And Michael Alig Did...

New "Everything I Know About New York Club Entrepeneurs I Learned From The A&E Network" answers, if you please.

Nice one David. I think this is a decent-if-brief overview for anyone: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0213/musto.php

He did a passable Leigh Bowery imitation, there, for a couple of years.

i saw the 'party monster' documentary after seeing the TV piece. what an icky group of people. i did like the stuff about having guerilla parties on subways, in mcdonalds, etc.

I was going to college (for the second time) in '87--'88, and my buddies in Fashion Design would read Details magazine, which at the time was a far cry from being a men's fashion magazine... it was all, well, details about the (mostly gay) New York club scene, with lots of bitchy gossip. I remember seeing Michael Alig in there loads of times. I never met him, but my impression of him was that we wasn't particularly attractive or charismatic; I wonder how he managed to hold the spotlight (albeit a rather cruddy one) for so long. At the time I was kind of jealous of their (my friends', but also Alig's) exploits, and in a way that kind of negative charm has always held an appeal for me. As far as a fashion influence (I know, Alig had a million looks, but still), he was no, to pick a random example, Gerard Malanga, but I suppose Alig's crowd was a bit younger [than me (but was he?)].

I was going to college (for the second time) in '87--'88, and my buddies in Fashion Design would read Details magazine, which at the time was a far cry from being a men's fashion magazine... it was all, well, details about the (mostly gay) New York club scene, with lots of bitchy gossip. I remember seeing Michael Alig in there loads of times. I never met him, but my impression of him was that we wasn't particularly attractive or charismatic; I wonder how he managed to hold the spotlight (albeit a rather cruddy one) for so long. At the time I was kind of jealous of their (my friends', but also Alig's) exploits, and in a way that kind of negative charm has always held an appeal for me. As far as a fashion influence (I know, Alig had a million looks, but still), he was no, to pick a random example, Gerard Malanga, but I suppose Alig's crowd was a bit younger [than me (but was he?)].

No, no, I'm sure Alig and his crowd must have been marginally older than me, since I was 20 at the time. From this vantage point I guess club kids seem like children. Christ, I'm not even 35 yet... *hobbles off on cane*

i have never met micheal but i saw the movie and absolutly became facinated with the whole club kid scene. (call me sick and twisted) and i love james st james. teh idae, the whole philosophy of the scene was intriging. people doin there own thing and having a great time. i cant say they werent bothering anyone i mean hello the whole mcdonalds and subway thing...but damn they had a good time ya know. i would have loved to have been alive at that time but being only sixteen i was a kid. i would also like to meet micheal. i am aware he killed someone and all but i think he is a genius. in a sense. i dont think hes a bad person. drugs can mess a person up so bad and give them a false perception of things, and you just go and do what ever comes to mind at first. i think had he not been a drug addict Angel would still be alive.

>i dont think hes a bad person. drugs can mess a person up so bad and give them a false perception of things, and you just go and do what ever comes to mind at first.

He murdered my wife's cousin. Go fuck yourself.

mr. alig is one of the most amazing people to ever live..he was a genius and he still is..any of you care he gets paroled in september..

i think angel had the killing coming to him..that is my opinion

you have pretty low standards for "amazing" and "genius", huh.

How do you come up with the handle creating_me_out_of_nthing?!? After smoking up the book Clubland Confidential?

I hope if I'm ever murdered, people judge my worth based on a film written by a friend sympathetic to the murderer. What a douche.