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    Daryl Easlea – “Everybody Dance: Chic and the Politics of Disco” (2004)

    November 20, 2009 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Publications, Reviews.

    chic-everybody_dance“ALERT: Yet another upper working-class white boy from Britain writes about a group and phenomena that occurred in another country when he was only 12″. It may not be the best way for an author to start a book about one of the most well known yet thoroughly underrated (disco) bands in history, and even though that statement is true, it is no way indicative of the content in this finely crafted book about the people behind the name and the music.

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    Chic live in Norway – “Everybody Dance / We Are Family”

    November 18, 2009 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Releases, Videos.

    One last Chic clip… It’s really sad that it is no longer possible to see the original line up live with Bernard Edwards on bass and Tony Thompson on drums together with Nile Rodgers, but thankfully their music lives on (click the “HQ” button when the video starts playing to get better quality):

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    Chic live in Montreux – “I Want Your Love”

    November 17, 2009 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Releases, Videos.

    Yeah, I know, posting YouTube clips is old hat these days, but I’m going to publish a review of a great book about Chic soon, and I just wanted to remind people how outstanding and alive their music still is today (click the “HQ” button when the video starts playing to get better quality):

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