ANDY WARHOL

Vuelvo a 1977, cuando fui a Nueva York con los periodistas de la revista "Interviu" para contactar y traducir a los famosos. Un dia fuimos a la "Factory" el lugar de trabajo de Andy Warhol porque teniamos una cita. El "manager", un hombre con apellido italiano del cual no me acuerdo, bastante histérico y snob, nos recibio y cuando supo que veniamos de la revista "Interviu" monto en colera porque dijo que habiamos copiado el nombre de la revista que ellos publicaban "Interview"; que nos iba a llevar al tribunal de La Haya y no sé cuántas cosas mas. Como comprendereis yo venía de Ibiza y no tenía ni idea de la existencia de esa revista. Se lo expliqué. Se apacigüo un poco pero nos dijo que entrevista con Warhol, ni hablar. Entonces apareció el artista. Nos saludo la mar de amable y nos invitó a comer. El "manager" se quedó de piedra. Acabamos comiendo en su comedor particular con el dueño del "Studio 54" (discoteca de moda en la época), una nieta de Patiño (el rey del estaño boliviano--multimillonario), un fotógrafo de la revista "Look" que estaban tratando de relanzar en aquellos años y otros comensales (en total seríamos diez). Encontré a Warhol muy simpático, asequible y muy carismático a pesar de su albinismo. Lo de simpático me pasó con todos los famosos que conocí durante esa estancia de tres semanas que ya iré contando. Ahora bien, los que les rodeaban eran insoportables!

I'm back in 1977 when I went to New York to set up and translate interviews with various celebrities. One day we went to Andy Warhol's "Factory" because we had an appointment. The manager that greeted us had an Italian last name, which I cannot remember right now, and he was quite histerical and snobbish. When he found out that we were from "Interviu" magazine he went berserk! He said that we had copied their "Interview" and that they would take us to the international court at The Hague and I don't know what other horrible things. At the time I lived in Ibiza and didn't have the slightest clue that they had a magazine called the same although spelled differently. I tried to calm him down and explained that we didn't know about the existence of their magazine. He relaxed a bit but told us that the interview was off. At that moment Warhol appeared. He was very friendly and invited us to have lunch with him and other friends at his private dining room. The manager nearly fainted! We had a lovely lunch with the owner of "Studio 54" (the "in" disco at the time), (Patiño - the Bolivian tin-mine owner's) grandaughter, a photographer from "Look" magazine, which they were trying to re-launch at the time, and a few others (we were approximately ten people). I found Andy Warhol extremely nice, accessible, and very charismatic despite his albine look. Actually, all the celebrities I met were very nice (I'll write about them in future blogs) but the persons surrounding them were unbearable!