Tom Danehy: Tom Is Horrified As He Watches the Democratic Party's Presidential Debates (Tucson Weekly)
It's like that horribly clichéd scene in the movies or on TV where the bad guy is going to pull the trigger or the innocent person is unwittingly going to drink the cyanide-laced ginger ale. The hero(ine) leaps to the rescue, but does so in slow-motion while yelling, in a voice that sounds like the noise that a hippo's intestines makes while adjusting to a bad meal: "N-O-O-O-O-O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!" I've been hearing that sound in my head a lot lately as I watch my fellow Democrats try to figure out a way to hand the presidential election to an oozing racist putrescence who wouldn't be able to win a majority of votes if he ran against a dented can of lentil soup. And yet people in my party keep throwing him lifelines.
Helaine Olen: Can Barneys rise again? (Washington Post)
A few years back, I received a call from my credit card company asking me to confirm a suspicious purchase. It was a $695 clothing purchase from Barneys New York. I was more than a tad amused. It was fraud, but how on earth did Visa know? I do like shopping for clothes, even if it's rare I spend that much at one time. And Barneys was hardly a store I was unfamiliar with, right? Then I realized I couldn't even recall the last time I stepped foot in a Barneys.
The Budweiser Frogs are three lifelike puppet frogs named "Bud", "Weis", and "Er", who began appearing in American television commercials for Budweiser beer during Super Bowl XXIX in 1995. They are part of one of the most well-known international alcohol advertising campaigns. The first Budweiser Frogs commercial was created by David Swaine, Michael Smith and Mark Choate of DMB&B/St. Louis, but only after their ACDs made them pitch first. The commercial was directed by Gore Verbinski, director of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films.
The commercial began with a scene of a swamp at nighttime, and a close-up of Bud rhythmically croaking his name. Later Weis and Er join in. They croak rather randomly for about ten seconds, until Bud, Weis, and Er begin croaking in sequence, thus forming the Budweiser name. Their croaking becomes quicker as the camera pulls back to show a bar with a large neon Budweiser sign glowing in the night. The commercial is often listed among the best Super Bowl commercials in history, ranking at No. 5 at MSNBC's list in 2004. Several more Frog ads were produced, with Hollywood Animatronic Effects company The Character Shop brought online to give the frogs more flexibility and capabilities.
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mj replied:
Some would insist
They were selling beer, but I maintain that they were shilling for the
byproduct of the brand's other mascots, equine effluvia. The Spokesfrogs
were brought to us by Anheuser Busch, maker of Budweiser.
Your Libtard Snowflake Fan, Roy In Loopy Louie Gohmertstan (Tyler), TX responded:
These three guys uttered the name of their product in monosyllabic comments that went (from left to right) "Bud," "Wise," and "Errrrr." I was a big beer drinker back in those days, but I was stationed in Germany, so drinking a Bud was kinda out of the question, and I only rarely saw these commercials during visits with family back home. I don't think the fine folks at Parkbrau had amphibian spokesanimals.
Dave wrote:
Budweiser beer. 3 Frogs in a swamp. One croaks "bud" the second croaks "wise" and the third frog croaks "er." They did it out of order for a while then put it together to croak the name of the beer. Yeah, it was that stupid. I've never been one to pay any attention to TV commercials, but Super Bowl XXIX was pretty entertaining. In one of the highest scoring NFL championship games, the heavily favored 49ers beat the Chargers (still in San Diego) 49-26. It was the first Super Bowl where both teams scored in all 4 quarters, and is the only SB where both teams were from the same state.
Photo: Steve Young finally wins a SB as the starting QB after being Joe Montana's back up for many seasons. In the pre-salary cap era, for 3 seasons, the deep pocketed owner gave (the former USFL star) Young a contract that was equivalent to that of an elite starting QB's, as insurance in case the aging Montana was injured. Eventually Montana was injured in 1991, and that injury finally elevated the frustrated Young to starter. At his request, Joe Montana was traded to the Chiefs in 1993 where he played for 2 more seasons. Both players have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
zorch said:
Bud weis er
Stephen F answered:
Budweiser Beer
Brian S. responded:
The frogs were selling Budweiser Beer
David of Moon Valley replied:
...i kinda recall it as Bud(weiser) but it's early and i haven't had my covfefe yet so i could be wrong too...
