The Time Has Come
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Oh, Reader. I have counted on you for movie showtimes for over a decade. What has brought things to this pass? Parts of me feel betrayed, insulted by a short blurb that doesn’t do justice to the impact of this decision. Some parts lash out with criticism and sarcasm, others do their best to explain the trouble this will cause, and others plead: it’s just one page! Alas, alack, alarum. Is this really the end? Please reconsider! Melissa Sandfort, Albany Park
Editor Alison True replies:
Re: “Postcards From the Day Disco Died,” by Brian Costello with photographs by Diane Alexander White, July 9
So to ignore this context when discussing pictures of an all-white crowd, some wearing T-shirts emblazoned with Insane Coho Lips logo—a blues rock band organized by Dahl—you really have to wonder.
Remember all those rock bands making awful disco records, trying to capitalize on the trend? Disco was pretty ubiquitous by then and its profitability had led to the production of a lot of debased crap (most of it by white folks). I mean, you could buy a disco record by Donald Duck, for Christ’s sake.
Plus the full context is that Chicago had major racial divisions across the city, with notorious violence on the white south side. Plus, the areas slightly safe for gay people were far from Comiskey.
