The Dom

The Dom was a club associated with Andy Warhol and his circle in 1965. Its surviving mention is brief, but it preserves a specific detail about the checks connected with the club and places it in contrast with the new venues being discussed in 1985.

Identity and Historical Reference

In May 1985, after visiting the Palladium, Warhol recalled The Dom as a club that his group had in 1965. The diary does not give its address, layout, or operating history, but the possessive recollection ties the venue to Warhol’s own earlier club experience rather than simply naming it as another place in the city’s nightlife.

Checks and Club Operations

Warhol remembered that people associated with The Dom had to be fingerprinted and checked out. The account does not specify who conducted the checks or their exact procedure, so the detail offers a glimpse of scrutiny around the club without establishing further particulars about its administration.

The Dom in Contrast with Later Clubs

The recollection arose during a conversation about club openings with Steve Rubell and Eric Goode. Rubell was arranging for artists to contribute to the Palladium, while he and Ian Schrager were managing the club because, as Warhol explained, a person with a police record could not own one. His reference to The Dom connected the new arrangement to an earlier experience of scrutiny. The contrast makes The Dom a point of comparison in Warhol’s account of how involvement in club culture could be shaped by checks and limits on ownership.