James St. James

Infobox Writer
name = James Clark

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pseudonym = James St. James
birth_date = Birth date and age|1966|08|01cite web |date=Wednesday, August 01, 2007 at 12:01 AM|url = http://gayfortoday.blogspot.com/2007/08/james-st-james.html|title = James St James|format = HTML |publisher = gayfortoday| accessdate = 2008-03-27 | last= Peter Rivendell |quote=]
birth_place =
birthdate = Birth date and age|1966|08|01cite web |date=Wednesday, August 01, 2007 at 12:01 AM|url = http://gayfortoday.blogspot.com/2007/08/james-st-james.html|title = James St James|format = HTML |publisher = gayfortoday| accessdate = 2008-03-27 | last= Peter Rivendell |quote=]
birthplace =
occupation = Party Promoter, Novelist, Short story writer, Reporter, Columnist, Actor, Producer
genre = Non Fiction, Drama
movement =
debut_works = Disco Bloodbath (now published under the title Party Monster)
influences = Andy Warhol, Margo Howard-Howard, Hubert Selby Jr, Charles Dickens, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote
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website = [http://www.myspace.com/totally_james_st_james MySpace.com/Totally_James_St_James]


footnotes =

James St. James (born James Clark, August 1, 1966) is a former Club Kid of the Manhattan club scene in the late 1980s/early 1990s and the author of "Disco Bloodbath" (now published under the title "Party Monster"). He was notorious for a lifestyle of excess that included heavy drug use, partying, and bizarre costumes.

Bio

James grew up in a "well-to-do" family in Saginaw, Michigan where he lived with his mother after his parents divorced.cite web |date=Friday, May 25, 2007|url = http://nyblade.com/2007/5-25/arts/books/|title = A Guide Book for Teenage Freaks|format = HTML |publisher = nyblade| accessdate = 2008-03-27 | last=GERRY VISCO |quote=] In the summer he would stay with his father in Fort Lauderdale, Florida until he moved to Fort Lauderdale for high school.cite web |date=May 16, 2007 |url = http://www.afterelton.com/people/2007/5/jamesstjames|title = Interview With James St. James|format = HTML |publisher = afterelton| accessdate = 2008-03-27 | last=Steven Frank |quote=] After reading Andy Warhol’s book, "" St. James moved to New York in 1984, where he studied performance art at New York University for two years before being absorbed into New York's club scene. St. James lived a celebutante lifestyle after becoming a close friend of nightlife icon and columnist Michael Musto.

Club Kid Scene

James became a mentor of sorts to Michael Alig, although at first he and the other Club Kids shunned the newcomer.Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato; (1998) Format:Documentary '
imdb title|id=0141716|title=Party Monster (1998)] Undeterred, Alig soon created his own scene by gathering up other creative rejects of the nightlife world, copying St. James' flamboyant style with self-promotion and innovative, themed parties. Alig eventually grew on St. James, and St. James morphed from celebutante to Club Kid while helping Alig create the new scene. Alig and St. James threw many parties together, eventually setting up the Disco 2000"' club night at the New York club The Limelight. St. James wrote several columns, most famously for the short lived New York City-based gay publication "OutWeek" during the magazine's two year life span from 1989-1991. cite web |date=01/29/08|url = http://www.gabrielrotello.com/OutWeek%20Magazine.htm|title = outweek magazine|format = HTML |publisher = gabrielrotello| accessdate = 2008-03-27 | last= |quote=]

"Disco Bloodbath"

As Alig got more into drugs, his life spiraled further and further down until he infamously murdered his drug dealer roommate, Andre "Angel" Melendez. St. James' debut novel, "Disco Bloodbath", documents the infamous rise to fame of Alig and the murder. To avoid having to testify against Alig or club owner Peter Gatien, St. James fled to Los Angeles, where he presently lives. A documentary and feature film both used the book as their basis.

Post Party Monster

In Los Angeles St James is working for the production company World of Wonder Productions, makers of "Party Monster". His new critically acclaimed book, "Freak Show", was released May 17, 2007. In 2007 he was rumoured to have signed with nightlife promoters to do a national club tour.Fact|date=February 2008

Work

Books

*cite book | last = James St. James| authorlink = James St. James| title = Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland|edition= August 11, 1999|pages= 2222 | publisher = Simon & Schuster| isbn= 0684857642
*cite book | last = James St. James| authorlink = James St. James| title = Freak Show|edition= May 17, 2007|pages= 224 | publisher = Dutton Juvenile| isbn= 0525477993

Movies

*Extensive Interviews describing clubbing in the 80s/90s in the documentary "" directed by Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

James St. James in popular media

The events of Michael Alig and James St. James rise to fame are portrayed in the:

*1998 documentary ""
*recreated in a film simply called " Party Monster" starring Macaulay Culkin as Alig and Seth Green as St. James.
*The events are also covered in St. James' memoir, "Disco Bloodbath".cite book | last = James St. James| authorlink = James St. James| title = Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland|edition= August 11, 1999|pages= 2222 | publisher = Simon & Schuster| isbn= 0684857642]

References

External links

* [http://totallyjsj.proboards54.com/index.cgi James' OFFICIAL website]
*MySpace|totally_james_st_james
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/the_st_james_version.wow James St. James' Online Blog]
* [http://www.dailyfreakshow.tv/ Daily Freak Show with James St. James]
*imdb title|id=0141716|title=Party Monster (1998)
*imdb title|id=0320244|title=Party Monster (2003)
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/aug/05/phone_call_from_a_felon_or_fabulous_but_true_tales_from_inside_the_big_house.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part1
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/aug/11/phone_call_from_a_felon.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part2
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/Aug/19/phone_call_from_a_felon.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part3
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/Aug/26/phone_call_from_a_felon.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part4
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/Sep/02/phone_call_from_a_felon.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part5
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/Sep/09/phone_call_from_a_felon.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part6
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/Sep/16/phone_call_from_a_felon_lockdown.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part7
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/Sep/30/phone_call_from_a_felon.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part8
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/Oct/07/phone_call_from_a_felon.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part9
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/Oct/14/phone_call_from_a_felon.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part10
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/Oct/21/phone_call_from_a_felon.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part11
* [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2004/Oct/28/phone_call_from_a_felon.wow Prison Phone call transcripts between James St. James] and Michael Alig - Part12