Posts in the “DISKO!” category
Gadjo Disko – Glamour + Sickle Fashion Show
by angeliska on August 14, 2009
Sorry for any radio silence, kittens- I am so busy getting ready for this: Gadjo Disko Eastern Bloc Party is a throwdown ethnotechno diskoteka dance party with extravagantly spangled attendees rump-shakin’ to DJ Chicken Kiev and a bevy of acts (…)
Disko Duets
by angeliska on June 15, 2009
Normally I don’t end up posting the Gadjo Disko photos here until just before the next one, for various reasons (mainly laziness!) but it was such a fabulous night, I just couldn’t wait until then! This ensemble was my favorite (…)
Disko Disko!
by angeliska on June 12, 2009
It’s time for GADJO DISKO, babies! I’m going to be up late tonight, working on my ensemble- I’ve got to construct a skirt, since I couldn’t find a suitable one anywhere- though I did experience a veritable shoe miracle! I’ll (…)
GADJO DISKO – BALKAN BOOTY BOUNCE BLOC PARTY!
by angeliska on March 12, 2009
SX GADJO DISKO – BALKAN BOOTY BOUNCE BLOC PARTY! Minor Mishap Marching Band – Brass Attacks! – ATX Golem – Balkan Mayhem – NYC Big Freedia – Sissy Bounce Queen – NOLA DJ Rusty Lazer – NOLA DJ Chicken Kiev (…)
Disko Dancing!
by angeliska on February 4, 2009
Once again, Gadjo Disko swallowed me up in its glittering maw, only to spit me back up days later- dazed and wondering how to get this surgical adhesive off of my face.. Well, it’s really mostly off now- after many (…)
Ha-ha-halloweenie
by angeliska on November 8, 2008
Oh lordy. ¡Disko De Los Muertos! nearly done skinned me and hung me up to dry- such an amazing, insane, magical night. The costumes were truly incredible, (as you can see below- a few of my favorites) there were some (…)
Salomé + Yma Sumac
by angeliska on November 7, 2008
I was Salomé for Halloween this year, as in Dance of the Seven Veils, daughter of Herodias, and all that. I suppose I oughtn’t have been surprised at how many people I met had no idea who Salomé was.. All (…)
Día de los Muertos – R.I.P. Studs Terkel
by angeliska on November 2, 2008
I was saddened to hear that Studs Terkel died on Halloween. He was an amazing man, whom I had the honor of meeting a couple of years ago. We went to visit him at his house in Chicago on Thanksgiving (…)
Gadjo Disko Halloween – ¡Disko De Los Muertos!
by angeliska on October 27, 2008
(catrinas photo by Nils Juul-Hansen) Gadjo Disko Halloween ¡Disko De Los Muertos! Friday, October 31, 2008 10pm until late At the Rhizome Collective 300 Allen St. (btw. Pleasant Valley + Springdale, south of East 5th) Gadjo Disko is putting on (…)
Black Magic + Disko
by angeliska on September 17, 2008
The recent full moon and sudden turn in the weather has made everything extra witchy and strange.. I’m burning xoxoa incense I found in Barcelona (that inexplicably survived the hurricane three years ago..) and listening to Tones on Tail and (…)
