zing #25: The Next Generation

The premise of this party . . .

. . . and the milieu beneath

Contributors Edgar Serrano and Benjamin Donaldson peep the goods

Everyone can't stop reading!

Sari Carel and friend avoiding bad luck

Paul Lamarre, past contributor and zing party staple

Devon and Brandon happy it's finally here. Zing high-five!

Walter Robinson's project of products

WHEN THE MOONNNN HITS YOUR EYEEEEE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIEEEEEE . . .

The "in" crowd

Artist Kate Stone with contributor Jennifer Grimyser

Raver, contributor Rachel Cole Dalamangas, and Fernando Troya living life

The Snohetta crew Anny Li and Kelly Tigera

Bartender extraordinaire shaking up something good

Natalie Rivera and LC Armstrong representing The Women's Group project

Patrick Fox looking dapper

Soho Pastoral

Cora Enterline and friend having a ball surrounded by Mark Licari and Romana Drdova's special projects

When the music's over . . . Seinfeld begins

Brandon Johnson and Dike Blair present...zing #24

It's not a party until Anthony Haden-Guest arrives.

Jami LaMaita and friend are ready to party while Atticus Moorman woos the ladies. Daisy looks doubtful.

Did Nancy Smith just tell a funny Dan Asher story? Brandon Johnson seems to think so.

These boys getting into the Cat Mezcal = trouble!

Devon Dikeou and Julia Norton posing like peas in a pod. Perfecto.

Saniego Sanchez, Yolanda Chichester, and Nicholas Sheppard str8 chillin'.

Dike with Patrick Fox. Two stately gentlemen indeed.

Taco time for Connie Walsh and friend.

Alix Lambert's just trying to eat a damn tamale please!

Befalconed Julie Nymann admires Olav Westphalen's "Junkie in the Forest Doing Things The Hard Way" project near the chip bowl. Good choices all around.

Party on the Pope chairs! Meanwhile, Brian Belott explains the curatorial choices of his Instagram account...

Saniego with Carla Herrera-Prats. Ole!

Boys don't cry. They just like to snack a lot.

Buddies! Brandon & Brian joke around.

Rachel Dao and Kate Zavyalova are the stars of the show.

Babies love zing #24. You should too.

Girl power! Whitney Young & crew holding it down.

Even the fashionistas came out to play.

Jimi Billingsley and pal will make you smile now cry later. Don't mess.

"If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead." - Johnny Carson

Jackie Klempay and Nancy Choi both concur that issue #24 is really top notch and you should buy it.

Zing rave in full effect, Where's Waldo style. Cue lasers!

"Pray for me." (Hi Dominique!)

Devon and Pattie Cronin are the eye of the storm within the ring of fire. Burn, baby, burn!

Does it really surprise you that the mariachi band showed up 30 minutes late Josh Abelow? As if.

Lucy Howat turns her ear to let the sweet mariachi melodies flow in. Brandon enjoys the view.

Look at these jungle cats. Jeffrey Podolsky and Erika Belle, as natural as nature itself. Praise to you!

Erika doing what she does - kicking off the dance party with bae. Kate is Russian, nonplussed...

AHG cannot be stopped. Don't even try. This man's been cutting rugs across New York since the '70s. Respect and goodnight!

zing zing zing zing zing 24

The spot, the goods

Back off boys, Devon Dikeou's got something to say!

Saniego Sanchez . . . moderating

Mark Sink's Show 'N' Tell

The crowd goes wild

Suddenly . . . a mariachi band

Bailamos!

In the Paul Ramirez Jonas room with the short horns

Freeeee Biiiiiird!

Devon Dikeou and Yolanda Fauvet groovin' out in the office

The first and only time a Mariachi band has performed atop a Wade Guyton artwork

Jam session with Paul Ramirez Jonas's Pause and Play

Shreddin'

The grooviest Mariachis in town

Fernando Troya of Cat Mezcal shares his fine product with Team RULE Gallery

Saniego chows down with Devon beneath her What's Love Got to Do With It? directory board for zing #9

Brandon Johnson and Dan Martin yuk it up

Adam Gildar knows it's best not to stray from the guac

Mmmmm fooodddd

The Cat Mezcal was flowing

Past zinger Anna Mulholland snags a taste

Mas Cat Mezcal por favor!

