The Dollop · May 2, 2016 · May 2, 2016 · A Bill Veeck between-games promotion goes terribly wrong, resulting in the forfeiture of the second game. The Bee Gees had their last number one hit, "Love You Inside Out," on July 9th, just three days before the event. Time Obscures Meaning of Disco Demolition Saturday is the 35th anniversary of the infamous Disco Demolition Night. Disco Still Sucks!!!Disco Demolition Night was a anti-disco event that took place on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. O n July 12, 1979, the Chicago rock station WLUP-FM and the Chicago White Sox collaborated on a twinight double-header originally called Teen Night. Disco Demolition Night: Born Out of Destruction. Episode 9 The Pendragon of Marin. The Disco Demolition Night | Source: Detroit Free Press Back in the summer of 1979 Vince Lawrence just got himself a part time job as an usher at the Comiskey Park stadium. 98 . The good news is that the largest crowd of the year showed up. The Cohos were fans of Steve Dahl, a 24-year-old disc jockey at WLUP-FM in Chicago. F. In the weeks prior to the game, Dahl invited his. Posts. Then, on July 12, 1979, a DJ in Chicago decided to burn records in a stunt, "Disco Demolition Night," at Comiskey Park in Chicago. “Disco s***s” was a common chant through the game. The Disco Demolition Night, con el lema “el Disco Apesta” es considerado uno de los actos racistas y homofóbicos más grandes de la historia de la música. In a notorious promotional stunt, a Chicago DJ named Steve Dahl detonated a. After the first game of a scheduled doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers, a pile of disco records was blown up, and. The anti-disco militia had accomplished their goal; the genre practically disappeared from the airwaves, and punk. The War on Disco, an American Experience documentary, premieres on PBS Monday, October 30. 9, the promotion for July 12, "Disco Demolition Night" (in addition to the offer for teenagers) was that anyone who brought a disco record to the ballpark would be admitted for 98 cents. 1976 R&B singer-songwriter Tracie Spencer is born in Waterloo, Iowa. 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago) from The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds on Podchaser, aired Monday, 2nd May 2016. A short video/photo slideshow clip showing the events of the July 12, 1979 Disco Demolition Night at the Old Comiskey Park in Chicago. They never expected 80,000 people to show up. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot led by rock fans broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” during a baseball game in Chicago Aired: 10/30/23 Expires: 11/27/23. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. The Chicago White Sox’s Attempt to Commemorate Disco Demolition Night Was an Exceptionally Misguided Exercise. Any retelling of the 1970s disco boom has to reckon with Disco Demolition Night, a shameful promotional event staged by Chicago shock-jock DJ Steve Dahl. Young. 30 year anniversary salute to one of the craziest nights in the history of the great game. When a DJ called on listeners to destroy disco records in a Chicago stadium, things turned nasty –. Looking to put people in the seats, the White Sox. The scene at Disco Demolition night. Kinda shocked they haven’t done an episode on this yet. Great live show with Dave Helem as the guest. . If you´ve searched for this, you know what to expect. The Chicago White Sox’s Attempt to Commemorate Disco Demolition Night Was an Exceptionally Misguided Exercise. Soon radio programmers were moving their playlists away from disco, which they declared was an oversexed genre. Things did perk up in the unmistakably odd 1970s, which featured the two most infamous forfeits of all: Ten-Cent Beer Night at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in ’74, and Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in ’79. Earlier I asked Steve just what he has. