Loopfest / WLUP vs. Journey Softball
Identifier
F.2005-08-0212
Date Of Production
circa 1979 – 1980
Abstract
Content notice: this film contains hate speech and hateful imagery.
Loosely assembled footage primarily shows musical performances by Steve Dahl’s Teenage Radiation and several other bands at Loopfest ‘80, as well as activity at the event’s adjoining rock and roll flea market, all held at the International Amphitheatre, February 2-3, 1980. Shots depict a graffiti-laden side entrance to the theatre bearing white supremacist hate speech; flea market merchandise displaying anti-Soviet and anti-Iranian slogans; anti-disco music signage; excerpts from Steve Dahl’s Disco Demolition Night held at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979; a military convoy as it proceeds past the One North LaSalle Building; a confederate soldier march reenactment; televised footage of Ernie Banks’ 500th home run; an airshow along Lake Michigan Beach; a drum and belly dance show; an anti-nuclear war demonstration; Hare Krishna dancers; Bernice the psychic as she reads a customer’s tarot cards; a WLUP vs. Journey softball game played in Clarendon Park; televised footage of the “Miracle on Ice” USA Men’s Ice Hockey victory over the Soviet Union at the Winter Olympic Games on February 22, 1980; an elaborate array of television monitors as they capture an unspecified multi-instrument musical performance.
Loosely assembled footage primarily shows musical performances by Steve Dahl’s Teenage Radiation and several other bands at Loopfest ‘80, as well as activity at the event’s adjoining rock and roll flea market, all held at the International Amphitheatre, February 2-3, 1980. Shots depict a graffiti-laden side entrance to the theatre bearing white supremacist hate speech; flea market merchandise displaying anti-Soviet and anti-Iranian slogans; anti-disco music signage; excerpts from Steve Dahl’s Disco Demolition Night held at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979; a military convoy as it proceeds past the One North LaSalle Building; a confederate soldier march reenactment; televised footage of Ernie Banks’ 500th home run; an airshow along Lake Michigan Beach; a drum and belly dance show; an anti-nuclear war demonstration; Hare Krishna dancers; Bernice the psychic as she reads a customer’s tarot cards; a WLUP vs. Journey softball game played in Clarendon Park; televised footage of the “Miracle on Ice” USA Men’s Ice Hockey victory over the Soviet Union at the Winter Olympic Games on February 22, 1980; an elaborate array of television monitors as they capture an unspecified multi-instrument musical performance.
Format
Super 8
Extent
400 feet
Color
color and B&W
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Baseball
Disco music
Festivals
Flea Markets
Music
Musicians
Political Activists
Popular Music
Racism
Disco music
Festivals
Flea Markets
Music
Musicians
Political Activists
Popular Music
Racism
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Dahl, Steve (is participant)
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