If you're a hip culture vulture, it's a wonder your eyelids don't turn up at the sight of a dust jacket. Lastnightsparty: Where Were You Last Night by Merlin Bronques photographically documents the party scenes chronicled in Confessions from the Velvet Ropes, from the Red Bull and vodka bacchanals of MisShapes to the grandiose glam bam happenings of rock 'n' roll behemoth, Motherfucker. In Confessions from the Velvet Ropes, author Glenn Belverio discusses this phenomenon of digital paparazzi photography as practiced by Bronques (who once referred to himself as the "black Andy Warhol"), and compares it to the old-school nightlife shutterbugging from the 70's through the 90's, such as the work of seminal paparazzo Ron Galella (the guy who stalked Jackie Kennedy!) and also Patrick McMullan (InTents) -- back when getting your photo taken really meant something. Believe it or not, there once was a time when not every single person in the room had their photo taken. Buy Lastnightsparty and Confessions from the Velvet Ropes today so your cool friends won't laugh at your sad coffee table display of yellowed copies of Vice magazine from 1999....
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