Bambi raises a finger

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

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.

Discofinger media sightings

Not surprisingly, the dance move commonly known as the discofinger has been receiving increased attention since the inception of discofinger.com.

Perhaps the ultimate validation we have received to date--la Repubblica, the largest newspaper in Italy has done a feature on the discofinger and discofinger.com.

La Repubblica writes (in Italian)"The new mania on YouTube, where there is a channel entirely dedicated to this way of dancing. No matter what music or latitude, in any nightclub or concert of the world there are always those who when excited start moving their finger. A bit like Tony Manero, although the similarities end there. And all videos end up on the web."

And in what we at Discofinger.com consider fighting words, the folks at urlesque.com have called the discofinger "the international symbol of terrible dancers" and say we've "inexplicably culled videos of international demonstrations of the discofinger." Inexplicably? Excuse us?

Eliot Glazer, we at Discofinger.com would like to respectfully challenge you to a dance-off.

YTMND features Discofinger

Although we at discofinger.com tend to eschew corporate relationships in the blogosphere, we were nonetheless pleased to see that YTMND, that cesspool of the Internet, recently sponsored a discofinger-themed contest.

With over 100 entries, the contest has given us ample material to keep you, the discofinger viewer, entertained. One of our favorites is below (click on the link to see it in action) and we will continue to post more over the coming days/weeks/months/eternity.

Check out the contest winner: The Disco of Solitude

Mr. Pauli discofingers

Mr. Pauli and David Vunk may be disco legends, but they aren't afraid to show where it all started. With the finger.

Discofinger action during I-f's set at the CBS Necroparty

Intergalactic Gary causes massive discofinger...again

This time, it's at Gold Rush in Berlin to one of our favorite songs. We at discofinger find that Intergalactic Gary makes easy work of it, because the crowd can't help but discofinger. That's why we go to so many of his gigs. Seriously.

"You misunderestimated me--I can dance, too!"

Alexander Robotnick discofingers at the last Electric City

The last Electric City in Dublin was a sad night that was only slightly tempered by Alexander Robotnick doing his trademark discofinger.



For the entire night discofingers were out in force, a fitting tribute to the end of a fine club.

Niko exhibits one of the less subltle forms of discofinger