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Title: Party Monster : A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland by James St. James ISBN: 0-7432-5982-3 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Must Read for Any Hipster or Wannabe
Comment: How funny that other reviewers have been surprised or even disappointed at how self-indulgent James St. James is in this book. He's a DRAG QUEEN! Drag queens are all about self-indulgence or maybe you've never known one. The story-telling is good, if not all over the place. It's an entertaining read, to be sure. Of course, the subjects aren't what society would call "entertaining" (you know... murder, drugs, etc), but it's very real for a lot of people. JSJ's southern upbrining shines through in his story-telling. Sure, he says he's from Michigan but the dear old thing spent plenty of time with his wealthy and quite southern father in South Florida. (Yes, there are VERY southern southerners in South Florida... maybe just not plopped in a club in South Beach). Something tells me James will be out with a book about this highly entertaining southern family... or at least he should. And being the self-indulgent queen he is, I'm sure he reads every last review of his books and if he's reading this one, James, please get on with writing the fabulous story of Broward County kin. In the meantime, anyone else should absolutely buy this book. It's just a shame that beautiful shoe no longer graces the cover.
Rating: 5
Summary: fabulous book
Comment: This is the best book I have ever read. It's not as shocking if you've seen the movie first, but it's definitely worth your time...unless you're not interested in the club scene and the murder of Angel at all. Then you'll probably consider James St. James annoying and cocky. And to the previous commenter, who said that there wasn't enough about Michael Alig. Just to tell you, this is not Michael Alig's book. The book is mostly set around the author and the influencial people he's met, not how great Michael Alig was.
You all should see the movie, too. Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green are amazing actors and portray their roles wonderfully.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fluid Language Keeps Up the Pace
Comment: This is one of the many books which is best enjoyed if you're able to dedicate a good block of time to it and just sit back and dive in. The drama is all in the language and James St James knows it.
He uses all the cues and tricks of writing to excess (ALL CAPS, italics for those naughty phrases you just have to lean in for, bold passages for "can you believe it" statements, and constantly hitting the return key to ensure that well planned break in the story where you wait just long enough to make sure everyone is hanging onto your every word and will sell their mothers out to hear how it all ends) and for some reason it works instead of becoming the obnoxious mess it should have been. You can actually hear James St James in this book, as if he's squeazing tight into the bar booth with you and telling you the whole thing over a cocktail, spilling most of it on himself AND YOU in the process... but you can't leave...
You have to hear it all, by God. So be prepared to read it all and quick. If you can read it one sitting all the better, or two or three days if you must... but don't drag it out or try to balance it with a few other paperbacks you're halfway through. This is GOSSIP. And you might as well accept the charges and get settled in for a wildly entertaining, vivid, dishonestly honest tale of one club creature's scattered memories of his years as a New York City celebutante.
P.S. Although this book claims to be mainly centered on Michael Alig and the murder of his drug dealer, it's not 100% anywhere or on anyone. So don't expect a fair or even picture to be painted of Alig, for as James St James explains at the very beginning NEVER, EVER DISH ANYONE IN PRINT. And if you simply must, there's just no way out of it... well, the entire book is sort of a portrait of this very predicament. A little love to coat a lot of hate, or is it the other way around?
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Title:Party Monster - The Shockumentary ASIN: B0000C23GA Publisher: Wolfe 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: Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture by Frank Owen ISBN: 0312287666 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 08 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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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 $13.99 |
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Title: The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night by Anthony Haden-Guest ISBN: 068814151X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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