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Title: Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture by Frank Owen ISBN: 0-312-28766-6 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 08 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I couldn't put it down (isn't that cliche?)
Comment: I just love how the story came to be:
Frank Owen was hired by the Limelight's owner to write a story about The Limelight at the same time The Village Voice asked him to write about the drug scene in "clubland" so after five years, he came out with one hell of a book. We follow four of the most fascinating (and true) characters I have ever read about, how they started a revolution and were all connected, yet all so incredibly different.
I bartended in New York City for almost a decade, I knew the owners of many of the clubs mentioned in the book, I even knew one of the DEA guys in the book. I thought I knew it all. I found out I didn't know a thing. Frank Owen takes you there, he makes you understand how it all came together, while creating a mystery (rather the characters created the mystery, Frank Owen, simply knew how to string it all together, without it being confusing and making it extremely intriguing. )
Most important, he doesn't take a side (Like the movie and book Party Monster and how I am sure Gaiten will have his movie made) Owen stays wondefully true to all.
Even if you have never been to Manhattan, even if you never knew a Fed, even if you have no idea what The Limelight is/was...this book is worth it and by the end, you will know it all!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great History Lesson in the World of Clubland
Comment: If you have ever been involved in the NYC or Miami club scene you will not be able to put this book down. Frank Owen goes into great depth about about the origins, histories and downfalls of most of our biggest nightclubs as well as their employees. Unlike a lot of reporters who write about people they don't know, Frank Owen, writer for The Village Voice, personally knew and/or interviewed most people talked about in this book. He clarified so much biased information about the Peter Gatian trials that previously I have only heard on the news. He also talks a lot about the club kid era, which was very interesting. Personally, I feel that this book blows away Disco Bloodbath by James St. James. Disco Bloodbath was okay, but I did find it kind of repetitive and boring. Clubland covers everything James St. James talks about, but keeps it less drawn out.
If you want to read about club nightlife...real club nightlife, then definitely purchase this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Now I Know
Comment: In 1994 I was 17 and working at Baskin Robins when a fellow employee told me if ever I was to venture to New York, I must go to the Limelight. Living in Metro Atlanta, I was used to Buckhead and Little Five Points as well as the Rave scene going on down there, but never had any idea about what went on else where. Needless to say, I never made it to New York, I out grew recreational oblivion and moved on to a "normal-less-chaotic" life but had watched documentaries on Alig and Peter Gaiten with interest of a life I once took advantage of. I also became quite frusterated with local news broadcasts about "new" drugs on the streets that had been around for quite sometime before everyone living in La La Land discovered they existed.
Anyway, I feel Frank Owen did a wonderful job telling the story of this culture from it's rise to it's fall. Having been in the middle of it all beginning with his article for the Village Voice on Special K, he had the upperhand when it came to compiling information on the individuals at the core of it all. I also liked the fact that he had knowledge about the trials in detail.
Who ever would have guessed this was going on at the time? I never knew what happened to the Limelight, why it all came crashing down to the point that, even in Atlanta, the whole scene had changed by the time I was 19. The fall of club culture didn't just affect New York and Miami, but most everywhere in between.
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Title: Party Monster: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland by James St. James ISBN: 0743259823 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title:Party Monster - The Shockumentary ASIN: B0000C23GA Publisher: PICTURE THIS HOME VIDEO Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $21.71 |
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Title:Party Monster ASIN: B00014K5TQ Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Pub. Date: 10 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $16.38 |
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Title:Party Monster ASIN: B0000C23H1 Publisher: Tvt Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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Title: The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night by Anthony Haden-Guest ISBN: 068814151X Publisher: Harpercollins Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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