About this title: In this striking debut, a journalist explores the nightclubs of the 1990s and the rise and fall of a decadent nocturnal empire that stretched over several American cities and spawned its own subculture of celebrities and wannabes.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St Martins Pr, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312287665ISBN:0312287666
Description: Very Good in Near Fine jacket. Ex-Library This first edition hardcover book is in very good condition with stamps on the bottom edge and a sticker and two stamps on the rear free end flap. The dust jacket is in near fine conditon with a sticker on the spine, and is covered in plastic which is glued to the covers. This book is clean and tight. read more
Description: Fine. 0312287666 Excellent Condition First Edition ~ 1st Printing Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, Dust jacket has no tears, mild shelf rubs, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Edition: Advanced Reader's Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312287665ISBN:0312287666
Description: Near Fine in Wraps. The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture. As new. Clean, tight, with no spine or cover creases. There are no marks, notes, inscriptions or dogears. Book is unread. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312287665ISBN:0312287666
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Collectible. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cloth, 323 pp., index; 24 cm. AS NEW. Stated "First Edition: May 2003. " Fine DJ. read more
"Fascinating read, though I could do without Owen's moments of moralizing and self-aggrandizing. This book wonderfully complements "Disco Bloodbath" in the sense that both (inadvertently) illuminate the policing and hierarchy that (inevitably?) arise in initially radical, subversive subcultures (of many kinds, though "club kid" subculture in particular here). I recommend reading the two texts together. You end up feeling like an expert on the subject - and you might just get the urge to interview your favorite NYC drag queen about her experiences with these communities in the 80's and 90's. (Maybe that's just me?)"
"Sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. Few things epitomized these cliched ideals like the mid-90s club culture. Especially Peter Gatien's Limelight and Tunnel nightclubs in New York City. They were a place for people to be whoever they wanted to be and anyone they never thought they ever could be, meet new people who will never judge them, and just have fun. But, you can't forget about the drugs. Ecstasy, roofies, Liquid G, Special K, you name it and it could be found at these clubs. Owen is a writer for the Village Voice who, while trying to investigate the ease by which drugs could be purchased at clubs, got sucked into the subculture of the people who inhabit them and probed further to find out their motivations. The focus of the book is on Gatien and many of his higher up managers, party planners, and competitors including characters like Michael Alig (the man portrayed by Macauley Culkin in the 2003 movie Party Monster), "Lord" Michael Caruso, and Chris Paciello, among a few others. The result is a compelling true story of love, hate, drugs, and murder among people who just want to escape the norms that bind society."
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