Klaus Nomi died at the Sloan Kettering Hospital Center in New York City on August 6, 1983, as a result of complications from AIDS. He was one of the earliest known figures from the arts community to die from the illness.[21][22] Nomi's close friend Joey Arias was executor of his estate.[23] Nomi's ashes were scattered in New York City.[11]
I started clubbing when I was 13 in the mid 80s, cuz i hung out w myy cousins who were 18+. Back then the drinking age was 18+, and clubs really didnt care. You'd get a fake ID on 42nd Street and it got you pretty much into any venue. As long as you dressed decent and acted mature they didn't care. Roxy and Devils Nest were my spots. Im from Queens and then L'Amour East (a rock club in Queens) started doing club nights, so started to hang out there as lur first stop before heading to the city or the Bronx. Wild times. I remember Jellybean @ The Funhouse and hitting Pyramid for some drinks
started clubbing at 14 lol my older sisters boyfriend new lots of people and so i got in without any questions lol and the rest is history ….no regrets
I’ve been to the Loft… Xenon…Funhouse…Zanzibar…Limelight…but when it came to sound systems. Paradise Garage. Was a regular. It was in another dimension compared to all rest. By far.
Even more anazibgvwhen yiu think that when all the people there got their tickets (back in April/May) 95% of them were signing up for a funk and jazz weekend. Remember Paul Oakenfolds Spectrum literally the first rave in the world only taking off in April 1988 (it was quiet for the first couple of months) - Shoom was earlier but was hard to get into and more like a private party and I'd never heard of it.
the second they shows the Klaus Nomi stuff i got a little sad knowing that he had just passed not long before. always cool to see some vintage footage from The Roxy and Danceteria and a little bit of the Break groups. and of course the empty front of CBGB a little after its heyday.
One night in the late eighties I vaguely remember going from the Astoria nightclub to The Shoom. There was no security & no bar. Dark with lot's of smoke. I remember tripping over a couple having sex on the floor & bumping Into a good friend John Holmes ( RIP ) We had the maddest night ever.
Hi STHLDN I am trying to find a full copy of the movie for Chris Brown who was 1 of the Funk Mafia Djs back then,& I was Froggys roadie on the sound system. Would much appreciate your help 🙂
The original Bush boutique. Have lived on Stanlake Road since 84 when I was 11 and all the White City/Bush fashionistas shopped here. Always good style, quality and fun. Going there tomorrow to buy some Japanese selvedge denim. Glad it's going from strength to strength! West-side 🙂
Just got done reading "l:ife and Death On The New York Dancefloor 1980-1983" by Tim Lawrence... I was already drawn to so much of the music. That's whole damn reason I picked up the book. But learning about this scene was so inspiring. Dreaming of what a night, the dancefloor, a club can be. Happy with what I got to work with today, but damn, do wish I woulda been there.. A completely magical place and time. So many elements intersecting to create something that, surely, was a new nirvana, peak living, transcendence... I won't spend too many words on what it was (I wasn't there!!) But if I was, I surely woulda have been dancing well past sunrise...
I want to read this book. I grew up night clubbing as a 15 year old it was amazing Danceteria was my first club. Down the block was another spot called silver shadow. There were so many places in NYC too go to. I can’t begin to tell you how fun it was. I didn’t drink or do drugs. I just danced. In 1996 the club scene was dead. This video is absolutely just what it was like. That elevator in Danceteria where the quick interview was done brings back memories.
I just bought the book and didn’t grow up in NYC, but we had a pretty great club scene in San Francisco and I was keeping up with the club scene in NZyC from a far. I did get finally get to visit NYC and caught much of east was going on in 87. I do regret not going to the paradise garage and got a flyer for but didn’t know about the Garage back then. The whole city was so exciting and so much going on everywhere. Glad I got to witness it and NYC was so much better than I expected,
