Disco Demolition Night (www.wikipedia.org)

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[...] fans began throwing the uncollected disco LPs and singles from the stands. Tigers designated hitter Rusty Staub remembered that the records would slice through the air, and land sticking out of the ground. He urged teammates to wear batting helmets when playing their positions, "It wasn't just one, it was many. Oh, God almighty, I've never seen anything so dangerous in my life." Attendees also threw firecrackers, empty liquor bottles, and lighters onto the field. The game was stopped several times because of the rain of foreign objects.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

"white males, eighteen to thirty-four are the most likely to see disco as the product of homosexuals, blacks, and Latins, and therefore they're the most likely to respond to appeals to wipe out such threats to their security. It goes almost without saying that such appeals are racist and sexist"

Fortunately, we're in a much better space 46 years later...

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Mike Veeck recalled an odor of marijuana in the grandstand

Damn kids ~~today~~ in 1979

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