Joey Arias Unfiltered: Nightlife, Mugler & a Legendary Downtown Life

This week on The Cutting Up, Connie and I are kiki‑ing in Washington Heights like it’s a downtown séance — and our guest? Only a living, breathing piece of NYC nightlife history: the one and only Joey Arias.Yes. That Joey Arias.Performance art legend. Mugler muse. Warhol era mischief-maker. Billie Holiday channeler. Downtown royalty.We kick off doing what we do best: manifesting peace on earth, success, spiritual elevation… and obviously a hot man. Priorities.From there? Chaos. Glamour. History.Joey and I reminisce about decades of friendship, fashion, and the golden age of New York City nightlife — when the clubs were dangerous, the looks were illegal, and everyone was either famous or about to be. We talk Mugler, Montreal nights, downtown club kid origins, and the kind of stories you cannot Google.And then — because icons don’t retire — Joey drops updates:A book  comingA documentary is in progressAnd his album “Past Present Future” is on Spotify, born from intense studio sessions that were equal parts magic and madnessWe also get real.Joey opens up about his sobriety journey after an intervention and detox — and how recovery reshaped his body, mind, and art. We talk reinvention, weight loss, body procedures, maturity, dating standards (they’re high, darling), and what it means to survive yourself.And because this is Joey Arias, the conversation floats effortlessly into:Higher consciousnessPolitics and energyPast lives and ghostsCurses (yes, curses)Spiritual awakeningsChanneling Billie HolidayStories about Andy Warhol, Paul Mooney, Keith HaringAnd an unearthed Basquiat found in a closet like it’s casualThis episode is part New York nightlife documentary, part spiritual fishbowl, part fast-food-fueled kiki, and fully unfiltered.If you love:Joey AriasDowntown NYC legendsFashion history and MuglerLGBTQ nightlife cultureSobriety and reinvention storiesArt world icons like Basquiat and WarholBillie Holiday energyOr just wildly glamorous storytellingWelcome to the coven.Light a candle. Manifest something reckless. And press play.Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cutting-up-a-kiki-with-connie-lina/id1849020008Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/200MOk48TaLRPLQvzx2UK0?si=6499dd094f704a10iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-the-cutting-up-a-kiki-wit-303161901 Write to us at [email protected] follow us on instagram:@TheLinaBradford@TheRealConnieGirl@PrideHouseMediaThe Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina is a Pride House Media production.Producers: Josh Rosenzweig & Matthew Breen.Graphic Design by Daryl Raymond.Original Music by 808 BEACH (John “J-C” Carr & Bill Coleman), courtesy of Peace Bisquit.  Production Design by Darryl Dickens. Our very special thanks to Jason Kanner for all your support.