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Bud Weis Er
Cal in Vermont replied:
Bud weis er. Good thing they weren't selling home medical remedies. Like en e ma.
Deborah said:
"Bud-Wise-Errr." A clever commercial (and a beer I don't drink) Ribbit.
Kevin K. in Washington, DC, wrote:
The frogs sold Bud. Wise. Er.
John I from Hawai`i says,
"Budweiser Beer."
Dave in Tucson answered:
Those frogs were selling carbonated water...I mean Budweiser beer.
Michelle in AZ responded:
Bud-wise-er beer
Joe S replied:
Bud. Wise. Er.
I must admit, back in the day when I drank beer, I didn't like the Budweiser sold in Michigan. I drank Budweiser when I lived in South Dakota, it tasted much better there. But mostly I drank Grain Belt (many years ago). Did I ever tell you my light beer riddle? No? I didn't think so. Here it is.
How is sex in a canoe like light beer? Give up? I'll tell you.
They're both fucking near water (or so I'm told. I've never had a light beer. and I don't drink anymore so I'll never know. and if I did drink I'd never drink a light beer.)
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• In 1997, Patricia Racette and Beth Clayton, both opera singers and both lesbians, performed together in Verdi's La Traviata in Santa Fe. They had not known each other before, but they did meet at a party before production started on the opera. Ms. Racette remembers, "It was pretty clear that there was a lot of energy there. And then we got together in the summer and we started our staging, and it was lots of fireworks. It was pretty palpable. It was just a matter of time - let's put it that way." It didn't take much time. In the opera, Ms. Racette played Violetta, and Ms. Clayton played Flora, Violetta's best friend. In the opera, Violetta falls in love with the main male character, Alfredo, but on the opera stage, Ms. Racette and Ms. Clayton fell in love. At one point, Violetta was unconscious and Flora picked her up - and Flora gave Violetta a kiss. Ms. Racette says, "I was on the floor with Beth and, per the staging, she comes in and scoops me up. But she leaned over and just plants one on me! I had to turn my entire body into her because I couldn't stop laughing when I was supposed to be passed out!" In 2005, the two women had a commitment ceremony. Ms. Clayton says, "We had a reception, and we had a beautiful dinner, and my parents paid for it; that was not our plan, but they sort of came through in that Southern tradition. It was very affirming and validating."
• Soprano Rosa Ponselle sang for herself after retiring from singing for opera audiences. When Rosa was approaching her 80th birthday, Washington Post music critic Paul Hume dropped by her house and heard lovely singing and thought, Rosa's found a wonderful pupil. Actually, Rosa herself was singing. Of course, she was wonderful on the stage and could wonderfully express emotion with her voice. At one time, getting a divorce was very difficult, but a divorce would be granted if either the husband or the wife had committed adultery. After English music critic Ernest Newman heard Rosa sing her first Amore dei Tre Re (The Love of Three Kings), an opera by Italo Montemezzi, he said, "If as a divorce-court judge, I had heard her one 'Ritorniam' breathed to her lover, I would have given her husband a divorce without hearing further evidence."
• Composer and conductor Richard Strauss once had a terrible and very public quarrel with soprano Pauline de Ahna during a rehearsal. Because Fräulein de Ahna felt that Strauss was conducting the music too fast, she shouted insults at him from the stage, then went to her dressing room. Strauss followed her and for a long time shouting was heard from the dressing room, then silence fell. Members of the orchestra were upset at Fräulein de Ahna's conduct, and so a delegation knocked on her dressing room door, which was opened by Strauss. The delegation explained that in light of what had just happened, they felt that they could no longer work with Fräulein de Ahna. Strauss replied, "That hurts me very much because I have just become engaged to Fräulein de Ahna."
