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Music

A Bollywood Disco Dance Party

I am in no way exaggerating when I say the late 1970s/early 1980s Bollywood and disco marriage produced the best music ever. The hooks were infectious as hell and will make you dance. Sure, a huge factor in my fondness for this music is my parents (Dad mostly) playing this around the house growing up, but […]

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Open Thread

This Open Thread Is Feeling Groovy

Happy Monday! This is one of my earliest musical memories, courtesy of my dad’s mix tapes. It needs to be shared.

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Lunchtime Poll

Lunchtime Poll: Songs Your Parents Loved and You Hated

A few weeks ago, Alyson reflected on some positive musical memories. However, my parents loved a lot of really terrible music that now I only like ironically or seek out if I just want to dance. We listened to a lot of the Bee Gees and Abba in my house growing up, as my parents […]

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New Show Recap

New Show Recap: PR All-Stars “(Disco) Inferno of Ugly Clothes”

Burn, baby, burn. Burn that mother down.

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News

News Haikus Like Disco

Here’s a few elegant ways to tell you about all the news that’s fit to haiku. Between disco, Facebook, and minority birth rates, a lot’s been going on.

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Style

Grandma Had it Goin” On: Your Guide to Vintage Fashion of the 1970s

Are you ready to boogie? Then hop on the hippie disco train, Persephoneers – we’re gonna learn about the polyester goodness of 1970s fashion. It’s a lot more than just leisure suits. I have many ’70s pieces in my wardrobe – they’re fun and fit both the curvy and the not-so. Because of its fabrics and relative […]