Devon and Brandon strategize on cross-marketing synergy tactics . . . or something?

Devon and curator Cortney Lane Stell share a moment

Mark tells a story, Hayley Richardson drinks a Tecate

Yolanda & Co living it up

Derrick Velasquez tells it like it is

Smilin' Jacquelyn Connolly

Folks checking out the Dan Asher book

The boys are back in town

Dikeou Collection intern squad knows how to party

Justin Couch of Hot Congress Record Geeks selects Raw Power

It's a Zing World and you just live in it!

Easy, breezy, beautiful . . . Cover Girl

Put the lime in the coconut and call me in the morning . . .

Behold: zing #23

The scene

Greek out! Le moussaka, le pastitsio

Troy Swain's digging in!

Mr Josh T Franco, bearer of Coors and #23

But the question is, does AHG approve? We'll take that as a yes.

ZING-BABES repping.

Dominique Cammaert auditioning for the next cover

Holly Falcone, doubling the fun

Art Director Whitney Young and friends

J Parker Valentine finds the TX connection

Thee Erika Belle—zing superfan / party staple, with Mr. Nathan

Da gals

Elisabeth Kley plants a kiss . . .

. . . and a friendship blossoms.

Let's take a look at the bigger picture

Uh guys, this spot's reserved

Brad Kahlhamer is in disbelief

Jessica Butler and friend come in peace

Fancy ladies fancy fancy parties

Alison Nix and Raf Fiorda, balloon enthusiasts

Rewards incarnation DJ Aaron Pfenning w/ musical cohort

Troy's back for seconds, now among jazz legends from Devon Dikeou's series Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

Nutley's 15 minutes of fame have arrived

Erica Kahr and friend, in the thick of it

Manda's a regular e-chimney, which amuses Stephanie, and intrigues Holly

Carly Ryan, bartendress extraordinaire

Patrick enjoys a bit of reading and rose

Riddle me this: if Barbara's in the photo, who's behind the camera?

Wait a second, who's in charge here?

Fin

#22 gets the royal treatment

22 leches

Meet the chef: Charito Travez

DJ Aaron Pfenning aka Rewards

From Left: Jonathan Calm, Roy McMakin, Misaki Kawai, Justin Waldron, and Joyce Manalo

CD curator Sascha Peterfreund, naturally

Enoc and Carol Perez, Devon Dikeou, and Philippe Jarry

Lucky DeBellevue and Fernando Troya

Zan Goodman, Bela Borsodi, and Erica Kahr

Justin Waldron and Misaki Kawai

Brandon Johnson and Philippe Jarry

Lionel Guzman has interesting dreams

What's a party without kissing?

Anya Kielar and Zan Goodman

Whatchu talkin' about, Anthony Haden-Guest?

Team Chandelier stays clean; Johannes Vanderbeek is amused.

These ladies are living in the lap of luxury

Gage/Clemenceau represents!

Michael Scanlon and Sarah King of Chandelier Creative

Rachel Cole Dalamangas and Brandon Johnson

Hey guys, how's the cake?

It's not a party 'til Anthony cuts some rug

Lionel has to have it

Voila!

Managing Editor Brandon Johnson with Zan Goodman and Candice Ralph

Adam Gildar of Illiterate Gallery

Camille Obering of Camille Obering Art Advisory wearing a Dzine longhorn nail

Lawrence 'n' friends

Power Trio: Jane Gang, Walter Robinson, and Devon Dikeou

LESTER'S owner Daniel Milewski and Nina Johnson of Gallery Diet

Artist/Coolcat Marc Bijl

Power Trio #2: Walter Robinson, Zach Feuer, and Devon Dikeou

Let the games begin: Gallery vs Press

Gallery up first w/ Lauren Marinaro

Brandon sees one in, Gallery looks unimpressed

Devon toes the line

Walter is poised and confident

Does Zach know something we don't know?

It's all in the follow-through

Hey Walter, we need a double bulls to win. Got it in you?

Game results inconclusive. Being press has its privileges . . .

Custom inscribed drink stirrers? Check.

Copious amount of drinks? Check.

zingmagazines? Check.

Apple Pie? Check.

