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David Rodriguez, who was my DJ mentor
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Disco’s Revenge

David Rodriguez,who was my DJ mentor, dies of AIDS

David Rodriguez,
who was my DJ mentor, dies of AIDS

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David Rodriguez, who was my DJ mentor,
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dies of AIDS.
Duration
6 seconds
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35
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:20
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Disco. Never. Died. DISCO'S REVENGE is a pulsating deep dive into the very soul of disco music and its impact across genres and history. Told by the people who created it, nurtured it, and in turn, discovered themselves on the dan...
We were so close, - Disco’s Revenge 00:09
We were so close,
The AIDS epidemic was so quick. - Disco’s Revenge 00:06
The AIDS epidemic was so quick.
It was really sad, you know, - Disco’s Revenge 00:09
It was really sad, you know,
We've lost a couple of generations - Disco’s Revenge 00:07
We've lost a couple of generations
It was like you didn't know who was going to be next. - Disco’s Revenge 00:07
It was like you didn't know who was going to be next.
It took away almost all of my friends. - Disco’s Revenge 00:07
It took away almost all of my friends.
I really thought some of them, I would... - Disco’s Revenge 00:06
I really thought some of them, I would...
I would grow up with, or have them to talk to. - Disco’s Revenge 00:06
I would grow up with, or have them to talk to.
I think by '84, I stopped going to bars - Disco’s Revenge 00:07
I think by '84, I stopped going to bars
I was DJing at Xenon, - Disco’s Revenge 00:09
I was DJing at Xenon,
I had went to see him in San Francisco - Disco’s Revenge 00:12
I had went to see him in San Francisco
He kept up a brave fight. - Disco’s Revenge 00:06
He kept up a brave fight.
I decided I had to step out of the music thing - Disco’s Revenge 00:23
I decided I had to step out of the music thing
I came out in 1985, - Disco’s Revenge 00:07
I came out in 1985,
The communal spaces in which disco music was played - Disco’s Revenge 00:08
The communal spaces in which disco music was played
There's a saying in the church, - Disco’s Revenge 00:07
There's a saying in the church,
"I take my problems to the dance floor." - Disco’s Revenge 00:08
"I take my problems to the dance floor."
For us, it became gay church. - Disco’s Revenge 00:05
For us, it became gay church.
It was a place where we could engage spiritually - Disco’s Revenge 00:16
It was a place where we could engage spiritually
In the moments where I began to start feeling - Disco’s Revenge 00:11
In the moments where I began to start feeling