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. The stunt ended in a violent riot, and became one of the most disastrous promotions in MLB history. Up to 70,000 fans crammed into old Comiskey Park, lured by up-and-coming deejay Dahl’s pro-motion to blow up disco records in between games of a White Sox-Detroit Tigers Thurs-Welcome to DISCO DEMOLITION!This was a huge departure from our regular Qabaret format. Chicago DJ Steve Dahl joins photographer Paul Natkin tell the story in their new book “Disco Demolition: The. Forty years ago, the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox, 4-1 on a July night in front of 50,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. While waiting to get in people started throwing their records against the brick wall of Comiskey, I recall dodging the shards of broken vinyl (they had some sharp edges). . Today's 40th anniversary elicits not only bemused. The so-called Disco Demolition Night figures in every history of disco but The Saint of Second Chances, a new Netflix documentary about flamboyant White Sox. Documentary looks at disco’s rise in the ‘70s, and the role that violent Disco Demolition Night stunt may have played in its demise. Disco Demolition Night may have won the battle, but disco won the war. Were you in the bleachers on July 12, 2009? You are invited to celebrate an opening for The Disco Demolition 30th Anniversary photographic exhibition by Diane Alexander White on Sunday, July 12, 2009 from 5:00-8:00 at the Music Garage (345 North Loomis,. com) 131 : More: Amusing, Chicago White Sox, Disco Demolition Night, White Sox, Steve Dahl, Disco, Major League Baseball, dance-oriented disco music, American League • •. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. A baseball stadium promotion gone horribly wrong, but for Daniel Samuel Rasovitz, it was a coming of age moment, an alt-Bar Mitzvah of sorts — and perhaps the best 98. —shows, not everyone caught the fever. I was there, attendees were supposed to bring disco records for the "demolition" (and reduced admission price). During the event, rowdy fans surged onto the field, and a near riot ensued. The Dollop with guest host Karen Killgary. ” CSN's Chuck Garfien takes a look back at Disco Demolition Night On July 12, 1979, the term "disco inferno" took on a whole new meaning. The anti-disco militia had accomplished their goal; the genre practically disappeared from the airwaves, and punk. The promotion was held by the. Without Saturday Night Fever, disco probably continues on a more stable trajectory, probably peaking around 1979/80 before fading away in the early '80s. On Disco Demolition Night anyone bringing a disco album would be admitted into Comiskey Park for 98 cents. “People weren’t answering our phone calls,” Rodgers recounts in Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died, by Dahl, author Dave Hoekstra, and photographer Paul Natkin. 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago) from The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds on Podchaser, aired Monday, 2nd May 2016. Just like he did just a little over 40 years earlier, Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl. Not much to root for at Comiskey. Found it after telling a buddy about it at a Royals game, and listened to the episode on the way home. I n the summer of 1979, Vince Lawrence had got himself a part-time job as an usher at Comiskey Park baseball stadium, home to the Chicago White Sox. ディスコ・デモリッション・ナイト（英：Disco Demolition Night）は、メジャーリーグベースボール（以下：MLB）において1979年 7月12日に予定されていたデトロイト・タイガース対シカゴ・ホワイトソックスのダブルヘッダー第2試合が、放棄試合となった出来事の. Yeah the independent said it so it has to be true. Two years removed from. By Richard Roeper [month] [day], [year. Many believe that July 12th, 1979 is the day disco officially died, and if you hate it as much as Dahl, then it is a day worth celebrating. Fans storm the field at Chicago's White Sox Park on Disco Demolition night Thursday, July 12, 1979 after the first game of a double header between the White Sox and Detroit Tigers. At the infamous 1979 Disco Demolition Night, a white Chicago rock DJ orchestrated the mass destruction of disco records at a baseball stadium. 608 EpisodesProduced by All Things ComedyWebsite. Full length video of this live episode-- Dave, Gareth, and Dave Helem, filmed in Chicago-- enjoy the madness, and keep your arms and head inside the ride at all times: Entry to follow. In Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg’s new documentary The Saints of Second Chances, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, Disco Demolition Night is reduced to an origin story. After buying his initial interest in the White Sox in 1959, Veeck installed. Any retelling of the 1970s disco boom has to reckon with Disco Demolition Night, a shameful promotional event staged by Chicago shock-jock DJ Steve Dahl between games of a White Sox doubleheader. 1979년 7월 12일 당시 시카고 화이트삭스 홈구장이었던 코미스키 파크 (Comiskey Park)에서 벌어진 이벤트로 촉발된 관중 난동 사건. Hell, some morons are probably trying to start an Electro Eradication Night somewhere. In 1979, up to 60,000 rock fans gathered in Comiskey Park in Chicago to express their hate for the disco genre implied to be African American. As Arthur Chu points out in a brilliant essay connecting #GamerGate to the disco demolition night of the ‘70s, the forces of change always win in pop culture, because pop culture dies when it. ----SUBCRIBE -. 