Studio 54 - Revision history

Duncan: Drastically trimmed - If wikipedia does it better let wikipedia do it.

2008-06-01T11:50:41Z

Drastically trimmed - If wikipedia does it better let wikipedia do it.

Duncan: Removed 6 concerts note

2008-06-01T11:19:21Z

Removed 6 concerts note

Tonefish: 1978 FZ tour link

2008-06-01T01:29:06Z

1978 FZ tour link

Tonefish: Palladium venue link into text.

2008-06-01T01:08:20Z

Palladium venue link into text.

Tonefish: correction to lyrics & facts+links,infuences

2008-06-01T00:38:44Z

correction to lyrics & facts+links,infuences

Tonefish: page insert

2008-05-31T10:41:19Z

page insert

Tonefish at 10:37, 31 May 2008

2008-05-31T10:37:14Z

Tonefish: New page for Clubs and Bars

2008-05-31T10:34:06Z

New page for Clubs and Bars

New page

<blockquote>...Then they work the wall 
They work the pipe 
They work the floor 
'N they work the wall some more 
In Serious Leather... 
Serious Chains... 
Serious Clothing... 

From when they come downtown 
From the ruins of '''Studio '54''' 
To twist 'n frugg 
In an arrogant gesture 
To the best of what the 20th Century has to offer...</blockquote>
<div align|right>- extract from [[Mudd Club]] on [[You Are What You Is]]</div>

[[Studio 54]] opened in Manhattan in April, 1977 at 254 West 54th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. The vision of Valentino public relations agent D'Allessio the club was run by ex Enchanted Garden party-organisers Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. The building had been occupied by CBS, where they had installed their 54th studio. An adroit turnaround of this defunct title provided the club's name and in its short three-year history '54', as it became known, embodied the hedonism and excesses of socialite disco-fever in New York. Its balconies were the scene of sexual encounters, drug use was rampant and the dance floor was the site of a large mural of the Man in the Moon, complete with an animated coke-spoon 'for up his nose'.

Rubell would add to the frenzy by hand-selecting the club's occupants from the long queues at the door- mixing 'nobodies' with renowned celebrities. One such unknown stood in the waiting crowd wearing a muscle-vest bearing the words "Fuck Studio 54," which gained him lifetime membership from Rubell, impressed by such chutzpah. However, Rubell rocked the boat by publicly declaring the club had made $7 million in its first year and "only the Mafia made more money". Arrests of Rubell and Schrager followed, accusations abounded about a White House member sniffing cocaine in the club's basement and, after its closure in February 1980, drugs and cash were found in its walls- resulting in Rubell and Schrager spending 13 months in prison.

Thus, New York witnessed "The ruins of Studio 54"

See also [[The Mudd Club]].
[[Category:Clubs and Bars]]

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 In an arrogant gesture<br>
 To the best of what the 20th Century has to offer...</blockquote>
-:- extract of lyrics from [[Mudd Club]], on the [[FZ]] album [[You Are What You Is]]
+:- extract of lyrics from [[Mudd Club]], on [[You Are What You Is]]
-[[Studio 54]] opened in Manhattan in April, 1977 at 254 West 54th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. Created from the vision of Valentino public relations agent Carmen D'Allessio, (a renowned PR motivator among the "A" list jet-setters and celebrities across the United States, South America and Europe) the club was run by ex Enchanted Garden party-organisers Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. The building, once occupied by CBS' Studio 52 and Scepter Records and now tenanted by the West End record label, was given the name [[Studio 54]] based on its street location. D'Allessio then effected introductions to Rubell and Schrager from her jet-set list, including a pre-launch dinner with Andy Warhol, Halston, and Calvin Klein. The club became a magnet for the paparazzi as the 'in-place' for celebrities to be spotted letting their hair down.
+'''Studio 54''' was a New York discotheque. It operated from April 1977 to March 1986 in an old theatre once used by CBS for the [[Captain Kangaroo]] TV show.
-Rubell would add to the frenzy by hand-selecting the club's occupants from the long queues at the door, mixing 'nobodies' with renowned celebrities. One such 'unknown' stood in the waiting crowd wearing a muscle-vest bearing the words "Fuck Studio 54," which gained him lifetime membership from Rubell, impressed by such chutzpah. However, Rubell rocked the boat by publicly declaring [[Studio 54]] had made $7 million in its first year and "only the Mafia made more money". Arrests of Rubell and Schrager followed, accusations abounded about a White House member sniffing cocaine in the club's basement and, after its closure in February 1980, drugs and cash were found in its walls- resulting in Rubell and Schrager spending 13 months in prison.
+[[wikipedia:Studio 54|Studio 54]] Wikipedia article
 [[Category:Clubs And Bars]]

