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Baseball's Disco Demolition Night

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"Countdown with Keith Olbermann interviews Steve Dahl on the 25th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night. The promotion was held by the Chicago White Sox on July 12, 1979 at Comiskey Park. Disco records were exchanged for cheaper admission to a double header with the Detroit Tigers. Between games the disco records were blown up resulting in fans storming the field, lighting fires, and rioting." ... From http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Five_Ballpark_Promotions_That_Went_Wrong_including_10_Cent_Beer_Night?t=8025742#c8046015

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Disco Ruled. The whole idea of having a night devoted to bashing one type of music sucks.

written by theaceofclubz

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Yeah, but their was a moment in time, when the US had been pummeled with the craze for too long, that the kitsch wore of, and became cheese. 30 years later, the reconstituted, rehash, brings it back......Nostalgic trend curves get tighter and tighter, as we approach the singularity.

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