In the basement was the room not anyone could enter - the VIP room. I [ Discoguy ] got a chance to talk to Paolo Miranda , who started working as Busboy, and later Head Busboy, in the club in July of and was there for about 2 years. There were wire chain link fences all around with all the supplies for special decorations behind them.
There was an Elton John pinball machine down there and a few white plastic lawn chairs. But I was down there all the time. Also there was the 2-year anniversary party down there, full of lots of celebrities. Richie was also the DJ playing in the weekends and Nicky Siano played the second night and in the weeknights. Nicky couldn't play weekends at "the Studio" since he owned his own popular New York club - the Gallery and was playing there in the weekends. It was also Nicky who played the night of the famous Bianca Jagger birthday bash in May , in which she rode into the club on a white horse led by a naked body-painted guy.
What's surprising is that while a DJ like Larry Levan was well-known among the crowd of the Paradise Garage , not many people knew the names of the resident DJ's of Studio He was truly amazing. He would blend a song for a good 10 minutes. It was seamless. You would never know the song changed. Now a days, they blend for about 10 to 30 seconds and not very good.
I got really spoiled at This Nicky told me himself when I got the chance to speak to him, but for the record I also wanna tell that he stopped taking drugs many many years ago.
Nicky also had so many memories from the Studio that it would take a whole book to tell it all, but when he played the famous Birthday bash for Bianca Jagger was probably his most precious memory. That night was really a blast, he told me. He also told me a little about the owners of Studio 54, Steve and Ian. Ian was always the level headed business man, and he was straight, all the time I love them both, Steve and Ian were really good to me, and I will always consider them great supporters and friends.
The Studio also had it own door policy, they wanted to get a perfect mix of people which actually meant that even celebrities was stopped at the door and didn't get in.
This young guy, Marc Benecke ruled the door and was instructed by Steve to mix a perfect salad every night. That way it didn't really matter if you were famous or not - you just had to fit it at this time. The doorman Marc even became more famous to the guests of the 54 than Ian Schrager. Steve was also often in the entrance selecting people to let in and it's said that Steve once didn't like the shirt a guy was wearing.
He told the guy he wouldn't get in with that shirt on, the guy asked if he could get in if he took it off. Steve said yes and the guy took it off and was allowed to enter the club, bare-chested.
So it was basically just a question of matching what Steve and Marc were looking for to add to their salad for the night. Some people tried desperately to get in and there's actually another true story about this guy who got stuck in the air duct in his attempt to enter the club - one way or another I asked Paolo about the 'salad' door policy and as he says; "It's what made the club so popular.
Working there meant I had no worries, and it made me feel special at the time. Grace invited them as her guests to her gig down at the Studio It was New Years Eve in , the guys were all dressed up and it was snowing and freezing cold When Nile and Bernard got to the club the doormen couldn't find their names on the guest list. Nile and Bernard explained that they "were" Chic and that Grace was expecting them.
But the doormen just wouldn't let them in In anger they went back home to Nile and in just minutes they wrote a whole song they called "Fuck off". It went like this They just know this was a hit song and they of course had to change the title to be able to release it. So they changed the text and that line to "aaahh Freak out" and their biggest hit was a fact - "Le Freak".
It also became the 3'rd biggest single in the music history. It's still the most sold record ever in Canada and the single sold over 6 million copies only in the US. But after 6 million copies sold of the single, Nile and Bernard choose to stop the single to not have it cut down the album sales. Who knows how big it would have become if they hadn't stopped it!? But Nile and Bernard got their revenge The top tune and first song out of this album was no less than - "Le Freak".
Our sincere Thanks! One fun detail to know about the Patrick Adams act Musique with Jocelyn Brown on lead vocals was that they shot their video for " Push, Push In the Bush" , in the club. What made the music so special was the light show that went with it.
As the music became more alive, so did the light show. In Dennis Parker 's "New York by night" he sings; "At Studio 54, they're waiting at the door, can't get in - just can't win This is N. Amanda Lear got famous for her song "Fashion Pack" in which she sings; "Hustling at the door to get into Studio Liza dancing on the floor and Bianca walking through the door".
