Woman wearing Seditionaries shirt. © Cisco Craig Dietz
Back in 1979, Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace stood on the corner of La Cienega and Santa Monica Boulevard in the heart of Los Angeles. The building was painted purple and blue, and had just opened that year to take advantage of the new craze sweeping a nation donning tube tops, hot pants and high socks to bounce, skate, and rock‘n’roll in a disco wonderland.
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Sensing a major scene in the making, Mr Flipper wanted to make a photo book to promote the venue. He contacted David Allen and Jules Bates at Artrouble, the LA art collective working with musicians and nightclubs in the punk underground. Allen introduced Mr Flipper to Cisco Craig Dietz, who was working as a staff photographer at Muscle magazine. The position afforded Dietz the ability to open his own photo studio on Western and Melrose and participate in the emerging art scene.
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Dietz seamlessly blended the boundaries between commercial and fine art in his work, making him the perfect candidate to become Flipper’s house photographer. With a glass of Chartreuse in hand, Dietz made the rounds, capturing an exquisite moment in time. The book never happened, but the photos live on. Dietz takes us back to those heady nights under the disco ball.
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The Castration Squad band members Shannon Pyrana and Tiffany Kelly. © Cisco Craig Dietz