Vegas Girl (Issue #10) and Jackie Robinson (Issue #2)

Intern Riley Strom as Sad Girl (Issue #21) with Igor Stravinsky (Issue #1)

Ticket-Taker (Issue #12)

Intern Terka Cicelova as Isaac Asimov (Issue #6)

Managing Editor Brandon Johnson as Lawrence Welk (Issue #5)

Naked Bathtub Baby (Issue #20) and Whitney Young as Girl w/ Cat (Issue #15)

Fisherkid (Issue #14)

Lucky DeBellevue and Editor/Publisher Devon Dikeou

Mike Ballou, Natalie Rivera, and LC Armstrong

Mary Barone, Matt Murphy, and friends

Brandon Johnson and former Dikeou Collection Director Rachel Cole

Checking out Issue #22 on the iPad

Girls just wanna have fun

Aspiring models Ben Walton, Jennifer Grimyser, and James Ray

Tess Knoebel and Sascha Peterfreund

Henry Coachella

Shelley Marlow, Elisabeth Kley, and Friend

Lisa Kim and Katherine Yoo

Bell Labs woman in the green room

Mary Barone making a point with Matt Murphy

Max Echo

Big kiss from zingmagazine (surrogate)

World Famous *Bob*

Erin Bardwell pouring Christiania Vodka

Bonnie Dunn, producer of Le Scandal

HL Art's Stephen Wong with Sascha Peterfreund, Tess Knoebel, Julia Norton, and zing's Managing Editor, Anna Knoebel

World Famous *Bob*

Bonnie Dunn, producer of Le Scandal

Guest of Honor, Lisa Kereszi and friends

Peter Killeen

zing's Editor/Publisher, Devon Dikeou

District Cotton's Brett Novick with Sandy Kafenshtok, and Tess Knoebel

zing's Brandon Johnson, aka John the Baptist

Music by Boozin' and Whorin'

Trong Nguyen of NGC and friends chillax upon the black swan couch

Chris Baker, money-maker

Quite the spread

Scott Neustadter, Betsy Walters and friend missing a cold one

Have you read the good magazine?

...and then I said, "banana who?"

Windows '95

Stephen Posen and Monte Beauchamp of Blab! seal the deal

Now who's laughing?

Busted! Mike Ballou and Janice Yu

Don Hearn and Pierre Tardiff took the advice on wearing layers today

Club Zing

Melanie Flood, Sari Carel, and Saehee Hwang casually dropping zing-ers

Happy, shiny people

Pattie Cronin and Lisa Rosen discuss the finer points of beaded neckwear

Jonah Freeman, Don Hearn and Friend

Donald Fergusson, a head above the crowd

Gabe Chicco expounds upon the upcoming Yankees season

Cordially yours, Bibhu Mohapatra, James, and Tommy O'Meara

Artist Margaret Lee and Friends

Lisa Kim throws the backwards devil horns as Aya Cody pretends not to know her

Venetia Kapernekas and Nicole Fulmer

Curator/artist Allison Hawkins and Friend soaking it in

Jen Manko and Tess Knoebel's best Blue Steel

Gibb Slife and Friend

Le freak, le chic

Donald Fergusson and Dan Asher both going for the cool indy director look

No really, the Purple Teletubby is . . .

Brandon Johnson wonders who will prevail in zing's competitive pinata bang up—Miami Basel's Samuel Keller or CSI's Horatio Caine

Stephen Wong and Danny Lyu dumbfounded over Courtney Love's newest makeover

Calling Binder and Binder to consult on their ongoing legal problems

Has anyone seen Devon's scarf?

So much plaid and so much rain . . . are we in Portland or Seattle?

A ventriloquist is a finalist on America's Got Talent!

Yo Fitty

Leah Hansen channels starchitect Daniel Libeskind

Nanoo, Nanoo!

Carolina Rodriguez demolishes the VIP Pinata Car

Fireworks? UFO? Tribeca Grand decor?

Tess Knoebel swings with the ferocity of Barry Bonds

Give it up for Stephen Wong

. . . and the guy with Devon's scarf finally breaks it open

Call them love socks, sheaths, willie hats or rubbers, these are art-world endorsed and fully lubricated: Hirst, Benglis, Currin, Emin, and Koh

Danny, Tess and Stephen ponder the rarity of Murder She Wrote marathons

Trong Nguyen frantically trades for the Terence Koh condom

Aron Namenwirth and Fernando Troya reminisce about Real World Denver

Kenny and Cartman in a fetching argument about fake IDs

Tess Knoebel and Sandy Kafenshtok share recipes for miracle whip

Night Watch Redux

Is that a Julian Schnabel coming out of his head?

