Boombox on the Klipshorns: Downtown in '77

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture

We’re back from our summer break and getting straight back to business to examine what was going on in the Downtown party scene during the fabled year of 1977. We return to a favourite of the show - Nicky Siano - to hear how the Gallery wound down, check in on what’s happening back at the Loft, and unearth the very first iteration of the Paradise Garage.

Also featured in this episode: a bit more Studio 54 wash-up, the decline of the New York Record Pool, Deleuzian sobriety and more on Jem’s breakdancing.

Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.

Books:
Jonathan Mahler - Ladies and Gentlemen the Bronx is Burnin

Tracklist:
Salsoul Orchestra ft. Loleatta Holloway - Runaway
Teddy Pendergrass - The More I Get, The More I Want
Grace Jones - I Need a Man
Sylvester - Over and Over
C.J. & Co. - We Got Our Own Thing
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame