When the British radio producer Ian Ross -- who first moved to the United States in the late 1970s -- encountered a roller disco for the first time, it made for an almost existential experience."The noise of the wheels on the wooden floor, the outfits, the hair, the music....he described it like a human serpent slithering around this rink, decked out in turbans and sequins," recalls his daughter, the model Liberty Ross. "He said you could hear the music from five blocks away." This was in 1977. ...
When the British radio producer Ian Ross -- who first moved to the United States in the late 1970s -- encountered a roller disco for the first time, it made for an almost existential experience."The noise of the wheels on the wooden floor, the outfits, the hair, the music....he described it like a human serpent slithering around this rink, decked out in turbans and sequins," recalls his daughter, the model Liberty Ross. "He said you could hear the music from five blocks away." This was in 1977. ...
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