tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post8528368286833617651..comments2008-02-18T22:23:27.047-08:00Los Angelistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17794296990587989214noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-89627903293609903152008-02-18T22:23:00.000-08:002008-02-18T22:23:00.000-08:00<B>Randi,</B><BR/>Thanks! I'm glad you're feeling it. I really like it as well!<BR/><BR/><B>Jali,</B><BR/>You <I>think</I> you want to see my photos, but really, you don't. And I'm sure I'll look back on my photos from the present day and wonder what I was thinking as well!<BR/><BR/><B>NYC/CR,</B><BR/>Mine were also very strict so I only went to clubs after I was 17 and went to college. It was such a pain to try to borrow folk's ids to get in. And then right before I turned 19, I got an official state ID that had my face but not my name. I was Joy B. and I was 21!Los Angelistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17794296990587989214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-82576166243396219272008-02-18T17:13:00.000-08:002008-02-18T17:13:00.000-08:00This clip was priceless. My parents were crazy strict so I could not sneak out of the house to go to "the city". When I was younger I really wanted hit the clubs Danceteria, The Garage, The Palladium, etc. <BR/><BR/>Oh well instead I had to dance in front of my mirror wearing my black rubber bracelets. (ala Madonna). Tragic.nyc/caribbean ragazzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09370358466131415888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-65845204941113923942008-02-18T16:35:00.000-08:002008-02-18T16:35:00.000-08:00I want to see your photos! <BR/><BR/>What's funny is that everyone thought they were so "hip" at the time. I enjoyed watching.jalishousehttp://jalishouse.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-72973404172672339502008-02-18T11:36:00.000-08:002008-02-18T11:36:00.000-08:00OOOH, I love the new layout for your blog!Randi523http://www.blogger.com/profile/17058178511898387086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-849044688247476762008-02-18T10:35:00.000-08:002008-02-18T10:35:00.000-08:00<B>The Joy,</B><BR/>I've probably watched this clip a dozen times in the past day or so and I'm still dying every single time I see it. <BR/><BR/>Just think, all those "dancers" are grown ups now. It's a little scary!<BR/><BR/><B>Houseonahill.org,</B><BR/>Do you mean Medusa's? Oh and the Riviera was the spot for a minute too! There really were so many great places to go to. The first club I came to in LA, they were throwing lollipop penises off the stage and the artist was handing out free copies of his porn tape. It was a little surreal.<BR/><BR/>Those old-school get-togethers sound so fun. That's how I know I'm old. And it's scary how upscale so many places are now. I don't even recognize so many parts of Chicago anymore. And not that I mind things looking better, but I always wonder where'd the people go that lived there before, especially in the South Loop. <BR/><BR/><B>Bygbaby,</B><BR/>Oh my goodness, Cross Colours! LOL! I remember a friend having a bright yellow CC outfit and then one with red and white stripes. I only shopped thrift stores/goodwill back then because I had no $ and wanted to look "different" but I wanted one of those outfits too.Los Angelistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17794296990587989214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-67097362417593805082008-02-17T22:34:00.000-08:002008-02-17T22:34:00.000-08:00That mix was hot & I heard a few of my jams!!!<BR/><BR/>They were throwing down & it is all to familiar. I love it.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of clothes, I saw "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins" & Martin was forced to wear a "Cross Colors" outfit & that cracked me up. I wanted one of those outfits so bad!!! <BR/><BR/>BygbabyBygbabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265764779873436485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-68599926510543466152008-02-17T19:28:00.000-08:002008-02-17T19:28:00.000-08:00GGIIIRRLLL! That was too fun to watch. PowerPlant, Limelight(Excalibur), The Underground, then the Shelter, Kaboom and what was that place on Sheffield??? <BR/>...believe it or not old schoolers in Chi still try to relive the past! Every summer behind the Museum of Science and Indusrty, our old rusty butts set up tents, BRING OUR KIDS, cook and all of the old WBMX, GCI etc, djs come out and we party! It is so funny ~ bald, gray and decrepit still trying to jack!<BR/>Thanks, that was really fun!