• Tenor Franco Corelli suffered from stage fright before performances and even before making a recording. He was once scheduled to record an album of duets with Renata Tebaldi for Decca. Everything was ready for the recording, and everyone was ready except for Mr. Corelli, who was downstairs. Suddenly, the people in the recording studio heard a slap-slap, then they heard Mr. Corelli's wife tell her husband, "Now go upstairs and do it." As usual, Mr. Corelli was suffering from stage fright, and his wife had slapped him to get him to sing. Of course, when he did sing, he sang beautifully.
• When opera singer Plácido Domingo was courting Marta Ornelas, he followed the Spanish custom of the serenade. He hired a mariachi band, positioned it under Ms. Ornelas' window, and then sang to her. She found this charming, but her neighbors did not, and they called the police. However, when the police found out that the serenader was Mr. Domingo, they asked the neighbors why they were complaining. After all, they were hearing a free concert by a gifted opera star of the Mexican National Opera. By the way, the serenade was successful. In 1962, Mr. Domingo and Ms. Ornelas were married.
• Tenor Hugues Cuenod sang the part of Styx in Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld with Teresa Stich-Randall at the Grand Theater in Geneva. During celebrations for New Year's, Mr. Cuenod decided to make a play on the names "Stich" and "Styx," so he sang, "Listen, if you marry me, you will have almost nothing to change on your calling card!" Both Ms. Stich and the audience enjoyed the joke.
• Enrico Caruso once took his wife, Dorothy, out to buy furs. They went to an expensive store, and several furs were laid out before her. He asked her, "Which you like?" She named the shortest fur, because she thought that it would be the least expensive. Mr. Caruso then turned to the store attendant and said, "We will take them all."
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Hawaii Five-0', followed by a RERUN'Magnum PU', then a RERUN'Blue Bloods'.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 6/6/19) are Mindy Kaling and Seth Green.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 5/14/19) are Lily Collins, Charles Melton, and NCT 127.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'American Ninja Warrior', followed by 'Dateline'.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon it's TBA.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 7/29/19) are John Oliver, CC Sabathia, Mini Mansions, and Jeff Quay.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 5/16/19) are Lance Reddick, Mattiel, and Mike Moh.
ABC opens the night with the FRESH'WE Day', followed by 'What Would You Do?', then '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel it's TBA.
The CW offers a FRESH'Masters Of Illusion', followed by a FRESH'The Big Stage', then a RERUN'Hypnotize Me'.
Faux has a RERUN'BH90210', followed by a RERUN'MasterChef'.
MY recycles an old 'CSI: Miami', followed by another old 'CSI: Miami'.
A&E has 'Live PD', followed by a FRESH'Live PD: Rewind', then a FRESH'Live PD'.
AMC offers the movie 'Home Alone 2: Lost In NY', followed by the movie 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective', then the movie 'Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 7-That Is Not Miami
[7:00AM] DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 8-Little Guy, Black Hair
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 21-Patterns of Force
[9:15AM] STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 22-By Any Other Name
[10:30AM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 20-Jose Chung's From Outer Space
[11:30AM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 21-Avatar
[12:30PM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 22-Quagmire
[1:30PM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 23-Wetwired
[2:30PM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 24-Talitha Cumi
[3:30PM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 1-Herrenvolk
[4:30PM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 2-Home
[5:30PM] STRIPES (1981)
[8:00PM] GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
[10:30PM] GHOSTBUSTERS II (1989)
[1:00AM] GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) TV-PG (VL)
[3:30AM] GHOSTBUSTERS II (1989) (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has the movie 'Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection', followed by the movie 'Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection'.
Comedy Central has 3 hours of old 'The Office' and 'Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat ... I'm Fluffy'.
FX has the movie 'Kingsman: The Secret Service', followed by the movie 'Straight Outta Compton'.
History has 'Ancient Aliens', followed by a FRESH'Ancient Aliens: Declassified', then a FRESH'Ancient Aliens', followed by a FRESH'The UnXplained'.
