Nelson Sullivan was playing a game of Monopoly with his friends GaGa LaGault and Morgan when he got this late night phone call from Michael Musto. Early to mid 1980s
You’re being dramatic my friend lmao I still get phone calls late at night and wonder who’s calling .. shit I still even play monopoly.. this wasn’t ancient times
*I think it’s fascinating to see Nelson on the phone and having a true conversation with someone he knew, seeing it makes me feel like I’m there in person*
"Who would be calling at this hour?" something you would NEVER hear today.....Glad I am here but damn wish I could go back and live through it again.....it was a hell of a lot more fun
HOLY SMOKES! I've watched soooooo many of Nelson's videos that I feel I know him personally. I'd love to hang out with guy! Just like old times. I believe we'd get along well.
With the risk of sounding like a mad person, sometimes, during the day, I wonder where 'we' will be going tonight in thinking about Nelson and the crew. It's such an amazing thing to be let into someones interesting life on such a personal level. By far, the most entertainment I've gotten from RU-vid.
One of the good things about RU-vid, stuff like Nelson’s videos. Just so cool that it’s preserved on here for all to enjoy and see. Nelson’s videos are what RU-vid was made for when RU-vid first came out
I'd completely forgotten this night, although it was not the first time I picked up Nelson's camera and photographed him with it. Another occasion was after the Gay Pride March of 1983, when Nelson came upon Morgan Moffatt, Gary Kanter and me alongside a lemonade stand. This video portrays a typical evening at Nelson's house, before a whirlwind of nightclub performances and pleasure outings swept him into a non-stop cinematic odyssey with his hand held camera. Even though the hour was late, we were wide awake, and ready to party until our heads hit the pillow around 5:00 a.m. Perhaps, if Nelson hadn't become so obsessed with photographing everything in sight, he might still be alive today. Morgan and I have long since given up smoking and staying out late. He's 79 years old now, and can sometimes be seen at the the Gym Bar in Chelsea. I'm 73 and the only place I visit regularly is the Walmart store in Yucca Valley, although (thankfully) no one recognizes me there. Nelson would have been 75, if it were not for the obsession that would soon take him away from us forever.
Thanks for sharing that with us. I wasn't born until April 1980. Though I do have memories of the 80s (particularly from '87/'88 onwards, they are from the perspective of a child. These videos are a blessing.
@@Justice8300 1900 hours of video tape shot over a period of 4 or 5 years, means that he would have had to be out with his camera almost every day of his life. He would often return at 5:00 a.m. and drag himself to work the next day exhausted. He became obsessed with his camera and it came as no surprise to me that he died from a heart attack at the age of 41.
@@jasonbarron3047 Good guess. We'd been out somewhere and returned to Nelson's house when Michael Musto called (at 1:00 a.m.) and I took the camera so that Nelson could be photographed. I'm in some of his early videos, because we were "camera buddies." I've been working on a musical play, entitled Camera Ready, about Nelson's life to bring to New York (hopefully) sometime soon. It's almost finished. I hope that people will like it.
It's like I'm in a time machine. But instead of witnessing some important historical event, I'm watching, 30+ years in the past, three gay men play Monopoly while chatting, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes while another takes a phone call. It was to them a fairly mundane night, but to me that makes it all the more fascinating
This has to be around 83, 84. I've seen Morgan in Nelson's earliest videos, but not after 84 I believe. I could be wrong. I wonder what happened to Morgan.
Robert Rife, Nelson had a full time job, he quit his job to pursuit his dream of make a tv show with his recorded footage (1900+ hours of content), unfortunately he died from a heart attack just 3 days after quiting his job.
Learning the tablet here pardon me,,,,,,,flamboyant,colourful and loud people that it would be hard to notice him without the camera.who knows like to think it was meant in a kind way because Michael m. is still an adorable survivor of the 80,s and entertaining,well spoken
Nelson obviously befriended Michael m.while after Nelson was gone he says Nelson would have been nothing without his camera,,,,,,kind of sticks in ones throat even though Michael m. was so much fun and adorable while they chummed together.mabey Michael became jaded later in life when he says this.sad
Living in the Meatpacking meant lots of space due to the fact that none wanted to live among drug dealers stinky streets and overcrowded with drags. Nelson was a smart guy!
AvalonDreaming AvalonDreaming It’s still cool to smoke.. Drinking, and eating all of today’s engineered food and going to the doctor to get a flu shot is much more dangerous than smoking... #TrueStory
@@SilverWealth_Draper_Mint Our government began killing us way before they created the HIV virus. They have now increased their deadly onslaught against us through vaccines, GMO foods, chemtrails, and The Kardashians. I don't smoke. But I would if I had to choose between smoking and taking the flu shot.
lulolancey Same. I’ve never had a flu shot. Not that I can recall anyway. I’m torn and every time it never fails that I go to a medical facility I am always told that I need to get a flu shot. They almost convince me and then I always end up deciding against it. I just can’t bring myself to. But, I know I will reach an age one day that the flu may kill me so then I will really be torn.
Lololol.. the way he said "he's still in jail" while Nelson was going for the phone was funny. Sounded like someone talking about a family member who is signed up for the installment plan at the local jail
I've been watching these for years. I like to cycle thru them and start all over again every couple years. The original original. Casey Neistat has nothing on Nelson Sullivan. Tell me I'm wrong.
I notice it must be an east coast thing that whenever Nelson asks what time it is someone replies with it's "10 to 1" or "5 to 2". It's a really odd way to give the time.
There was a black device attached to the phone receiver. I saw that. Also he notated who he spoke to and the time. You were never off convo or camera with Nelson.
Captcha Neon - I was born in 1960...back in this time .. adoption wasn't discussed much publicly. People really just wanted freedom to go wherever. Even straight couple's were discouraged from having kids. They even had ads in magazines...saying no more than two children, IF you had any.
Captcha Neon These things were never even thought of at that time. They had more important things to worry about. I cannot stress how horrible the AIDS epidemic was. There was NO cure and the treatment available was not really effective. People were dropping dead within months of a diagnosis. I find it very strange that these New York people never mention it. I'm not gay, but lost many friends during this time. It was the time of the real walking dead. People who had it aged over night. They looked like concentration camp victims. Very, very thin with blank dead eyes. People need to stop and realize how truly far we have come. The problem with the Nelson tapes is that they make younger people think it was all nightclubs and parties back then. The 80's up until the mid 90's were a dark, dark time for the Gay community.
