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1 day ago · Disco Demolition Night. A July 1979 radio promotion dreamed up the idea to blow up a crate of disco records at Comiskey Park in Chicago between games of a doubleheader—it was dubbed Disco ...
2 days ago · As we reflect on the dazzling era of disco and its transformative impact on dance music, it’s clear that the genre was much more than a fleeting fad. It was a movement that captured the essence of a generation, inspiring a sense of freedom and togetherness that resonates to this day. Disco reminds us of the importance of celebrating life ...
3 days ago · When the backlash against disco started, known as "Disco Demolition Night", held in Chicago, ironically the city where house music would be created a few years later, dance music went from being produced by major labels to being created by DJs in the underground club scene. That is until several years later by 1988, when major labels would ...
5 days ago · The song was written by Paul Stanley, Desmond Child, and Vini Poncia as a deliberate attempt to capture the disco craze of the late ’70s. According to Stanley, the band wanted to experiment with a new sound and venture out of their comfort zone.
3 days ago · Oft goes awry. Nowadays, baseball fans go to stadiums expecting to be entertained throughout the game, not just during play. With promotions and entertainment acts being the norm these days, it's easy to forget they were once a revolutionary idea, even if they didn't always work...
1 day ago · A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta’s Gay Revolution. New York, NY: WW Norton and Company, 2021. Chenault, W. and Brauckman, S. Images of America: Gay and Lesbian Atlanta. Atlanta History Center, Arcadia Publishing. 2008.Mims, La Shonda. Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Queer Women in the Urban South. Chapel ...
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