IFC -
[6:00A] Post Grad
[8:00A] Miss March
[10:00A] Butter
[12:00P] Knocked Up
[3:00P] That '70s Show-Street Fighting Man
[3:30P] That '70s Show-It's All Over Now
[4:00P] That '70s Show-On With the Show
[4:30P] That '70s Show-Down the Road Apiece
[5:00P] That '70s Show-Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')
[5:30P] That '70s Show-Who's Been Sleeping Here
[6:00P] Two and a Half Men-Dum Diddy Dum Diddy Doo
[6:30P] Two and a Half Men-City of Great Racks
[7:00P] Two and a Half Men-Putting Swim Fins on a Cat
[7:30P] Two and a Half Men-Help Daddy Find His Toenail
[8:00P] Two and a Half Men-Our Leather Gear Is in the Guest Room
[8:30P] Two and a Half Men-Is There a Mrs. Waffles?
[9:00P] Two and a Half Men-Tight's Good
[9:30P] Two and a Half Men-Kinda Like Necrophilia
[10:00P] Two and a Half Men-Meander to Your Dander
[10:30P] Two and a Half Men-A Little Clammy and None Too Fresh
[11:00P] Two and a Half Men-The Soil Is Moist
[11:30P] Two and a Half Men-Winky-Dink Time
[12:00A] Two and a Half Men-Don't Give a Monkey a Gun
[12:30A] Two and a Half Men-Of Course He's Dead -- Part One
[1:00A] That '70s Show-Street Fighting Man
[1:30A] That '70s Show-It's All Over Now
[2:00A] That '70s Show-On With the Show
[2:30A] That '70s Show-Down the Road Apiece
[3:00A] Sherman's Showcase-Behind the Charade
[3:30A] The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
[5:45A] Night Flight-The Electronic Revolution (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:20am] The Andy Griffith Show
[6:55am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[9:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[9:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[10:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[10:30am] Sarah's Key
[1:00pm] Law & Order
[2:00pm] Law & Order
[3:00pm] Law & Order
[4:00pm] Law & Order
[5:00pm] Law & Order
[6:00pm] Law & Order
[7:00pm] Law & Order
[8:00pm] Law & Order
[9:00pm] Law & Order
[10:00pm] Law & Order
[11:00pm] Law & Order
[12:00am] Law & Order
[1:00am] Law & Order
[2:00am] Law & Order
[3:00am] Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter - TV Directors
[4:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[4:35am] The Andy Griffith Show
[5:10am] The Andy Griffith Show
[5:45am] The Andy Griffith Show (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'The Magnificient Seven', followed by a FRESH'Killjoys'.
Tommy Lee has rankled conservatives by sharing a strong, anti-Trump political message on social media.
The Mötley Crüe drummer posted a long quote - traced back at least a year back and written by an unknown author - to his social media platforms on Wednesday. It started with, "You Trumpsters better pray that liberals never gain control of the [White House] again because we are going to pay you back so f***king hard for all this sh**."
It went on to list all the changes liberals would potentially make: "Planned Parenthoods on every damn corner," repaint Air Force One "p***y hat pink and fly it over your beloved Bible Belt 6 days a week, tossing birth control pills, condoms & atheist literature from the cockpit."
A decade ago - ahead of the 2008 presidential election that put Barack Obama in the Oval Office - Lee told CNN he wasn't a political junkie and rarely watched TV or listened to news reports. He said he had no opinion on Obama or John McCain's policies, saying, "To tell you the truth, I only listen to music."
But Trump - whom he called "scary delusional" on Twitter in July - brings out a different side of Lee. And after Trump recently cited video games as a reason for all the mass shootings in the U.S., Lee slammed him in another post, writing, "One minute you blame mental illness for the mass shootings then the next it's video games?! WTF is wrong with you!?! WAKE THE F**K UP!!!"
Rosanna Arquette has locked her Twitter account after a tweet she posted on Wednesday prompted "threatening and cruel" backlash.
The actress, known for starring in films like Desperately Seeking Susan and Pulp Fiction, as well as her recent work as a #MeToo activist, caused a stir when she tweeted that she felt "so much shame" and disgust at being born white and privileged.
