James St. James' last novel, Disco Bloodbath, chronicles Michael Alig's real life descent into madness, ending with the hacked up body of the really dead drug deal, Angel Melendez.

Capturing the glitz, glam and gore of 1990's New York, Disco Bloodbath killed the competition, becoming a classic and finding new life in the 2003 flick, Party Monster, starring Seth Green as the incarcerated and single Alig, whileMacaulay Culkin appeared as St. James. Now, St. James makes a triumphant return with a less blood-curdling tale, Freak Show.

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It seems we're not the only ones with a taste for scandal. The kids over at New York Magazine are pulling a Radar and have a feature on Michael Alig.

While Alig's feud with James St. James, who wrote Disco Bloodbath the book based on Alig's murder of Angel Melendez, gets some ink, we were particularly intrigued by this bit. Jonathan van Meter writes:

Alig is desperate to be loved...And this is why he is reluctant to tell me about what is perhaps the worst punishment for his crime: a pinched nerve in his back that has gone untreated by prison doctors for the past seven years and caused numbness from his groin area all the way down to his right foot. One of the results of the loss of feeling is that he has lost muscle reflexes in his bladder and sphincter. He is incontinent. ...[T]he thing he’s really worried about is, who will love an incontinent man in his forties? “When I ever get out of here,” he says, “I will never find a boyfriend.”

If we were Alig, we'd be more worried that people would fear getting murdered, hacked into pieces and thrown into the Hudson River. When you have those things hanging over your head, a little pooh probably won't be that big of a deal.

Well, Radar's certainly in the Halloween spirit. Not only do they have a feature on the best horror villains of all-time, but they've used their wiley charm to score an interview with club-kid turned killer, Michael Alig.

In case you don't remember, Alig went to prison after killing his drug-dealer and dumping his body in New York's East River. The tale was later turned into the book, Disco Bloodbath by one-time friend, James St. James. (If you're not big readers, perhaps you saw the movie adaptation, in which Alig's portrayed by Macauley Culkin -a performance of which Alig does not approve.)

Anyway, while Alig and writer Jaime Lowe chat about how Alig still dreamss of Angel, getting on in prison, and a slew of other fascinating subjects, we're total sickos and zeroed in on Alig's jailhouse love life.

Have you had lots of relationships in prison?
I fell in love when I first was in lock-up at Downstate, but he went home two years ago. He was arrested right away, and I have to tell you, I was sort of glad because I didn't like the idea of him being out there without me. He was caught stealing a car and led his parole officer on a high-speed chase. He crashed the car into a building, got out, and ran onto a golf course. The police found him up in a tree and had to shoot him with a stun gun—it was all in the news. He's a really good example of someone I shouldn't have in my life—the kind of guy who needs fixing. I have such a skewed view of what relationships should be.

That's not surprising, you're in prison.
When I was in Clinton, I was interested in this guy. I wouldn't say we dated, but I thought he was the nicest person—really sweet and interesting. A couple months later I was watching the news and they were talking about the Central Park jogger rapist, and I was like, "That was my boyfriend!" And it was him—his name was Reyes.

Hmmm, now that's an idea for all you love-lorn homos: get yourself locked up and you can nab a real catch. We think it would make a great Jesse Trautmann essay.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, Alig's none-too-pleased with St. James:

James doesn't come up to visit. He says he doesn't have any money. I guess he spent all the money he made raking over my life story. He claims he didn't make any money from that though ... he claims they took advantage of him. Poor James was taken advantage of selling my story.

Maybe Alig's upset his book, the ingeniously entitled, Aligula, didn't get optioned for the big screen.

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• NJ Nuptial Decision Out Tomorrow. [365 Gay]

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•Disco Bloodbath author, club kid extraordinaire, and FOQ (Friend of Queerty) James St. James sent us a little note to help promote the fact that he will be featured on this week’s episode of America’s Next Top Model. OMG. We are so jealous happy of for him.

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•Be sure to catch Todd Oldham's new show Handmade Modern, where the designer makes "accessories and furnishings using the colorful and practical ideas inspired by mid-century modern design." We really just want to see the guest stars: Elizabeth Berkley, Joan Jett, Susan Sarandon, and Amy Sedaris.

•Lil' Kim's album drops today. It is unlikely she makes the launch party.

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•Cyndi Lauper is set to release Body Acoustic, a slowed down reworking of the iconic singer's catalog 25 years after her debut. And she is getting help from some unique places: Shaggy, Jeff Beck, Ani DiFranco, Kelly Osbourne, and Vivian Green. Sarah McLachlan joins Ms. Lauper on a new version of "Time After Time." The gay rights activist is still having fun.

•You mean Andy Milonakis didn't play Martha Dumptruck in Heathers? Could have fooled us.

•We were at Hotel Omm in Barcelona this summer and love, love, loved it. Now the same designer has created the Hotel Diagonal and it looks equally impressive. More evidence that Barcelona may be the world's most stylish city.

•A Harlem school introduces children to swiss Chard and whole-wheat penne covered with sautéed peppers and local squash. You know a fag came up with that one.

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