Disco
Disco Future / Disco Past
I’ve been on a big Donna Summer kick lately, paying harder attention to overlooked gems stuck in the middle of her ‘classic’ albums. There was a time in musical history where the vanguard was the mainstream, where the biggest star was also part of the biggest paradigm shift in popular music, and the story […]
How to pick up girls? LEARN TO DANCE. How to pick up girls? LEARN TO DANCE.
Bobby Orlando is three things: a homophobe, a misogynist, and a great one-trick pony. His songs all sound the same, but his trick is an amazing one — it is an insistent, fun, driving synth beat that ties the line between disco and techno while never, never forgetting that pop is the name of […]
I’m your direct connection … to the boob tube.
What I am about to show you is brilliant, in and of itself. It manages to make Philadelphia seem like one gigantic fire hydrant set loose, this weird combination of hip, informed, dramatic and coy at the same time.
However, this is just the song KYW-TV used for their Direct Connection promo spots, which aired from […]