Same Old Lang Syne
That sappy Dan Fogelberg song enters into heavy rotation days before Christmas, and the torture doesn't end until a day or so into the new year. According to a number of radio stations in Dutchess County and beyond, that song is considered one of the Top Ten Holiday Songs. What ever happened to Frosty The Snowman?
New Year's Eve, like most holidays, is surrounded by a ton of hype and myth. There's meant to be scads of fun and possible romance looming around the midnight hour. My first big Manhattan New Year's Eve celebration was at the opening of some club in the Meatpacking District. Back when meat-packing and fudge-packing were the two main industries in that part of town.
It was hell. It wasn't Hellfire*, but it sure felt like I was being beaten. I had more fun on the subway ride home. No joke.
My favorite New Year's Eve? Sleeping over at Margaret Welsh's house and watching Duran Duran perform on mTV's first New Year's Eve Show. At the end of that year, we attended their concert in Pittsburgh, went backstage, and drank champagne with the band. I guess there's some truth to that superstition that "as the New Year goes, so goes the year".
A close runner-up would be ringing in a new year in Seattle. I cannot remember where the party was held, but it was a "vintage party". Everyone was dressed for New Year's Eve with Norma Desmond on Sunset Boulevard. It so happens that the man I was dating at the time was at another party, engaging in something short of public sex with another woman. I guess there's some truth to that superstition that "as the New Year goes, so goes the year".
Whether you are out for a night of drunken merry-making or in for a night of quiet celebrating, I hope the night and the year to come are magical. Here's wishing you and yours a Healthy and Happy 2006!
*The Hellfire Club was an S&M club in Manhattan.
New Year's Eve, like most holidays, is surrounded by a ton of hype and myth. There's meant to be scads of fun and possible romance looming around the midnight hour. My first big Manhattan New Year's Eve celebration was at the opening of some club in the Meatpacking District. Back when meat-packing and fudge-packing were the two main industries in that part of town.
It was hell. It wasn't Hellfire*, but it sure felt like I was being beaten. I had more fun on the subway ride home. No joke.
My favorite New Year's Eve? Sleeping over at Margaret Welsh's house and watching Duran Duran perform on mTV's first New Year's Eve Show. At the end of that year, we attended their concert in Pittsburgh, went backstage, and drank champagne with the band. I guess there's some truth to that superstition that "as the New Year goes, so goes the year". A close runner-up would be ringing in a new year in Seattle. I cannot remember where the party was held, but it was a "vintage party". Everyone was dressed for New Year's Eve with Norma Desmond on Sunset Boulevard. It so happens that the man I was dating at the time was at another party, engaging in something short of public sex with another woman. I guess there's some truth to that superstition that "as the New Year goes, so goes the year". Whether you are out for a night of drunken merry-making or in for a night of quiet celebrating, I hope the night and the year to come are magical. Here's wishing you and yours a Healthy and Happy 2006!*The Hellfire Club was an S&M club in Manhattan.
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