The Tao of David Johansen
The New York Dolls didn’t crack the Top 100, but they changed the world, and critic Robert Christgau was on the scene to see ...
David Johansen, New York Dolls frontman with alter ego Buster Poindexter, dies at 75
David Johansen, who segued from being the New York Dolls frontman to his Buster Poindexter alter ego and back again, has died ...
Farewell, David Johansen, the Ultimate New York Doll: He Was Good-Bad But Not Evil
Goodbye to David Johansen, the last jet boy standing from the New York Dolls. It wasn’t just his madman energy that helped invent punk rock — it was his warmth and soul. He got a loving send-off in ...
Martin Scorsese on David Johansen: “The energy was New York, 100% pure and uncut”
David Johansen, one of history’s most consequential New York rockers, died yesterday, and his absence will be felt throughout the Five Boroughs for some time to come. Few could verbalize what Johansen ...
Celebrity couples attend the Oscars
Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego, Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman, and Kieran Culkin and Jazz Charton were among the couples ...
'The View' Spotlights Actors That Were Left Out of Oscars In Memoriam Segment
Hollywood sadly lost some huge talents in 2024 and early 2025, but not all of them made it into this year's In Memoriam ...
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David Johansen’s Debauched, Preening Brilliance
As the front man of the New York Dolls, Johansen was instrumental in the genesis of punk in the nineteen-seventies. His solo ...
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The Tao of David Johansen
My wife, Carola Dibbell, reviewed it for The Village Voice, providing a firsthand historical account of how Johansen presented ... and quite possibly more than David Bowie’s calculated gender ...
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David Johansen of the New York Dolls Has Died
David Johansen, who made history as the frontman of the New York Dolls and as Buster Poindexter, has died at 75.