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THE JACKIE FACTORY |
WHO WAS JACKIE 60?Zurich's Cabaret Voltaire began the 20th century of inventive nightlife and New York's JACKIE 60 finished it with a spectacular finale three days before the century's end. JACKIE 60 was begun in 1990 by local night life luminaries CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL, choreographer RICHARD MOVE and British fashion designer KITTY BOOTS. Disillusioned with the stale, over-commercialized state of the New York night, the four set out to create a club environment that was performance oriented and distinctly underground in tone. They developed the Jackie 60 formula, with its weekly themes and live, stream-of-consciousness MCs. In March 1991, the Jackies moved their newborn Tuesdays-only club to a small bar in the then-seedy Meat Market district, which later became the underground venue MOTHER. To its fanatical mixed following (some of whom had abandoned clubs decades ago), Jackie 60 fast became a Mecca. The club assumed a level of audience sophistication unparalleled in Gotham, and Jackie regulars from designer Marc Jacobs to pop supernova Debbie Harry consistently rose to the challenge. Read more JACKIE HERSTORY
JACKIE 60 FURTHERJACKIE FACTORY producers CHI CHI VALENTI, JOHNNY DYNELL and HATTIE HATHAWAY continue to shape new nightclub hybrids and spectacles in NYC and worldwide. Stay tuned to their latest doings on their FACTORY PAGES, MYSPACE, and message boards THE MOTHERBOARDS NYC.
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20TH CENTURY JACKIE
Visit the ARCHIVAL JACKIE 60 SITE for invitation artwork, themes, dresscodes, herstory and other 20th century JACKIE 60 documentation, hosted on the nightclub-centric MOTHERNYC.COM JACKIE 60 "Cokewhore" invitation above circa 1992, for a play co-written by MICHAEL MUSTO, SCOTT FRITZ and Valenti.
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THE JACKIE MOVIEJACKIE 60: THE MOVIE, directed by JACK GULICK, is a story of nightclub life, invention, and mischief in downtown New York City. This documentary reveals the intense underground club scene at the end of a decade (and a century) in 1999. It chronicles the final forty weeks of JACKIE 60, and stars some of the era's brightest lights. Watch film clips and read more about JACKIE 60: THE MOVIE or watch the trailer here.
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