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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· 5 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· 7 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· 7 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...
Hate is a danger, whatever form it takes
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 6 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 ...
Before backlash, Detroit had love affair with disco, nightlife and Bee Gees’ hits
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoWhen Dave Fisher saw “Saturday Night Fever” back in the day, it transformed him. “That movie changed...
Paul Sullivan: Netflix documentary on Mike Veeck’s life is a balm for angst-ridden Chicago White Sox...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoMike Veeck had a documentary to promote, but he couldn’t start without getting one thing off his...
94 million-year-old fossilized sea monster is the oldest of its kind in North America
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA team of researchers uncovered a tiny mosasaur fossil in the gray shale rocks of southern Utah — a...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Friday the 13th
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 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?...
