Donna Summer

Me Singing "The Last Dance"! Video By Francis Von Legge

The glittery god Francis von Legge was at my sold-out Disco Extravaganza last night and shot the show--with a 3D camera. Strap on your goggles (or actually, don't) and enjoy my lounge-like rendition of Donna Summer's bittersweet hit "The Last Dance."

I'm Sending Up Susan Lucci Again!

Just in time for the Oscars, along comes You Like Me, the riotous recreation of celebrity awards acceptance speeches, created by Michael Schulman and Rachel Shukert. Next Saturday night at Ars Nova--the night before the actual Oscars--you will gag to the procession of performers re-enacting the gra ... More >>

Barbra's Set List From Her Philadelphia Concert Last Night

Thanks to the devoted folks over at All That Chat, I've got the lineup of what Barbra Streisand sang in Philly last night--presumably the same set list she's bringing to Brooklyn later this week. Sounds like a lot of long, luxurious notes to me. So nu? ACT ONE "You'll Never Know" (video introd ... More >>

Drag Performer Has Another Testicular Accident!

I'll let Leo Gugu tell the story himself: "When I was fifteen, while I was dancing, I had a testicular torsion. "They did surgery leaving me with one testicle. "On Thursday night, during the end of the evening at about 3:40 AM, two songs before My Chiffon is Wet [the weekly party at Eastern Bl ... More >>

Red-Handed Otter: Ethan Lipton's Pet Project

Paws and applause at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre

I'm In The Toronto International Film Festival!

And here's a review: "How can you turn down a film that has Michael Musto, Donna Summer, and the Village People? "It's simply not possible. Submit and let The Secret Disco Revolution have its way with you." The documentary by Jamie Kastner is a look at the subversive, explosive, exciting message ... More >>

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.

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 >>

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 >>

Donna Summer, RIP; My Favorite Hits Of Hers

The queen of disco is gone, but her music will live on. Here are my fave Donna Summer songs to boogie to through eternity: *"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" A slow-percolating, then explosive duet with Barbra Streisand. Could you imagine just being a fly on the wall in that recording studio?

Guns N' Roses And Some Other People Get The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Nod; Plus, Get A Peek At My Ballot

​This morning the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame announced its 2012 inductees, and topping the list is the snarling chroniclers of Sunset Strip decadence Guns N' Roses. (Will they get back together for the induction dinner? Is Axl Rose only going to call up Izzy for the big night? How does Tracii ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Class Of 2012 Could Include Eric B & Rakim And Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses ca. 1987: If nothing else, that pouf should be immortalized for eternity. ​The Cure, Eric B. & Rakim, and Guns N' Roses are among the new-to-the-ballot artists on the list for for the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame's class of 2012, announced this morning; they join previous nominees ... More >>

Live: Club-Hopping From Plunge To Hiro Ballroom To (Briefly) Santos' Party House, At The Behest Of Daily Candy, Ed Banger, And Ninja Tune

​DJ Kentaro and his admirers. Pics by Puja, more below.​The best thing about living in this city is that there's always something to do. If anything, we're constantly torn between options: Should we go to the dance party, the concert, the cocktail hour, or the laid-back DJ night? It's a ... More >>

Put More Rock Legends on Broadway!

Joan Marcus​Million 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 >>

Kelis: Mother of the Year

The matriarchal disco diva reinvents herself on Flesh Tone

Relax, Everyone: Kanye West Has Weighed In On The Death Of Alexander McQueen

​Don't bother asking John Mayer about this though. Real McQueen obit by a more qualified peer over here. Our sisters at the LA Weekly point out McQueen's unique role in rock and roll fashion; he worked with Lady Gaga, who made his shoes famous, and with Bjork, whose Homogenic cover he designed ... More >>

Bulls on Parade: Live From MSG's Arena Rock Rodeo

Where the soundtrack is more Jock Jams than Red State

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 >>

Vince Aletti's Disco Diaries

A new book celebrates a mid-'70s scene's surprising diversity in real-time

Drew Barrymore's Directorial Debut, Whip It

Whitney's Biennial, a 37-Artist Exhibition, Opens Tonight in Greenpoint, In Honor of Whitney Houston's "Comeback Album." Plus, Free Limo Rides!

Whitney Houston's I Look To You--hailed by her handlers as her post-crack-allegations, post-Bobby, post-reality-TV "comeback album"--hits the world this Tuesday, September 1. Because you're terribly excited about hearing this masterpiece, SOTC's here to inform you that it's currently streaming at ... More >>

Blind Items About Raw Sex and Meth Habits!

Your guess is not as good as mine. But go ahead and try.

Fire Island Update: In Praise of Sayville

Donna Summer's Crayons

The (other) queen is back, multi-octave bazooka and all

The American Idol Season Finale Running Diary: David Archuleta Totally Loses

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Gets It Right, Sort Of

Love Goes To Buildings On Fire

1977 New York gets the VH1 treatment and, oh my, wasn't it fun back then!

Muppet! at the Disco

On the endless Donna Summers of Escort, Brooklyn's finest disco orchestra

Live: New Yorkers Love Some Basement Jaxx

Disco inferno: From unifying safe haven to creepy dystopia

Morgan Geist Compiles and Remixes Eurodisco Wonders

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