Sudio 54....back to the beginning! |
THe first place that hip Manhatten patronized to pay homage to the glitzy part of the gay world of the seventies was an abandoned television studio that had been built as an opera house a half century...
Posted by Dick's Disco on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:14:00 PST |
Steve Rubell, the man!! |
The point has been made, both by those close to Rubell, employees of 54, and regulars who watched him closely, that Steve Rubell disliked being alone...but who does right??. Steve both generated...
Posted by Dick's Disco on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:15:00 PST |
"Last Dance" and the backrooms at Studio 54 |
The beat of Donna Summer's "Last Dance" pounding overhead, the disco lights flickering, many of us headed to the balcony and back rooms of Studio 54, as if it truly was our last chance at love. This n...
Posted by Dick's Disco on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:35:00 PST |
Last Dance |
Last danceLast dance for loveYes, its my last changeFor romance tonightI need you, by me,Beside me, to guide me,To hold me, to scold me,cause when Im badIm so, so badSo lets dance, the last danceLets ...
Posted by Dick's Disco on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:25:00 PST |
The Core Of Disco! |
The Core of disco was black. It was definitely R&B dance music.That is where it orginated, "then it took on more blatant sexual overtones because of the gay movement, and there was residual free s...
Posted by Dick's Disco on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:25:00 PST |
Disco, the early years. |
Discos already had a history. They sprang in the first place from a postwar European enthusiasm for technology and American pop music. Arguably, the first discos were in France, and credit for coining...
Posted by Dick's Disco on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:07:00 PST |
Studio 54 - Part 1 |
Not everybody's memories of those 70's years are as clear as springwater but for this observer, I can summon up more than one evening at Studio 54 as clearly as though I was running it through a proj...
Posted by Dick's Disco on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:43:00 PST |