Mick Jackson , writer of "Blame it on the boogie" , wrote the song "54th Street" in which he sings about a club in Manhattan, USA where they are dancing in a Studio on 54th Street As said before, everything related to the club and the Studio 54 name was a big industry. You could even buy yourself a pair of Studio 54 Jeans. The stitching on the back pockets, which every brand try to find its own unique one, even said 54 in the studio's logo style.
The name and the special Studio 54 logo became well-known in no time all over the world. The brilliant logo was designed by a guy named Gilbert Lesser. Almost as famous at the logo was this sign of the "Man in the Moon" inhaling cocaine??? Unfortunately inhaling coke and using other drugs was quite common in the club, but this wasn't something special for Studio At this time drug abuse was kind of common in all clubs.
Drug use was like a lifestyle back then. Probably all the money and all the clubs famous and regular guests attracted people selling them. Not all of these famous people had to try to get in through the main entrance. No, there was actually a VIP entrance on the back side of the club, from 53'rd street. This was the entrance where the staff and the true VIP's got in.
As so many Celeb's frequented the club, I had to ask Paolo, who actually had met most of them, if he had any comments on some of them. Paolo; "Every celebrity was extremely nice. All except Sylvester Stallone. He was on some sort of ego trip. He had body guards all around his banquet wearing bell bottom jeans with 'Rocky' embroidered on their ass.
He didn't want to be bothered by anyone. Not even me, who was his busboy. He didn't want me in 'his' area cleaning up. Robin Williams was a hoot. Studio 54 co-owner Steve Rubell, second from left, works the line at the door as co-owner Ian Schrager, left, watches outside the disco, June 26, , New York.
The controversial night spot re-opened after renovations, Tuesday at midnight. John has his customary hat and dark glasses. District Court in Manhattan, Friday, Nov. By pleading guilty they avoid prosecution under an indictment that make them liable to prison terms of 36 years each if convicted. Hopeful patrons vie for position by the velvet rope hoping to gain entry into the popular disco club, Studio 54 in New York, Nov. The people who made the fun for the people who made the money have moved out.
Steve Rubell, foreground, in short satin jacket co-owner of Studio 54, is shown overseeing the crowds of hopefuls standing on the outside of the velvet rope, waiting to be allowed entry to dance at the disco club, Nov.
Crowds at the entrance to Studio 54 wait to enter the disco dance club in New York, Nov. Co-owner Ian Schrager was arrested for cocaine possession Dec. Attorney Peter Sudler. Leonard Bernstein has a laugh with his daughter Jamie as they rest and have some refreshments after a dance at the Studio 54 disco in New York, Nov. Liza declined the opportunity to dance with the man because of his shoes. Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell smiles for a photographer inside his disco as revelers dance the night away in the background, in New York, Dec.
Liza Minnelli with her husband Jack Haley, Jr. Minnelli is talking to unidentified guests at the party. Gilda Radner arrives at Studio 54 for a party given in honor of Bianca Jagger December 12, , given by fashion designer Halston. AP-Photo Romanian tennis star Ilie Nastase takes to the dance floor, Jan.
He wears the eyeglasses of an unidentified partner, who put them down as a joke while they danced. Nastase said it was his first visit to the night club.
Winston Guest early thursday morning Jan. It was an attractive name. It looks like someone we have never met before, and he looks quite, fat The office apears to be, really Old and rusty The FAN is on your desk, there apears to be one button that probably switches to the camera, If there is one.
The game consists of 3 parts based on the full installment and will also reveal every missing element on the plot. The first game took in an unknown establishment. The main character Raven Anderson was locked by the staff members who used to be around the studio. They simply told him you're in charge now, Good luck. You have to control the facility now by yourself. Inorder to keep out the new animatronics sent from Japan. However, Golden Leopold who is probably Jaiden, doesn't like the idea and it could very well be, that he is the ''figure character'' of the developer as he speaks in code and computer words.
Like development, programmer or programmed.
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