While in Paris, he visited a discotheque and was so impressed by the large, enthusiastic crowd of young dancers that he decided to borrow the disco’s name and start his own club back home in Los Angeles. After lining up three partners, Valentine launched the Whisky a Go Go in January 1...
booking everyone from XTC and Dead Kennedys to evenThe Jam,with none other than Johnny Cougar (pre-Mellencamp) as an opener. Just as riots had almost brought down the Whisky in the 60s, the Black Flag riot in 1980 served as a bookend to the end of the chaotic punk scene on the Strip...
14. Go-Go's, 'Beauty and the Beat' (1981) Drawing on influences from garage-pop, surf-punk and '60s girl-groups, the debut album from the Go-Go's remains fresh and relatable. The quintet — singer Belinda Carlisle, guitarists Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin, bassist Kathy Valentine a...
A rule to live by, go for it. Always. Even when you're scared. Even when it's uncomfortable because the good stuff is in that sweet spot when you learn to let go. Cheers from a work in progress aka Sarah J 30 famous people you might not know were college athletes Stackerdug deep ...
“My memory of her influence was when erotic dancers came to Jamaica, by boat, to work at an exclusive club,” says Clive McLean, 37, a Jamaican-born English teacher now living in Japan. “Two of the seven of them dancedonlyto Celine Dion music. One was so pleasantly surprised that I...