Better get on the stick!!!!!!

[remicks]

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Bernie,

Thank you for explaining the situation with Pete Denis , because for the majority of us knowing very little of what was taking place .... a sudden ban like that is unnerving. It's too bad when that becomes the final solution and its important to hear that it was used as a last resort.

I think we're all on edge a little bit right now with the sudden death of Barry Lederer. Or at least I can speak for myself in this respect.

I'm so sad at his passing. And I'm also quite angry. Here was a man who knew SO MUCH about the disco scene ..could tell us so much ...and now he is gone without having done so.

His inputs would have been so welcomed here. What he added to the main part of the site is just a taste of his experiences.

Why didn't he come here more and share things ?? Why not participate on these discussion boards?? That is what I'd like to ask directly of him , and now of course I can't .

So, I am asking that of ALL OF YOU that lurk here yet don't dive in and participate. LURKING adds NOTHING and here is this wonderful gathering place and depository for us to document and share and enjoy all that is and was good about disco .... You know what , and even all that wasn't good because let's be honest ....we all have very painful memories from those days as well as the glory. It was a very scary and heart wrenching time as friends were dropping left and right. Many many people from this scene were gone way too soon . And now Barry .


And guess what? Its going to happen to me and its going to happen to you too!!

This place is your chance to share experiences and use your voice while you can!

I pray that somehow all this will be preserved ....that Bernie you will not let all thats been gathered here one day just vanish. And when all of us are gone ... as will happen ....maybe further down the line this will be viewed as a precious reference.

The documentation of the experiences of those that were there then .... AND those that are here now that are exploring it still or anew..... we need to document this disco fever while it exists.



That now brings me to one of our dearest contributers Quinny. He is someone that indeed has stepped up to the plate and given quite a bit of himself to this site ....what is it 3,500 posts or so over the course of many years.
He was here when I first came on board , we tangled right away , and I learned to adjust to him .... just like we adjust to all kinds of people in our various walks of life. In fact, his answers I learned to particularly looked forward to as much as any others ... because he was willing to give it to you straight. And that's nothing to get all sensitive about.

I don't know the specifics of his removal ...but just like Pete Denis it's unnerving when someone is just thrown off the disco train for reasons unknown. Maybe for justified reasons , but for us looking on ...we don't know that. We just know that someone who's been an active part of our lives is now gone. And in Quinnys case it is particularly troubling because he has been here a long time and I think of him as a friend. A friend who has just suddenly unexpectedly disappeared.

Not different in some ways from the way Barry Lederer has suddenly left us . Its a loss to this community.

If it matters .... as a contributer who cares about this site and is grateful for it........ without benefit of knowing the details that caused it ...I oppose Quinnys removal.

He obviously has the passion for disco that makes him a worthwhile compatriot.

Thanks Bernie for your time ....this is all something I feel so strongly about.... thank you for discomusic.com .... .





ALL YOU LURKERS OUT THERE ... Better get on the stick!!

Take Barry Lederers sudden death to heart ... Bernie's been gracious enough to provide the place ... why not make use of it .
PARTICIPATE !!!! please !!

While you can......while you're blessed to be able to !!!!!



peace amongst us



remicks





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[KoolChris]

Remicks,
I know I'm posting way after the storm (I just came across the thread(s)), but I wanted you to know that reading your post once again justified and confirmed the respect I already had for you.

Peace!

Chris