01:37:31 - Mike tells Sarah how a silly sports promotion galvanized a reactionary movement. The event was the brainchild of Steve Dahl, who. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. by The Dollop with Dave Anthony & Gareth Reynolds. Park Ave. Paul Natkin/Curbside Splendor. Radio personality Steve Dahl protested disco in the late 1970s at Comiskey Park. As disco continued to steamroll the airwaves, forcing funk and rock off pop radio, a backlash was inevitable and culminated in the infamous Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago on. To this day Disco Demolition Night stands in infamy as one of the most ill-advised promotions of all-time, but arguably one of most successful as 30 years later we’re all still talking about it. Enjoy!In an attempt to boost falling attendance, White Sox owners held Disco Demolition Night, an evening which culminated in shock jock Steve Dahl blowing up a collection of vinyl. Always good to hear stories about Bill Veeck. Thirty-nine rock fans sobered up to realize they now faced the legal consequences of arrest. Gareth, not Gary. In and around Comiskey Park, home to the long-struggling White Sox baseball team, the scene was one of total chaos. This is an unofficial. Forty years ago on July 12, when Dan Petry was a rookie pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, his second. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCHDahl had been fired by Chicago radio station WDAI-FM on Christmas Eve 19781 when the station transitioned to an all-disco format; popular movies like Saturday Night Fever, released in 1977, vaulted disco music to rule the airwaves. and ended a little after 8 p. After 37 years, a new book, 'Disco Demolition' is out and recounting one of. It was scary. Alexis Petridis. Any retelling of the 1970s disco boom has to reckon with Disco Demolition Night, a shameful promotional event staged by Chicago shock-jock DJ Steve Dahl between games of a White Sox doubleheader on July 12, 1979. Since the radio frequency of WLUP was 97. . . Thirty-eight years ago this evening, a doubleheader at Chicago's Comiskey Park devolved into a fiery riot when crazed fans stormed the field as part of anti-disco promotional event dubbed Disco Demolition Night. It wasn’t an ideal job for a black. I wasn't Black or gay, but I felt like I needed to stand against that. 1979 Soul singer Minnie Riperton, known for her hit " Lovin' You ," dies of breast cancer at age 31. She blames the violence on disco and the radio station, naturally, but also. The Dollop Sources (Scroll down for EPS 300 and up) United States of Absurdity Book Sources; Ep 388 -Deaf President Now Protest Transcript. ago. . With White Sox marketing chief Mike Veeck’s support, WLUP and Dahl scheduled a “Disco Demolition NIght” in between games of a twi-night White Sox-Detroit Tigers doubleheader on Thursday, July. On July 12. However, if you attempt to hear the perspective of any black, hispanic or gay people who attended that event, it is clear that they experienced racism and homophobia. Radio DJ Steve Dahl at Comiskey Park in 1979 for the disco demolition promotional event where a huge box of disco records was blown up. Disco Demolition Night - Live in Chicago 2016 1:26:05 170 The Bowery Boys and Boxing 2016 42:23 171 The Jones County Deserters 2016 59:34 172 America's Worst Lottery Winner. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds July 5, 2016, 12:29 pm. Many still believe the anti-disco movement expressed racism and homophobia. The evening was billed as Disco Demolition Night and was organized by a Chicago radio disc jockey named Steve Dahl in collaboration with Mike Veeck, the promotions manager for the White Sox. 22. Great live show with Dave Helem as the guest. Tonight (July 12th) marks the 43rd anniversary of the infamous “Disco Demolition Night” at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. TIL of Disco Demolition Night in 1979 at Comiskey Park which is considered by many to be the death date of Disco genre. 217. Organized as a backlash to the popularity of disco music in the late ’70s, FM 97. Despite its popularity, disco sparked a backlash from rock. The night would end in riots and would be referred by many as the day disco. Fans of the. No one who was there will remember the ballgame, because this was the night they blew up disco. 