Studio 54 Nightclub Goes German

[caryrjr]

Studio 54 Nightclub Goes German

Relations between Germany and the USA may be cold, but they could warm up.
Berlin is to become the first city outside of the States to house the
legendary disco Studio 54. Michael Jackson's father is the man in charge.

Studio 54 in West Manhattan was in business only two years during the height
of disco, but the club is indelibly etched in the minds of the clientele who
visited it then. And well it should be considering the purportedly excessive
amount of drugs consumed and sexual fantasies fulfilled there.

Now MGM Grand, who owns the name and runs an offshoot of Studio 54 in their
Las Vegas hotel, wants to go overseas with the name -- to Berlin. And Joseph
Jackson, father of pop star Michael and a ripe 76-year-old board member of
the capital investment company Ricercar, was in Berlin to find the proper
location for what was in the 70s the address for anybody and everybody who
wanted to see and be seen.

Personalities like Andy Warhol, filmstar Liz Taylor, designer Calvin Klein,
author Truman Capote and Jackson's son frequented the New York nightclub,
but you did not have to be a superstar to get in. On his week-long tour to
find where Studio 54 might best attract international, and more importantly,
beautiful people, Jackson is not being accompanied by prominent names. That
would be too distracting for Papa Jackson, who has a vested interest in the
venture.

Berlin is "right"

"The time is right for Studio 54 in Berlin," said Mike Milner, manager of
the nightclub in Las Vegas, to Berliner Morgenpost daily. In a company
statement, MGM said it wants to run a club where people of "all classes,
races and cultures can socialize under one roof." And horses.

One of the infamous stories in the multitude of Studio 54 memories was when,
in 1978, Bianca Jagger, wife of Rolling Stones front man Mick, rode onto the
dance floor on a white horse. Why she was riding a horse through Manhattan
was unknown but the event catapulted the club's reputation to new heights.

In the year 2005, things are different. The voyeurs and hedons of the late
1970s lived in the pre-AIDS era of sex, drugs and rock'n' -- umh, disco.

Jackson and the club's owners are unlikely to advertise such happenings to
attract business, but that reputation may just come with the territory when
the new disco opens, expected by year's end.

But the stories may unfairly give Studio 54 a bad rap. Lilian Carter, the
late mother of former US President Jimmy, was not known for her wild antics
in nightclubs. On her first and only visit to Studio 54 she was enthralled.

"I don't know if I was in heaven or hell ... but it was wonderful!" was her
comment.

That is exactly what the future owners of Studio 54, Berlin, would like to
hear from every visitor.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1467918,00.html

[Voir dire]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:29:15 -0600, caryrjr wrote
(in article <Ap6dnagYW-b...@comcast.com>):

> Relations between Germany and the USA may be cold, but they could warm up.
> Berlin is to become the first city outside of the States to house the
> legendary disco Studio 54. Michael Jackson's father is the man in charge.

It's doomed.

["Birds Of Paradise" CND]

caryrjr wrote:

> Now MGM Grand, who owns the name and runs an offshoot of Studio 54 in their
> Las Vegas hotel, wants to go overseas with the name -- to Berlin. And Joseph
> Jackson, father of pop star Michael and a ripe 76-year-old board member of
> the capital investment company Ricercar, was in Berlin to find the proper
> location for what was in the 70s the address for anybody and everybody who
> wanted to see and be seen.

Joseph Jackson? What are these people thinking? What we now know about
the Jacksons' business practices, how could anyone still engage in
business with these deadbeats? This business is doomed to fail.

--
CND

You woke up this morning
Got yourself a gun,
Mama always said you'd be
The Chosen One. - [The Sopranos. Theme song]