Category Archives: Nightlife

FURY FORGOTTEN by Peter Nolan Smith

After the bank crash New York City became concrete hard for anyone over 50. Successful friends moved out of your pay bracket and your old slot was replaced by twenty year-olds willing to work for less. Faced with faltering income expectations middle-age men and women looked beyond the borders of the five boroughs and contemplated […]

RIP Solomon Burke

“RIP Solomon Burke…I remember having Mr. Burke play the new Peppermint Lounge on West 46th St in Times Square. He demanded being paid his fee prior to performance in $10 and $20 dollar bills. Despite my partner Rudolf objection I agreed. So we sat in the dressing room as he counted his $5000 in $10’s […]

Bhutto’s Widow

Once the Milk Bar opened in the late winter of 1995, the ultra-modern nightclub on Canon Drive was a cash cow. The limited occupancy created a chokepoint at the door. People wanted in. They duked me $20-100 depending on their urgency. Their drug dealers were waiting inside. Supply meeting demand. The nightlife writer for the […]

Nana Plaza Open

The revolution will not interfere with the selling of flesh. Reports of a curfew are false. Bangkok’s go-go bars are open and the beer drinkers are flocking to their haunts armed with the awareness that once there was many and now they are few. The US and UK embassies have issued warning for their citizens […]

Danceteria Reunion – Aspen Bar 47th Street

I never attended my 20th high school reunion. Xaverian Brothers was all-boys. The brothers failed me for religion. I didn’t believe in the idea of a god. Brother Karl flunked me for German 101. I never blamed him for my failure. My stutter was hard on languages, but I was the only one of his […]