http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1927 Dance music was born in LGBT communities, but has this been forgotten? In this extended feature, Luis-Manuel Garcia examines the history of club culture's queer roots. Maybe we need to flip the opening question on its head: if the roots of electronic music are so sexually diverse, why do today's audiences need to be reminded of it? Have we forgotten about the queer nightlife worlds of the '70s and '80s? That's the problem according to Loren Granic, AKA Goddollars, co-founder and resident of A Club Called Rhonda in Los Angeles, who doesn't mince words: "We're currently experiencing a total mainstreaming of dance music in America," he says. " Many of these newcomers are straight/white kids who are very far removed from the LGBT community, despite fist-pumping by the millions to a music that was born from gay people of color sweating their asses off at 5 AM in a Chicago warehouse . It...
U želji da meni vaoma dragom Francuzu malo bolje približim Balkan krenuh u najveću i kažu najbolju izdavačku i šta još ne , kuću u kultnom SKC. Dok sam ulazio u knjižaru iz nje je odzvanjala muzika ne baš dobro uštimovanog benda i žamor usplahirene mase zbog besplatnog popodnevnog koktela na promociji još jednog letnjeg hita neke od naših spisateljica. Ignorišem gužvu u zadnjem delu zdanja u kojem su svoja prva dela osmislili i javnosti predstavili neki od naših najcenjenijih umetnika, onih pravih pisaca, muzičara... Prvo je bilo neophodno vešto odigrati mačku među rafovima knjiga u lovu na nekog od službenika. "Dobar dan, imate li 'Na Drini ćupriju', na francuskom?" Prvo zbunjen pogled, a onda i bez bar preko k... ćao: "Pitaj koleginicu" . Naravno da je uperio prstom , ka ženi okrenutoj leđima ka nama i oslonjenoj na zid tik pored ulaza na promociju gde je sada uveliko trajala žurka. Spisateljica sva uzbuđena zabacuje ...