Grace Kim abstains from casting her Oscar vote

DJ Sascha P channeling Novicelli

Really, you've got talent, Little Miss Sunshine

The first round of musical gallery chairs

People all over the (art) world, join hands . . . one less chair, one more artist

And the beat goes on

Hootie & the Blowfish are so inspirational

As rejuvenating as the Crest Spin Brush

Tijuana, baby

I've got moves you've never seen

Speed Pinata Dating: better than a night cap

An '80s Benetton weave doubles as a blindfold

. . . and the grand prize -- the "ceci n'est pas une pipe" pipe

Camp Food Rocks.

Caught texting while bartending -- shame on you, you're supposedly in the Honor Council Circle.

Still from the movie, "Paper Moon" . . .

Artist Rainer Ganahl and friend

Now from the song. "It's only a paper moon . . ."

zingmagazine managing editor Anna Knoebel hoping her open back dress trimmed in pattern will not be mistaken for an Archery a target!

Which one of these is not like the others.

Where's Wally?

Testing to see if her new lip enhancing lipstick actually works.

zing contributing editor, Sari Carel, regrets the cancellation of the Fencing rotation of the zing party.

MCA Denver Board member Eric Crotty can't decide between taking Drama or Home Ec.

Emily Post redux.

Gisela Erenfried of the thing.net scopes the zing landscape.

Cut offs really are the camp way to go.

Tess Knoebel and Lisa Kim are convinced their short sheet prank is both novel and shrewd.

Red Rover, Red Rover send Melanie and Sari right over!

Having been captured by the opposing Red Rover team, contributing editors, Carel and Flood reluctantly join the opposition.

Smug to have gleaned inside info for the Prada sample sale.

Designers Nicole Witty and Erika Lively queing up before Arts and Crafts.

Emily Post "Soho" redux.

Yo! Got my collar up, sporting all my merit badges. I'm cool, right?

I will not be your secret Santa!

Agreeing that breaking camp rules is inevitable when it comes to pizza.

zing's Grace Kim and Joseph Hung exclaim, "Who knew smores could double as Jenga!"

Shish, Shish Shooray!

When both footlockers of these beauties went missing, they had to improvise, hence the preponderance of black.

"I am being followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow . . ."

"Dark-haired Bjorn Borg." Yeah, that's what people say . . .

None of us can believe that our favorite Scientologist, Giovanni Ribisi is recruiting at zing. No Grace doesn't join.

Hesitant to announce that canoe was the first American Indian word put in the OED.

Whoa zing bouncers/interns are totally fierce. Ain't nobody getting by Thomas Seeley, Steven Spavento and their posse.

Micheal Arenella and the Blue Orchid Band, "Sailing over a cardboard sky . . ."

Whoa, zing's Sundance . . .

No lost baggage here.

Killing time with the ultimate quarters game because you never know when zing will hit the newsstands.

Happy hanging out in front of faux mid-century stonework.

Mean Girls.

No . . . more Mean Girls.

Omar Lopez-Chahoud negotiating a seat at one of the Mean Girls' table.

Grace Kim and Janine Gordon anticipating the Jah Jah performance.

OWM (Out with Mary) and out with Sari!

Which on of these is not like the other . . . artist Lawrence Seward the sculpture or Lawrence Seward, the real deal?

This is Major Tom to Ground control . . .

There ain't no cloak or dagger on this Brookelynn, muses the boutique, Cloak & Dagger, Brookelynn Starnes.

Feeling the after affects of a Lawrence Seward Tattoo.

Jah Jah warming up the zing crowd with her number 1 hit.

My dear, I have so much respect for you.

Wondering if AsFour will make an appearance.

Former zing intern Meagan Hill and zing all time mvp quarterback, Brian ponder the thought: Ganahl Ganahl Ganahl so many mixed emotions . . .

Fuentes is definitive on the curative elements of a new issue of zing.

For the last time, I am not Anthony Haden-Guest!

Artist Dan Asher expounding to Mary Barone about his adventures in the World Wrestling Federation.

Erika Belle is our Lucky Star!

Betts & Scholl does it matter at this point . . .

