frank + fatty

December, 2017

So much fun! I still think this should be turned into at least a quarterly party!

December, 2015

But quickly devolves into karaoke where you can just name a song and the band will look up the chords (or Frank probably already knows them and will just shout out the changes!)

December, 2015

June 16, 2012

They killed it, but unfortunately only one of the chicks there was into Ozzy's older stuff.

June 16, 2012

After everyone got hopped up on treats, it was time for a set of Ozzy Osbourne songs with Grant on vocals.

June 16, 2012

A lovely day...

the june roundup: part one

June 16, 2012

Then we all went to see Louis CK live at Carnegie Hall! Frank, Marina (with Henry inside!), Dave, Mer, Liz & Matt!

the november roundup

November, 2010

Dave and Frank = Hot news!

June, 2010

Six Piece Nastee!

dave and marina's wedding

May 30, 2009

Everyone backed Dave up while he played guitar and serenaded Marina.

dave and marina's wedding

May 30, 2009

Fatty looking for his table. Hahaha.

dave and marina's wedding

May 30, 2009

colin ↗+

On Saturday night a bunch of us met up for drinks at the Sly Fox. Here's Frank, Marina and Fatty.

the september roundup

September, 2008

marina ↗+

Fatty played Auld Lang Syne on a tiny, tiny bugle.

new year's eve 2005

December 31, 2005

new years eve ↗+

Fatty give Frank the ol' "get a load of this guy."

the september roundup: part one

September, 2005

get a load of this guy ↗+

Fiasco

the july roundup: part one

July, 2005

Fatty and then-girlfriend Gee-Ritty.

the 2nd fiasco show and matt lesser's birthday

January 21, 2005

jdate ↗+

Grant, Fatty and Frank after the show. Is it me, or does Fatty look a bit like Richard Hell in this pic?

the 2nd fiasco show and matt lesser's birthday

January 21, 2005

Fiasco hit the stage like a bizzomb.

fiasco's first show at the delancey

December 17, 2004

Frank and Fatty.

frank and liz's wedding party

August 15, 2004

get a load of this guy ↗+

Fatty busting out some moves he learned off of his "Kid N' Play Dancetastic" DVD.

frank and liz's wedding party

August 15, 2004

dance ↗+

Hey, hey! It's Frank the Bachelor!

July 08, 2004

4am found us back in the East Village at Odessa's for some late night grub.

July 08, 2004

The gang getting ready to chow down. (PS - Already at this early point in the night, Chef, who you can barely see peeking out behind Colin, was so wasted that he kept screaming at the restaurant and almost had us thrown out).

July 08, 2004

Here's the gang cheering him on.

July 08, 2004

seth ↗+

With Frank properly attired, we instructed the driver to make a few victory laps around Soho so we could shoot the shit and have a few drinks before our first destination: Blue Mountain BBQ on Spring St.

July 08, 2004

Bellies full o' BBQ, we hopped back into the limo and looked to Seth for the next destiniation.

moving day and siege's birthday

July 08, 2004

There's Little Fatty in the background! Then Pepper (wife of Little Fatty), Frank, Liz, Regular-sized Fatty and me.

the march roundup

March, 2004

After a long day of moving, we all headed back to my apartment on the Bowery where Frank and Liz thanked us with pies from Lombardi's! Mmmmmmmmmm! Best pizza in the world. Then after dinner...

February 28, 2004

Hey! Here they are! Colin, Frank, Grant and Fatty.

moving day and siege's birthday

February 28, 2004

Jamie, Lo, Jenny, Frank, Colin, Fatty's hair and Emma.

sarah's birthday bash: part two

February 07, 2004

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With Frank's drum kit taking up the entire rear half of his car, Fatty and I were forced to share the front seat.

em and lo's book reading

November 25, 2003

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Sweaty Frank, Emma and a schoolboyish Fatty.

em and lo's book reading

November 25, 2003

emma ↗+

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After BBQ goodness we gathered in Frank's room and took turns trying to name a song that he couldn't play on the vibes. In the end, we didn't stump him once and it ended up turning into a 45 minute impromptu karaoke session almost as much fun as the last time this happened (minus Tracy Morgan of course).

two bbqs and karaoke

August 16, 2003

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Here's Fatty telling his amazing story (complete with hand gestures) about a Russian girl he'd met through online dating who was only interested in getting her "rear emmissions checked" (if you know what I'm sayin'). Look at Frank's face, he's totally caught in the middle of saying "Duuuuude."

two bbqs and karaoke

August 16, 2003

One last pic with the New York Four.

boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc

August 01, 2003

grant ↗+
me ↗+

The Six of us looking surprisingly not-hungover (um, expcept for Fatty).

boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc

August 01, 2003

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This is hands down my favorite pic of the night. Bert N' Tha Boyz.

