I started a nightlife history blog

very cool

It's a pretty good start. Do a post about The Funhouse!

Nice blog! the piece about Area is really good.

What about an article about the "cosmic" disco scene in Italy in the 70s?

There's a fair bit of info about the decadent clubs and djs like Danielle Baldelli, Beppe Loda etc.

Seems it was quite a druggy scene, with djs playing a lot of disco, rock, reggae and electronic records really pitched down or at the wrong speed.

Metro-nome, Funhouse was indeed the club where Jellybean made his name. Its heyday was probably around 1983/84, after Planet Rock came out and Arthur Baker used to use it as a testing room for his new songs straight out of the studio. There's a fascinating history attached to the place. Also, it's where Madonna met Jellybean, effectively kickstarting her career, and is the direct inspiration for her early style... Not that i'm much of a Madonna fan, she's a shortass size-queen, but i do love the early stuff of hers which was really Funhouse derived.

Discoteca Ciak.
And what about Plato's Retreat? Cool place.
That New York drag scene that was depicted in the movie Paris Is Burning is also a very rich theme.

Wow, so this topic of nightlife is freaking endless, the more research I do the more I find. Oy vey 

Latest post is on The Funhouse. Thanks for pointing it out to me Cupcake2000.

Going to try to do The Batcave next I think....

inspiring stuff

super interesting, thanks!