I-Disco Bloodbath: Ibali elimnandi kodwa eliyinyani lokubulala e-Clubland, nguJames St. James. USimon & Schuster, amaphepha angama-286, iidola ezingama-23.
I-Disco Bloodbath, phakathi kwezinye izinto, sisikhumbuzo esothusayo sobude abantu abaya kuyifumana ukuze bathathe izandla zabo kumatikiti okusela amnandi. UMichael Alig wancamathelisa amachaphaza aluhlaza ebusweni kwaye wahombisa kwaye waveza amalungu akhe obuni. Kodwa ke wayengenguye umbonisi wokuqala wetikiti lokusela.
URollerina waphosa ilokhwe yomtshato kunye nezikhuselo zerolothi kwaye ngequbuliso amatikiti okusela akhululekileyo anetha okweengqekembe kwindawo yokubekwa kuka-Eisenstein u-Ivan Omoyikekayo. Abaphathi beStudio 54 bamthambisa ngamatikiti okusela kuba esenza ukuba abaxhasi babo abancinci bazive bonwabile ngeziqu zabo: Phambi kwakhe banokufumana ukonwaba okungathethekiyo- kwaye ekugqibeleni bakhululeke ukuba abanyanzelekanga ukuba bachithe ubusuku babo betshibiliza ngokungqengqa kumjuxuzo ilokhwe yomtshato endala enukayo. URollerina wayeyinxalenye yeqela likaDada, umhlekisi wenkundla enewadi ye-schizo. Wayengumanduleli kaMichael Alig.
Ngokweefayile zam zophando zeDisco-Sociology, konke kwaqala ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-80, xa iiklabhu zaba nkulu zaninzi (iPalladium, iTonnel) kwaye kwakungekho bantu baneleyo bokuzizalisa. Abantu bakaNaff baqala ukuxhonywa kwiiklabhu ze-groovy kwaye babaninzi kunabantu abangama-groovy kwaye abantu be-groovy baya ku-Nell's endaweni yoko. Endaweni yokuba semngciphekweni wokuphulukana nabantu abangama-naff, usomashishini weklabhu uPeter Gatien waqesha ii-renta-freaks-aka. Iklabhu yaBantwana –kwaye emva koko bazikopa ngala matikiti esiselo asimahla akhankanywe ngasentla. IClub Kids ityibilikise amaqunube phezulu ngeempumlo ibaleka ijikelezisa iwotshi ye-alam entla kwentloko yayo- yayibiza ngokuba 'kukujonga.' Yonke into yayilungile de babe zii-dope fiends, eyayiyinto yokufa ngenxa yesiko elikhulu lokubonisa itikiti lokusela: Ngoku yonke iklabhu yabantwana ebikhathalele yayinyuka kwaye iya eGeraldo.
Iklabhu yaBantwana yayihlala indibetha njengesiqhushumbisi nesoyikisayo kunye ne-twitchy kunye ne-negative kwaye ndinqwenela elinye ibump. Ndithathe iDisco Bloodbath ngeenjongo zonke zokuyenyanya. Ndiyazi ukuba ndithetha ngantoni. Ndiyigqala ledisco kwisizukulwana sikaSuzanne Bartsch, kwaye, ewe, uLady Hennessy Brown wayencancisile kum eBentley. Kodwa, okothusayo kukuba, ndandivale amehlo sisibongo esinyulu
Disco Bloodbath: Yeyona ncwadi ibalaseleyo ndikhe ndayifunda.
Ngubani okhathalayo ukuba iClub Kid ibukeka ifowunelwe kunye ne-ersatz? Ukuthatha kukaJames St. James kuyo yonke le ngqungquthela kaMichael Alig kuyahlekisa kangangokuba mna, uEvelyn Wood uyala, ndiyigqibe kwimpelaveki. NguMama wethu weentyatyambo ngokuhlekisa ngempama. Kukuphuma kokugqibela kukaLiberace eBrooklyn. Ingxelo eyoyikisayo yento eyenzekayo xa umboniso kunye neziyobisi zingqubana nezinto ezingama-80, inkcubeko yodumo, kunye nokuziphatha kwehagu ngokubanzi. Yintoni enokuba yinto ehlekisayo malunga noloyiko oluphakathi? Ndinoluhlu.
