("Oh, you can throw them very hard," Maines says. He was among roughly 50,000 rowdy fans, some of whom started using records as Frisbees. "We thought we'd be the only ones that showed up that night, but when we got there, it was unbelievable," he says. The Record A Rational Conversation: How Deep Is The Disco Revival?Īt the time, Jim Maines was a long-haired, working-class 19-year-old from the South Side. What transpired came to be known as "Disco Demolition" and is the subject of Dahl's new book Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died, co-written with Dave Hoekstra. So, on a muggy Thursday night doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers, fans could bring a disco record and get in for less than $1. The team was averaging just 16,000 fans a game and would have done anything to fill Comiskey Park. Pretty soon, station reps and Chicago White Sox promoters had the crazy idea of actually blowing up disco records. "Back in the day when we had turntables, I would drag the needle across the record and blow it up with a sound effect," Dahl says. In his new job at a rival rock station, he took out his frustration by destroying disco records on the air. He had been fired from a Chicago radio station when it, too, went all-disco. Steve Dahl, then a 24-year-old disc jockey, was mad. Radio stations were switching to all-disco formats. Just a few months earlier, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack had been named Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards. Donna Summer, Chic and Gloria Gaynor were at the top of the charts. It was the summer of 1979, and disco was taking over the world. NEW POLICY: Once you've purchased a QuoteStitching pattern, you can feel free to stitch it for fun and/or profit, as long as you credit QuoteStitching for the design and direct all interested parties and inquiries to 1979, rock DJ Steve Dahl donned a combat helmet to blow up a crate of disco records, a stunt now known as Disco Demolition. If you'd prefer the COMPLETED & FRAMED stitching, look here:
* Designed to fit in a 4"圆" frame when stitched on 14 count Aida * Colors are listed with DMC floss numbers, but you can use whatever floss you like. * Third page is the pattern on a white background (for easier printing), with DMC floss key and additional info. * Second page is the pattern, with DMC floss key and additional info. * First page is a cover page with an image of the completed design > PLEASE NOTE: This listing is just for the digital file of the PATTERN. Living in the future after many years on ice can be strange and unsettling, even if you have access to the greatest hits of commercial jingles and all the rat burgers you can eat.
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