Okay, here’s one I’m not going stress over very much.
A couple of weeks back, I was meandering around Lower Manhattan, trying to pinpoint the exact location of a shot of the mighty Pussy Galore circa 1987. With the help of Bob Egan, we eventually nailed that one down. In doing so, though, I remembered this other shot of the band from 1989 by one of my favorite rock photographers, Michael Lavine. That’s this shot…click on it to enlarge.
Yep, here’s drummer Bob Bert, singer/guitarist Jon Spencer, guitarist Kurt Wolf and singer/guitarist Julia Cafritz looking surly and ready for trouble between some incongruously regal Roman columns. Lavine’s credited the photo in the past as having been taken in New York, but for the longest time, I couldn’t imagine where.
….until it hit me.
I remember driving up the Henry Hudson Parkway, possibly en route to the Cloisters, and catching a fleeting glimpse on my left hand side of a random Romanesque structure overlooking the Hudson River. I figured that must be the place.
With a little creative Googling, I uncovered that the place I’d seen is a little something called Inspiration Point. You can find out more about that by clicking right here.
In any case, it’s a long goddamn trip to Inspiration Point from my little perch here in the Village, but maybe I’ll get up there at some point. In any case, I’m about 99% certain that’s where Lavine’s picture finds this incarnation of Pussy Galore provocatively slouching. It’s odd to think of Pussy Galore being this far uptown (they strike me as the types who’d have gotten light-headed if they strolled north of 14th Street, but that’s just fanciful projection).
What do you think?
Be sure to check out more of Michael Lavine’s photography, especially if you’re a fan of 90’s-era grunge.
And, just because….here’s a bit more Pussy Galore…
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