I saw Steve "Silk" Hurley the other night, and it was amazing - the camraderie, the group dynamic, the dancing, the jacking, HOUSE IS A FEELING! I love Chicago. "Move Your Body" and the "Perculator" (which I hadn't heard since like middle school!) and "French Kiss" (which he started at a deathly slow tempo, and the moans were overpowering, and built it up faster and faster and MOAAAAAAAANS like whoa.) This was outdoors at this fantastic "Chicago Summer Dance" series put on by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs in Grant Park, and this was the first time they'd played any sort of house music (even though house was easily the biggest musical movement in the city in the 80s). The crowd was mixed, leaning towards black; about equal parts white and hispanic. When the MC for the evening asked if anyone remembered Ron Hardy at the music box the CROWD WENT FUCKING WILD. An incredibly friendly crowd too - if you put some energy into dancing, they loved you.