Igazi elisisiseko malunga noJames St. James, hayi uMichael Alig; ngakumbi ngakumbi, imalunga nokulutha kombhali kwi-ketamine hydrochloride-Special K, isilwanyana esizolisayo kunye nesiyobisi se-funster. Umnumzana uSt.James ujikelezisa umsonto ofudumezayo, usisusa ekufikeni kwakhe e-New York ngo-1984 (ndandingumntu okhathalayo, ondliwe ngombona, ndinengoma entliziyweni yam kunye nomzimba ococekileyo ezidleleni zam) Hlanza iziqwenga empahleni yakhe yangaphantsi. Usinika ulwazi olungenasiphelo kulonwabo lokuqala luka Special K, olwenza ukuba wonke umntu abukeke njengo Nkosikazi Butterworth – zonke zicacile kwaye zimdaka kwaye zine-syrupy ziyacotha. Ngokuthe ngcembe izinto ziba mandundu, kwaye uMnu. James uchitha ixesha elininzi kwi-K-hole: [W] ho wayesazi ukuba zininzi izizathu zokuqalisa ukukhala? Kwaye wena kunye noQiqo oluQikelelwayo lwahlukana ngeendlela ezithile kwixesha elidlulileyo- mhlawumbi ngaphambi kwamaqhosha amathathu e-peyote, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo emva kokuba umunce umthengisi weqhekeza kwikona.
Umbhali usinyanzela ukuba sibukele njengoko yena kunye neKlabhu yaBantwana behlisela indlela yabo ezantsi kwaye baba ngabaxhaphazi u-K, smack, iziyobisi. Phantse iinyanga ezisithoba ngo-1990, ndandinxibe umwunduzo owawunegazi ndaza ndancamathelisa iimpukane ebusweni bam. Uthatha isigqibo sokugcina i-K-diary kunye nababhali abanobuhlungu ungeniso ngelixa liphezulu. Ngosuku olulandelayo uyothuswa kukuhlanya okuncinci kukaJenny Holzeresque kwezigwebo zakhe: Ukuba iileta bezinamashiya, ebezakube zenziwe iarched; Ububi mabubhakwe kwi-650 degrees. Ucinga ukuba uyothusa? Yima ude udibane nezinye iiklabhu zaBantwana.
Ii-aciglisi ze-Alig azichazeki ngendlela engachazekiyo, kodwa uMnu. UChristina, into elizothe yendalo, njengala masele azalwe ngamehlo emqaleni, anamasende awela ezantsi kwe-hemline yakhe kunye namanqatha awoluliweyo avela kwi-hormone edlulileyo. U-Ida watyhala ibhetri wayinyusa emathunjini akhe. Ngoba? Ngoba? Umnumzana uSt.James uza kukuxelela ukuba kutheni: u-Ida wahlulwa ehamba ze watsala umtya opheleleyo we-LIT CHRISTMAS BULBS, enye ngexesha, ngaphandle kwe-esile lakhe.
Okwangoku yeyona klabhu inezidlakela eyintombazana ethandanayo ethandanayo egama linguMavis. UMavis utyelele eNew York efundile malunga neKlabhu yaBantwana kwaye ufuna ukungena ngaphakathi kweentloko zabo kwaye bafumanise ukuba yintoni ebenza babekeke. Umnumzana St James uqhekeza iSicwangciso soBomi esimangalisayo sika Mavis. Wayezokutyala lonke ulondolozo lobomi bakhe kwiqela lecocaine. Wayeza kuwushiya umsebenzi awayewuthanda- ukulawula indawo yokugcina ukutya eBoston- athengise indlu yakhe, afudukele eNew York, ATHE AZIMISELE AZOKUBA ZIZIQHELISI ZEZIYOBISI! Kwaye ngenene, uMkhenkce noMavis benza uMama- kunye nepopu yohlobo lweziyobisi.
Umnumzana uSt.James noMavis bachitha iiveki bekunye, bephezulu njengeekayiti, bengathethi kwanto. Kuvela ukuba uMavis wayengumfazi onomdla ongapheliyo. Sichithe iintsuku siphonononga ubunzima beengqondo zomnye nomnye. Andikhumbuli ndenza nasiphi na isigqibo, nangona kunjalo. Kodwa ndinezinye zeetshathi zepayi ezichaza konke, ukuba unomdla wokujonga. Umnumzana St James wandenza ndathandana noMavis, loo spiky-haired lesbian tofu umthengisi ovela eMassachusetts. Khange akwazi ukundenza ndithandane noMichael Alig.
UMichael Alig kunye nomthengisi weziyobisi uFreeze wabulala uAngel Melendez ngo-Matshi 1996 wamnqumla imilenze. Ngobudenge babeka iingcezu zakhe ezahluliweyo kwibhokisi eyenziwe ngecork, edadayo yafunyanwa. Njengokuba oko kwakungalunganga ngokwaneleyo, uMnumzana Alig wayeka neekati zakhe zafa ngokungahoywa. Umnumzana uSt. James ubonakala emathidala ukupeyinta umfanekiso ontsingiselo ntathu walowo wayesebenza naye ngaphambili. Ngaba le nto i-genteel reticence okanye i-vestiges of rivalry rivalry? Asisoze sazi. Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, uMnu. Alig uvela njengomnye wabalinganiswa abancinci kule ncwadi, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ikhona into yokuqikelela-ukuba-ubufanele ukuba ubekhona malunga nolwimi olungafunekiyo lwe-Clockwork Orange-ulwimi: skroddle, skrink la da, slogger Blagging, scrod-hopping, etc. Yintoni le wayethetha ngayo?