Mmm . . . the company one keeps while waiting for the new issues of zing, artists Rainer Ganahl and Sari Carel and friend.

OMG, another mojito!

Gallerist Andrew Kreps and Rainer Ganahl dwell on the significance of backgammon as a competitive sport.

Wonders what will be on Letterman's Top Ten tonite.

zing intern Aaron Hatch salutes all zing partygoers or kicks their ass to the curb.

Artist Tracy Nakayama and friends wait for the crafting circle to begin.

Looks like the partial cast of Seinfield: the downtown scene . . .

Amanda Obering and friend before retiring for coffee and cigarettes.

If this isn't zing's first managing editor, Lisa Danbrot, it must be her doppleganger.

Get Out, Elaine Benes!

What's in a wannabe bag . . .

“My girl likes to party all the time . . .”

“Don’t fuck with Mama dukes . . . ”

Really, this is a Spy Magazine “Separated at Birth.”

“I hate it when my mules stick to the dance floor!”

“You have a Hello Kitty eraser set too?”

Real World 12: Spa

“Sadly, I dismissed my press secretary, but no photos please, in other words, can’t you see the reserved sign on the table, you asshole papprazzi.”

“I can’t decide which is more important. Do I look into the camera or network with the guy next to me.”

Another Hallmark moment.

“Whoa, I never realized I could have a future as model for Tracy Nakayama. Thanks for the tip.”

“I’ve only just begun to party.” Seen Swingers?

Calcutta, Palm Beach. Ana Honigman and friends discuss world affairs

Quarterback Sneak, Quarterback Draw, Statue of Liberty . . . let’s just call it the Option. zing quarterback Brian Scherer makes a play for managing editor Melanie Flood.

American quilts, the subject of the esteemed grouping,, have never enjoyed so lively of a discussion.

zing interns and their boyfriends turn up everywhere.

General consensus towards a round of Kumbaya.

Nervous, but conscientious, that the VCR tape was not set to record the Price is Right.

Sweden’s Richard Agerbeek and Leija contemplate the fate advertising in zing #16 with their fans.

Yet more zing interns with their boyfriends.

Don’t look now, you are on Taildaters! Momoyo Torimitsu contemplates throwing the dating game kiss.

Adam Peters and Corrina wonder if there is any Yahoo being served, and better yet, if it complimentary.

“Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

“I know this guy that can get us into the Esprit sample sale!”

“You gotta embrace the local culture.”

“C'mon, quite knocking Rod Stewart.”

The closest thing to an Annie Liebowitz Vanity Fair cover at Spa.

“Still crazy after all these years . . .”

Awaiting yarn and popsicle sticks for the annual zing Kraft circle.

Omar getting tips on French cooking. Excited to learn the espresso machine is working at Lucky Strike.

Unconscious of the unique decorative “crackling effect” achieved in the wainscotting.

Ah young love . . .

. . . jean toting reveler hides zing #17

Looking forward to a fun filled evening of Twister.

Taking a cue from the Felix waiters . . .

Making reservations for a lane at Bowlmore can be competitive!

“You think I did not know Joe Millionaire was poor?”

“Really, it’s a better Trivial Pursuit strategy to go for the green before the pink”

Mousse, gel, or wax? Pressing questions for the follicly challenged is discussed in sincerity.

The debate continues . . . glass or bottle?

Concerned he has missed Kate Hudson.

Concerned they’ve missed AndrewAndrew.

Casting call for Old Navy.

“Now is the winter of our discontent.”

SoHo Grand Mardi Gras: first the beads, then the top.

Checking to make sure he doesn’t miss the curtain call to Urinetown.

“Let’s Do the Time Warp Again,” David Gibson and fellow Rocky Horror fans.

Brittany, Christina dress to impress.

“I’m sorry, the magazines are for curators only, ”managing editor Melanie Flood sighs to Steve Kaplan.

Faithful users of the Sonic Clean Between Machine.

Contemplating Anna Kounikova’s unsurprising defeat.

Applauding her surprising realistic perfomance in Enrique Iglesias’s video.

Content with the idea that color is the new black.

Ruing the night’s decision to forgo an ascot.

“It’s a story, of a man named Brady.”

Haiku tag team, the new parlor game.

Who said stripes clash with with pattern?

Knight Rider or Walker Texas Ranger?

