Dear Gage
We'll refer to me as Rise, for the same reason we're refering to you as Gage. Not because I like it, but at this point it just feels earned and its easier to use.
For our fine readers, Party Monster (or Disco Blood Bath, depending on when the book was published) is about Michael Alig and James St. James. They founded the Club Kids in the 90's and more or less started the Rave Scene. Michael Alig killed a drug dealer who was prominent in the NYC club scene and the book is a recounting of the events leading up to it, as well as the murder itself.
As for Party Monster, I felt that there was no deeper message to any of it. They weren't trying to change the world or make a statement (at least none that I could see.) To me it seemed like it was a bunch of people who didn't quite fit into mainstream society so they dropped out. They rejected the norm and went a different route. Did it work? Depends on what you mean by "worked." The Rave Scene is still alive today, and for better or worse it is their legacy. Angel is dead, which is also their Legacy. If they had some sort of socio-political purpose at any point, it got lost in the white lines and needles. But hey, that was the early 90's for you....well, that and Rugrats.
-Rise
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
party monster
dear mr. pgk,
i don't know what we are referring to you as on here.
anyways, i finished party monster on my air-o-plane fly to Houston. (finished is an over statement, i had 30 or so pages left by the time i got into stef's bed, but either way it's done.)
that st. james, he's quite the writer. well organized on both the murder and the memoir side. you do get a pretty clear image of michael and their state of reality.
having said that, were you not left with my questions?
when did michael become an addict? do you think he felt remorse? how'd you pull yourself out of DRUGS R US? did glamour and excess feel real, like at any point did they believe eyelashes, white girl, blinky lights, and misfits were really about anything?
miss st james, were you creating a reality or playing in ours? by this, i mean, well, at the end he talks about it not being a life anymore and how he couldn't party the same thus needs to be back into society, that society doesn't change cause you want it to? or is it the one that he built? did he believe something was being accomplished?
i hope not. way too well read, way too well written (that shit must have taken hardcore editing).
how was your day?
this is going to be consuming.
i don't know what we are referring to you as on here.
anyways, i finished party monster on my air-o-plane fly to Houston. (finished is an over statement, i had 30 or so pages left by the time i got into stef's bed, but either way it's done.)
that st. james, he's quite the writer. well organized on both the murder and the memoir side. you do get a pretty clear image of michael and their state of reality.
having said that, were you not left with my questions?
when did michael become an addict? do you think he felt remorse? how'd you pull yourself out of DRUGS R US? did glamour and excess feel real, like at any point did they believe eyelashes, white girl, blinky lights, and misfits were really about anything?
miss st james, were you creating a reality or playing in ours? by this, i mean, well, at the end he talks about it not being a life anymore and how he couldn't party the same thus needs to be back into society, that society doesn't change cause you want it to? or is it the one that he built? did he believe something was being accomplished?
i hope not. way too well read, way too well written (that shit must have taken hardcore editing).
how was your day?
this is going to be consuming.
again
hey,
welcome to the blog, to celebrate having a website and false feelings of grandeur we're giving out a free Ep
This is Shadows In A Scrapbook II. Volume one was an ep i made at 15, i think we've come a long way since then.
http://www.mediafire.com/?i45if4bsvo2nvoo
if you dig it and would like more free music, start following the blog or add my facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gage/147097255310082), from there if you like the link or post it on your wall or tell me to give you more music or claim to listen to the Ep in your car, i'd happily give you a series of demos, Futile Attempt Demos.
hope to be talking to you much more,
Gage
welcome to the blog, to celebrate having a website and false feelings of grandeur we're giving out a free Ep
This is Shadows In A Scrapbook II. Volume one was an ep i made at 15, i think we've come a long way since then.
http://www.mediafire.com/?i45if4bsvo2nvoo
if you dig it and would like more free music, start following the blog or add my facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gage/147097255310082), from there if you like the link or post it on your wall or tell me to give you more music or claim to listen to the Ep in your car, i'd happily give you a series of demos, Futile Attempt Demos.
hope to be talking to you much more,
Gage
Sunday, January 9, 2011
ep for free
hey,
welcome to the blog, to celebrate having a website and false feelings of grandeur we're giving out a free Ep
This is Shadows In A Scrapbook II. Volume one was an ep i made at 15, i think we've come a long way since then.
http://www.mediafire.com/?i45if4bsvo2nvoo
if you dig it and would like more free music, start following the blog or add my facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gage/147097255310082), from there if you like the link or post it on your wall or tell me to give you more music or claim to listen to the Ep in your car, i'd happily give you a series of demos, Futile Attempt Demos.
hope to be talking to you much more,
Gage
p.s. thanks to Kanye for backing me on the hook
welcome to the blog, to celebrate having a website and false feelings of grandeur we're giving out a free Ep
This is Shadows In A Scrapbook II. Volume one was an ep i made at 15, i think we've come a long way since then.
http://www.mediafire.com/?i45if4bsvo2nvoo
if you dig it and would like more free music, start following the blog or add my facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gage/147097255310082), from there if you like the link or post it on your wall or tell me to give you more music or claim to listen to the Ep in your car, i'd happily give you a series of demos, Futile Attempt Demos.
hope to be talking to you much more,
Gage
p.s. thanks to Kanye for backing me on the hook
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