26 -. Ever since the 1979 Disco Demolition Night in Chicago’s Comiskey Park — a stunt in which an angry mob led by a disgruntled radio shock jock rushed the baseball field to destroy disco albums. The battle reached its noisy, raucous end on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago—Disco Demolition Night where fans could see the White Sox double header for 98¢ if they brought disco. Kind of. When Disco Demolition Night took place, disco was dominating the charts. The episode "10 cent beer night" is incredible. Last month, the White Sox actually commemorated the 40th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night by giving away 10,000 "Disco Demolition" T-shirts and even having Dahl himself throw out the first [email protected] had ushered in a new phase of the group’s career and, in return, Bee Gees gave disco much of its enduring soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever, songs that made a downbeat 1977 movie an. CryptoAll hell broke loose: 40 years ago, Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park stirred culture war. Comedians. Dahl urged listeners for weeks to attend and to bring a disco record. Dahl had doubts the entire time leading up to Disco Demolition Night, when admission to see a Sox double-header against the Detroit Tigers was 98 cents, an attempt by Sox bosses to boost. Kinda shocked they haven’t done an episode on this yet. Sin embar. Disco Demolition Night: Born Out of Destruction. for KC and the Sunshine Band throughout the commercial height of disco — from 1975 to 1976, they had. On each anniversary of the event, Dahl literally receives hundreds of interview requests and once interviewed himself, on the 30th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night, in the Chicago Tribune :Disco demolition If disco began the 70s as a hideout for an oppressed gay community, then it’s apt that the decade ended with gay culture going mainstream via the Village People. But in the 40 years since that latter bit of vinyl violence, baseball has had only one game called on account of forfeit. But one time, Mike went too far — leading to what’s now known as Disco Demolition Night. He invited fans to bring their unwanted. 2017 · 11:48 UTC. Tonight (July 12th) marks the 43rd anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" at Chicago's Comiskey Park. Disco Demolition Night was an infamous promotion dreamed up by Mike Veeck and scheduled between two games of a doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park on July 12th, 1979 that perhaps marked the low point in Bill Veeck's long career of creative promotion. The Dollop usually adds societal context for a lot of episodes, but the Undone Podcast did an episode on Disco Demolition Night that had some additional context I don’t think the Dollop really touched on. Browse 65 disco demolition night photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. I n the summer of 1979, Vince Lawrence had got himself a part-time job as an usher at Comiskey Park baseball stadium, home to the Chicago White Sox. Some of my favs beyond 10 Cent Beer Night. The Disco Demolition Night fracas was a jolt to the music industry. Many of. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. It was not only the destruction that. You just listed my top 3. In the late 1970s, dance-oriented disco music was highly popular in the United States, particularly after featuring in hit films such as Saturday Night Fever (1977). Wikipedia supplies some background: Chicago disc jockey Steve Dahl was fired from local radio station WDAI on Christmas Eve 1978 when the station switched formats from rock to disco. planned destruction of thousands of disco records during the intermission between the games. On a warm night in July 1979, disco was murdered. For a good chunk of the 1970s, it was known as one of the greatest genres imaginable, with every great rock band sinking their teeth into it at some point. On July 12, 1979, Disco Demolition Night would go down as one of the most infamous evenings in the history of Major League Baseball. En 1979 y con la música disco sonando en todas partes los que detestaban este genero se unieron en el estadio de los White Sox para quemar vinilos. ( Elmhurst History Museum ) On July 12, 1979, an explosion. and a disco LP. As a result, record sales fell, and the number of disco songs on the Billboard Top 10 went from six to zero in over eight. In Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg’s new documentary The Saints of Second Chances, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, Disco Demolition Night is reduced to an origin story. As the 1970s came to an end, the age of disco was also nearing its finale. