sink your teeth in

...to this crappy-seeming 12" from the never-heard-of-them band 'hot blood,' and their ...hit? 'disco dracula.' actually, i've heard this record. and, no vampiric pun intended, but it really really 'sucked.' their used to be a video for the song on the youtube, but i think its since been taken down. it was just your very ultra-basic european idea of what american disco was like. the video had a lot of slinky girls in long silky dresses that looked like nightgowns... but apart from that, i don't really remember anything about it. but i thought some of you out there might get a kick out the hilarious record sleeve. its 'bloody' terrific! in a very 'sucky' way!

disco sucks...

...except when it doesn't. yes, people can 'bag on' disco all they want, but i say what i always say about almost any genre of music: 75% of it truly does suck, but there's that 25% that does not. and, when we're talking about disco, and blondie, then i have to say we're talking about that wonderful, electric, delicious 25%... that does not... suck, that is. in fact, the first time i was handed a quarter and directed towards the jukebox at the smalltown 'pepe's pizza,' i selected a blondie track. 'heart of glass,' i think it was. (not to be confused with the first 45 single i ever bought with my own money... i'm proud to say that was the very legit and intelligent 'genius of love' by the tom tom club.) yes, disco... i have no shame in admitting i dig some disco. i was raised on it. it wasn't all i heard, fortunately my stepfather had a wide range of tastes, so i heard a little bit of a lot of things... and my mother made sure i knew about nat king cole and ricky nelson. so, most of the 'disco' i was exposed to was via my big bad american television set... 'dance fever,' 'american bandstand,' movies on cinemax, ('can't stop the music') ...that sort of thing. so... here's to all the 'good' disco. amen.