Timeline
1979
Runs Club 57 in the East Village.
1980s
Fronts the band Bongwater.
In the episodes
9 mentions across all episodes - S1E2 1 · S1E7 2 · S4E10 5 · S6E3 1
- S1E2 · Michael Musto · 1 mention in this episode
Club 57 star. Links to her Night Fever episode
FashionPerformance and vintage style
- S1E7 · Rudolf Piper · 2 mentions in this episode
Rudolf remembers her shows with Joey Arias and the night she played accordion all night inside a Danceteria elevator
FashionPerformance-art costumes
- S6E3 · Chi Chi Valenti & Johnny Dynell · 1 mention in this episode
Johnny names her among the Club 57 crowd
FashionPerformance-art costumes
- S4E10 · Ann Magnuson · 5 mentions in this episode
The guest: actress, performance artist and singer-songwriter from Charleston, West Virginia, who managed Club 57 and fronted Bongwater, Pulsallama and Vulcan Death Grip; star of The Hunger, Desperately Seeking Susan, Making Mr. Right and Anything But Love. Links to her Night Fever episode
FashionSilver hair and an oatmeal linen shawl on camera; her stories' looks are under Mood
On the scene timeline
1979 · Club 57
Ann Magnuson: Runs Club 57 in the East Village
Performer who ran Club 57. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 10.)
1980s · Club 57
Ann Magnuson: Fronts the band Bongwater
Performer who ran Club 57. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 10.)
1978 ·
New Wave Vaudeville
Tom Scully's vaudeville show with punk acts at Irving Plaza in late 1978; Ann directed and ran around for it, and it's where much of the Club 57 crowd converged. Klaus Nomi got in after Ann vouched for him
1979 · Avenue A
Avenue A
Ann's apartment in 1979, at $150 a month; she always needed someone to walk her home, and James jokes you needed a tank