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May 22, 2012
Q&A: Gossip's Beth Ditto On Pop, Politics, And Being 'Related To Half Of Arkansas'
Portland, Oregon, trio Gossip—singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Nathan Howdeshell, and drummer Hannah Blilie—are celebrating the release of their fifth album, the remarkably bangin' A Joyful Noise, tonight at Terminal 5. We wrangled some time with the magnificent Ms. Ditto to talk about the o ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
The Loveliest Donna Summer Image There Is
If you want to forget all the gay controversies that surrounded her and just remember the piping hot music, you can't beat this Alvaro illustration of the scintillatingly sexy singer Donna Summer.
Blogs
May 17, 2012
Donna Summer, R.I.P.
In the two-family house where I grew up in Bensonhurst, the two musical acts I heard most often, blasting from stereos at the top and bottom of the house, were the Beatles and Donna Summer. The former was more my parents' speed, although my teenaged cousins who lived downstairs played the Fab Four ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Donna Summer Has Danced Her "Last Dance"
TMZ is reporting that disco legend Donna Summer has danced her last dance, having lost a battle with cancer. She was 63. We just happened to be listening to "Last Dance," Summer's 1978 hit, when we read the news on Twitter. We already knew it was going to be quite a Pride celebration this June fo ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Grace Jones Singing "Tomorrow" From Annie
Just say that to yourself over and over again: "Grace Jones singing 'Tomorrow' from Annie" until you believe it--because it was a reality, honey. In 1977, the exotic Jamaican-born disco chanteuse lipsynched her version of the bouncy moppet showtune on a syndicated TV show called Celebrity Cabaret ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 2, 2012
SUPER CUTS
Scissor Sisters hit the Bowery Ballroom
Blogs
May 1, 2012
Village People's Randy Jones Starts a New Club Night!
Randy Jones, the original cowboy from the legendary disco group the Village People, is a man of many hats--not just cowboy ones. He's starting a party called Sunday Night Fever at Splash this Sunday, May 6. Here's what the ever-charming Randy had to say about stuff when I asked. On his input int ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Studio 54, The Musical!
I'm truthin'! The legendary '70s disco--and specifically the rise and fall of Steve Rubell, who co-founded it--is the subject of a Tommy Tune-directed musical trying out in Florida! In case they're open to some disco-survivor input, I have a few glittery recollections to share from my water ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
The Four Best Finds In Occupy Wall Street's Music Library
Over the weekend SOTC pal Ann Powers wondered about what the music of Occupy Wall Street might be, and she discussed the drop-ins by the likes of Jeff Mangum and Talib Kweli as well as the music emanating from the park's current residents; she also mused on the "human microphone," the means by which ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 20, 2011
Yelle
Over the weekend SOTC pal Ann Powers wondered about what the music of Occupy Wall Street might be, and she discussed the drop-ins by the likes of Jeff Mangum and Talib Kweli as well as the music emanating from the park's current residents; she also mused on the "human microphone," the means by which ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 20, 2011
Kylie Minogue
Over the weekend SOTC pal Ann Powers wondered about what the music of Occupy Wall Street might be, and she discussed the drop-ins by the likes of Jeff Mangum and Talib Kweli as well as the music emanating from the park's current residents; she also mused on the "human microphone," the means by which ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Your Fave Dance Cuts From The Seventies
If you remember dancing through the '70s, then you were definitely there. And DJ/journalist Paisley Dalton--who surely wasn't even alive then--has just the new CD for you. It's My Chiffon Is Wet, Darlin, which consists of "kunty kuts from NYC underground discotheques, '73-'78." Well, I jus ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Q&A: A-Trak and Armand Van Helden Talk (and Talk and Talk) Duck Sauce, "Barbra Streisand," and Doing Karaoke With Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig
Duck Sauce, mid-interview. All photos by Chris Klassen.When A-Trak (Alain Macklovitch) and Armand Van Helden teamed up as Duck Sauce for last year's dance hit, "aNYway", we were surprised, then pleased, then completely addicted. The production duo shares roots in old-school hip-hop and club-f ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 18, 2010
STAYIN’ ALIVE
John Travolta will always be the king of disco
Voice Choices
August 18, 2010
S.S. DISCO
Go dancing aboard a clipper ship
Blogs
July 26, 2010
Put More Rock Legends on Broadway!
Joan MarcusMillion Dollar Quartet has proven that by throwing together a low-budget show with actors imitating four music legends (in this case Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins), the tourists will come and you can make lots of cash while nabbing some acclaim and even a To ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 9, 2010
Aeroplane
Joan MarcusMillion Dollar Quartet has proven that by throwing together a low-budget show with actors imitating four music legends (in this case Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins), the tourists will come and you can make lots of cash while nabbing some acclaim and even a To ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 9, 2010
'Unsound Festival Presents Brooklyn Electronic Music Showcase'
Joan MarcusMillion Dollar Quartet has proven that by throwing together a low-budget show with actors imitating four music legends (in this case Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins), the tourists will come and you can make lots of cash while nabbing some acclaim and even a To ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2009
Is the Baby Loves Disco Party Finished In New York City?
