For years, an underground icon who went by Cool “Disco” Dan scrawled his moniker in nearly every corner of the nation’s capital — Metro cars, back alleys, the roofs of buildings. His spray-painted tag ...

Beginning in the 1980s, the Washington D.C. area was deluged with the graffiti markings of “Cool Disco Dan” on buses, walls, buildings, and railways. It was nearly impossible to turn a corner without ...

Monday the Sunshine Cinema is hosting a screening of the documentary The Legend of Cool “Disco” Dan. Ostensibly a profile of the prolific cult graffiti artist of the title, the footage soon expands ...

Punk icon Henry Rollins narrates this propulsive doc about the intersection of street art, go-go music and crack cocaine. Set in 1980s Washington, D.C., The Legend of Cool Disco Dan uses the life of ...

Cleaning my office last week, I found a letter we’d been sent that literally fell through the cracks, sent by John Lockwood of Cathedral Heights in November: Never miss a beat. Get our free daily ...

The Legend of COOL "DISCO" DAN is a documentary narrated by Henry Rollins that tells the story of Washington DC in the 1980s through the eyes of a DC graffiti legend. Blending interviews local & ...