Remembering Gaga and SPW before they ruled the world...

This weekend, Lady Gaga invades Chicago much differently than 18 months ago, let alone last summer. Her show was so oversold they originally moved the Chicago Theatre shows to the United Center but protests from ticket holders resulted in a compromise at the Rosemont theatre. Sir Reeves is the only photographer invited to shoot anything at the show and Gaga is off limits. We have to thank our friends at Semi Precious Weapons for making it all happen and hope that the Fame Monster doesn't eat everyone alive! In an effort to fuel the hype, here are some pics of Gaga and SPW from not so long ago, when large nightclubs and small venues were just the beginning of the greatest music revolution this century.

Click Here for Lady Gaga's first Chicago appearance...

Make love to this underline for more vintage Gaga.

Click Here to see SPW performing at SXSW 2009!

And more pics of SPW here at the Metro

Parties of the Week: Chromeo in NYC, Betsey Johnson, and the DJ Hero Release Party!

Sir Reeves is currently in NYC covering CMJ and is shooting the coolest party of the week for Green Label Sound featuring Chromeo, Theophilus London, Amazing Baby and Solid Gold. Unfortunately, the RSVP channel is closed but if you happen to be in Brooklyn on Friday night, The Brooklyn Bowl will be the hottest party in town.
Meanwhile, in Chicago, I will be at enclave snapping the Betsey Johnson Cancer Awareness fashion show on Friday evening. For $25, you can be fashionably conscious as a charity drinker.

And then on Saturday, The LGN group, Outfit events, and Activision are having the DJ Hero release party at Manor. The hype behind this new video game franchise is pretty high, especially as DJ AM was a proponent and significant contributor to it before his horrible end. We're psyched to have Discotech bring the noise that night. Not sure if the game will be on hand, but its always good to celebrate video games with booze.

Signs of the Apocalypse: This week's strangest parties

Its never in good taste to berate our clients. Instead, we are going to promote what is certainly the strangest pair of parties all week, both which can be found at River North's super club, enclave. First off, Cascada is coming to lip synch all of your favorite anonymous club anthems on Thursday, which will probably cause all the Ed Hardy and Affliction shirts to pop off each 'roided flexed chest in a cacophony of "Bro!!!!" calls during "Evacuate the Dancefloor." As if it couldn't get any stranger, The Liposuction Cosmetic Institute is hell-bent on convincing the already grotesque and insecure clientele that they are in desparate need of some sort of reconstructive adjustment, whether it be nose, breasts, abs, ass or even calves. The butchers are coming so if you're set on upping your own personal evolution, this party is for you.

Oh, and rest assured. Sir Reeves will be there capturing everyone.

Black Eyed Please! A love note for Fergie (and Will.i.am)

The only thing I have to say is that if more artists behaved like the Black Eyed Peas, the world would be an better place.