Tim Lawrence

TL;DR: The Saint as discussed by the authors was a popular private party for white gay men that opened in downtown New York in 1980 and closed in 1988, during which new wave and Hi-NRG recordings were heard much more regularly at the spot.

TL;DR: This article explored how landlords who rented their properties to party promoters across the 1970s and early 1980s went on to strike more handsome deals with property developers and boutique merchants during the remainder of the decade, and in so doing forged a form of real estate determinism that turned New York City into an inhospitable terrain for parties and clubs.

TL;DR: Lawrence as discussed by the authors refracts popular analysis through a queer lens in order to explore not just the mixed composition of early dance crowds, which I take to be a historical given, but, more importantly, the way in which both the dance floor experience and disco's musical aesthetics could be said to be queer (rather than gay).

TL;DR: Hold On to Your Dreams as discussed by the authors is the first biography of the musician and composer Arthur Russell, one of the most important but least known contributors to New York's downtown music scene during the 1970s and 1980s.