Backstage with Blondie

Deborah Harry & Blondie in Aspen.Blondie, the iconic 70's new wave band from NYC made their triumphant return to Aspen tonight. 

Founding members Deborah Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke brought their A-Game to A-town as the band never sounded tighter.  Ms. Harry, the lead singer looked great, sounded phenomenal and embraced the SRO crowd @ Belly Up.  Debbie, a former Playboy Bunny and waitress at Max's Kansas City in NYC, and the band has sold more than 40 million records during their illustrious career.  In 2006, Blondie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Check the history; click BLONDIE

Our old pal, drummer Clem Burke arranged for complimentary tix for A-Spin's entire editorial staff.  We first met Clem in NYC via our late home-boy Sheldon Lubin (R.I.P).   As if free tix weren't enough, Clem stickered us up w/ all access passes to the VIP after-party in the Green Room where unlimited booze, and copious amounts of sushi awaited. 

T.I.A. bi-atchs, This is Aspen.  Geoff, Mo,Mike & Chester pre-game. Click to enlarge.

Swiller the Thriller gettin' bizzy w/ Neff, TC and Drita. 

 Geoff Lubin (Shel's son) intros his posse to Clem Burke.  Clem & the Boyz from Blondie in the Green Room after party. Blondie. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Call Me !! Debbie Harry.

  Da Girlz tryin' to get backstage @ Blondie.

Teddy Kennedy 1932-2009

Edward Moore Kennedy the esteemed Senator from Massachusetts has died at 77.  Ted Kennedy held his office in the U.S. Senate since November of 1962. He honorably served 9 terms and was the third longest serving Senator of all time.  He was a champion of liberal causes, his voice will be missed.  Click here for ABC's coverage.

Edward Moore Kennedy 1932-2009

Dickey Betts in Aspen

Dickey Betts / Great SouthernSouthern rocker Dickey Betts and his band, Great Southern jammed at 8,000 feet tonight in Aspen.  Best known as a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, Betts is one of the greatest rock guitarists in history.  He is ranked #58 on the all-time list by Rolling Stone Mag. His incendiary riffs are some of the most recognizable in R & R. For many, his licks define Southern Rock.Dickey Betts / Blue Sky

Betts who will turn 66 in December, attracted a rowdy crowd composed mostly of his contemporaries. "It's an over 50 show" quipped one of the partiers in the mosh pit.  AARP member or not DB can still "kill it" on the axe.  He played all his classics like Blue Sky, In Memory of Eliz. Reed and Ramblin' Man along with several sustained jams featuring his son Duane Betts on lead.  (Guess who the kid is named after?).

It was a return to action for AspenSpin, and it felt gooooooooooood.

 Belli, Jules, Stewie and DG in da front row.Born on the back seat of a greyhound bus, rollin' down Hwy 41.Big shoes to fill; Duane Betts

My Dog is so BIG TIME

The Dog Whisperer meets Carmelo.Carmelo's got it pretty good. In Winter she gets to take care o' biz in Aspen's deep, deep POWDER.We've gone into waist-high drifts, just to pick up after her. Summer she swims in the SF Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

Recently we took a field trip to Santa Monica to go one-on-one with the Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan. You gotta get up pretty early to beat Carmelo, and that's what we did. 6:30 a.m. at the Santa Monica Pier in LA. Often high strung like her master, Carmie put her best foot forward in her meeting with Cesar. "She's very well behaved" gushed The Dog Whisperer, "and she has a beautiful coat" he whispered.

Y'all hear that AKC. In yo face, uptight AKC lady who flunked us---- cause Carmelo's " sit/stay" wasn't a full 5 seconds. We don't want no crappy ribbon anyway. Later Cali.

Cesar and his Posse.  Eatin' good with tough cops on Santa Monica Pier @ 6am.

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Real Estate 2.0

It was Real Estate Week in SF. Inman Connect 09, Real Estate Bar Camp and AspenSpin. Our first Animoto is below. Hit the pix REAL ESTATE 2.0. (Captions added)