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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007
■ PROFILE: NIKKI SIXX
Rock star warns against excess By Emily Zemler Special to amNewYork
You know him as the bassist of mega-rock band Mötley Crüe, but Nikki Sixx is now also a bona fide author. “The Heroin Diaries: A Year In the Life of a Shattered Rock Star” is a selfpenned chronicle (with the help of British journalist Ian Gittins) of his addiction to drugs and alcohol. Sixx, who already divulged much of his private life in the Mötley Crüe tell-all “The Dirt” several years back, has published this book to help others who may share similar problems. “It really started when I found these ’86-’87 journal entries,” he explains. “I keep diaries still. I’ve kept diaries before. But this period itself, specifically, dealing with the subject at hand, being in recovery, I felt compelled to publish them.” The book, which will donate 25 percent of its proceeds to Covenant House, a
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Nikki Sixx is hoping that others can learn from his mistakes. charity that helps at-risk youth, deals with heavy subject matter, but Sixx, who also recorded an accompanying soundtrack to the book with his new band Sixx: A.M., insists that there was no self-editing involved in the writing process.
“I am so brutally honest that I just live in the truth of the moment,” Sixx says. “It’s funny because I look back on interviews I did 10 or 15 years ago and I go, ‘But I don’t even believe that anymore.’ But I believed it at the time. I’m very much cut
from the cloth of ‘This is my battle cry’ and standing up for it.” The battle cry in this case is one of recovery, something that is particularly fitting right now as September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery
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Pianos, 10pm, $8. Local band Bear Hands makes some noise as part of their September residency at Pianos. It’s your last chance to see them here, so act now. 158 Ludlow St at Stanton St (F, V to Lower East Side-Second Ave) 212-505-3733
The Stupid Cancer Comedy Show The Gotham Comedy Club, 8pm, $100 (includes open bar). A benefit for the I’m Too Young For This! cancer foundation for young adults. Featuring Ben Bailey, Jessica Kirson, Paul Mecurio, Brad
Pant-Hoot Magnetic Field, 8pm, FREE. Stand-up comedy featuring Tom Shillue, Becky Donohue, Jesse Popp, Joe
Month. And while Sixx has spent much of his career embodying the role of rock star, he is now helping to prove that being a rock star can also involve being a positive role model. “It’s what we do that’s important and how we do it,” Sixx says. “I’ve been very lucky, but I’ve also worked really hard. I’ve been taken care of financially and had a quality of life that I never thought I would have, so to take that slice of time out of all that and push something back the other way, it just seems fair. You’re like the kid in the schoolyard and you’ve got all the marbles. You don’t need all the marbles — you can give some away.”
Nikki Sixx At Virgin MegaStore, Times Square, 6:30pm, FREE. 1540 Broadway, Level 2, between 45th and 46th Sts (1, 2, 3, N, R, Q, W to 42nd St-Times Sq) 212-921-1020
Mande and Matt Taylor. Hosted by Charles Star. 97 Atlantic Ave, between Henry and Hicks Sts, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn (2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall) 718-834-0069
Dance Revolution Joyce Theater, 7:30pm, $44.
Through Oct. 7. Driven by the power of rock ’n’ roll and the passion of youth, Revolution is tap dancing for the 21st century. 175 Eighth Ave at 19th St (1 to 18th St; C, E to 23rd St) 212-242-0800
Talks & Readings Michael Bloomberg Cooper Union, 6pm, FREE. Tickets are required; they are available from 4pm at Cooper Union’s Foundation Building. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Tom Brokaw have a conversation as part of “The Cooper Union Dialogue Series.” 7 E 7th St at Third Ave (6 to Astor Pl; N, R to 8th St-NYU) 212-353-4100
Special Events Wes Anderson’s Hotel Chevalier Apple Store SoHo, 9pm, FREE. A sneak peak at Anderson’s new short film starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman. A Q&A follows the screening. 103 Prince St, between Greene and Mercer Sts (6 to Spring St; R, W to Prince St) 212-226-3126
Operation Filmmaker IFC Center, 8pm, $15. A screening as part of the 10week documentary film fest “Stranger Than Fiction.” “Operation Filmmaker” looks at an Iraqi film student who became an intern on the set of “Everything is Illuminated” in 2003 due to the intervention of actor Liev Schrieber. Director Nina Davenport is on hand afterward for a Q&A. 323 Sixth Ave, between W 3rd and 4th Sts (A, C, E, B, D, F, V to W 4th St) 212-924-7771
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