Episode 26: Number One in Heaven part 2 (1979)
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I wrap up discussion of side 2 of Number One in Heaven, with the help of my friend Monte Mallin in this ep. We also discussed the Sparks side project for Noël, but I'm saving that for the next episode. To paraphrase DJ Steve Dahl, this one's gonna blow up reeeeeal good. sources: https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-news-now/disco-demolition-night-how-an-anti-disco-baseball-night-led-to-a-riot-in-comiskey-park/ https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/07/12/disco-demolition-dahl-veeck-chicago-white-sox https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=paul+barrett+one+for+the+ages https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=7n515ucve20C&pg=GBS.PT214.w.2.0.0_205 https://www.amazon.com/No-1-Songs-Heaven-Sparks/dp/1901447464 https://www.fanmael.nl/ Also, check out Monte's podcast So Important!: https://soimportant.podbean.com/    
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