Author: James St. James
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780684857640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A dazzling, dizzying descent into New York's downtown club scene, where sex, drugs, and murder were part of everyday experience, in one of the most shocking--and fascinating--true-crime books ever written.
Disco Bloodbath
Author: James St. James
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780684857640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A dazzling, dizzying descent into New York's downtown club scene, where sex, drugs, and murder were part of everyday experience, in one of the most shocking--and fascinating--true-crime books ever written.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780684857640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A dazzling, dizzying descent into New York's downtown club scene, where sex, drugs, and murder were part of everyday experience, in one of the most shocking--and fascinating--true-crime books ever written.
Clubland
Author: Frank Owen
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0767917359
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Outrageous parties. Brazen drug use. Fantastical costumes. Celebrities. Wannabes. Gender-bending club kids. Pulse-pounding beats. Sinful orgies. Botched police raids. Depraved criminals. Murder. Welcome to the decadent nineties club scene. In 1995, journalist Frank Owen began researching a story on Special K, a designer drug that fueled the after-midnight club scene. He went to buy and sample the drug at the internationally notorious Limelight, a crumbling church converted into a Manhattan disco, where mesmerizing music, ecstatic dancers, and uninhibited sideshows attracted long lines of hopeful onlookers. Owen discovered a world where reckless hedonism was elevated to an art form, and where the ever-accelerating party finally spun out of control in the hands of notorious club owner Peter Gatien and his minions. In Clubland, Owen reveals how a lethal drug ring operated in a lawless, black-lit realm of fantasy, and how, when the lights came up, their excesses left countless victims in their wake. Praised for his risk-taking and exhilarating writing style, Frank Owen has spawned a hybrid of literary nonfiction and true crime, capturing the zeitgeist of a world that emerged in the spirit of “peace, love, unity and respect,” and ended in tragedy.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0767917359
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Outrageous parties. Brazen drug use. Fantastical costumes. Celebrities. Wannabes. Gender-bending club kids. Pulse-pounding beats. Sinful orgies. Botched police raids. Depraved criminals. Murder. Welcome to the decadent nineties club scene. In 1995, journalist Frank Owen began researching a story on Special K, a designer drug that fueled the after-midnight club scene. He went to buy and sample the drug at the internationally notorious Limelight, a crumbling church converted into a Manhattan disco, where mesmerizing music, ecstatic dancers, and uninhibited sideshows attracted long lines of hopeful onlookers. Owen discovered a world where reckless hedonism was elevated to an art form, and where the ever-accelerating party finally spun out of control in the hands of notorious club owner Peter Gatien and his minions. In Clubland, Owen reveals how a lethal drug ring operated in a lawless, black-lit realm of fantasy, and how, when the lights came up, their excesses left countless victims in their wake. Praised for his risk-taking and exhilarating writing style, Frank Owen has spawned a hybrid of literary nonfiction and true crime, capturing the zeitgeist of a world that emerged in the spirit of “peace, love, unity and respect,” and ended in tragedy.
The Club King
Author: Peter Gatien
Publisher: Little A
ISBN: 9781542015318
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In this frank and gritty memoir, Peter Gatien charts the seismic changes in his personal and professional life and the targeted destruction of his nightclub empire. From Peter's childhood in a Canadian mill town to the freedom of the 1970s, through the excesses of the 1980s and the ensuing crackdown in the 1990s, The Club King chronicles the birth and death of a cultural movement--and the life of the man who was in control of every beat."--
Publisher: Little A
ISBN: 9781542015318
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In this frank and gritty memoir, Peter Gatien charts the seismic changes in his personal and professional life and the targeted destruction of his nightclub empire. From Peter's childhood in a Canadian mill town to the freedom of the 1970s, through the excesses of the 1980s and the ensuing crackdown in the 1990s, The Club King chronicles the birth and death of a cultural movement--and the life of the man who was in control of every beat."--
Disco Deathtrap
Author: Cameron Roubique
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692776636
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
On December 31, 1980, a masked killer crashes the New Year's Eve party at the Rollerville roller disco, turning a night of fun into a night of murder and mayhem.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692776636
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
On December 31, 1980, a masked killer crashes the New Year's Eve party at the Rollerville roller disco, turning a night of fun into a night of murder and mayhem.
New York Club Kids
Author: Walt Cassidy
Publisher: Damiani Limited
ISBN: 9788862086578
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
New York: Club Kids is a high impact visual diary of New York City in the 1990s, seen through the eyes of Waltpaper, a central figure within the Club Kids. The Club Kids comprised an artistic and fashion-conscious youth movement that crossed over into the public consciousness through appearances on daytime talk shows, magazine editorials, fashion campaigns, and music videos, planting the seeds for popular cultural trends such as reality television, self-branding, influencers, and the gender revolution. Known for their outrageous looks, legendary parties, and sometimes-illicit antics, The Club Kids were the hallmarks of Generation X and would prove to be the last definitive subculture group of the analog world. The '90s, whose 30th anniversary is quickly approaching, has come to be known as the last discernible and cohesive decade, cherished by those who experienced it and romanticized by those who missed it. The first comprehensive visual document of '90s nightlife and street culture, New York Club Kids grants special access to a dormant world, curated and narrated by someone who participated in the experience. Featuring rare photographs and ephemera, the book culls from the personal archives of various photographers and artists whose recognition is long overdue.
