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In this episode of Teraphenia Tan delves into the complex and sordid tale of the New York Club Kid Scene and the the events leading to its collapse in the mid-90’s

RESOURCES:

• https://www.gohakka.com/blogs/a-brief-history-of-the-new-york-club-kids• https://genderfluidity.blog/2017/12/04/club-kids-culture-fashion-identity-and-ballroom-scene/• Paris is Burning• Disco Bloodbath by James St James• Party Monster• Party Monster: The Shockumentary• Limelight (Documentary)• Clubland by Frank Owen• Michael Alig: Letters from a Club Kid Killer by Danny Corvini• Dressing the Monster: Party Clothes for the Club Kid Killer by Ernie Glam• http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/41353/1/club-kids-new-york-80s-90s-james-st-james-amanda-lepore-limelight-rupaul• https://indie-mag.com/2018/12/nyc-club-kids/• https://mic.com/articles/88587/the-stories-behind-these-striking-photos-show-club-kids-are-more-than-just-pretty-faces#.vgxc46yQO• https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/06/20/the-kids-who-burned-new-york/• https://www.kidsofdada.com/blogs/magazine/15175445-the-original-club-kids• 5NinthAvenueProject (YouTube) – Nelson Sullivan (nelsonsullivan.com)• Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig (https://youtu.be/BHREz09UZhc)• Shampoo Horns• https://forever80sblog.com/2017/06/13/what-happened-to-robert-freeze-riggs/• https://web.archive.org/web/20121025062520/http://torontojungle.com/forum/showthread.php/69512-The-rise-and-fall-of-Circa-nightclub• https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/05/what-michael-aligs-club-kids-are-doing-now.html• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/21/michael-alig-interview• American Justice: "Dancing, Drugs, and Murder" (2000)• Deadly Devotion: "Becoming Angel" (2013)• The 1990s: The Deadliest Decade: “Death of an Angel” (Season 1, Episode 3)• https://www.villagevoice.com/2019/03/21/did-king-of-club-kids-michael-alig-really-kill-angel-melendez-or-is-it-all-a-hoax/• https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/05/16/lets-not-forget-michael-alig-brutally-murdered-and-dismembered-angel-melendez-then-bragged-about-it-for-months/