great time. We hung out for a while then we found out my old buddy from Bon Jovi Dave Bryan was there, so I went to his table. I freaked out cause Billy Joe from Green Day was sitting right next to Dave, & he was really nice & making jokes & having fun. Then there was some dude next to Billy in a baseball hat, it was totally dark, I could not see who it was. I looked close & when I realized who I was talking to, I really lost my shit. It was Sean Penn. Now I know I sometimes exaggerate, get emotional etc., but it was no lie when I told Sean that he was indeed my favorite actor of all time. I love Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, James Gandolfini, Frederico & The Sopranos Cast, some other actors , but if I had to pick whom I thought was the best I would have to say Sean Penn. I judge this on the quality & size of his body of work , & right from Jeff Spicoli & Bad Boys to Harvey Milk & Into The Wild, I can honestly say Sean Penn has never let me down when I go to see one of his films. The fan in me came out talking to the man & I was astonished to discover that Sean knew pretty much my whole career, Rock, Broadway, VH1, all of it, encapsulated by one of his first comments to me: "Why aren't you in jail right now"? To which I replied "Well sometimes I don't leave the house alot " To which he replied "Ya that's a good plan for you" which got the whole table laughing & the party kicked into high gear.
He said my "journey has always been interesting " & called me the "Heavy Metal Elvis" more than once during the evening, haha!! Sean Penn's words, hey I'm rollin' with it!
We all made it up to the private private area, had a great time, took some pix, & I got into a discussion with Sean about alot of things. He is a big fan of the original Skid Row. We talked about that & alot of other stuff. Mike Dirnt & Tre Cool from Green Day were awesome too,& Mike is a big Metal fan! He told me he digs my pipes & that I "sing my fucking ass off "! I told him thanks & also to tell Rob Cavallo thanks alot for being a dick on Supergroup when he was listening to our demo! He laughed & we had alot of fun. Then I was hanging out with the guys in Muse & I didn't even know it!
A great night & I got the pictures to prove it ! Haha!! Make sure you click on the 'All Sizes' button above the pic to download the original Large Size photo!
thanks for posting the pic's ;D