hey carmine no offense taken at all, and to respond to your post its simple the spirit of that era and party is alive and well and i experience it ONLY at certain parties like SHELTER sat nights/sun afternoon, Once a month at DEEP for the 718 sessions on sundays. On weds at CIELO for the ROOTS party with LOUIE VEGA and KEVIN HEDGE, Fri and sun at langstons in brooklyn for the TOGETHER IN SPIRIT party and the TEMPLE party. Seriouly if you ever have the time check out these parties and then NOTICE the crowd their that are all MIXED, GAY STRAIGHT, BLACK, WHITE, LATIN ASIAN,OLD, YOUNG. And all are there to dance and have fun and share there stories and know most of the songs. You wont see a dress code, you wont see people cracked out of their faces pasing out from drugs, you wont see fights, you wont see people being rude, you wont see people tryig to pick up other peole,etc. Imagine a party goin on for 10yrs with NO ALCOHOL, that would be great. Those parties are really all about MUSIC/DANCE. And all those parties have one thing in common, THE DJS ALL LEARN FROM THE GARAGE. And while yes drugs were part of the scene since the begging its the type of drugs that have chage and become more dangerous. Ask the other person who responded on this thread MAX how great the party and crowd was at SPIRIT for LARRY LEVANS bday party.