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The Night Rock Fans Rioted to Kill Disco—at a Chicago Baseball Game
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyAs Chicago shock jock Steve Dahl drove...
Once upon a time there was the radio station WLUP, and what a wild place it was
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe radio, one of the niftiest inventions of the 20th century, has been informing, entertaining,...
Disco came and disco went, with Chicago’s Comiskey Park a memorable battleground in ‘The War on...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIf you can hum a few bars of “Disco Duck,” have I got a show for you. It is the latest episode of...
‘The War on Disco’ Premieres on PBS Oct. 30
Next TV via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJohn Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. The War on Disco, an American Experience documentary, premieres on PBS Monday, October 30. The film looks at...
Fossil of 94-million-year-old sea creature is unearthed in Utah. ‘Truly significant’
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA 94-million-year-old fossil found in Utah is offering new insight into the evolution of an ancient...
Before backlash, Detroit had love affair with disco, nightlife and Bee Gees’ hits
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWhen Dave Fisher saw “Saturday Night Fever” back in the day, it transformed him. “That movie changed...
Hate is a danger, whatever form it takes
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, during a baseball double header between the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers a local radio station shock jock orchestrated a publicity ...
Paul Sullivan: Netflix documentary on Mike Veeck’s life is a balm for angst-ridden Chicago White Sox...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoMike Veeck had a documentary to promote, but he couldn’t start without getting one thing off his...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Friday the 13th
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTomorrow is Friday the 13th — a day that some deem doomed. According to folklore, Friday plus 13 equals a double dose of bad luck. What does that mean?...
94 million-year-old fossilized sea monster is the oldest of its kind in North America
Live Science via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA team of researchers uncovered a tiny mosasaur fossil in the gray shale rocks of southern Utah — a...