welcome back, sorry it took so long but I'm committed now baby!! this very long episode is a lot of things: a voicing of frustrations, a history of club culture in the western hemisphere, and a call to go have a good time.

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Wikipedia pages referenced: "Spiders Georg", "Gender differences in suicide", "Nightclub", "Zazou", "Swingjugend", "Club drugs", "Rave", "Third place"

Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation - U.S. Surgeon General report, 2023

Frilly dresses and white supremacy: welcome to the weird, frightening world of ‘trad wives’ - Sian Norris - The Guardian

New York's Hottest Club is the Catholic Church - Julia Yost - NYT

Loneliness is a struggle for new parents - can we all stop pretending everything's ok? - Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - The Guardian

Is Tradwife Content Dangerous, or Just Stupid? - Kathryn Jezer-Morton - The Cut

Tiktok account of @gwenthemilkmaid (lol)

The male loneliness epidemic and how it affects fathers - Shannon Carpenter - CNN

Ancient Greek Symposia - Getty Museum

Ancient Greek homes doubled as pubs, brothels - Rossella Lorenzi - NBC News

Life of the Party in Ancient China - Sotheby's

Medieval Fairs - StudySmarter UK

Do You Work Longer Hours Than a Medieval Peasant? - Nancy Bilyeau - Medium

Courtly Dance in the Early Renaissance - Encyclopedia.com

A Baroque Ball Nourishes Fantasy - Dawn Lille - Art Times Journal

Social Dances of the Nineteenth Century - Richard Powers - Social Dance at Stanford handout

History and Culture: Regency Balls - Gretchen Gales - Quail Bell Magazine

Dance Halls - Encyclopedia.com

The Palais Royale Ballroom: Where They Danced for Joy - Lost Oregon

Vaudeville America homepage

Berlin Story - Alex Ross - The New Yorker

17 Reasons Why Germany's Weimar Republic Was a Party-Lovers Paradise - D.G. Hewitt - History Collection

In Nazi-Occupied Paris, Swing Kids had their own Resistance Movement - Cecile Paul - Messy Nessy

Pierre Seel - Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

"Swing Heil": Swing Youth, Schlurfs, and others in Nazi Germany - National WWII Museum

The Day Disco was Demolished - Chris Vognar - NYT

Reimagining Underground Rave Culture - Emily Witt - The New Yorker

Raves Rock On, Laws or Not - Chicago Tribune

How Hip-Hop Was Born 50 Years Ago in a Block Party in the Bronx - Briana A. Thomas - Smithsonian Magazine

The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community - Ray Oldenburg

A Case for Living Closer to Your Friends - Cat Sarsfield - Substack

Online Communities - Part 2: The Internet, Communities, and Virtual "Third Place" - John B. Horrigan - Pew Research Center

How homelessness in Oregon started, grew and became a statewide crisis - Alex Zielinski - OPB

In Year's First Six Months, County Spent Less Than Half Its Budgeted Metro Homeless Services Money - Nigel Jaquiss - Willamette Week

Homelessness - Portland.gov

Tiktok account of @ashleyteacozy

media supplement!

Jersey Shore

Like a G6 - Far East Movement

Incels - Contrapoints

Mad Men

Becoming Jane (2007)

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Party Monster (2003)

third places, stanley cup mania, and the epidemic of loneliness - Mina Le

Break My Soul - Beyonce

Jellyfish Jam - Spongebob Squarepants S1 E7b

Nowhere (1997)

24 Hour Party People (2002)

Beats (2019)

Heaven Knows - Pinkpantheress

Untrue - Burial

Music Has the Right to Children - Boards of Canada

Notes on a Conditional Form - The 1975

Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin

Product - SOPHIE

Ambient 1: Music for Airports - Brian Eno

Original Pirate Material - The Streets

Planet of the Bass - DJ Crazy Times (aka Kyle Gordon) and Ms. Biljana

The Hills

Zillennial Breakdown podcast

Poor Things (2023)

Sweetbitter - Stephanie Danler

Berlin - Bea Setton