Fuck everything about this. This entire fucking publicity stunt was founded on nothing more than Steve Dahl's (the Chicago DJ who organized all this) and Middle America's own racist, homophobic, chauvinistic sentiments towards a market dominated by black, gay and/or female artists.

Just take a look at the photos. How many minorities do you see in any of them? How many women do you see other than the handful who are seemingly there only to accompany another male? More importantly what do you think would have happened to a homosexual in a crowd of 90,000 straight, white, middle class, angry, drunk males?

Steve Dahl was nothing more than a Howard Stern shock-jock type and the fact that he still defends the event to this day, and moreover denies any homophobic sentiments behind it, is fucking appalling. It's easy to use the excuse that 'disco sucks', because granted, the quality of it really did decline by the late-70s. But to go on air and bash disco for being 'unnatural', 'artificial', 'indistinguishable', 'degenerate', 'tasteless', 'lacking in direction' -- all of which just happened to be terms used by conservatives to describe homosexuals at the time -- is an entirely different story.

People reminisce about this like it was the greatest thing to happen to rock since the Beatles, but no one seems to remember the little details. Like the fact that Dahl entered the field wearing army fatigues and a helmet, playing the role of the knowledgeable and charismatic leader. Or like the news reports that came out the following day, mirroring the event with fascist jazz burnings that took place in the 30s and 40s (another genre heavily associated with minorities). Or how about the 'Disco Ducks Klan' showing up with white sheets and hoods, so outrageous to the point where Comiskey Park officials had to tell them to tone it down a bit.

So like I said... Fuck everything about this.