“You wouldn’t believe the changes that Ralph Lauren has planned for the next season!”

Note the old switch-a-roo!

Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset us, all we ask is that you let us serve your way . . . at the Soho Grand

Camera? Handbag? Cell phone? Or have they morphed into the same thing?

Observing fashionable consumers Andrew Coulright diverts his attention while multimedia savvy Aaron is busy making a bet on The New York Liberty.

“I can get you a good deal on Xerox toner.”

“Altoids, curiously strong mints,” thinks DJ Max.

James Fuentes giggles about the unscrupulous nature of call waiting

Slightly reassured, comforted partier, considers the fate of Hall & Oates

Bob Seng, Lisa Hein And Theresa Rovito, owner of Le Streghe, surmise that had the butt hole surfers won on the peoples court the whole history of the LA punk scene would have been transformed

Paul Laster, giggles after unzipping his Adidas warm up, "do you think people will notice I just came from the gym?"

Surprised to find out that area has closed changes the evening's plans!

Hearing the latest Microsoft pop up window, Tommy Saleh, of the Soho Grand, hits return

A remorseful Serge realizes the difficulty of long division, and what this has meant to his art career

Astonished, to find out the real reason Polo shirts are so expensive (because the guy on the horse is wearing an izod) the DJs decide to forgo their long tradition of label product support

I really wish I had an abacus

The fate of the band Kansas has always intrigued me

Unperturbed by rumors all who attended ran the risk of talking to Jules Asner and potentially revealing too much

Convincing Ester Partegás was easy, but there are many who remain skeptical that 60 Minutes is indeed on Sunday night. With a dutiful honor, Laurel Broughton continues her fight.

Nonplussed by the crowd, and only finding comfort in the friendly confines of a drink and a smoke, makes life on this Mean Street a hard toke to swallow

Searching beyond their bookmarked internet sites, these disparate characters found each other's company most satisfying and continue to talk once a week

Great . . . another Kodak moment, complains managing editor Melanie Flood

Really you should check into a different long distance plan if your going to continue this nonsensical long distance relationship

Lisa Kereszi and Vik Muniz hoping to catch a glimpse of Eminem huddle inconspicuously in the back

Not a another rabid Rent fan

After having gone to the Mothman Prophecies, these spirited girls feel the real and definite nausea of Gere withdrawal

Not knowing the real cause of the Big Bang Theory brings them to the wrong conclusion

Known napster enthusiast leaves the world laptops and internet cafe life for a zingmagazine party

Well your horoscope says it would behoove you to concentrate on two step, Cowboy

Brad Kalhammer trades hairstyling notes with "friends for follicles," a new Brooklyn based collaborative

Yo, dude, bartender is really going to service you with that super oversized tip you're palming

Volare, oh oh oh

Make way, I'm coming through

Whoa . . . the stash

Janet Halter suspects Laos Fois's verity concerning perennials

Lisa Danbrot and Stephanie Sutton, owner of Yabby's, caught red-handed trading info on domesticating afghans—the animal

My money's on the girl

Mike Pare preparing to unleash yet another primal scream

I think when you scratch you take out your ball not mine

Never underestimate the power and influence of Birkenstock

I'm telling you Sun In is the key to the natural blond look you are trying to achieve

Sebastiaan Bremer caught thinking of thongs

Girl interrupted

Geoff Low considers subscribing to Low Rider

Yo, the moog isn't working

Sadly, in the end Christopher Robin rejects Pooh

Warris comes to the sad conclusion that he is not able to get backstage passes at the next AC/DC concert

In absentia the press corps details the scene

"Vive La resistance," expatriate Sylvain Flanagan admonishes

These guys are looking for Yoda

Yeah, the burrito is the better Mexican food staple, concedes Sweden's Richard with an astounding affirmation by Leija

The Hobbit was just here!

Well, I really think it would be wiser to have stayed with the Pinot

Toad Hall's excellent brunch executive chef Ester, huddles for Jenga strategy with friends

Meanwhile zingmagazine's Ester and Al tag team the competition in a riveting contest

Look out! if you're not careful the Peta convention might steal your threads too

Chris Noris, of Spin yucks it up rock style with Anthony Haden-Guest

Which way is the Kappa mixer?

Human jenga anyone?