Arquette - whose siblings include actors Patricia, David and the late Alexis Arquette - faced ridicule from conservative commenters thanks in part to far-right outlet Breitbart News's coverage of her statement.
Many of the reactions, including one from comedian Nick DiPaolo, made claims about her mental health, with some of the more abusive tweets suggesting suicide.
Willie Nelson has come off his tour because of a "breathing problem."
The 86-year-old singer apologized on Twitter late Wednesday, writing "I need to have my doctor check out." Nelson had just finished performing with Alison Krauss in Toledo, Ohio, and he was next scheduled to appear Friday in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
He wrote "I'll be back."
Farm Aid says Nelson will resume his tour Sept. 6.
Nelson will perform at the Farm Aid concert with John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Neil Young and Bonnie Raitt on Sept. 21 in Wisconsin.
It was 50 years ago today, that The Beatles caused a traffic delay.
And hundreds of fans of the Fab Four gathered Thursday at a crosswalk in London's St. John's Wood neighborhood immortalized on the "Abbey Road" album to recreate the cover photo half a century after it was taken.
At 11:35 a.m. on Aug. 8, 1969, Iain Macmillan photographed John, Paul, George and Ringo striding single-file across the black-and-white "zebra" crossing outside Abbey Road Studios while a police officer stopped traffic.
Used as the cover of the band's penultimate studio album, it became one of the most famous images in music history.
The spot remains a place of pilgrimage for Beatles fans from around the world.
Alleged white supremacists were responsible for all race-based domestic terrorism incidents in 2018, according to a government document distributed earlier this year to state, local and federal law enforcement.
The document, which has not been previously reported on, becomes public as the Trump administration's Justice Department has been unable or unwilling to provide data to Congress on white supremacist domestic terrorism.
The data in this document, titled "Domestic Terrorism in 2018," appears to be what Congress has been asking for - and didn't get.
The document, dated April 15, 2019, shows 25 of the 46 individuals allegedly involved in 32 different domestic terrorism incidents were identified as white supremacists. It was prepared by New Jersey's Office of Homeland Security Preparedness, one of the main arteries of information-sharing, and sent throughout the DHS fusion center network as well as federal agencies, including the FBI.
"For the past decade, the FBI used 11 different categories for domestic terrorism, including a separate category for white supremacist incidents. The Administration is now using a classification system with only four categories, including 'racially-motivated violent extremism,'" the letter said. "This new category inappropriately combines incidents involving white supremacists and so-called 'Black identity extremists,' a fabricated term based on a faulty assessment of a small number of isolated incidents."
A Montana man charged with assaulting a 13-year-old boy who refused to remove his hat during the national anthem believed he was doing what President Donald Trump wanted him to do, his attorney said.
Attorney Lance Jasper told the Missoulian he will seek a mental health evaluation for Curt Brockway, a U.S. Army veteran who became caught up in the heightened animosity and rhetoric gripping the nation, and convinced himself that he was following the president's orders.
"His commander in chief is telling people that if they kneel, they should be fired, or if they burn a flag, they should be punished," Jasper said.
Jasper added that Brockway "certainly didn't understand it was a crime."
Jasper's comments Wednesday came as prosecutors formally charged Brockway with assault on a minor, a felony that carries a maximum five-year prison sentence and a $50,000 fine upon conviction.
The South Dakota Supreme Court will be asked to decide whether police investigating the possible statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl needed a warrant to seize a placenta or other materials discarded after an abortion.
It's a tricky question in South Dakota, where strict laws discourage abortion and many politicians view fetuses as equal to fully formed humans. A deputy state's attorney argues in this case that the accused can have no expectation of privacy in medical remains and that tissue resulting from an abortion is simply waste, legally the same as household garbage.
The teenager from Rapid City, South Dakota, traveled nearly 400 miles (650 kilometers) to a clinic in Denver to have an abortion in May 2018, the Rapid City Journal reported. During the course of that procedure, the teen mentioned that she had been 15 when she became pregnant by her 25-year-old boyfriend. The age of consent in South Dakota is 16. The state's only abortion clinic is in Sioux Falls.