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. July 12, 2019. Digressions include “Charlotte’s Web,” Jane Fonda and German-language musicals. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds. Videos Podcasts Comedians. Any retelling of the 1970s disco boom has to reckon with Disco Demolition Night, a shameful promotional event staged by Chicago shock-jock DJ Steve Dahl between games of a White Sox doubleheader. 44 years later, the promotion is remembered in several different ways. Dave Anthony and. Yes, Mike. As PBS’ illuminating ‘American Experience’ episode recalls, the new ’70s sound empowered some communities, but brought a backlash that culminated in a fiery night at Comiskey Park. They were the Insane Coho Lips, and they were headed to Disco Demolition Night. 582 - The 1917 Minnesota Right Wing Coup - live. I. On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox promotion department cooked up plans for an unusual sales promotion during a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers: Disco Demolition Night. 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago) Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition. Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions has partnered with Roger Ross Williams and “The Inspection” director Elegance Bratton on a feature documentary about 1979’s Disco Demolition Night. Dahl had staged previous anti-disco. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds. To understand Disco Demolition Night, you have to understand how commercially dominant disco had become in the US at the time. 98 cents if they brought a disco record he could blow up between games. . In 1979, rock DJ Steve Dahl donned a combat helmet to blow up a crate of disco records, a stunt now known as Disco Demolition. CSN's Chuck Garfien takes a look back at Disco Demolition NightOn July 12, 1979, the term "disco inferno" took on a whole new meaning. Rube is still the gold medallist though. 29K subscribers in the TheDollop community. Photo: Chicago Tribune. This was the home of the. That's them inserting their worldview, not fact. (Reverse Dollop) 2017 1:20:04 251 The Morrisites (Live from Salt Lake City) 2017 1:51:31 252 Icelandic History - Live from Reykjavik 2017 2:02:07Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago 1979Not the greatest idea. 01. Countdown with Keith Olbermann interviews Steve Dahl on the 25th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night. . Gareth and Dave (and all other Dollop fans), please enjoy this video of my 2 yr old son rocking out to Gareth's slime pit song from this week's episode! r/TheDollop • It took me 2 years but I have officially listened to every single recorded episode of the Dollop The Dollop podcast did an episode on Mark Richards. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. The promotion was part of a campaign by. Nile Rodgers, the guitarist for the hit disco band Chic, found himself blacklisted. Dahl would later say that disco "was a fad and was on. Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium on June 4, 1974. The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of Disco music. Soon after the Sex had demolished themselves with early mistakes to lose what was proposed as the first game 4-1, the rock fans took over. The damage was done though, and the furor of the night only added to the "Disco Sucks" backlash that had started to grow with other events in New York, Seattle and Portland, Oregon among other places. During the climax. This is also the rise of like. The popularity of disco declined substantially after “Disco Demolition Night. 2. I lived this era while in the Navy, and all I heard out at sea was a bunch of Disco sucks and Elvis is the King and all that bullshit. . At the climax of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. The venue was suggested by her daughter, celebrated garage. No description necessary. Disco Demolition Night was an ill-fated baseball promotion that took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. Found it after telling a buddy about it at a Royals game, and listened to the episode on the way home. However, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ was such a phenomenal success that the perception of Disco was changed forever, culminating in the inevitable backlash, including the racist and homophobic ‘Disco Demolition’ at Chicago’s Comiskey Park in July 1979, where many of those in the 50,000 crowd participated in a ritual record burning, whilst. On July 12, 1979, in the middle of a packed baseball stadium in Chicago, an event happened that would go down in history. Worth a listen. (You may be wondering why the White Sox’s Disco Demolition T-shirt giveaway was not closer to the actual July 12 anniversary. Disco Demolition Night became a national news story, and by 1980, disco was passe. is some coverage from ESPN about Disco Demolition. Schemes and dreams aboutDisco Demolition Night was a transparently racist and homophobic event, and Spiegelworld announced its intent to refute it in the best way—with even more disco music, dance and glitz. Photo by Getty Images/ Paul Natkin. 3M subscribers in the de community. 63521481758266. Admission to the park was ninety-eight cents and a disco record. Disco Demolition Night was an illfated baseball promotion that took place on July12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. Forty years ago on July 12, when Dan Petry was a rookie pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, his second. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. The event drew thousands more than Dahl expected, turned into a riot on the field, and has. The 24-year-old DJ was subsequently hired by rival album-rock. @davehelem EPISODE SOURCES. ----SUBCRIBE -. Disco Demolition Night according to its ringmaster, Steve Dahl. (Elmhurst History Museum) Once the first. Before Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979, disco music had been mainstream, at least since Saturday Night Fever (1977). One of the most notorious events in sports history went down at Chicago’s Comiskey Park 44 years ago on July 12, 1979. It used to be, on the podcast "the dollop" they go in depth on famous sports brawls (among other things) and they were all due to how much alcohol people were allowed to buy. The Chicago White Sox’s Attempt to Commemorate Disco Demolition Night Was an Exceptionally Misguided Exercise. CHICAGO — July 12, 1979 will go down in history as the night disco music died. ” Nonetheless, Israel continued, “it was a. m. Hot and muggy in Chicago–typical summer in Sandburg’s City of the Big Shoulders. “The War on Disco” also features a 2016 interview with Dahl, who insists racism and homophobia had nothing to do with that particular display of anti-disco fervor. 1, 2023 at 8 p. Her daughter, Maya Rudolph, is 6 years old. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH. However, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ was such a phenomenal success that the perception of Disco was changed forever, culminating in the inevitable backlash, including the racist and homophobic ‘Disco Demolition’ at Chicago’s Comiskey Park in July 1979, where many of those in the 50,000 crowd participated in a ritual record burning, whilst. I 'borrowed' it from YT user: STILL SUCKS!Steve Dahl. like Disco Demolition was the first besmirching of my dad’s career,” he continued. Soon radio programmers were moving their playlists away from disco, which they declared was an oversexed genre. . Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. After the Disco Night game, Veeck ushered a group of White Sox front office staff to Miller’s Pub, a favorite Loop watering hole of Bill Veeck. ディスコ・デモリッション・ナイト（英：Disco Demolition Night）は、メジャーリーグベースボール（以下：MLB）において1979年7月12日に予定されていたデトロイト・タイガース対シカゴ・ホワイトソックスのダブルヘッダー第2試合が、放棄試合となった出来事の. 4k members in the TheDollop community. Disco Demolition Night wasn't a proud moment in sports or Chicago history. At first I thought it was just a dislike for the music by a bunch of rockers and haters, but overtime I began to realize that the deeper meaning you speak of was racism, homophobia and resentment of the mainstream appeal and level of. 9), Dahl’s station that promoted Disco Demolition, putting itself on the broadcast map like no other promotional beneficiary. Dec. Disco Demolition Night went down as an. 1. Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot. And Disco Demolition Night was born. The elder Veeck was no stranger to crowd-pleasing antics. Steve Dahl Dissects the Disco Demolition. A local DJ hosted what was supposed to be a promotion, where fans got together and. Disco Demolition Night Steve Dahl by Paul Natkin GROOVE. Some other good ones I haven't seen listed are: Pendragon, Ross Perot, Death of George Washington, and the Jackson Cheese. In a nod to the station’s call numbers, tickets were priced at 98 cents for anyone who brought disco records to the ballpark, records that would be blown up on the field between games. More posts you may like. At the infamous 1979 Disco Demolition Night, a white Chicago rock DJ orchestrated the mass destruction of disco records at a baseball