2005-06 Spin magazine

Full Spektor

Yoko Ono made a nonchalant exit out of New York's Bowery Ballroom after son Sean Lennon's March 30 gig supporting quirky singer/song- writer Regina Spektor. "I am very proud," Ono said with a smile, giving us a quick bow. Lennon, meanwhile, was on the balcony with fabulous friends like Elizabeth Jagger (daugh- ter of Mick), Harper Simon (son of Paul), and Adam Green (a Moldy Peach), singing along.

We asked Lennon if he considers himself a peer of Spektor's in the local rock scene. "No," he replied with an actual snort. "Everyone is into her music; no one is into mine."

But Spektor's two-hour set turned out to be more than even her most devoted fans could absorb, so we fled to the after-party, where we saw Strokes Albert Hammond Jr. and Fabrizio Moretti. Spektor, who arrived with her mother, explained that the epically long set was an accident. "Nobody told me!" she sighed. "They came, they bought tickets; I didn't want to gyp them!"

By Elizabeth D. Goodman

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