Publisher: Damiani Limited
ISBN: 9788862086578
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
New York: Club Kids is a high impact visual diary of New York City in the 1990s, seen through the eyes of Waltpaper, a central figure within the Club Kids. The Club Kids comprised an artistic and fashion-conscious youth movement that crossed over into the public consciousness through appearances on daytime talk shows, magazine editorials, fashion campaigns, and music videos, planting the seeds for popular cultural trends such as reality television, self-branding, influencers, and the gender revolution. Known for their outrageous looks, legendary parties, and sometimes-illicit antics, The Club Kids were the hallmarks of Generation X and would prove to be the last definitive subculture group of the analog world. The '90s, whose 30th anniversary is quickly approaching, has come to be known as the last discernible and cohesive decade, cherished by those who experienced it and romanticized by those who missed it. The first comprehensive visual document of '90s nightlife and street culture, New York Club Kids grants special access to a dormant world, curated and narrated by someone who participated in the experience. Featuring rare photographs and ephemera, the book culls from the personal archives of various photographers and artists whose recognition is long overdue.
Deep Play
Author: Diane Ackerman
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307763331
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The national bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the ability to play. "Deep play" is that more intensified form of play that puts us in a rapturous mood and awakens the most creative, sentient, and joyful aspects of our inner selves. As Diane Ackerman ranges over a panoply of artistic, spiritual, and athletic activities, from spiritual rapture through extreme sports, we gain a greater sense of what it means to be "in the moment" and totally, transcendentally human. Keenly perceived and written with poetic exuberance, Deep Play enlightens us by revealing the manifold ways we can enhance our lives.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307763331
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The national bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the ability to play. "Deep play" is that more intensified form of play that puts us in a rapturous mood and awakens the most creative, sentient, and joyful aspects of our inner selves. As Diane Ackerman ranges over a panoply of artistic, spiritual, and athletic activities, from spiritual rapture through extreme sports, we gain a greater sense of what it means to be "in the moment" and totally, transcendentally human. Keenly perceived and written with poetic exuberance, Deep Play enlightens us by revealing the manifold ways we can enhance our lives.
In the Limelight
Author: Steve Eichner
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 3791386816
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dive into the 1990s New York club scene with never-before-seen photos by its most prolific photographer, Steve Eichner. Eichner was a fixture of 1990s New York City nightlife and served as both its official and unofficial photographer in an era before cellphones and selfies. In this book, readers go beyond the velvet ropes and into the spaces that witnessed some of the decade's most incredible and sought-after parties. Previously unpublished, these intoxicating full-color photographs capture the over-thetop costumes, non-stop dancing, glitter, confetti, sex, drugs, and music that made 90s New York unlike any other place. Celebrities abound, from Leonardo DiCaprio, Dennis Hopper, and Tupac to Joan Rivers, Michael Musto, and Donald Trump. Eichner takes you to many of the city's hot spots, including the Limelight, the Tunnel, Webster Hall, Club Expo, and Club USA. Texts by famous club owner Peter Gatien and BuzzFeed photo essay editor Gabriel H. Sanchez offer a historic and cultural perspective on an era when New York City was more affordable and every night saw artists, bankers, drag queens, musicians, and poets reveling together.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 3791386816
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dive into the 1990s New York club scene with never-before-seen photos by its most prolific photographer, Steve Eichner. Eichner was a fixture of 1990s New York City nightlife and served as both its official and unofficial photographer in an era before cellphones and selfies. In this book, readers go beyond the velvet ropes and into the spaces that witnessed some of the decade's most incredible and sought-after parties. Previously unpublished, these intoxicating full-color photographs capture the over-thetop costumes, non-stop dancing, glitter, confetti, sex, drugs, and music that made 90s New York unlike any other place. Celebrities abound, from Leonardo DiCaprio, Dennis Hopper, and Tupac to Joan Rivers, Michael Musto, and Donald Trump. Eichner takes you to many of the city's hot spots, including the Limelight, the Tunnel, Webster Hall, Club Expo, and Club USA. Texts by famous club owner Peter Gatien and BuzzFeed photo essay editor Gabriel H. Sanchez offer a historic and cultural perspective on an era when New York City was more affordable and every night saw artists, bankers, drag queens, musicians, and poets reveling together.
Keep the Last Bullet for Yourself
Author: Thomas Bailey Marquis
Publisher: Two Continents Publishing Group, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Provides explanation of what occurred on that day in 1876 when Sioux and Cheyenne warriors overwhelmed the Seventh Cavalry.
Publisher: Two Continents Publishing Group, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Provides explanation of what occurred on that day in 1876 when Sioux and Cheyenne warriors overwhelmed the Seventh Cavalry.
Party Monster
Author: James St. James
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743259823
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Previously published as Disco bloodbath."
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743259823
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Previously published as Disco bloodbath."
"You Better Work!"
Author: Kai Fikentscher
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819564044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The first in-depth study of underground dance music.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819564044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The first in-depth study of underground dance music.