For those hoping for a quasi resurgence of Club Kids and a subsequent “rescue” of NYC Nightlife lead by the return of Michael Alig will have wait.  Parole officers dashed hopes earlier this month when they denied his parole, and set a July 2010 hearing as the next data point for guidance in his release from prison.  The famed party-promoter, junkie, and murderer was apparently dinged for prescription drugs and moved to solitary confinement.  Uncle Steve Lewis predicted 4 years in solitary after Percocet was found in Alig’s system.  A recent comment on GofG claims:

He just got another 3 years for being found with prescription drugs…”

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…At least from the high security prison center he’s been in for over a decade.  So we hear through the grapevine. It is unclear how long Michael Alig will be spending at the much more lax security center, (Washington Correctional Center), but he is definitely one step closer to swooping in and saving NYC nightlife!  YIPPEE! Uncle Steve (Lewis) has been with Michael every step of the way, keeping him in the loop, and has promised me an interview “whenever you’d like kid.” (Michael is set to be released for good in March of 2010).

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Until I met Steve Lewis, I had no idea who Micheal Alig was.  In fact, I didn’t know that club kids had even existed, (I KNEW there was something missing in my life).  Fast forward four years and I’m dressing as them for Halloween and quoting lines from “Party Monster”.  Don’t get the wrong idea: I don’t support drugs, violence, or wasting your life in clubland.  I think I just like the idea of these characters running around Manhattan with too much creative energy for even themselves to handle.  That being said, Michael Alig will remain a mystery to me, (until Steve takes me to meet him in the flesh as promised), but his club kid spirit is still alive in the young regulars of nightlife today.  More»

…um tell us something we DIDN’T know! haha

Its always such a pleasure to find others out there who share our bizarre fascination/obsession/love of all things relating to Club Kids (a la Kenny Kenny, Richie Rich, James St. James). So when we saw NYMag’s Video Look Book of Theresa Dapra, spotted in Soho recently, we had to share.  Theresa is a young girl whose dress was inspired by Party Monster (The cult film that chronicles Club Kids).

We should point out though that our obsession doesn’t cover the likes of Michael Alig.  Although he was the ringleader and patron, the circumstances of his downfall leaves too much of a macabre taste in our mouths. He just wasn’t as fabulous as some of his followers.  This girl made our day.