Amoret Powell RIP |
My beautiful daughter Amoret. Rest in peace my baby. I love you forever. See you soon.A brief candle; both ends burning An endless mile; a bus wheel turning A friend to share the l...
Posted by DJ Apollo on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:58:00 PST |
House Music 101: GRAND OPENING: THE GODS SAVE THE PARADISE GARAGE |
..tr> ..table> ..tr> "Disco mutated into house at Larry Levan's Paradise Garage. Crafting mixes especially for his own dancefloor, Levan might be the greatest remixer of all time as his...
Posted by DJ Apollo on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:28:00 PST |
House Music 101: BUILDING JACKS HOUSE: GARAGE CONSTRUCTION PARTIES |
"John Iozia described the Garage as both pagan ('an anthropologist's wet dream...tribal and totally anti-Western') and ecclesiastical (the dance floor was a fervent congregation of 'space-age Bapti...
Posted by DJ Apollo on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:21:00 PST |
House Music 101: DO IT TILL YOU’RE SATISFIED |
"What if music IS sex?" -Suzanne G. Cuisick, "On a Lesbian Relationship with Music.""Rule number one: Never let the music stop." - David MancusoXIII. DO IT TILL YOU'RE SATISFIEDBefore we get down to t...
Posted by DJ Apollo on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:42:00 PST |
House Music 101: I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE |
"Watching the sun come up Sunday morning from the rooftop of the Paradise Garage after a night of ecstatic dancing was one of the most beautiful experiences of New York City nightlife. Much like greet...
Posted by DJ Apollo on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:37:00 PST |
House Music 101: LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY |
"...there are now more than 10,000 discotheques in the U.S.: last year no less than 37 million Americans got out on the dance floor at least once. The total revenues of that first big season of operat...
Posted by DJ Apollo on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:33:00 PST |
Houjse Music 101: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER |
..tr> "It was still an underground world, like Alice in Wonderland: You've gone through this doorway and inside was this incredible world you didn't know existed. That's what discos were like...
Posted by DJ Apollo on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:04:00 PST |
Houjse Music 101: DISCO |
..tr> "I don't think DISCO is a dirty word at all." --Francois K. "Well, there was disco before, and eventually they just changed the name to 'house.'" -- Garth (Wicked) IX. DISCO: ...
Posted by DJ Apollo on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:00:00 PST |
Houjse Music 101: BOYS, BATHS AND BEATS |
"It was a fantasy. Everything was up for grabs at the Baths. EVERYONE was up for grabs." - Frankie Knuckles. VIII. BOYS, BATHS AND BEATS I got to know Larry Levin well when we were bo...
Posted by DJ Apollo on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:55:00 PST |
House Music 101: Workin’ the Big Apple |
"The Garage opened my eyes to the future of club music. I don't think I'd be where I am now if I hadn't gone there. It was that influential. There wasn't a vibe in the British clubs at the time. He...
Posted by DJ Apollo on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:50:00 PST |
