OSW: Rollerskating Rink

I forgot about "Rock with You"! "Heartbeat" always makes me smile! Well done...as usual.

Aw, Money!!!!!! This is just the BOMB!! Heck I'm gonna take it back...Pre-Fresh..this is The Joint!!!!!! Thanks for bringing to light Status IV - You Ain't Really Down..I never knew the name of the group nor the song. Thanks!

Man. as always this is a cool trip down memory lane. Now and Laters, Jingles, Rubik's Cube, Pryor's Place, Block Parties, My Grandparents home in Crown Heights, discovering WHT and VHS Players, Long Island trips, New York Hot Tracks with Darnell Williams and Debi Morgan..Carlos DeJesus...Drinking Nehi Grape Soda after school, Talking to my Grandmom on the phone in Alabama. My Mom dancing in the apartment as my brother DJ'ed and my other Bro. practiced Karate!

For all of you EJ Flavor listners from the NYC area circa 1984-85..who could forget U68 (ON THE UHF Channel) and Video Music Box

Great stuff hear man. I feel priviledged to be up at night and log on...an then go into work and Jam On It in the morniing!

Apologies for the babblin'..the cool floodgates of yesteryear came a' callin.

Keep groovin', Man!..and Thanks!

*laces up skates*

Now, I have to admit, I couldn't roller skate worth a damn. But I always went when asked 'cause the music was off da' hook. I remember a lot of these from those skating (or in my case, non-skating {smile}) days. This is a real nice mix that has "summertime" written all over it!

I Can't Stand It - who is that by (the non-rap version)? I love that song!

Hot to Death!!! Luv that Ol Skool! Taking it back to Skate Key...

...and do you remember the outdoor "Jams" in the abandoned lots and parking lots in all five boroughs. Dudes used to unhook the wires from the lightpost, hook up two turntables, speakers, a mixer, a fan and their mother's kitchen lamp on a table and mix on vinyl for a few hours... We'd all dance, party and then we would go home. Dude would unhook the electronics and put the street light back! We would go back to our various blocks... no one got shot, no one beefed, the most violent crime was pickpocketing or maybe the local weed man with a group discount...

I cant even imagine that happening today, between the flood of guns in the hood and the terrorist threats, young people cant gather safely anywhere in a large group anymore... except maybe on line, and then you gotta watch out for the Dateline Types. Oh Well.

Thanks for bringing back the good memories!

Me and my girls had the hottest skating routine to Rock Skate Roll Bounce. Me with my white boots/blue wheels, Leese with the same, Cookie with the white boot/red wheels, Tray with the white boot/purple wheels with the sparkles...you couldn't tell us shit. "Bounce" we hopped and then kinda bounced in that groove, "Rock" we shook our hips from side to side, and "Skate" demanded that we kick back with our left foot to accelerate a bit 1, 2, 3, 4, "Roll"...we rode the acceleration and laid back into the groove, and shimmied back a bit...and started it all over again. Too friggin cute, ya heard? Couldn't TELL us nothing!