<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah btw 747 N Green is SO upscale now - like SO upscale! Just across Halsted,the old Montgomery Ward building has posh restaurants and condos ~ scary huh?Houseonahill.orghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047144806524705807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-44065801036192576432008-02-17T19:19:00.000-08:002008-02-17T19:19:00.000-08:00oh. my. lord. youre right about the couple that busted out the choreography... people are still busting out those moves. additionally, i laughed through most of this. this explains alot of the people at my job's christmas party...the joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05802618412868607142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-60001354436606021412008-02-17T14:33:00.000-08:002008-02-17T14:33:00.000-08:00<B>Jen,</B><BR/>Yeah, the "velvet rope" in Chicago was so not a big deal. I had VIP cards to all the biggest clubs when I was 19 -- which was awesome because then I didn't have to pay to get in. But who was I? Not a wannabe popstar or actress or anything like that. Just a dorky college girl who liked to dance.<BR/><BR/><B>CC,</B><BR/>LOL @ "<I>second and best wife</I>!!! But yeah, her friend probably told you how for awhile there, Kaboom was the place to be. I thought I lived at 747 N. Green! It breaks my heart when I look on Google Maps because the street view shows that it's now upscale lofts. We were running things in the Midwest. Between Detroit and Chicago...gosh, we set music on FIRE! <BR/><BR/><B>Marleaux,</B><BR/>I remember how everybody thought the Butterfly was such a nasty dance when it first came out, but it's pretty tame compared to the stripper mess that passes as dancing these days. LOVED my Doc Martens! I thought I was SO extra hot in them. Clearly delusional as we can see from watching that clip! You are right though, it's almost all better than the strips of fabric they wear on Soul Train these days! <BR/><BR/><B>Noel,</B><BR/>Good luck on the closet cleaning! I think my husband might have "accidentally" donated some of my stuff from back then a couple of years ago. <BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, I may have accidentally donated some of his mess too. <BR/><BR/><B>Jameil,</B><BR/>I was flipping through a couple of photo albums today and, uh, on the outfits, I want to plead the 5th but I can't!<BR/><BR/>Sadly enough, you KNOW some of those folks were at home practicing their little dance routines all day. I thought some of those guys were gonna give themselves a hernia!Los Angelistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17794296990587989214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-10803840978172743792008-02-17T12:37:00.000-08:002008-02-17T12:37:00.000-08:00omg that was so fun!!!!!!! wheeee!! and cc is right. you ABSOLUTELY looked like this!!! lolol. those folk at 2:50 were gettin it! made you wanna get up and join! some of the dancing on there... wow... wow!! lol.jameil1922http://www.blogger.com/profile/02242625946552047911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-2120150149459271652008-02-17T12:34:00.000-08:002008-02-17T12:34:00.000-08:00What truly depresses me is that I still have clothes from that period. I'm going through my closets right now and donating it!thelastnoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883917612366394420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-35656372448050652282008-02-17T12:19:00.000-08:002008-02-17T12:19:00.000-08:00Oh my goodness. That was indeed hilarious. Yeah, the duo at 2:50, were doing the most. The Butterfly and Doc Martins... I think I was like in 7th grade around this time. And the clothes, forgedaboutid... It's better than an 80's video, or a current episode of Soul Train...Marleauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13704327925911836523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-5484154909001620932008-02-17T09:43:00.000-08:002008-02-17T09:43:00.000-08:00Yes, you likely did look like this. My ex-wife's from S. Cottage Grove Ave and used to tell me all about this stuff. Indeed, my wife's (my second and best wife...) girlfriend fro Howard's a Chicago sister and yep--talked about Kaboom (is that the spelling). Lord, folks make of us in DC for Go-Go, but you all had some esoteric mess in the Midwest...Christopher Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16981041389119024155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-88560911628175956712008-02-17T09:20:00.000-08:002008-02-17T09:20:00.000-08:00It may well be a Midwest thing... we had more fun dancing in A2 than trying to be "seen". Of course, who the hell cares about seeing a bunch of folks from A2? We're not exactly A-listers, lol.Jen of A2eatwritehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362687820368214420noreply@blogger.com