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Roller Disco Fever

June 1, 2009 · 7 Comments

roller disco

Roller Disco
Marzano
1979

“Hot-doggin’,” “Latest rink fashions,” and “Mr. WonderWheels interview”

Sweeeeet.

(And, no, there’s nothing wrong with the information in this book.  It’s just funny.)

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7 responses so far ↓

  • marykelly48 // June 1, 2009 at 8:43 pm | Reply

    I grew up in Central Illinois and by 1979 Roller Disco was dead. I think it was outdated the year it was published! Mary
    PS I never did get my groove on with roller skates!

  • KDob // June 1, 2009 at 9:43 pm | Reply

    Hey…I was so in to roller skating… I even remember how much fun it was to “rex” with a partner. Ah, those were the days.

  • midwestlibrarian // June 1, 2009 at 10:29 pm | Reply

    Oh my, our copy is actually checked out.

  • amylee39 // June 2, 2009 at 10:32 am | Reply

    I’m diggin’ the woman’s shiny outfit. Golly, I wish satin would come back into style…

  • Heather // June 2, 2009 at 1:30 pm | Reply

    (Musical Notes)

    A place where nobody dared to go
    The love that we came to know
    They call it Xanadu

    And now
    Open your eyes and see
    What we have made is real
    We are in Xanadu

    A million lights are dancing
    And there you are
    A shooting star
    An everlasting world
    And you’re here with me
    Eternally

    Xanadu, Xanadu,
    (now we are here)
    In Xanadu
    Xanadu, Xanadu,
    (now we are here)
    In Xanadu

    (Music fades to the background…)

    Isn’t this now a Broadway Musical?

  • Badda Being // June 4, 2009 at 5:10 pm | Reply

    My favorite conflation of activities has to be Jodi Stolove’s Chair Dancing video.

    http://www.amazon.com/Jodi-Stoloves-Chair-Dancing-VHS/dp/6303075940

    It’s an exercise program designed for seniors but it conveys a paradoxical injunction: Do want to a good workout? Sit your ass down!

  • Malcolm // July 7, 2009 at 3:59 am | Reply

    How could you even THINK about removing this from the shelves?!

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