Danceteria

So again, I would wind up playing on the same stage with multiple, multiple bands.

Even, even some of the dance clubs, like there was Danceteria and a few others.

Now, I can't dance at all.

However, they would have bands during the week, and the acoustics were horrible.

...

Danceteria, um, all those things.

I was...

I had a lot of anger and had a lot of ways of getting that out by being...

1983, the band takes a trip to New York.

You know, I'm talking clubs like Danceteria.

But...

Funhaus and Paradise Garage.

You know, the, I mean, pretty much New York clubs, you know, the downtown clubs, everyone came out of the Mudd.

Well, I would say the Mudd, Pyramid, or Danceteria, those three.

Mm.

Right.

He's like the shaved head guy.

He's in the Danceteria video playing Martin

Burgoyne.

He is my current dancer crush.

you think they

picked that?

I think because there was probably, well, first of all, I think when she went to Paradise Garage and Danceteria and all that, Chic was really it.

And that was also why she wanted to work with Nile

Well, and culture creation was happening, right? Not just consumption.

And, you know, please, the next club over was Danceteria, which had a fifth floor video lounge that was just incredible and seminal.

You know, Madonna was the elevator operator.

I was working at a club called Privatize at the time and doing the 120-minute stuff.

Let's di- let's dive in.

So in episode o- one of this, which was really episode 16, we did the first seven songs, I Feel So Free, Good For The Soul, One Step Away, Bring Your Love, Danceteria, Read My Lips, and Everything.

And you know, now that we're just talking a little bit about collabs, we go right into Love Incantation.

But let's talk about the album version first, and then, and then a little bit about, uh-

But one of the adult characters is the uncle of one of the teenagers who's a person living with AIDS and an ACT UP activist, and he writes these, like, queer 101 note cards to them to pass down gay culture.

And the card about Madonna talks about how he was there when Madonna was performing Holiday.

I can't remember if I said it was at Danceeteria, but it could have been.

Um, I should reread my own work sometimes.

Yeah, I think that's exactly right, actually.

I think I originally met him at Danceteria on a Thursday night.

They used to have bands play.

I forget exactly what it was called, but I think that's the first time I met him.