Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was 1982, and Rafe Gomez wasn’t supposed to be on the roof. Then in his early 20s, Gomez had taken the elevator to the top of ...

Clubs are an important part of New York's night life. Always have been, always will be. But the city never had a club scene like the one in the 1980s. And that scene never had another venue like ...

The nightclub Danceteria—whose location on West 21 st Street in Manhattan was the backdrop of the disco scene in the movie Desperately Seeking Susan—was a hot destination for club kids and artists ...

Madonna used to sit on the steps of the new-wave dreamland Danceteria—where she was a hat-check girl, Keith Haring was Madonna used to sit on the steps of the new-wave dreamland Danceteria—where she ...

Danceteria sent shockwaves through the city’s party scene when it opened in May 1980, all the way down to the Mudd Club, where its owners had spent a fair amount of time hanging out. Dedicating the ...

New York, NY, Jan. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rafe Gomez - a nationally acclaimed radio mix show DJ, club DJ, and music producer - will debut “Danceteria REWIND” on the Twitch livestreaming platform ...

A threatening-looking object that set off a bomb scare in New York City’s Flatiron District on Wednesday turned out to be a time capsule buried in 1985 by employees of the legendary New York night ...

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"It was where influencers went before there were influencers," says Rafe Gomez, who faithfully recreates the sound of the iconic '80s venue every Thursday night. By Katie Bain It was 1982, and Rafe ...