“Rumors of Studio 54’s link with organized-crime figures began when it became known that Ian Schrager’s father was the late Louis Schrager, also known as 'Max the Jew,' the legendary chief of Williamsburg loan-shark and racketeer operations.”
Originally published January 15, 1979
“Every night was a different club, one after another, and there were really no barriers: blacks and whites, gays and straights... ”
July 20, 2020
“For almost 20 years, Sylvester has been an icon of San Francisco nightlife: outrageous, bold, proud. Today, he is a symbol of a totally different San Francisco — a gay man struggling to stay alive”
Originally published November 8, 1988
‘People tended to view the question in one of three ways: Any song that has the word “summer” in the title; a song that dominated the charts and airplay for a summer; or a song that simply evokes the feeling of summer’
August 3, 2018