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January 04, 2006

NYC Distributor and Co. Bring Rock Chaos to East Village

Omnitalented Magnolia Pictures boss Eamonn Bowles celebrated his 50th birthday in loud, live fashion Tuesday night, taking the stage at Lakeside Lounge with his band, the Martinets. It was a true rock-out-with-your-cock-out extravaganza, with several dozen of Bowles's New York film colleagues coming thisclose to completely burning the place down. For what seemed like hours, a torrent of panties rained down on the stage, with the Martinets finishing their encore and loading out just before the cops arrived to restore a fragile peace to the East Village.

Eamonn Bowles is a man for you, baby (yes he is for you, baby) (Photo: STV)

Actually, the whole thing was pretty reserved, even as lead guitarist Daniel Rey's shredding licks fueled a tireless, hyperkinetic fury in the birthday boy. "We may already have a 50 Cent," Bowles told the crowd after a comparatively tame rendition of "Happy Birthday." "But I'm 50 Dollar." He then lit his guitar on fire, made a wish and blew the instrument out. A consummate showman, right there. Happy 50th.

Posted by stvanairsdale at January 4, 2006 09:25 AM

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Posted by: William at January 4, 2006 03:28 PM