Umnumzana uSt.James wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukunika ikhredithi apho kufanelekileyo ngetyala: Oselula, owaphambi kwesiyobisi uMnu. Alig ubonakalisa inqanaba eliphezulu lobuchule bokuyila, oosomashishini. Inkangeleko yakhe iyahlekisa, ukuba ngamanye amaxesha sisuselwe kwichaphaza elikhulu elinxibe uLeigh Bowery – ekugqibeleni wayeka ukupeyinta la machaphaza aluhlaza ebusweni! IMINYAKA EMine YAMACHaphaza AMABHALA! Kwaye uqinisekile ukuba inokubamba nangaluphi na usuku ngoku. Umnumzana Alig wanika ulwalathiso lwefashoni kwiklabhu yabantwana ene-hauteur efanele iVreeland, kwaye bayithatha, kwaye ngubani onokubabeka ityala? Ukuqhekeka kwe-Butt, ii-areolas, kunye namatyhalarha emigulukudu kufuneka konke kuvunyelwe kukhetho lwefashoni kunye nokugubungela amajelo eendaba njengawo wonke umzimba! UMnumzana St. James uvumela uMnu. Alig uloyiso oluncinci: iqela elichasene nomthetho eBurger King kwiTimes Square, neliphela kwimpikiswano enegazi nomqhubi weteksi; Iqela leklabhu yokuhlangana kwilali engenamakhaya eyenziwe ngeebhokisi zekhadibhodi, njlnjl. UMnumzana uSt.James umi ecaleni kwendalo kunye nobungqangi bukaMnu Alig: Wakhanya ngokuqaqambileyo. Ubungqondi.
Uzibika ukuba ukhathazekile emphefumlweni kukusweleka kuka-Angel Melendez: [T] ukubulala kwakhe konke ngenene… UPSET… ME… Kwenzekile? Ke, uMnu.James ubhala, ukuba yinto engenamsebenzi impendulo yam [ekubulaweni] ukuyeka ukunxiba iinkophe zobuxoki- ke goddamnit -SO KUKHO. Ukwazi malunga nokubulala kubeka isidambisi kwi-joie de vivre yakhe yasebusuku, kwaye xa exelela uMnu. Alig ngezi mvakalelo, uMnu Alig uyakhala. Xa ndifunda le nto, andinakuxela ukuba umbhali wayezimisele okanye hayi. Kodwa umnumzana uSt.James uyaqhubeka nokuveza ityala elinyanzelisayo lokungonwabi ngokweemvakalelo ukujongana nolwaphulo-mthetho olunobundlobongela. Usikhumbuza ukuba luhlobo lomntu ochitha iiyure ezibuhlungu ngaphezulu kwebinzana, Izinto kwisipili zisondele kunokuba zibonakala. Ngeli xesha ku-Bloodbath, uMnu.St.James sele esiqeqeshe ukuba sihleke kwezona skroddles zimbi kunye ne-skrink la das onokuyicinga. Uye waziphatha kakubi kwaye wazithoba ngendlela yakhe ngenxa yeziganeko ezoyikisayo zokuba xa athe wazimisela ngokubulala, ndaziva ngathi kufanelekile ukuba ndibe kumngxunya we-K ngokwam ukuze ndiqonde ngokupheleleyo iimvakalelo zakhe malunga nokufa.
I-Disco Bloodbath yintetho ethandekayo neyoyikisayo ngokufa: ukusweleka kuka-Angel Melendez; ukusweleka komboniso wetikiti lokuselwa okuzenzekelayo; ukusweleka kwesitayile esoteric (ngoku wonke umntu uyazi ukuba angazitshisa njani iinwele ze-pubic emlilweni kwaye isenzo siphulukene nesandi saso); ukufa kunye nethamsanqa lokuzalwa kwakhona kukaMnu. Isahluko sokugqibela sifumana umbhali wethu ehlaziyekile kwaye esebenza ngokupheleleyo, umhlali waseCalifornia enomsebenzi wokubhala kwi-offing kunye nembono ekrakra yobomi bentshontsho: Kutheni, oh kutheni, kufuneka sihlale sihamba ngeehagu siyokufumana ii-truffles zethu?
