Disco Inferno

In the 1970s and 80s, Ron Galella was the leader of the paparazzi pack. When he wasn't busy stalking Jackie O., the ubiquitous Galella was documenting the excessive fabulosity of New York after dark.


Andy and Truman. Obviously.



The fabulous DVF.



Whatever happened to Perry Lister?



Bianca and Halston.



Mick and Jerri, at the peak of their powers.



Ann-Margret's got the boogie fever!



Joey Heatherton, in all probability higher than a kite.



Business as usual.



Of course!



Cher and her sister, lighting up with Bob Mackie and Francesco Scavullo.



It wouldn't be a night out without running into Liza, seen here with Baryshnikov and Halston at Lorna Luft's 25th birthday party. Which means that, at one time, Lorna Luft was 25.


As dear TJB once told us about these photos: "Warhol! Truman! Liza! Scavullo! Halston! Mackie! Ann-Margret! My eyeballs just exploded from all the fabulosity, and my septum just caved in from the residual traces of coke."




9 comments:

MJ said...

Truman's about to tickle Andy's fanny with that feather.

ayem8y said...

All so young and some were even still alive back then.

STARS!

Celebrities today are just hacks.

TJB said...

This may make me an egomaniacal, coke-fueled bitch (a la certain persons in these photographs), but I'd forgotten I'd made that comment, and it made me laugh out loud.

TJB said...

And this is totally superficial of me, but what's sort of nice about all of these high, drunk, buzzed, completely whacked individuals, versus, say, Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears stumbling out of a club and puking all over themselves: Liza, Halston, Bianca, et al, got smashed with style. And in black tie, yet.

nsfw said...

the tubesocked busboys never wanted to serve Roy Halston because he never tipped.

it's a shame Galella never deemed Studio's peg-legged go-go boy to be shutter-worthy... he was amazing!

Marlon A. Dittrick said...

Ah, good times. Sweet, little Lorna's 25th...I remember it well. Funny story: I bumped into Joey (Luft not that Heatherton mess -- God lover her) in the john and...I forget.

normadesmond said...

i just ate breakfast and wasn't ready for the heatherton snatch.

MJ said...

Camel toe with your coffee, Miss Desmond?

normadesmond said...

hold the cream.