NY Observer > Matthew Barney http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/35076/feed Articles from Observer.com en Beautiful Plinky Folk Star Joanna Newsom Gets Kind of Lost at 'Beautiful People' Party http://www.observer.com/2008/paper-magazine-beautiful-people-party

"We are here to celebrate all the beautiful people, and tonight you are all beautiful," said David Hershkovitz, publisher of Paper magazine as he took the stage at Hiro Ballroom to introduce Joanna Newsom.

The crinkly-voiced neo-folkist graces the cover of the magazine’s April “Beautiful People” issue, in honor of which many beautiful New Yorkers gathered to celebrate, well, each other’s beauty.  read more »

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