Word: disco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McCartney moving out on their own, groups like the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Starship rambling on as before. The New Wave seems to be saying, "The superstars are dead. Long live the superstars." Down with the smooth confections of commercial rock, even the harmless purr of disco. Says one punk devotee: "Disco was the final straw." Willie ("Loco") Alexander, leader of a Boston band, revels in the studied toughness, calculated cool and throbbing boom-boom of the New Wave. Says he: "Punk looks right at you and says something...
...Angeles, the newest place is Dillon's, which has four floors (one loud); on each, patrons can monitor the action elsewhere on closed-circuit TV. The most elegant disco is still 4½-year-old Pip's, whose members are hand-picked by the board of directors (membership costs $1,000, plus $30 monthly dues). We live in a status world, and Pip's is status," says Stan Herman, a Beverly Hills realtor who founded the place with Playboy Publisher Hugh Hefner. Couples who join sign contracts providing for a second membership at the price...
...Francisco's fizziest is four-month-old Mumm's, a members-only disco (membership $200), so-called because the owner wanted a "French-type name that was easy to remember." It is frequented by such celebrities as Patty Hearst, John Havlicek, Alex Haley, Cicely Tyson and Mayor George Moscone...
...Washington, the initials D.C, stand for Disco Capital, say the night stalkers. The most opulent place in town is Pisces, where the decor runs to old R.K.O. set designs, 1,000-gal. shark-filled aquariums, 18-ft. laser-lit cascades and tropical flora. Members include Liz Taylor, Gregory Peck and Alejandro Orfila, secretary-general of the Organization of American States, who last October auctioned off three rare 24-in.-high falabella ponies on the dance floor. The newest In place is The Apple Tree. The interior resembles a cross between a carpenter's loft and a berserk florist...
...sibling in Chicago), but the hottest place in town is Le Jardin. Boston has the handsome new Fan Club, of which one patron says proudly, "It's trashy enough to be New York, only straighter." Miami has the pulsating Palm Room in the fashionable Palm Bay Club. Disco-mania has spread to the suburbs of New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, to Holiday Inns and department store basements. There is hardly a disco owner who is sure that his place will last, given the mercurial nature of the trade. Few, however, doubt that discomania is here to stay...