Just across town from a shady, possibly Russian-funded photo exhibit in Chelsea sits "Peacemaker Putin," a shady, possibly Russian-funded t-shirt shop in Gramercy, hawking shirts with slogans like "From Russia with Love" and "Make Peace Not War." Julius Kacinskis, the American-born owner, insists he's just mad about Vlad.

Once, the elfin drunken DJ trio MisShapes were the ultimate arbiter of cool. But last night, the three stooges DJ'ed the opening of Michael Shvo's wondrous, strange and utterly ridiculous condo, "Gramercy." Gramercy is first of all not in Gramercy—23rd between 1st and 2nd?—but designer and lunatic Philippe Starck's 21-story condo is boundary-transcendent anyway. So, what is next for The MisShapes—a bar mitzvah in Lynbrook? —Josh