John Varvatos, Radio Star

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John Varvatos really wants you to know how much he loves music. As if opening a shop in the former home of CBGB didn't make that clear enough, he just announced that he'll be co-hosting a monthly "downtown-inspired" show on satellite radio with Jessie Malin. It's called "New York Nights?Direct From the Bowery," and will play rock songs from the seventies to today. Now if only we still owned a radio. [Bowery Boogie]