When Freaks Were Chic - Danceteria remembered

Fun and fascinating - with fabulous fotos - Danceteria oral history by Joy Press, aka the missus, who was a regular at the legendary New York club in the 1980s. Everyone from Madonna and Fab 5 Freddy to Mark Almond and Michael Musto to Beastie Boys and Butthole Surfers makes an appearance. Something in the air clearly - in freaky synchrony the final Soft Cell album is titled Danceteria, while Madonna has a single out called "Danceteria". Joy was working on this story for months for discovering these unexpected pegs to the piece."John Sex was singing there.... She said 'dear, I'm not a deejay, I'm an atmosphere engineer'""Everybody here is a work of art"Here's a real-time tribute by Soft Cell, shaped by their New York clubland adventures, when they hooked up with a character called Cindy Ecstasy. She has a rapping cameo on the re-recorded version of "Memorabilia" that appeared on Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing. This was one of the first remix albums, alongside The Human League's Love and…