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Show L For fi rrcorr Discos message: money talks 'IVita Oriiu 1 Ti ibune Staff MY LAST DAY off was spent lounging on the grass, soaking up sunshine and reading a New York Tilmes others brand it as the McDonald's Mac of music The repetitive, pounding rhythms and explicit lyrics serve as a statement of sexual liberation, one person will say, while the next complains that we would be better off without such mindless banality Either youre for it or agin it ONE THING CANT be debated, however- - disco is alive, well and lucrative The New York Times tells us that the disco business generates $4 billion annually, making it as big as network television Last year Warner Bros records invested $6 million on a disco division to get in on the action Casablanca records has become a real heavyweight in the industry, due to its disco artists The label received more platinum and gold citations than any other company in 1978, with the exception of CBS Ritchie Razor; the disc jockey at Studio 54 in New York, makes $50,000 a not bad for spinning records year To the chagrin of some, and the jubilation of others discos adversaries aie living won over 80s the tuck magazine under I diwant any my pillow body to know I reading about disco I wasnt fast enough Reading about disco, huh Yeh. I almost said that I only read about it, and never listen to the stuff But then I wouldnt have been able to invite him in for coffee. The Village Peoples Go West was on the turntable The problem with disco, he went on to say, is that it is so mechanical, so repetitive It doesnt relate to personal its too artificial experience The magazine I was reading was not mine Another friend gave it to me, along with a Village Voice, which (.untamed a storv on the same sub)e t I'm going to write a letter to the editor about this newspapers lac k of disco coverage, said this other fi lend trying not to smile "The largest music phenomena of the decade and the pop wntei hasn't written a word atxnit it f , Rig As my neighbor came out of his house and headed towards me, obviously wanting to talk, I did my best to was liter Thats the wav it is with disco Some hail it as a progressive har Dinger of the Magazine story about disco dnt W 1 RINGING THE CHANGES 65 Customer 68 Large antelope ' Arafat or Sadat biz Casting assignment 18 Part of IRT 20 Daylight' 2 wds 21 Nastase 22 White House dog 23 Air a notion 24 Actress Eve 25 Tarzan's love 26 The bell rings for table tennis 5 wds 10 31 the 80 Few pref Blue or Hogan Of blood Oft heard Numskull Open Man of Meshed Puts the arm on Trolley Souq lehain 3 wds 81 3 1 14 Mandalay Want h.r Children s qa n 5 Wear aw iv P 6 What atmo rue inc M 7 Nut f ear drop 29 33 2 wds 4 10 The Kina : i . ? wl v. c ti nus " : : : H-l- Prefix wfh verse and cycle Port of Algeria Seaweed Where Chinese is spoken and how it sounds7 5 wds Storied hotel All (totally) 2 wds own (unaided) 2 wds i.l 7- - 1 -- 1 1 36 Acapulco water 37 Temerity 38 Of flo' i and faun 39 Prior 4r So term er oatty 2 w L 4 1 In re ewe ic. 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He writes the songs, he determines the sound lie packages a product The six men behind The Village People facade are puppets, probably rich ones at that, on a string Writing about disco as music proves difficult Like The Village People's costumes and the incredibly expensive apparel worn by those wealthy enough to get through Studio 54's doois, it is more veneer than solid oak guess both my friends ai e i igtit It is a phenomena, but out fed by money not art I t ju 4 hope that v hen we get do n to Inass talks m tilt W(K television, fast tood and disco is not all a e find w Saturday Night Fever, the musical form which some claim finds its roots in gay, urban bars, crossed more than one bridge and radiated into the suburbs. Even Arthur Murray can make you feel at home on the disco floor AND WHO CAN fault the person who spends money and time discoing the night away7 After all. it is great exercise But my neighbors comment hits home It is repetitive and really doesnt say anything Of course, maybe thats a plus Preaching and philosophizing in pop music seems rather pretentious The last thing anyone could want is to have The Village People taken seriously Discos environment requires a strobe light, dance floor, and a loss of inhibition If you have to think, please do it someplace else As has often been said, disco is a pioducers medium not a music nils The Village People scive as the best example of this, because they au hot1' the most ixipular act 'oing ami the most 106 Neighbor of Viel nam Pivot 108 Opposed 82 Could he have used the perfume7 109 Marked well 10 Dame 5 wds 87 Orch offering Singer Pinza 112 Avast1 88 In a bit 13 B way hit signs 89 Expunge 14 Disney or Kelly 90 Grammatic al r o 15 At ts of turpitude nos Retreat 1 105 remember 52 53 54 56 57 59 60 T wo fives make 7 w Is 2 Dt'jio s 103 104 Drops Jaw away Boorish Woman to 51 wot U 74 76 78 79 Cod DOWN Sandy s 'on destructive effect 49 Was able 50 Beaucoup Podium 92 93 95 69 Top priority 72 Sky Ram 73 Has a prosit 36 Teen (youths, 38 Tabus 40 Card game 43 Gift from China 5 wds 48 AF base on Cape 61 Catafalque 2 )1 32 Debt 33 Relative of 5 Little and Gabor 9 Canaamte deity 13 Gertrude of show 17 nswei s on Page People: Casablancas disco gold mine. And with the release of Donna Summers peiformanee of Last Dance from the film Thank God Its Friday won an Oscar April 9 Rolling Stone magazine leeently devoted almost 20 full pages to disco The In the Village Peoples new single Navy" might be used by that branch of the aimed fences m its icc liutment adveitisenients crossword puzzle ACROSS The Village wi ap 47 Ooze 5 i Heavenly toppe is 54 Ac ioss p'et 55 Dancer Sally ; t SeMiJd-expjejiyt- s vn f theater 58 Movie teatum ft 2 w iwn 60 Dam l Sufi i 6? me Now 89 's friend S v indt 6 f fi tv iq Bi i. t Gm 0 e i 64 Pliant1 H 65 F cirupi an capita 66 A (norm il'vi 2 wds 67 Of t bb and flow Hamrx r or Douglas 77 Beer containers 70 Hosiery fabric 71 Cube Alto 74 Automotive pi 76 79 Dainty 3 nc t cm iiures, c f yor 0 Conn 3 8 i'!y ii 81 Duo Vai'i y 83 Crew 84 Mr For 85 Islands ' Gaiway G ot Ln wds i Q1' qM' i gaum u g q, , i a H t 92 Has a q mdi 33 Sma'I (Glut eraiu i 04 f u ly t f i 9ri iio y 2 rrc Oil n I'vdi Cam in st Doqiow ( j in ptublem 100 Merest trar e about ml Hitlr e q 102 En'er 2 wos 2 wJs lute' national CL3 .Ethiopian title 1 pat t ,107 Help' T |