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Legends of disco : forty stars discuss their careers
\"In this candid retrospective of the disco era, 40 men and women who reigned over the dance music industry of the 1970s and 1980s recall their lives and careers. Artists interviewed include Anderson, formerly of Chic; Cermanski and Upchurch of The Trammps; Jones of the Village People; Debbie, Joni and Kim Sledge of Sister Sledge; and many more\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Everybody Dance
With their era-defining music and instantly recognisable look, Chic's reputation as pioneers of disco has endured long after the movement itself.After their initial success in the 1970s with classics such as Good Times, Le Freak and I Want Your Love, Chic disbanded in 1983, with founding members Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards becoming in-demand producers. After Edwards tragic early passing in 1996, Nile Rodgers involvement in Daft Punk's 2013 smash hit Get Lucky catapulted Chic back to international acclaim. And now, from curating Meltdown in 2019 to headlining festivals all over the world, Nile Rodgers and Chic have arguably never been more popular.Covering the sweet successes and fallings out of favour, the creative process and encounters with Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Madonna and others, the acclaimed Everybody Dance explores the highs and the lows of Chic's journey in fascinating detail. With a new foreword by Duran Duran founding member John Taylor and a host of new interviews with Nile Rodgers, Johnny Mathis and many others, to add to those with Ahmet Ertegun, Bryan Ferry and David Bowie, this edition bring their enthralling journey up to date.
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Hot stuff : disco and the remaking of American culture
\"American studies scholar and former deejay Alice Echols captures the experience of the Disco Years--on dance floors, at the movies, in the streets, and beneath the sheets. Disco may have presented itself as shallow and disposable--the platforms, polyester, and plastic vibe of it all--but the disco scene carved out a haven for gay men who reclaimed their sexuality on dance floors where they had once been surveilled and harassed; it thrust black women onto center stage as some of the genre's most prominent stars; and it paved the way for the opening of Studio 54 and the viral popularity of the shoestring-budget Saturday Night Fever, a movie that challenged traditional notions of masculinity, even for heterosexuals. But while exploring the cultural milieu, Echols never loses sight of the era's defining soundtrack, which propelled popular music into new sonic territory, influencing everything from rap and rock to techno and trance\"--From publisher description.
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Análisis de la eficiencia de un disco de freno convencional ventilado con respecto a un disco hiperventilado mediante mecanizado
El objetivo de este estudio tiene como finalidad rediseñar un disco de freno ventilado a un disco hiperventilado para comparar las diferencias de temperatura y distancias de frenado, para ello se instaló un sistema de monitoreo en el vehículo, que consistió en la implementación de dos sensores de temperatura ubicados cerca de cada disco y una tarjeta de adquisición de datos. Con la implementación de los discos hiperventilados se pudo disminuir la temperatura generada por la fricción del frenado. Se realizó el monitoreo de valores de temperaturas que se producen entre los discos al momento de frenar. Para obtener los valores de temperaturas de los discos de frenos, se realizaron pruebas de ruta con diferentes tipos de discos: discos ventilados en las dos ruedas frontales, discos hiperventilados en las dos ruedas frontales y discos mixtos. En los discos mixtos van un disco ventilado en rueda delantera derecha y uno hiperventilado en rueda delantera izquierda. Mediante visualización de datos en tiempo en los discos de freno se pudo concluir que los hiperventilados poseen una mejor disipación de calor ya que presentan una mejor ventilación. A partir de todos los resultados de las pruebas de rutas obtenidas, se pudo visualizar el comportamiento de temperatura en los discos al momento de frenar y se evidenció que los discos hiperventilados tienden a calentarse menos que los normales, llevando con esto a disminuir el tiempo y distancia de frenado.
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Disco Demolition : the night disco died
A illustrated collection of essays and interviews about the \"anti-disco rally,\" Disco Demolition, held on July 12, 1979 at Comiskey Park and organized by Bill Veeck and DJ Steve Dahl.
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A guidebook for DISCO tissue clearing
Histological analysis of biological tissues by mechanical sectioning is significantly time‐consuming and error‐prone due to loss of important information during sample slicing. In the recent years, the development of tissue clearing methods overcame several of these limitations and allowed exploring intact biological specimens by rendering tissues transparent and subsequently imaging them by laser scanning fluorescence microscopy. In this review, we provide a guide for scientists who would like to perform a clearing protocol from scratch without any prior knowledge, with an emphasis on DISCO clearing protocols, which have been widely used not only due to their robustness, but also owing to their relatively straightforward application. We discuss diverse tissue‐clearing options and propose solutions for several possible pitfalls. Moreover, after surveying more than 30 researchers that employ tissue clearing techniques in their laboratories, we compiled the most frequently encountered issues and propose solutions. Overall, this review offers an informative and detailed guide through the growing literature of tissue clearing and can help with finding the easiest way for hands‐on implementation.