August 01, 2003

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As "last call" drew nearer, we bid the lovely ladies a fond farewell and hit the road to head over to some other bar where Seth and Frank knew the owner (If you look in the background behind my arm you can see Seth showing off the can of beer he snuck out of the bar by strategically hiding it in his asscrack. Sweet.)

August 01, 2003

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So we chatted them up for a while, found out that they were down on vacation from Braintree, Mass (and Fatty made some more "Fatty" faces).

August 01, 2003

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We headed out to some restaurant on the water of dinner and some drinks. Yay, drinks!

August 01, 2003

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After months of getting people to willingly pose with my balls, it was time to try something new: getting unsuspecting people to unknowingly pose with my balls. I discreetly whipped out my bag, and grabbed one of our new friends for a picture. I handed off the cam to Seth who totally shit the bed by not managing to get my balls in the pic. Doh! The rest of the guys in the pic (Check out Grant and Franks' faces) were laughing so hard that the girl in the black shirt was totally confused...

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

...backup arrived in the form of Seth, fresh outta the car from Boston. (Bonus points to Frank for pulling that shit-eating grin.)

August 01, 2003

After the beach, Fatty made the mistake of trying to catch a quick nap amidst a roomful of rowdy guys. Check out Big Daddy calling in for back-up while Frank gives Fatty a lil' "hot dog in the bun through the sheet" action...

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

Thumbs up!

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

From L to R: Fatty, me, Colin, Frank and Grant.

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

Late, late in the day, Fatty showed up with some Russian girl that'd he'd met earlier on the week, but he didn't hang out with us becuase he was on a "date." We all left together, though. From L to R: Liz, Grant, Erica, Fatty, his Russian date, and there's Seven Layer down at the bottom.

fort tilden and sarah's roof party

July 20, 2003

Then out of the blue, Steve Hayes, Jetsetera's long-lost fourth member showed up...

saturday park dinner at suba and karaoke

June 28, 2003

Here's the lesser-seen "sideways DLR (that's David Lee Roth, playa) kick."

saturday park dinner at suba and karaoke

June 28, 2003

...and the original Jetsetera line up took the stage for the first time in over three years for a four-way karaoke re-enactment of the seminal Van Halen song, "Hot For Teacher." (In order to really appreciate that last caption, you have to hear me say it in my Casey Kasem voice.)

saturday park dinner at suba and karaoke

June 28, 2003

Frank, Colin helping Dave schlepp schtuff up into his fancy new digs on the corner of 1st & St. Marks (that he bought. Player's got bank, yo).

grant and fatty move

May 03, 2003

Mostly, it was an excuse to eat lots of food. I don't think we even made it halfway through the game. We ended up watching the "To Live and Date in New York: Part II" (let's hear it for the MetroChannel, aw yeah) and intermittenly flipping back over to the game to watch the commercials.

end of january

January 18, 2003

pizza ↗+

Here the New York Five homeward bound on Sunday evening.

November 22, 2002

The band formerly known as Jetsetera poses for a snow-ridden stroll down Mammary Lane.

November 22, 2002

grant ↗+

Oh, and mirrored ceilings. You gotta have mirrored ceilings.

November 22, 2002

Saturday night we went the Quatro steakhouse where we all prompty fell in love with...

November 22, 2002

....a night out on the town! Seth being a pimped-ass high roller, he called in to have a limo chaffeur our asses around all night. Nothing says class like a white-stretch with neon underrunners, baby.

November 22, 2002

After a hard day of shopping and further sullying the repuations of Americans in general, we went back to our fancy hotel and got all dressed up for...

November 22, 2002

In Montreal, we met up with the three other guys (who drove in from Boston). Seth (the guy next to me), Chef (not pictured because he's being blocked by Fatty's head) and the uber-scary (and therefore edited out of most of the pictures) Ethan (gee, can you figure out which guy is the sociopath in the pic...c'mon, look carefully.).

November 22, 2002

Here's the New York Five, coldlamping in front of our pimpin' rented Blazer. From Left: Grant, Dave "Fatty" Fateman, Colin "Big Daddy" Gentle and Frank "Seven Layer" Picarazzi.

November 22, 2002

I edited together this montage of some choice cuts of the hits from the evening. (My favorite moment is Fatty's expression at 3:20) Enjoy! Track listing:
1. Christmas Wrapping
2. I Can't Go for That
3. Christmas Wrapping (part 2)
4. Head Over Heels
5. Plush
6. Peace on Earth / Ziggy Stardust
7. Let's Go
8. Fairytale Of New York
9. Creep
10. Don't You Want Me
11. Do They Know It's Christmas?