Italian Disco Interlude: Our Gift Guide
It's that time of the year
Italian Disco Stories is jumping onto the gift guide bandwagon! While music— in terms of themes, playlist, and material collections— is the central part of Italian Disco Stories, for this gift guide we wanted to give a few suggestions that explore the multi-disciplinary and multi-sensory nature of the disco-music phenomenon.
PSA before you dive in: this is simply a personal curation of items. We are not using affiliate links and won’t make a dollar out of this. We just wanted to partake in the holiday and gift-suggesting (or “curating”) spirit.
Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania under the Mirror Ball by Frank DeCaro
This book by Frank DeCaro sets the standard for modern-day encyclopedias of pop culture. While the jump-off point is, clearly, disco music, this coffee table book provides in-depth essays, interviews, playlists, and even fashion spreads. DeCaro, who authored the coffee-table book Drag in 2019, extends his interdisciplinary approach to disco. You’ll learn why disco musicals in th…