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  Looks like the "Jesus" look was prevalent among Italo-Americans dabbling with cool music and clubs back in the early 70s, On the right corner is Marty Angelo circa 1970 and to the left is David Mancuso around the same time period.

  Jump 25 years!! - Same guys. Angelo on left. Mancuso on right. Photo taken at the opening of Experience Music Project's disco exhibition: "Disco: A Decade of Saturday Nights" at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. January 31, 2005. Photo by (c) Tina Paul. All Rights Reserved.

Once Life Matters: A New Beginning

Posted: July 6th 2006

If you're reading this, it is assumed you're part of the discophile internet community, and inevitably witnessed the disappearance of Disco Step-by-Step.com®. Some of you might have come across a memo Marty wrote explaining why he dropped the website, putting an emphasis on Christianity. Some have said he's gone nuts, which is understandable if you only knew Marty as the disco guy with a website and that 70s show.

"Once Life Matters: A New Beginning" pretty much reads like an artist, rock star or celebrity bio. Any fan of the late 60s to the early 80s will savor the juicy tidbits about some very famous people, the events and the places, what went on in the studio, behind the scenes and the ego clashes thrown in the brew.

As bright and witty Marty was from his childhood to today, he's the first to admit he always got into trouble. Highly ambitious and getting everything out of life, somehow, he would end up at the police station on a regular basis, "something just wasn't right", but didn't know what it was. 

Like a good movie, there are humorous episodes happening when you'd least expect it. Only the last chapters deals with his newfound spirituality; this didn't happen when he abandoned the Disco Step by-Step® website, in fact, more like sometimes in the early 80s. The book unfortunately ends in 1997 right after the death of his father and prior to his mom's in 2004. After reading the book one realizes that "Disco Marty" is one of the man's many facets. Wait until you read about Marty the artist manager, the record promoter, the evangelist, the inmate... 

"Once Life Matters" is an entertaining read, the only downside is that there could have been more chapters and that the photos in the book are in black and white.

This book is offered FREE to inmates throughout the United States though their chaplains and to participants in substance abuse rehab programs 

- Editor