I lived in Germany and Denmark for several years where against my better musical judgement, I developed a bizarre affection for cheesy, crappy, novelty disco tunage. Here's a few samples of what I'm talking about:

Here's a clip of Danish disco sensation and Doug Henning impersonator, Tommy Seebach, performing the Shadows' instrumental classic, Apache, and cavorting in a field with a bevy of scantily-clad faux Indian maidens.

Dschinghis Khan was a German group with an inexplicable fetish for satin Russian Cossack outfits and disco kickdancing.

Gunther and The Sunshine Girls prove that mullets aren't just for rednecks in the chock-full-'o-softcore-pr0n, Ding Dong Song (You Touch My Tra-La-La). Not safe for work, obviously.

Finally, dance producer Vitalic appears poised to become the Wagner of Eurodisco thanks to his megahit, My Friend Dario, a lavish production filled with metalhead air guitar, rotating engine blocks, and frugging supermodels wearing silver go-go boots and football helmets.

And with that, I bid you all adieu and head to Los Angeles until next Sunday.

Many Eurodisco-y thanks to Beware of the Blog

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Apparently, I'm not the only person scanning entire issues of Flipside and putting them up on the IntarWeb. Feast your eyes on these primo scans of the 10th anniversary issue which showcases a variety of articles from the first 50 issues.

Of particular interest to me was the exclusive interview with perpetual scenester, Rodney Bingenheimer, starting on page 17. Rodney was Flipside's biggest booster in the early days, and they've always been joined at the hip in my mind.

Speaking of Rodney, he also appears in an installment of Morgana Welch's Hollywood Diaries, the highly interesting (and explicit) recollections of a 70's groupie hanging out on the Sunset Strip.

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