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The Disco 100: #30-#21-To Be Reeeee-al!!

by MJ on Apr 14, 2010 • 2 Comments

Wouldn’t ya know it? We’re closing in on the home stretch with this here countdown. Any songs you particularly surprised to not see on the list yet? If you haven’t been following, catch up with the last 10 entries on the list , and feel free to backtrack from there. Now, onward and upward… 30) “Got to Be Real” by Cheryl Lynn One of the most spirited performances on any song, never mind any disco song. “Got to Be Real” has to be one of the […]

The Disco 100 #50-#41: Whatcha Doing on Your Back??

by MJ on Mar 26, 2010 • 1 Comment

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Here’s the obligatory flashback to the previous 10 entries on my list. Off we go to the second half of our countdown of danceable, delectable, disco delights. I promise that there will be no more attempts at really gay-sounding alliteration going forward. 50. “The Chase” by Giorgio Moroder I’ve never seen “Midnight Express”, but something tells me that Moroder’s pulsing theme was the best thing about the movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akyx5iu_z8Y

The Disco 100 60-51: Toot, Toot…Ah…Beep, Beep!!

by MJ on Mar 19, 2010 • 3 Comments

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If you missed the rest of this list, you can find it here . The fact that I’m listening to each of these songs as I count them down, and the fact that I had a really fun DJ experience at the Mayer Hawthorne show a few weeks back, has led me to the conclusion that I really need to go to a good dance club. Anyone know if there are any places in Beantown that play GOOD dance music? Or am I […]

The Disco 100: Uh Oh, The Record Skipped (#70-61)

by MJ on Mar 13, 2010 • 3 Comments

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Um-something weird happened. I’m doing something really nerdy with my iTunes library. Thanks to a tip I found in a comment section on Popdose (by the way, Jeff and Jason, I had a dream the other day in which we all moved in together-WEIRD), I have decided to update every song in my library that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 with it’s chart position. I did not realize that futzing around with my library was going to affect my playlist, […]

The Disco 100 Continues: 90-81

by MJ on Mar 1, 2010 • 3 Comments

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Happy Monday all. I actually meant to post this yesterday, but I was in the middle of my morning duties when the freakin’ power went out, yo!! So I decided to take an extended power nap and then go over to a friend’s house, watch “Arrested Development” and drink tons of beer. Long story short, we can continue now. Where were we again? Catch up: here’s 100-91 and here’s the preamble . OK, OK. Let’s move on. 90. “Macarthur Park” by Donna […]

MisenPOPic Radio Episode 4: Turn the Beat Around

by MJ on Feb 23, 2010 • 2 Comments

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In this week’s episode of MisenPOPic Radio, me and Mikey are taking all of you into the wayback machine and landing in the age of disco!! In addition to a general discussion of why disco never died, a rundown of the genre’s best songs, and a couple of book recommendations, here’s what you get: -Lots and lots of Mikey singing-including a tour de force rendition of Cheryl Lynn’s “Got to Be Real” to open the show. -A plug for Larry […]