“The War on Disco,” a new PBS documentary, explores the backlash against the genre and the issues of race, gender and sexuality that informed it. By Chris Vognar The plan was simple enough: Gather a ...
If you felt the world stop turning for a moment in July, it’s because Beyoncé dropped her new album, “Renaissance.” Rolling Stone has described her as the world’s “greatest living entertainer,” with a ...
Had anyone in the late 1970s predicted that either Richard Nixon or disco — then both widely disparaged — would one day be held in considerably higher regard, they would have been promptly laughed out ...
Revolution” — the first two parts air at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, June 7, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.4. The third part airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, channel 5.1. The three episodes are also ...
‘Saturday Night Fever,’ 1977. Copyright © 2012 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. Costume Designer: Patrizia Von Brandenstein First we hear that L.A ...
Nervous titters and giggles were audible in the University of Wyoming Union as 1970s disco videos and clips played on the screen, even inspiring an audience member to boogie for a couple minutes.
Disco; it’s a vague word but over the course of the last 45-odd years, it’s come to mean a pretty narrow set of perceptions. Glitz, glamour, flares, sequins, cocaine, VIP, John Travolta, big hair, bad ...
Has there ever been a musical genre more deserving of a glorious coffee table book than disco? In his new book "Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania Under the Disco Ball" (Rizzoli, 2024), gay writer Frank ...
WEST PALM BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) — If you want to own a piece of disco history, head to West Palm Beach this weekend for your chance to bid on an eclectic trove of memorabilia from the famed 1970s New ...