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Inside Studio 54 [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 368 pages, kõrgus x laius: 228x152 mm, Photographs
  • Ilmumisaeg: 19-Oct-2017
  • Kirjastus: Rare Bird Books
  • ISBN-10: 1945572574
  • ISBN-13: 9781945572579
  • Formaat: Hardback, 368 pages, kõrgus x laius: 228x152 mm, Photographs
  • Ilmumisaeg: 19-Oct-2017
  • Kirjastus: Rare Bird Books
  • ISBN-10: 1945572574
  • ISBN-13: 9781945572579
In Inside Studio 54, the former owner takes you behind the scenes of the most famous nightclub in the world, through the crowd, to a place where celebrities, friends, and the beautiful people sip champagne and share lines of cocaine using rolled-up hundred-dollar bills. In the early eighties, Mark Fleischman reopened Studio 54, the world's most glamorous and notorious nightclub, after it was closed down by the State of New York. Ten thousand people showed up that night, ready to restart the party that abruptly ended after the raid in 1978 landed its former owners in jail.

Inside Studio 54 invites you to revisit the happening scenes of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, the post-Pill, pre-AIDS era of free love, consequence-free sex, and seemingly endless partying. Following Fleischman as he builtconnections as a hotel, restaurant, and club owner that lead him to Studio 54. Inside Studio 54 takes the reader from Brazil to the heights of debauchery in the Virgin Islands and finally to New York City. A star-studded thrill ride through decadent and drug-fueled parties at the legendary Studio 54.

Arvustused

"This unfettered tell-all will prove nostalgic for those who manage to remember being there and engrossing for readers wishing they were." Kirkus Reviews

"Once upon a time in New York City, when the city finally went to sleep, a magical place opened it's doors and invited people in to have the time of their lives. Studio 54 was a magical place that made you forget all about your troubles, trials and tribulations. It was Heaven on Earth." Gene Simmons, Bass player for KISS

"In Inside Studio 54, the former owner takes you behind the scenes of the most famous nightclub in the world, through the crowd to a place where celebrities, friends, and the beautiful people sip champagne and share lines of cocaine using rolled up hundred dollar bills. Mark Fleischman reopened Studio 54 in 1981, after it was closed down by the State of New York. Ten thousand people showed up that night, ready to restart the party that abruptly ended after the raid in 1978, landing Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, the former owners, in jail. Mark takes you on a star studded thrill ride through the decadent and drug fueled parties at the legendary Studio 54." Robin Leach, Las Vegas Review Journal, former host of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

"Inside Studio 54 takes you to all my favorite spots inside. I spent so much time snorting cocaine in the women's toilet's of Studio 54 that they became known as my office." Nile Rodgers, Legendary record producer, songwriter, and guitarist for Chic

"This is a great bathroom read lots of good shit." Tom Moulton, record producer of Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones, and many more

"As the original cowboy in Village People, I performed at Studio 54 often and when we would do YMCA, the crowd always went wild. This book truly captures the unique spirit and amazing, sensual energy that was Studio 54." Randy Jones, original Cowboy in the Village People

"An amazing story of all the free-spirited excess of my generation, which also launched joyous Freestyle Skiing, the Olympic Reform and Title IX, thanks to Mark Fleischman believing in women like me." "Suzy Chapstick" Chaffee, Olympian and Captain of the U.S. Olympic Ski Team

"Mark Fleischman has compelling tales to tell and doesn't hold back. This book will introduce you to the strong characters who peopled Nightworld and looks unflinchingly at the drug culture it engendered." Anthony Haden-Guest, author of The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco and the Culture of the Night, as well as articles in New York, London Sunday Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, and many other venues

Introduction: The Studio 54 Effect 7(4)
Chapter One Behind the Velvet Rope
11(3)
Chapter Two The Raid on Studio 54
14(10)
Chapter Three Hooked on Clubs
24(8)
Chapter Four The Candy Store
32(5)
Chapter Five I'll Take Manhattan
37(11)
Chapter Six Reefer Madness
48(8)
Chapter Seven Adventures in Paradise
56(3)
Chapter Eight Studio 54 Hits the Virgin Isle Hotel
59(8)
Chapter Nine Battle for the Liquor License
67(8)
Chapter Ten The Lights Go On at Studio 54
75(6)
Chapter Eleven Cocaine and Quaaludes
81(3)
Chapter Twelve Bombs Away
84(9)
Chapter Thirteen It's All About the Guest List
93(11)
Chapter Fourteen Hook Up the Promoters
104(10)
Chapter Fifteen Studio 54...a Way of Life
114(8)
Chapter Sixteen A Cast of Characters
122(8)
Chapter Seventeen Bono and Bowie on Elvis
130(6)
Chapter Eighteen Disco to Dance Club
136(10)
Chapter Nineteen Walk on the Wild Side
146(12)
Chapter Twenty Roy Cohn Brings the Feds to My Door
158(9)
Chapter Twenty-One Studio 54 Magazine
167(15)
Chapter Twenty-Two Scandal Hits Studio 54
182(10)
Chapter Twenty-Three It's Raining Men
192(12)
Chapter Twenty-Four My Ride Gets Wilder
204(6)
Chapter Twenty-Five The Dawn Patrol
210(7)
Chapter Twenty-Six Return to Paradise
217(13)
Chapter Twenty-Seven Angel Dust Meets the Whippets
230(9)
Chapter Twenty-Eight The Betty Ford Effect
239(8)
Chapter Twenty-Nine My Place in the Sun
247(5)
Chapter Thirty Laurie and Hilary
252(5)
Chapter Thirty-One Tatou
257(11)
Chapter Thirty-Two Tatou in La La Land
268(8)
Chapter Thirty-Three Rodney Fires Up Tatou
276(6)
Chapter Thirty-Four The Next Episode
282(5)
Chapter Thirty-Five The Studio 54 Effect
287(18)
Acknowledgments 305(2)
Index 307
Entrepreneur Mark Fleischman is a graduate of The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University and former Naval Officer who established himself resuscitating troubled hotel, restaurant, and club projects. He bought Studio 54, which had been closed for nearly two years after the former owners went to Federal Prison, and reestablished it as the hottest club in New York. He and his wife Mimi currently live in Los Angeles and co-owners of four Bar Method Exercise Studios in Los Angeles.