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The great French digital game, story, and toy makers GlobZ have hypnotized more people than the Amazing Kreskin, particularly with The Dancer. We're proud to welcome this rubber-legged phenomenon to the legendary, sweaty 2nd floor of Danceteria!
Click for: The Dancer
The luminous Three Legged Legs animation and directing collective brings you this interlude of innocent, happy creatures on the loose in the city of angles, inspired by the equally luminous work of Jeff Soto.
Click for: Los Angeles Let's Be Friends
...according to the iTunes Store. Subtle political statement? Or maybe the VP got caught up in some kind of profiling. In any event thanks, iTunes, for keeping us innocent!
Well, maybe we're not that innocent.
The Sex Pistols have refused to attend their own induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In a handwritten note posted on their website, they called the institution "urine in wine."... "We're not your monkeys, we're not coming. You're not paying attention," continued the statement.
We remember the night Danceteria panjandrum John Argento invited Johnny Rotten up onto the Wuthering Heights roof. "So you're a punk. Let's see how tough a punk is." We knew it was all theater to Argento, but as we approached the final few steps to the rooftop, J. Rotten decided to return to the VIP lounge. "How do I know your security team isn't going to grind me up out there?" It was a splendid moment, transcendent clubbery. And the right question. How do we ever know the security team isn't going to grind us up out there?
See The Answer.
(Rotten pic by Bob Gruen.)
Global traveler and one-man international film festival Peter J Charlton has artfully mashed up five of his films for your viewing pleasure. Distill into component parts at Panvilla, view, then buy the dog.
Click then press play: Panvilla Mashup
Trailer for a non-existent series we intend to debut at Danceteria. Eileen Brennan of Nimbus via ChannelFrederator!
Click to Go Spy Go
From Plan 59's gallery of mid-century illustration, Demonic Tots and Disturbing Cuisine division.
Another important slogan from the mists of yesteryear. This was a potent sentiment at Danceteria Leningrad, the first American nightclub to open its doors in the Soviet Union. Everywhere else, Leninist loafers and lounge dancers became adept at pretending to be busy to avoid extended quality time in the network of state-run, high security resorts. But at Danceteria, where the Communist elite met the street, the only requirement was to have fun. As we all now realize, this seed of defiance grew to eventually bring down the entire Soviet empire.
