Rethinking Disco

Soundcheck | Aug 31, 2010

Disco’s golden era may be long past, but its legacy is more than polyester suits and glitter balls. Today on Soundcheck – disco’s deeper meaning for gay liberation, feminism and race relations in America.

Plus: Rupa & The April Fishes live in our studio.

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