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White Folks Rioted at Disco Demolition Night - But Didn't Silence Dance Music's Black and LGBTQ Voices

It was 79 degrees outside when local DJ Steve Dahl set fire to a crate of disco records in a publicity stunt so hot, it scorched music history. Disco Demolition Night happened in Chicago on July 12, 1979. But in many ways, the event doesn’t feel too distant. Blowing up records was supposed to boost...

Micco Caporale

People on Dancefloor, dancing under Big Glitter Ball and balloons, Loft Party, 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, London, 2001

ONLY NOISEOne Ball to Rule Them All

The town I grew up in didn’t have a roller rink. Sure, there was a five-lane bowling alley and a one-screen movie theater, but roller rinks were too big for the bite-sized britches of Arlington, Washington. There are many consequences of a town with no roller rink – namely that it becomes by...

Madison Bloom