mashups This mash-up of Donna Summer and Danzig is fantastic Thom Dunn

law Kanye West settles lawsuit with Donna Summer's estate after using sample without permission Rob Beschizza

music Red Hot Chili Peppers play a smoking cover of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" (video) David Pescovitz

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pop music How New Order's "Blue Monday" came to be Gareth Branwyn

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music Donna Summer sings "Bad Girls" a capella David Pescovitz

music Listen to this compelling mash-up of 50 songs from 1979 David Pescovitz

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News Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television is Set in the 80s Maureen Herman

music Living synth legend Giorgio Moroder: from Donna Summer to Bowie to Blondie to Daft Punk David Pescovitz

novels Excerpt from The Biographies of Ordinary People, by Nicole Dieker Nicole Dieker

synthesizers Rise of the Synthesizer: How an Electronics Whiz Kid Gave the 1980s Its Signature Sound Mark Frauenfelder