"inside clubbing" written by Phil Jackson.

Few towns or cities are without at least a couple of clubs, weigh many cities such as Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield and London having well-developed and multi-layered clubbing industries which contribute substantially to the local city economies. (O'connor and Wayne, 1995)

Whore, freaks, saints and angels, we're all beautiful, we're all dangerous, we're all users, we're all takers. This is how God made us. (Dirty Beatnicks)

"This book is all about dancing, smiling, drugging, flirting, fucking, friendship and having a ball. There are two reasons why i've written it, the first is that i love to party, the second if that i think clubbing is an important and complex social experience that merits further investigation. More specifically i believe that by examining clubs you are grated access to a particular kind of knowledge that has either been reviled or ignored in the western world. This knowledge  throws new light upon the way in which our lives are constructed, experienced and lives as we head further into the twenty-first century."

"Various elements go into the club experience. I examine dancing, music, sex. dressing-up and drugs and the  show how each of these aspects of clubbing feeds into and creates the unique social vibe found in clubs, which makes them radically different form any other public space."

(above are sections from the introduction of the book  "inside clubbing" written by Phil Jackson.