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 [[Studio 54]] was the subject of a movie titled '''''54''''' in which Mike Myers played the part of Rubell<br>
-In 1985 Steve Rubell converted the defunct concert venue the [[Palladium]] (where [[FZ]] [[Tours/1978|once played 6 shows]]) into a nightclub.
+In 1985 Steve Rubell converted the defunct concert venue the [[Palladium]] into a nightclub.
 See also

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 [[Studio 54]] was the subject of a movie titled '''''54''''' in which Mike Myers played the part of Rubell<br>
-In 1985 Steve Rubell converted the defunct concert venue the [[Palladium]] into a nightclub.
+In 1985 Steve Rubell converted the defunct concert venue the [[Palladium]] (where [[FZ]] [[Tours/1978|once played 6 shows]]) into a nightclub.
 See also

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 Thus, New York witnessed "...the ruins of [[Studio 54]]"
-[[Studio 54]] was the subject of a movie titled '''''54''''' in which Mike Myers played the part of Rubell
+[[Studio 54]] was the subject of a movie titled '''''54''''' in which Mike Myers played the part of Rubell<br>
 See also

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 They work the floor<br>
 'N they work the wall some more<br>
-In Serious Leather...<br>
+In ''Serious Leather''<br>
-Serious Chains...<br>
+In ''Serious Chains''<br>
-Serious Clothing...<br>
+In ''Serious Clothing''<br>
 From when they come downtown<br>
 From the ruins of '''Studio '54'''<br>
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 In an arrogant gesture<br>
 To the best of what the 20th Century has to offer...</blockquote>
-<div align|right>- extract from [[Mudd Club]] on [[You Are What You Is]]</div>
+:- extract of lyrics from [[Mudd Club]], on the [[FZ]] album [[You Are What You Is]]
-[[Studio 54]] opened in Manhattan in April, 1977 at 254 West 54th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. The vision of Valentino public relations agent D'Allessio the club was run by ex Enchanted Garden party-organisers Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. The building had been occupied by CBS, where they had installed their 54th studio. An adroit turnaround of this defunct title provided the club's name and in its short three-year history '54', as it became known, embodied the hedonism and excesses of socialite disco-fever in New York. Its balconies were the scene of sexual encounters, drug use was rampant and the dance floor was the site of a large mural of the Man in the Moon, complete with an animated coke-spoon 'for up his nose'.
+Rubell would add to the frenzy by hand-selecting the club's occupants from the long queues at the door, mixing 'nobodies' with renowned celebrities. One such 'unknown' stood in the waiting crowd wearing a muscle-vest bearing the words "Fuck Studio 54," which gained him lifetime membership from Rubell, impressed by such chutzpah. However, Rubell rocked the boat by publicly declaring [[Studio 54]] had made $7 million in its first year and "only the Mafia made more money". Arrests of Rubell and Schrager followed, accusations abounded about a White House member sniffing cocaine in the club's basement and, after its closure in February 1980, drugs and cash were found in its walls- resulting in Rubell and Schrager spending 13 months in prison.
-Rubell would add to the frenzy by hand-selecting the club's occupants from the long queues at the door- mixing 'nobodies' with renowned celebrities. One such unknown stood in the waiting crowd wearing a muscle-vest bearing the words "Fuck Studio 54," which gained him lifetime membership from Rubell, impressed by such chutzpah. However, Rubell rocked the boat by publicly declaring the club had made $7 million in its first year and "only the Mafia made more money". Arrests of Rubell and Schrager followed, accusations abounded about a White House member sniffing cocaine in the club's basement and, after its closure in February 1980, drugs and cash were found in its walls- resulting in Rubell and Schrager spending 13 months in prison.
+Thus, New York witnessed "...the ruins of [[Studio 54]]"
-Thus, New York witnessed "The ruins of Studio 54"
+[[Studio 54]] was the subject of a movie titled '''''54''''' in which Mike Myers played the part of Rubell
-See also [[The Mudd Club]].
+See also
 [[Category:Clubs And Bars]]

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