discofinger

Out of the kitchen and into the discofinger

2010-01-31T15:44:00.003Z

Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Thomas Keller shows that nimble fingers are handy both in the kitchen and on the dance floor.

An anonymous submitter supplied us with this photograph from the French Laundry Christmas party, showing that the man voted the Best American Chef by the James Beard foundation isn't a one trick pony. He can dance!

Discofinger salvation

2010-01-11T15:30:00.005Z

A shining example of 19th century British discofinger found in London's East End and submitted by discofinger-spotter Casionova.

William Booth (1829 - 1912) was the founder of the Salvation Army. He preached to alcoholics, criminals and prostitutes about the path to salvation, which can clearly be found in the dance move affectionately known as the discofinger.

Discofinger, circa 210 BC, China

2009-12-21T04:30:00.002Z

One of the earliest examples of the discofinger has been spotted in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, at the home of the Terracotta Army. It is believed that the Terracotta Army, which contains more than 8,000 statues, was a form of funerary art, the purpose of which was to be able to rule another empire in the afterlife. The figures were buried with the First Emperor of Qin in 210-209 BC.

The significance of the discovery of a discofinger from this time cannot be understated. Its existence strongly suggests that the Qin Dynasty was no stranger to the discofinger, and indeed, it may have been a part of traditional Chinese dance of the time.

Japanese for discofinger

2009-10-19T13:00:00.002+01:00

Proving yet again that discofinger is a universal display of good times, Kohei gets his finger in the air at Sound Bar + in Tokyo. What a legend.

Block party discofinger

2009-09-08T09:55:00.002+01:00

From Flickr: Disco finger, originally uploaded by Dag4.

Another random discofinger found on Flickr, location unknown.

A Mozambican discofinger

2009-08-28T10:02:00.000+01:00

Finally, a discofinger is spotted in sub-Sahara Africa at a Mozambican wedding. You'll easily spot the perpetrator, Cameron Morris, quite easily due to his tailor-made Ugandan suit. Cameron has made it his lifelong mission to "keep it real" and has been documenting his adventures in Mozambique on his Kiva blog.

A Mozambican Wedding from Cameron T. Morris on Vimeo.

You can't keep Kenny's discofinger down

2009-08-27T08:33:00.000+01:00

Famous Dublin grump Kenny Hanlon does Monaghan proud at Bloc '09 with non-stop discofinger action for the entire weekend.

Mr. Pauli, with his masculine take on The Hague discofinger

2009-08-26T08:49:00.000+01:00

Mr. Pauli, the ledgebag from the Netherlands, spotlights his new EP "935 Lies" and gives the crowd at Magic Waves what they are begging for--a little vocoder and some hard and fast discofinger action.

Oppenheimer Analysis atomic age discofinger

2009-08-23T20:03:00.000+01:00

Oppenheimer Analysis gets out of the cold war, into the discofinger during "The Devil's Dancers." Some very impressive (and creative) discofinger moves in this one.

YTMND discofingers

2009-08-23T17:53:00.003+01:00

We've recently been reminded about the amazing work the YTMND community did in regards to discofinger. You may be the cesspool of the Internet, but we at discofinger.com commend you.

This one is really unbelievable for the sheer cartoon discofingerness: Is it, uh, is it soup yet?

A Matrix discofinger

Saddam Hussein gets in on the action

Ultimate discofinger

Discofinger uses his powers for mellow

Death by discofinger

lol, discofinger

Sean Connery discofinger

More proof of the discofingeryness of Magic Waves

2009-08-23T01:00:00.001+01:00

The Magic Waves Festival in London was like a homecoming for discofinger aficionados worldwide.

Night Flight discofinger

2009-07-26T23:23:00.001+01:00

During Dublin's Night Flight party featuring Vince Watson and Redshape, a discofinger rises from the ashes of a less-than-disco evening.

Bad haircut discofinger

2009-07-21T09:07:00.000+01:00

At the Magic Waves Festival in London this fashion victim was redeemed only (slightly) by his unadulterated love of the discofinger.

Recently discovered German discofinger

2009-07-20T23:54:00.001+01:00

Yet another example of the diversity of the discofinger, this video made an unannounced appearance on YouTube from somewhere in the depths of Deutschland. We assume that the bizarre technique being demonstrated is culturally significant in Germany, where the discofinger is quite popular.

Magic Waves Festival discofinger

2009-07-19T23:36:00.002+01:00

The Hasbeens show that discofinger is just as relevant today as it ever was

2009-07-18T08:52:00.001+01:00

February Lunar Disko in Dublin sees The Hasbeens inspiring discofingers.

De De Mo discofinger

2009-07-17T08:49:00.002+01:00

Picture this: March. Lunar Disko. Intergalactic Gary lashes on De De Mo "Cause I need you, cause I love you" and Aoife nearly loses her marbles.

Casco discofingers to Alex Novaga

2009-07-16T08:49:00.000+01:00

Casco displays a controversial "thumbs up" discofinger move during Alex Novaga's set at the Magic Waves Festival in London.

Fred Ventura Magic Waves discofinger

2009-07-15T23:26:00.002+01:00

Fred Ventura and discofinger go together like me and Fred Ventura. ...I mean, like Fred Ventura and deadly Italo choons. That's why it was no surprise to see so many fingers in the air during the Magic Waves Festival in London last weekend. Alden Tyrell is there backing him up and you can tell he wants to discofinger too.

Cocadisco discofinger as performed by Irish tourists

2009-07-15T22:59:00.000+01:00

At London's Cocadisco featuring I-f, a couple of Irish tourists do a dramatic discofinger to the song "Dirty Talk."

Another BLOC '09 discofinger

2009-07-13T23:25:00.002+01:00

I-f BLOC discofinger

2009-07-13T17:30:00.003+01:00

I-f busts out "Walk the Night" by the Skatt Bros and causes widespread discofingering.

Greased discofinger

2009-07-08T19:58:00.002+01:00

The other day the discofinger headquarters broke into rapturous applause when a re-run of Grease came on, due to Sonny LaTierri's spirited fingers.

Bambi raises a finger

2009-06-30T23:16:00.002+01:00

We at discofinger.com had nearly managed to write off BLOC weekend as a bad dream punctuated by permanent hearing loss and fake moutstaches, when we stumbled on a treasure trove of discofinger videos.

We've long tailed after Irish celebrity DJ Barry "Bambi" Donovan in the hopes of catching him in one of his signature languid discofingers. Donovan spends most of his time with his finger firmly on the pulse of Dublin's "bird" population, but occasionally deigns to raise it skyward for a particularly deadly tune. This time it was "Soft Emotion" by Azoto during I-f's set.

Estonian discofinger

2009-06-29T12:16:00.008+01:00

We were very pleased to hear that our friends in Estonia are active afficiendos of the discofinger. Martin, our correspondent in Tallinn, Estonia, reports the following:

"This move is quite popular, but a very frequent one over here is also the rockers' finger - a combination of regular discofinger and the small finger combined (typical Butthead rock move). A very common one - the moving fist in the air, instead of discofinger.

Discofinger and the clap is often used during a beatless break in a song, as it is climbing back to full beat / climax."

Much has we suspected, the discofinger is truly a global phenomenon. Pictures provided by Martin below.