This is Steve Dahl. During the 1970’s he was a DJ on WDAI Chicago, a popular rock n’ roll radio station. When the station converted to an all-disco format, he was fired immediately. Soon after, Dahl got a job at a rival rock station and hosted the now infamous Disco Demolition Night on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park during a doubleheader baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. The promotion was that fans could get admission for $o.98 if they brought an unwanted disco album to donate.
After the first game, Dahl, dressed in army fatigues and helmet, emerged and proceeded to center field with a crate filled with the collective records that was rigged with explosives. Dahl led the crowd in chants of “disco sucks” and a countdown prior to triggering the explosives. When detonated, the explosives tore a hole in the outfield grass surface.
Thousands of fans immediately rushed the field. Some lit more fires and started small-scale riots. The batting cage was pulled down and wrecked, and the bases were stolen, along with chunks of the field itself. The crowd, once on the field, mostly wandered around aimlessly, though a number of participants burned banners, sat on the grass or ran from security and police. The Detroit Tigers forfeited in fear of their safety.
Disco still sucks.
Today. What a day.
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Jumbo is one happy captain.
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Portishead really nailed having their own, really great sound: dark, hazey, and very cool. Live at Roseland, NYC in 1997 with a full orchestra.
A commercial from the 1970’s for Honda’s CR250M Elsinore motorcycle featuring the “king of cool” himself, Mr. Steve McQueen.
The king of the blues, B.B. King, at the top of his game. Live, in Africa, at the ‘74 Zaire concert that complimented Ali and Foreman’s legendary “Rumble in the Jungle” Heavyweight Championship Bout.
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