What The Hell Were You Thinking

Show Notes Episode 361: The Night They Drove Old Disco Down This week Host Dave Bledsoe digs out his Boogie Shoes, unbuttons his shirt down to his navel and slaps on his gold chains to get down on the dance floor.  And…gets booted out of the Bar Mitzvah where he hoped to score free booze. (Again) On the show this week we head back to The Night Disco Died when a bunch of drunk white dudes got real, real mad about some music they didn’t like. (But liked the people who made the music even less) Along the way we learn that Dave’s taste in t-shirts has not noticeably improved in 40 years.  Then we dive right into that time when America was getting funky on the dance floor.  (To be fair, most of America was just embarrassing themselves on the dance floor.)  Then we talk about where the music known as disco came from and where it was going. (White dudes thinking they could dance) Then dig into the cultural events that led up to a mid-market DJ stoking white rage in the center field of a crappy Chicago baseball te