I was bummed to hear that Baby Loves Disco, the infant-friendly dance-party empire run by Heather Murphy and Andy Hurwitz, will be slowing down considerably. I myself don't have a baby, but these toddler-themed events have gone so far beyond your typical hipster-parent cliches that you can't ... More >>
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December 15, 2009
Riot, Girls! Stooges Enter Rock Hall of Fame; ABBA, Genesis, Cliff, Hollies Also In
The Stooges, who patiently rocked behind Iggy while beer bottles flew at the Michigan Theater in the late 60s and early 70s, have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rendering the honor bittersweet is guitarist Ron Asheton's death earlier this year, and music in general. Also ... More >>
Music
October 20, 2009
Vince Aletti's Disco Diaries
A new book celebrates a mid-'70s scene's surprising diversity in real-time
Voice Choices
September 29, 2009
BOOGIE NIGHTS
A fond look back at the disco underground
Voice Choices
August 25, 2009
DO THE HUSTLE
Whit Stillman discusses those bygone disco days
Music
August 4, 2009
Grace Jones: The Devil Wears Zebra-Striped Catsuits
A legend comes to town, with a few costume changes
Film
July 1, 2009
Larrain's Tony Manero Turns Fantasies to Nightmares
A legend comes to town, with a few costume changes
Blogs
June 30, 2009
Interview: Hercules and Love Affair's Andy Butler on His Sidetracked Mix and Hercules' New Record
Kim-Ann Foxman and Andy Butler You'd never know it from his press photos, but Andy Butler is a big softy. The world knows him as the head and heart of DFA giants Hercules and Love Affair, but he's also recognizable for his penetrating stare and imposing physique--by the looks of, say, his rather me ... More >>
Music
November 19, 2008
Disco Inferno 2.0: A Slightly Less Hedonistic Comeback
Charting the DJs, labels, and edits fueling an old new craze
Blogs
June 26, 2008
Macho Man the Book: How Gay Can Literature Get?
Charting the DJs, labels, and edits fueling an old new craze
Columns
June 10, 2008
Sarah Jessica! Sex Clubs! Chicken Hawks!
In the cabaret, shots of Bachardy (with Isherwood chasers). Plus, glory holes—do ask and do tell.
Voice Choices
March 25, 2008
BURN, BABY, BURN
Time to burn that rink to the ground
Music
March 11, 2008
Hercules & Love Affair
Glorious dance music from an unlikely, warbling source
Film
July 31, 2007
Love Goes To Buildings On Fire
1977 New York gets the VH1 treatment and, oh my, wasn't it fun back then!
Music
July 24, 2007
Muppet! at the Disco
On the endless Donna Summers of Escort, Brooklyn's finest disco orchestra
Music
June 19, 2007
Death Disco Redux: Crash! Bang! Smack! Grind! Gnaw! Puke!
A Queer Issue Double Whammy, Part the Second
Music
June 12, 2007
Death Disco Redux: Click! Whir! Buzz! Sproing! Crash!
A Queer Issue Double Whammy, Part the First
Blogs
December 28, 2006
Things I Learned Watching Dreamgirls
A Queer Issue Double Whammy, Part the First
Film
May 16, 2006
'Shem'
A Queer Issue Double Whammy, Part the First
Specials
October 18, 2005
1977
A Queer Issue Double Whammy, Part the First
NYC Life
September 20, 2005
Big Night
Dance music's all grown up at the Dance Music Hall of Fame
Music
January 4, 2005
Morgan Geist Compiles and Remixes Eurodisco Wonders
Dance music's all grown up at the Dance Music Hall of Fame
NYC Life
October 12, 2004
Listings
Dance music's all grown up at the Dance Music Hall of Fame
NYC Life
September 7, 2004
Listings
Dance music's all grown up at the Dance Music Hall of Fame
Dining
August 3, 2004
Crashing Boar
Whistling and walking away with a ham in Central Italy
NYC Life
June 3, 2003
Listings
Whistling and walking away with a ham in Central Italy
Music
April 1, 2003
Sax as a Weapon
You Didn't Know That Rock 'n' Roll Burned
Music
March 13, 2001
Backstabs in the Material World
It’s All in the Past Now; Money Changes Everything
Music
May 9, 2000
The Olympics of Cheese
A Continent's Best Bad Music Battles It Out at Eurovision
Long Island Voice
November 2, 1999
Disco infernal
A Continent's Best Bad Music Battles It Out at Eurovision
Music
November 24, 1998
The New Euro
A Continent's Best Bad Music Battles It Out at Eurovision
News
June 30, 1998
The Last Days of Gay Disco
The current disco revival conceals its homo soul
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