Danny Alias

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Danny Alias (Duane Scott Cerny) is an American house music artist and playwright born in Norridge, Illinois. In 1984, he co-founded Persona Records with David Bell and released the single "Civil Defense," an early example of Chicago house music which was played by DJ Ron Hardy. [1] The label went on to release the first two singles by Jamie Principle and Frankie Knuckles: "Waiting on My Angel" and "Your Love". In 2012, "Civil Defense" was re-issued on Kill the DJ, a French label founded by DJ Ivan Smagghe. [2]

In 1990, Alias created Chicago's Broadway Antique Market, a 20,000 square-foot multi-dealer shop specializing in mid-century modern collectibles. [3] In 2018, Thunderground Press published his book Selling Dead People's Things: Inexplicably True Tales, Vintage Fails & Objects of Objectionable Estates [4] with anecdotes from his career as a vintage dealer.

Alias has also written two LGBT comedic spoofs, "Mrs. Hyde and the Case of the Gaslight Buggerings," which debuted at the Athenaeum Theatre in 2009, [5] and "The Bloody Fabulous Curse of Dragula," which debuted at Mary's Attic Theatre in 2010. [6] [7] [8]

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