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Tissue‐clearing methods have allowed imaging intact biological specimens and understanding biology at a whole‐organism and systems‐level. This Review provides a guide for scientists who would like to setup a clearing protocol, with an emphasis on DISCO methods.
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American experience. The war on disco
The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s. But many diehard rock fans viewed disco as shallow and superficial. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot broke out at \"Disco Demolition Night\" at a baseball game in Chicago.
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Turning Heads on the Dance Floor: Synchrony and Social Interaction Using a Silent Disco Paradigm
Music and dance appear to have a social bonding effect, which some have theorized is part of their ultimate evolutionary function. Prior research has also found a social bonding effect of synchronized movement, and it is possible that interpersonal synchrony could be considered the “active ingredient” in the social bonding consequences of music or dance activity. The present study aimed to separate the effects of synchrony from other factors associated with joint experience of dancing by using a “silent disco” manipulation, in which the timing of a musical stimulus was varied within a dyad in a freestyle dance setting. Three conditions were included: synchrony, tempo-shifted (in which the tempo was stretched by 5% for one participant), and phase-shifted (in which the beat was offset by 90 degrees for one participant). It was found that, when participants were listening to music in time with each other, they gave higher subjective ratings of their experience interacting with their partner. Participants also were observed looking towards each other more in the synchrony condition, compared with the non-synchrony conditions. From this, it appears that sharing time may contribute to the social effects of joint dancing, independent of any other effects associated with sharing space on the dancefloor. Avenues for further research, and possibilities using this “silent disco” paradigm, are discussed.
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Ultrashort-Echo-Time MRI of the Disco-Vertebral Junction: Modulation of Image Contrast via Echo Subtraction and Echo Times
Introduction: The disco-vertebral junction (DVJ) of the lumbar spine contains thin structures with short T2 values, including the cartilaginous endplate (CEP) sandwiched between the bony vertebral endplate (VEP) and the nucleus pulposus (NP). We previously demonstrated that ultrashort-echo-time (UTE) MRI, compared to conventional MRI, is able to depict the tissues at the DVJ with improved contrast. In this study, we sought to further optimize UTE MRI by characterizing the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of these tissues when either single echo or echo subtraction images are used and with varying echo times (TEs). Methods: In four cadaveric lumbar spines, we acquired 3D Cones (a UTE sequence) images at varying TEs from 0.032 ms to 16 ms. Additionally, spin echo T1- and T2-weighted images were acquired. The CNRs of CEP-NP and CEP-VEP were measured in all source images and 3D Cones echo subtraction images. Results: In the spin echo images, it was challenging to distinguish the CEP from the VEP, as both had low signal intensity. However, the 3D Cones source images at the shortest TE of 0.032 ms provided an excellent contrast between the CEP and the VEP. As the TE increased, the contrast decreased in the source images. In contrast, the 3D Cones echo subtraction images showed increasing CNR values as the second TE increased, reaching statistical significance when the second TE was above 10 ms (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Our study highlights the feasibility of incorporating UTE MRI for the evaluation of the DVJ and its advantages over conventional spin echo sequences for improving the contrast between the CEP and adjacent tissues. Additionally, modulation of the contrast for the target tissues can be achieved using either source images or subtraction images, as well as by varying the echo times.
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Ku Hluvukile eka ‘Zete’: Recovering history and heritage through the influence of Xitsonga disco muso, Obed Ngobeni
This article explores the influence of the musician Obed Ngobeni (1954-2002) and his backing singers the Kurhula Sisters. It catalogues his significance as a pioneer of Xitsonga disco that helped shape South Africa's 'township bubblegum' sound of the '80s. The author argues that Ngobeni defied apartheid's social engineering in an attempt to foster and affirm African cultural values. This form of resistance is exemplified by the influential 1983 track Ku Hluvukile eka 'Zete' (There is Progress at ZZ2), later entitled Kazet which has become a recognisable classic and anthem. Veteran musicians such as Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, Harry Belafonte and several deejays have recorded versions of Kazet and toured the world, thus extending its reach beyond racial and ethnic confines - placing it on the continent and world music circuit. Ngobeni's music serves as an example of excellence emanating from the so-called backward and 'unbookish' pockets of our country. Hence, the author argues that music on the periphery is central in shaping critical perspectives, cultural affirmation and conscientising people around the issues of labour exploitation, cultural and historical marginalisation. Through the song Ku Hluvukile eka 'Zete', Ngobeni reimagined a new, humane and egalitarian society way back in the '80s before the advent of liberation and democracy in South Africa. Through oral testimonies and interviews of men and women who worked on the ZZ2 farms as well as musical archives and other phenomenological approaches, the story of Ngobeni is revealed with sensitivity to the factors that foregrounded his music. Contribution This article records, preserves, popularises and studies the role of resistance music through Ngobeni's song Ku Hluvukile eka 'Zete' within the multidisciplinary fields of social sciences, using, in the main, oral history techniques to document the untold rural story of an unheralded artist.
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