stadium. Imagine witnessing the music that speaks to you go up like that in smoke. He would eventually resign from the White Sox in 1980, and his father, Bill, would sell the team later. W hile the winter chill still held Chicago in its grip, long-time White Sox fan and season ticket holder, Dan Ferone, informed Chicago White Sox management that he had decided to cancel his season tickets. com. For many, the birth of house music goes back to the city’s rejection of another genre, disco, and an infamous event that became known as “The Night Disco Died. Tonight (July 12th) marks the 43rd anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" at Chicago's Comiskey Park. July 12, 1979: Fans at Comiskey Park got in for 98 cents if they brought a disco record. 30K subscribers in the TheDollop community. The Chicago White Sox were mired in yet another long losing season. Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high. WLUP disc jockey Steve Dahl at Comiskey Park during the 1979 Disco Demolition event, which got out of hand and resulted in the Sox forfeiting a game. On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox. Rich King, a former sportscaster from WGN. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. It's one of my favorites. once a week) comedian Dave Anthony tells a story to his. On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox held Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park. Wed 5 April 2023 20:00, UK. The disco radio station in Chicago, the day after Disco Demolition Night, they play Donna Summer's Last Dance for 24 hours straight and then they turn off and turn on again as a top 40 rock station and this begins a wave of disco stations across the country switching back to rock or switching to other formats. Bill Veeck, who owned the White Sox at the time, was known for his wild promotions, and Disco Demolition. Disco Demolition Night Paul Natkin/Getty. At the climax of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH. Published July 5, 2016. Those baseball games, only one of which was ultimately played, lived on in infamy under a different name: Disco Demolition Night. It was held between two games of baseball. GPS: 41. Follow him on Twitter @Schumouse. Last month, the White Sox actually commemorated the 40th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night by giving away 10,000 "Disco Demolition" T-shirts and even having Dahl himself throw out the first pitch. To book attendance at Comiskey Park, radio legend Steve Dahl — a DJ at the time — collaborated to host “Disco. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Shortly after signing to Capitol Records in 1988, at age 12, she releases the hit singles "Hide and Seek" and "Symptoms of True. The film looks at disco’s eruption in the clubs and family rooms of America in the mid ‘70s, and on radio’s. He and the station struck a deal with the Chicago White Sox to stage a “disco demolition. Das Sammelbecken für alle Deutschsprechenden, hauptsächlich auf Deutsch, manchmal auch auf Englisch. As the "disco '70s" drew to a close, Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl decided to speed up. Listen to 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago), an episode of The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds, easily on Podbay - the best podcast player on the. As the 1970s came to an end, the age of disco was also nearing its finale. It was a muggy summer night in South Side, Chicago in 1979. at/byAI3 . Mix the two, and you get explosions, arrests, players locking themselves. Rock fans wanted disco to just go away. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. Yes, Mike. Bill Veeck would try his best to diffuse the situation in the aftermath, but his son Mike, who was really behind the event, would take the brunt of the attacks afterward, announcing later he did not want to be involved in the business anymore. After the detonation. I can only imagine how great it would be. In between games of a twi-night doubleheader,. 30 year anniversary salute to one of the craziest nights in the history of the great game. Songs are dissected; the honor of David Bowie and late-night salad bars are defended. Historians note many people brought albums by. Each week (biweekly. To this day Disco Demolition Night stands in infamy as one of the most ill-advised promotions of all-time, but arguably one of most successful as 30 years later we’re all still talking about it. Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions has partnered with Roger Ross Williams and “The Inspection” director Elegance Bratton on a feature documentary about 1979’s Disco Demolition Night. Derived from the dance-oriented nightclub term discotheque, the music genre-turned-cultural-movement was a fusion of Motown, funk, soul, and salsa. It was held during the twi-night doubleheader baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. circulation. “The message was, If you’re black or you’re gay. The “Disco Demolition Night” was the brain child of a Rock Music DJ. CryptoDisco Demolition Photo Exhibit by Diane Alexander White Opening July 12, 2009. At Disco Demolition night, they weren't just burning disco records, but r'n'b records: Marvin Gaye, etc. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago) from The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds on Podchaser, aired Monday, 2nd May 2016. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH. Tuesday marks 37 years since the infamous Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park, the anti-disco promotion for a double-header between the White Sox and Detroit Tigers on July 12, 1979. Cost was ¢99 if you brought a disco record. com. Disco Demolition Night was an infamous promotion at Chicago's Comiskey Park in July of 1979. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH. The anti-disco militia had accomplished their goal; the genre practically disappeared from the airwaves, and punk. Disco was canned, formulaic, flashy (in a gaudy, tacky gold flake kind of way) pop fluff for plastic. Für…Disco Demolition Night was a transparently racist and homophobic event, and Spiegelworld announced its intent to refute it in the best way—with even more disco music, dance and glitz. ♫ Do you think I'm disco ♫ Am I superficial ♫ Lookin' hip's my only goal. On a hazy July evening in 1979, an overwhelmingly white crowd packed out the Chicago White Sox’s Comiskey Park to attend Disco Demolition Night. On July 12. once a week) comedian Dave Anthony tells a story to his. Long-time baseball showman and Chicago White Sox owner, Bill Veeck, gave the go-ahead for his son Michael and local shock jock Steve Dahl to launch a “Disco Demolition Night” at Chicago’s famed ball park. Dahl decided to push back in a way only he could — via a massive public spectacle. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE. Even mainstream rockers were releasing disco records. One of the many images of the ugly riots at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979, during Disco Demolition Night. Disco Demolition. The White Sox were in the midst of a losing season, holding a record of 40-46 going into the games. Business, Economics, and Finance. Download Audio. The event was the brainchild of Chicago deejay Steve Dahl, who had lost his previous job when his station went to an all-disco format. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Chicago comedian Dave Helem to discuss disco demolition night. 6. Tom Scott recalls Boise State's win over Marshall 25 years ago, and Pokey Allen's horse ride down Broadway. Songs by Gloria Gaynor, the Bee Gees, and Donna Summer were number one hits during the first part of 1979. Top Victoria Dance Clubs & Discos: See reviews and photos of Dance Clubs & Discos in Victoria, British Columbia on Tripadvisor. Each week (biweekly. 169 - Disco Demolition Night - (Live in Chicago) 2 May 2016 · The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by. ディスコ・デモリッション・ナイト（英：Disco Demolition Night）は、メジャーリーグベースボール（以下：MLB）において1979年 7月12日に予定されていたデトロイト・タイガース対シカゴ・ホワイトソックスのダブルヘッダー第2試合が、放棄試合となった出来事の. One summer night in 1979, 50,000 people got together at a baseball stadium to kill disco. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH- Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey" - Tim Lawrence's "Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979" - Peter Shapiro's "Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco" - Undone did a great episode on Disco Demolition Night - "The Flip. 59 in 2022), a substantial discount on the regular price of 65 cents (equivalent to $3. Disco Demolition Night was an ill-fated baseball promotion that took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. In 2001, the Florida Marlins, promoted a “Salute to Disco” night. (for the record, you don't see fans of dance music do this when Rock stays around for more than a few years. 02-05-2016 • 1 hr 25 mins. @davehelem SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCHDisco Demolition Night demonstrated the limits of promotions for sporting events. m. Disco Demolition Night — perhaps the most infamous promotion in sports history — occurred on Thursday, July 12, 1979.