Halloween 2009. What a drag.

**Cory Ander** · October 31st, 2009, 09:50 PM

There seems to be little or no Halloween spirit in my neighborhood....my downstairs neighbor pins a mean "no candy so do not knock" sign on her door. I ride my bike downtown to look at the costumes and see very few that show any imagination, so quite naturally my mind drifts to the electric Halloween parties me and my friends Cha Cha, Queen Mother, the "girl", Miss Thang and others used to attend in the 80s. Next, I put on one of my disco DVDs (A & E's "The Story of Disco") and my spirit immediately rises and one of my rare disco dreams appears in my head. This one involves many of us fans of discomusic.com having a 3 or 4 day "disco conference", maybe in Las Vegas Nevada. A major goal would be to show our appreciation to Bernie for all the hard work he does to maintain the site. We'd rent out Studio 54 for a couple nights to indulge ourselves. We'd choose a cheap hotel, maybe the Stratosphere, and host conferences where we'd share our disco memories, show off rare records and memorabilia, etc. We'd invite a few singers, producers, remixers and others to talk and share their memories and experiences. And best of all, those of us who are just names would actually meet each other face to face. Impractical in a recession? Probably. Financially prohibitive...again, probably...but a nice Saturday night dream. And trust me, other groups with very specific interests have made it happen.