The clinic reported the possible rape to Denver police, who turned over a sample of the placenta to a Rapid City detective in June that year. DNA tests confirmed that the boyfriend, Nathan Hankins, could not be excluded as the father, and he was charged in September with fourth-degree rape.
The prosecutor and defense attorney said they weren't aware of any other South Dakota case that has used a placenta as evidence, but the prosecutor noted that one of the Colorado officers testified that he's taken placenta samples about 12 times without a warrant, and that those seizures have never been challenged in court.
The phrase "leading causes of death" might bring to mind cancer, heart disease, suicide and drug overdose.
But new research published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that young American men are at a surprisingly high risk of being killed by a police officer.
Among men of all races, ages 25 to 29, police killings are the sixth-leading cause of death, according to a study led by Frank Edwards of Rutgers University, with a total annual mortality risk of 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people.
Accidental death, a category that includes automotive accidents and drug overdoses, was the biggest cause at 76.6 deaths per 100,000, and followed by suicide (26.7), other homicides (22.0), heart disease (7.0), and cancer (6.3).
For a black man, the risk of being killed by a police officer is about 2.5 times higher than that of a white man. "Our models predict that about 1 in 1,000 black men and boys will be killed by police over the life course," the authors write.
Scores of skeletons and artifacts - some dating back 1,600 years - were found in a long-hidden cemetery on the grounds of a college campus in Wales.
During 2016, construction of a new road to connect a local highway with Coleg Menai's Pencraig Campus in Anglesey, Wales, revealed the remains of 54 people dating to the early medieval period, from the 4th century to the 8th century, according to Wales Online. Then, in 2017, an additional 32 individuals were uncovered nearby, prior to the construction of the college's new engineering center; bones and objects from this location dated from around A.D. 400 to A.D. 700, said Irene Garcia-Rovira, Project Manager at Archaeology Wales.
Experts with Archaeology Wales, a private archaeology company, discovered dozens of so-called cist graves - coffin-like boxes made of stone - during the 2017 excavation. Surprisingly, the people who were buried in the graves were not local. Rather, they came from across Europe, with chemical analysis of the skeletons tracing some individuals to western Britain, Scandinavia and Spain, Wales Online reported.
Alkaline in the cemetery's soil helped to preserve the remains, Garcia-Rovira told Live Science. Some of the individuals appeared to have died when they were in their mid-40s. That may seem young by today's standards, but reaching that age was impressive for the time, according to Wales Online.
Scientists also identified a Roman coin at the site dating to the second century and a decorative brooch in an early medieval style. One side of the coin was stamped with the face of Antoninus Pius, who reigned as emperor of Rome from A.D. 138 to 161, while the other side was heavily abraded, Wales Online reported. The brooch may have been deliberately placed in a grave or left behind by a mourner; "It could either be residual or some sort of heirloom," Garcia-Rovira said.
Henri Belolo, the French producer who co-founded the Village People, has died at the age of 82. According to New York Daily News, Belolo passed away on Saturday, August 3rd.
Born in Casablanca, Morocco, Belolo spent his 20s in Paris, France as a DJ and music producer. He relocated to New York City in 1973 and met another Moroccan ex-pat, Jacques Morali. Inspired by the gay club scene and appalled by American bigotry, the pair determined to form a disco group that would embrace all aspects of diversity and the homoerotic male fantasy: The Village People.
"We were keen of doing something for [gay liberation and the political side of it], because Jacques was gay, and I was feeling that an injustice was done to the gay community, Belolo said in a 2004 interview with Red Bull Music Academy. "And I did not like that American mentality of bigotry and hypocrisy. And I didn't see why these people would be treated like this. Like black people, as well - I did not like the way they were treated… I really did it as a provocative, subversive way of telling you, 'This is the way it is.'"
The six-piece group - made up of singers and dancers in costume as a policeman, cowboy, Indian, construction worker, soldier, and leather biker - quickly became pioneers of disco music. Hits like "YMCA", "Macho Man", "In the Navy", and "Go West" are indelible to this day. After a 33-year hiatus from recording, the group released A Village People Christmas last year.
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