Category Archives: Music

50. Disco Demolition Night

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I’ve already written a little bit about disco, but I have a little more to say. After all, I was a young adult in the late 70’s, early 80’s when disco was popular. I didn’t like disco, but had a roommate who did. In fact she claimed to have introduced disco to the UK by requesting a Blondie song on the radio. I doubted her at the time, and still do doubt her, but I believe she thought she was telling the truth.

Julia and I went to a couple of disco dances. I don’t really remember much, except it was loud, bright and crowded. I think I danced, but who knows? Maybe I tried the tap-step, one-two-three moves that Tim taught me in London. Maybe I just went wild with the music. Maybe I’m remembering it all wrong.

I do, however, remember the Disco Sucks campaign by Steve Dahl and friends. Secretly I was on their side – disco did suck. And they had an absurdly humorous name for their organization: Insane Coho Lips.

Watch Steve Dahl’s parody of Rod Stewart’s Do You Think I’m Sexy?: Do You Think I’m Disco on YouTube.

Outwardly, however, I aligned myself to the more glamorous side – the flashy side. The side without the geeks. Julia and I even had our own motto: Insane Coho Lips Suck. Julia even had a tee-shirt made up with that saying on it.

I remember the build-up for Disco Demolition Night as well. I’m not sure if it was heavily advertised or if I covertly listened to Steve Dahl on The Loop.

Watch a news broadcast about the Disco Demolition Night. It seems there might even be a movie made about it.

49. Memory soundtrack #2

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My cousin Beth had a boyfriend that, I’m pretty sure, was mean to her. She didn’t deserve anyone being mean to her – she was a sweet girl. But this isn’t about him being mean, this is just about the song that goes through my mind when I remember the times we spent together – Beth with her boyfriend and Jeremy and me. I always thought it as a song Beth’s boyfriend might sing to her. (actually – it might have been “their song” – although it came out a couple of years before my memory).

46. Spring Cleaning

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Have you ever thrown everything out of a closet while looking for something? I have. Today I was looking for a cd I knew I had and cleared out our CD cabinet. The coffee table is now piled high with CDs.

I’d been planing on straightening it out anyway. So here is my chance. I’m also ripping all the CD’s I care about and putting them on an ultra portable hard drive – so they are readily accessible to whatever computer I may be using.

I’ve even found some CD’s we will probably donate. The kids don’t like Aaron Carter anymore, and Dean never liked the Sugar Cubes CD I gave him. I’m also planning on storing most of my Dan Bern bootlegs elsewhere. There is not enough space for all of them.

There were also some CDs I’d forgotten we had. For instance – the soundtrack to Room With a View.

I liked the movie okay- although I only saw it once – but I’ve not listened to the soundtrack in 15 years. I bought it for one specific reason – to listen to while I gave birth. However the music did nothing for me at the time – just made me cranky. I think a character on Thirtysomething used it as her labor music, so I, being also a thirty-something woman who was about to go through labor, thought it would help me. Nope – Kate Bush helped me more.

I just listened to some of the soundtrack. I still am not all that impressed – and I’m not even giving birth.