Still discussing the issue of the 60 Minutes time slot, Oneil Edwards, Ester Partegás and a fiery Laurel Broughton conclude it must be on Sunday

I didn't know the Beastie Boys made sabotage t-shirts

I side line as a belly dancer on 4th Street on Thursdays . . .

. . . and shy raver-note the X on my hand on Wednesday

Luckily my polarized lens keeps a cool young facade

Yes! These three exclaim upon completing the entire song lyrics of "rebel yell" (Magda Sawon, Tom Rayfiel, and Mike Ballou).

This chick's outfit is good, but not quite as good as Simon Periton's die cut project in issue #12

Wow which person is in focus - Look

I saw Blow too

Sari Carel leads the group in a round of "Row, row, row your boat ..."

"... gently, down the stream"

Almost Famous (with Mike Ballou)

From almost famous to hard core journalism (Chris Noris, of Spin Magazine, and zingmagazine's own Lisa Danbrot, Laurel Broughton and Oneil Edwards)

"Hey man, I know a really good connection for Piss" (bandanna'd man confides to Andres Serrano)

"That's right! Sixty Minutes is on Sunday Night", asserts Fuentes . "Yeah!" says Momoyo Torimitsu followed by a luke warm affirmation on the part of art director Oneil Edwards

Beach boy music here

I agree windbreakers' synthetic material is really the best guard against inclement weather Judy Brick sings

"Take me to your Idealogue" beams Jaqui Millar

Not another teen movie, exclaims independent film guru Jonas Mekas

Yes. I think there was a solar eclipse today, surmises Ilona Malka

"Don't hassle me bitch! I'm with band." smirks Kenny Schachter to publicity Maven Brooke Geahan

Pass the joint (Tracy Nakayama, Mike Pare, and friends)

You bet, that'll be problem we only cater to the hip crowd, laughs Sam proprietor of Serena

Is this an episode of Lucy I can't believe that guy looks and does exactly everything I do, peruses Paul LaMarre while getting the skinny on issue 13

Don't look now you two have been selected to be on Survivor. Which one will last longer. Will they form an alliance or vote each other off? Stayed tuned with Wolfgang Stahle and David Gibson

Yeah, I have a beer workout too

Purple Haze

This chick will be featured in the next episode of Strong Men for punks. Watch for it when the new merger between MTV2 and ESPN2 occurs.

You're kidding Linda Blair's character became possessed after playing with the Ouija Board!

Yo, can you give me the time

Yea, I fell out a Bruce Lee movie

Choke

When you look carefully at the musculature of the camel, you can make out an image of the Egyptian god of fertility

Can you put the dressing on the side!!

Seven.

All four have demo tapes

Can I bum a cig?

Really, I'm not kidding daylight savings just went into effect

Erika from Organic Grooves, witness a riveting shuffle board match unfolding before them

These two people have been published doing this bullshit and will live to regret it (Paul Steketee and Marni Gianotti)

Ten

Killing Zoe, Cree Nevins and Aaron Diskin concur with definitely the better dope

Santa Claus is coming to town . . .

Wedgie opportunity

Parking on alternate sites of the streets is in effect tomorrow, Liz Deschenes confirms with Sonja and Becky, director of Bellweather

Need a nanny? (Jane Gang asks an unsuspecting parent)

Choke

Who says a red head can't wear pink, and fuscia, and magenta? As Four's Adi in all shades pink

Wow. The chick on the Christmas invitation.

Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllll!!!!!!!

An alert defense is the key to winning

An alert defense is the key to winning, surmises Andrew Kreps

I never knew a round frame could sculpt a face so well. I am so dependent on the concept of color lenses! Ben Buchanan confronted by eyeglass enthusiast.

Feeling fine now, but in hour check back

West Coast look out

Man, color contacts are the way to go

Brooklyn (the beer), the quicker picker upper

Hey, dude the casting for Basquiat is in Jacquline's studio

Twin Peaks to the left, Michael Cogliantry, and CIA, Jen Harte, to the right, stuck in the middle again

Yo Tracking!!!! zingmagazine video 1

Here's the church, here's the steeple, open it up and here's all the people!

La Dolca Vita, and a Chris O'Donnell Vehicle collide

You know what, only people who are on the guest list are allowed this way. I can't guarantee your entry René Ricardo quips.

