Archive > 12 September 2005

disco bloodbath

and the book that I’m about to start is…

“Disco Bloodbath : A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland” by James St. James
The “True Crime” story that was the basis for “Party Monster“, starring Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green.
from amazon.com:
In 1996, New York City drug dealer and “club kid” Angel Melendez was bludgeoned, injected [...]

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naked pictures of famous people

another recent book I finished is “Naked Pictures of Famous People” by Jon Stewart.
from amazon.com:
Sometimes it seems like every standup comedian worth his or her salt just has to do the book thing, and you might feel that yet another warmed-over stage routine is the last thing you need taking up valuable bookshelf space. Jon [...]

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choke

I just finished reading “Choke” by Chuck Palahniuk.
Victor Mancini is a ruthless con artist. Victor Mancini is a med-school dropout who’s taken a job playing an Irish indentured servant in a colonial-era theme park in order to help care for his Alzheimer’s-afflicted mother. Victor Mancini is a sex addict. Victor Mancini is a direct descendant [...]

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