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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1880
Song of the Day: Madonna Disconet Medley [YouTube link], mixed by Jose “Animal” Diaz, features many of Madonna‘s classic 80s hits, including “Borderline“, “Everybody“, “Lucky Star“, “Holiday“, “Physical Attraction“, “Like a Virgin“, and “Burning Up.” (Speaking of which, I will never forget the singer’s live performance of “Like a Virgin”…
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Continue reading →: How NOT to Read an Article
It was really late last night, after a long, eventful day, and I decided to open up Friday’s copy of the New York Daily News (Friday the 13th, no less!), and was thumbing through the newspaper, and the Sicilian in me caught the headline on page 18: “119.8 degrees in…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1879
Song of the Day: 1984 Disconet Top Tune Medley [YouTube link], mixed by Mike Arato and John Matarazzo, strikes all the right chords of a stellar year in dance music. It includes, among other songs, such dance hits “Somebody Else’s Guy“, “Self-Control“, “Jam on It“, “Relax“, “Caribbean Queen (No More…
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Continue reading →: Liberty Airlines!
Courtesy of Andrew Ginsburg, in a letter to the New York Daily News “Voice of the People“: Let freedom ring at 35,000 feet Southport, Conn.: On behalf of our unvaccinated flight crew here at Liberty Airlines, we’d like to welcome you all aboard!Here at Liberty, your personal freedoms will not…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1878
Song of the Day: Whitney Houston Disconet Medley [YouTube link], mixed by Mike Carroll, features many of Whitney’s 80s’ hits, including “I Wanna Dance with Somebody“, “How Will I Know?“, “So Emotional“, and one of my all-time fave up-tempo Whitney tracks: “Love will Save the Day” (with that blazing vibes…
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Continue reading →: John Dewey H.S.: A Love Letter …
On Facebook, my friend Stephen Boydstun, made the following query: You attended the John Dewey high school in Brooklyn, and I was wondering if there were differences in that school compared to other high schools that were advertised and how did its specialness stack up in your experience of it.…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1877
Song of the Day: 1983 Disconet Top Tune Medley [YouTube link], mixed by Mike Arato and John Matarazzo, captures the essence of a year in which dance music once again began to dominate the pop charts, led by the success of MJ‘s all-time best seller, “Thriller,” all of whose cuts…
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Continue reading →: Pearls Before Swine: Test Your Knowledge!
SPOILER ALERT: I can’t stand the pressure! Here’s the 21 I’ve uncovered: HI – Hawaii AL – Alabama MO – Missouri MA – Massachusetts PA – Pennsylvania LA – Louisiana AK – Alaska ME – Maine ID – Idaho OR – Oregon IN – Indiana OH – Ohio MD –…
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Continue reading →: I Want My MTV: 40 Years Later!
On this date, forty years ago, MTV was born and changed the sights and sounds of music. In tribute to what it used to be …
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1876
Song of the Day: 1982 Disconet Top Tune Medley [YouTube link], mixed by Casey Jones, is another one of my all-time favorite Disconet dance medleys. This is just a superb knitting together of dancefloor staples such as “Love Come Down“, “I Specialize in Love“, “Keep On“, “Planet Rock“, “Play at…
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Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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