Ana's (Honigman) rings would make awesome tongue jewelry

As Four's Kai double fisted blue and yellow

I was trying to find the suite where the Basquiat try outs were and it turns out that I ended up here

Which libation/addiction is mine?

No dude, dude stole my car

I thought I was going to a zing party, but after that line, maybe it's a set for Law and Order

Slick Rick on the right is secretly calling his unsuspecting buddy on the left

Take my picture! Look who I'm with . . . Collete and she's a blond?

No one is getting a hold of this group's zingmagazine: note three are being guarded with a fist of steel, while the compatriot in black can baerly contain himself with happiness at having scored a copy

Purple is the new black, offers Géraldine Postel

Laurel Broughton and an unknown Basquiat extra pass out our surveys to eager readers and style mavens

This is the worst light for highlighting the glitter dust on my shoulders

Playing through is clearly the strategy here

I confess, I still have my Barbie Camper

Eager to find out if Buster Douglas made the masthead, these boxing fans race through their copies of issue #9

Those cheeks, those lips, that swanky disco feeling

Which way to croquet?

Yo West coast! Watch yo back

This Western Grip really comes in handy

It's a story of man named Brady

No coke . . . Pepsi . . .

No Pepsi . . . Coke . . .

free Winona!

In the Gada da Vida

Saturday in the Park . . .

Hold my spot . . .

A non-impressed Lisa Kereszi wonders why the drinks are umbrellaless

Tom Rayfiel on the advice of Géraldine Postel goes for croquet broke

I really wish I had worn an orange t-shirt

Cake walk at Chaos Cakes by Sarah Reese of the Sugar Box

Marianne Novobatsky, Soho Clothier, sporting her own designs

Amy Choyne of Armani X and slew of princes make designs on a chocolate castle

When the music stops nobody knows . . . but buttercream might be in the pot of gold

Just desserts

Techno poser, Rainer Ganahl, arriving early, leaving late and absconding with all the edibles

Poetry curator from issue four, Max Henry, in a midnight velvet daze

Tarot cards at tonic

Tarot cards at tonic

Fuentes and Jonas Mekas! I still know what you did last summer.

Kindling anyone?

I'll never tell . . .

A relieved Jovi Schnell receives the news that the Salvation Army on Spring Street has lengthened its hours for the Christmas rush

Nothing beats flocking

The truth of the matter is, if one bulb goes the whole string of lights is fucked!

Politely, Cheryl Donegan and Kenny Goldsmith reassure friends of Santa that their donation is forthcoming

"Buy a bag" has arrived, and just in the Nick of time

Double your pleasure, double your fun

Don't look, but I just put my cigarette out in a bottle confesses, Tracy Nakayama to a policing Ester Partegás

Santa knocked a little too hard on her window

Damn, I only have that song on 8 track

In an effort to embrace the yule time spirit I wore this festive chemise

Hey Mr. DJ

I heard the world is flat

Inspired with the news that Square Pants Bob is Sari's favorite cartoon Paul Parreira spins with zeal

Having just watched behind the music, Ana Honigman reveals to an enamored Lynard Skinard fan the true muse behind Freebird

Will you please stop popping the bubble wrap, snaps Victoria

Yeah, I did catch the last episode of Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic.

Plastic Baby Jesus rocks

I'm looking for something, mad money, drugs, or condoms

I've got a Picasso on my head, and I've got well a halo . . . well maybe not.

Push Push in the bush

Lisa Hein and . . .

Bob Seng, curator of "Exit" issue #11

This damn wire thing is giving me a headache and making my hair look like a bad hair day

Honey are you sure it's going to be 2000, cause I'm getting all these weird looks, confides Mette to hubby, Robert Chambers

You too? I thought I was the only one who pronounced Hubba Hubba as Hooba Hooba admits a bashful Paul Ramírez Jonas

Anybody seen my stylis?

I love your mullet, Claudia Matzko whispers to Ester Partegás, where did you get it done?

Morrissey of The Smiths, or cartoonist Sean Kelly

zingmagazine unsolicited submissions

As I was saying, have you got a connection for barrettes? Luis Macias asks Jenny from Artnet

There is a pizza coming . . . I think.

You're the barrette connection? You found me out

I am talking to this woman, and I've got two hats on. Am I Rocky, or Bullwinkle, publicist Valerie Sheilds wonders.

No Brooke, I don't think the exercise bike would make me feel less tired