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28 January 2006

Hoi! Two things: One, when did MeCha move here? What's up with that? I know that I haven't been around in a while, but huh?

Two: Awesome set of Italo Disco. I dunno. I can't post to Metafilter for another day or so, and even then I'm thinking of doing something on Aceh, so I thought I'd show this to you guys.

post by: klangklangston at: 16:39 | 18 comments

if they're copying Sylvester (and many others, etc), is it really Italo Disco?

posted by amberglow 28 January | 16:41

There's actually a pretty good explanation of the term in that link.

posted by klangklangston 28 January | 16:43

Is this that Disco Italiano stuff they used to advertise on channel 5 when I was a kid? They also had Disco Latino and Disco Polska as I recall. And people wonder where the backlash came from.

posted by jonmc 28 January | 16:43

Heh. It's the icy, goofy, Morodor influenced disco. I can't really speak to your childhood geography...

posted by klangklangston 28 January | 16:45

This would be the New York Metro area. Weird foreign disco comps seemed to be big around there.

posted by jonmc 28 January | 16:47

You are her courtesy of dabitch. So get used to it!

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 28 January | 17:15

Oh, and I forgot to add: MetaChat has not moved, we are just trying to get away from quonsar.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 28 January | 17:17

I am Herr Courtesy of Dabitch, a small principality in Northern Prussia.

posted by klangklangston 28 January | 17:32

I'm dear cutesy Dabitch. So get used to it! :P

posted by dabitch 28 January | 19:42

and she's Danish! and the Danish make great Danishes! or something.

posted by jonmc 28 January | 19:46

Ha! Gotcha! I'm Swedish. I just live here. I used to live in New York. Right above the cowgirl hall of fame on Hudson street. :) Didn't make me American (though I did consider myself a newyawka)

posted by dabitch 28 January | 19:48

it is true that you get fan-frickin'-tastic danishes in Denmark. However, here they are called "Vieanna breads". Go figure.

posted by dabitch 28 January | 19:50

Right above the cowgirl hall of fame on Hudson street.

you're shitting me! I work (and thus type many of my brilliant posts and comments) from the office building on the corner of Hudson & Spring, right down the street! I've snarfed down chicken fried steak and nachos at Cowgirl many a time! I even took Wino, Dame & Hugh there once! Great Black Eyed Pea Salsa! Superfluous Exclamation!

posted by jonmc 28 January | 19:57

We didn't move, we're just sleeping on dabitch's couch.

posted by dodgygeezer 28 January | 20:46

jonmc getthehellouttahere! The best thing about the cowgirl are the margaritas served in old jars. When I was back in 2001 I was shocked to see that the old "Taxi" house a block up on Hudson (star of the TV show you know) had been replaced by some new building. But the more things change, the more they stay the same, the cowgirl was like I never left it. :)

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...and it's a nice couch. Make yourselves at home. Have some mac&cheese.

posted by dabitch 28 January | 20:55

Dew Drop Inn (on Greenwich) does that mason jar drink thing too. : >

posted by amberglow 28 January | 21:20

Metachat did not ~~move~~ change. You did.

posted by stilicho 28 January | 22:45

You cannot step in the same river twice.

Especially when it done cut itself a new channel through dabitch's yard since last time you come round.

posted by George_Spiggott 29 January | 01:50

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