Love was so much easier in the 80s.
KC and The Sunshine Band will always and forever be a favorite.
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Feb 12, 2019
Florida band sings awesome love song
Groovy synth Star Wars soundtrack from Japan (1978)
In 1978, Japanese electronic music maestro Osamu Shoji (1932-2018) released this killer analog synth reimagining of the Star Wars soundtrack. I find Shoji’s take on the familiar themes to be far groovier than the disco exploitation of Meco’s US chart-topping “Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk” released the previous year.
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Hungry Like The Wolf on a Solton Ketron Programmer 24
The Solton Ketron Programmer 24 is a 1985 sample-based synthesizer described as “The Italo Disco machine”. They used to be on eBay, but good luck finding one nowawadays for much less than $2,000. Hungry Like The Wolf is Duran Duran’s breakthrough hit, which reached #3 in the US in 1982. The above video is a […]
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Disco cover of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" from 1979
In 1979, jazz flautist Herbie Mann’s album Yellow Fever featured this disco cover of Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side.” As Lou once advised, “Pervert your sense of decorum.” (via Weird Universe)
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Building a movement? NationBuilder has all the right tools for you
Whether you’re managing a political campaign or building a client base, there comes a time when you stop seeing people and start seeing numbers. This doesn’t happen suddenly. You shake hands, make calls, and build relationships. And then those relationships disappear into a database of donors or customers as your organization grows. People get brought […]
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Get your toddler on the road earlier with the world's lightest balance bike
Learning to ride a bike is one of those quintessential childhood experiences that’s as rewarding as it is scary. Prep your precious babe for success by starting them early with the world’s lightest balance bike, the Brilrider FLIGHT. For the uninitiated, balance bikes are no-pedal bicycles that propel forward by pushing off the ground with […]
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No gas, no liquid, all heat: these plasma lighters are like having a lightsaber in your pocket
With so many advancements in modern society, you’d think we’d have moved beyond the butane lighter by now. A pressurized, flammable gas, butane fumes can irritate your eyes and skin, can elevate your heart rate, and even lead to cardiac arrest. And we did mention that whole highly pressurized and flammable part, right? While certainly […]
