Saturday Night at Dirtbox: A Very ’80s Adventure
by Trish Cantillon I came upon my teenage daughter watching The Breakfast Club recently. It had been decades since I’d seen it, maybe even since its original release in 1985. Along with the nostalgia and feelings of teenage angst, I remembered my encounter with Judd Nelson at an L.A. club in 1986. Dirt Box was an underground club that popped up randomly on a Saturday night in different sketchy locations downtown. Five dollars got you into the warehouse or loft where…