Comments on: The Politics of Celebration http://electrolicious.com/2003/07/the_politics_of Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:19:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: esther http://electrolicious.com/2003/07/the_politics_of#comment-2286 esther Mon, 07 Jul 2003 21:39:15 +0000 #comment-2286 speaking of parties. . . . we had <a href="http://www.nwtekno.org/vb/showthread.php?threadid=56970">Chickenfest</a> this weekend (chicken hed's response to phoenix fest) and our friend brought her hard of hearing roommate . . . it was awesome! i told them about your friend Echo . . . and we all learned a bunch of good ASL words: beer, beers, drunk, drugs, high, music (evidently all music related words, such as 'techno', you use the same word for as well), bitch, molester, REAL ULTIMATE POWER, sunset, and sunrise. ;) whoever said parties couldn't change the world?! speaking of parties. . . . we had Chickenfest this weekend (chicken hed’s response to phoenix fest) and our friend brought her hard of hearing roommate . . . it was awesome! i told them about your friend Echo . . . and we all learned a bunch of good ASL words: beer, beers, drunk, drugs, high, music (evidently all music related words, such as ‘techno’, you use the same word for as well), bitch, molester, REAL ULTIMATE POWER, sunset, and sunrise. ;)

whoever said parties couldn’t change the world?!

]]> By: Ariel http://electrolicious.com/2003/07/the_politics_of#comment-2285 Ariel Mon, 07 Jul 2003 19:04:24 +0000 #comment-2285 It's actually the most valid criticism I've heard of this article: apparently, the outcome of GoTT was the formation of a non-profit foundation to fundraise and then distribute grants to groups working to take action on the causes GoTT supports, such as community sustainability, harm reduction, political activism, etc. For whatever reason, the Foundation concept did not make it into the article. It’s actually the most valid criticism I’ve heard of this article: apparently, the outcome of GoTT was the formation of a non-profit foundation to fundraise and then distribute grants to groups working to take action on the causes GoTT supports, such as community sustainability, harm reduction, political activism, etc. For whatever reason, the Foundation concept did not make it into the article.

]]> By: esther http://electrolicious.com/2003/07/the_politics_of#comment-2284 esther Mon, 07 Jul 2003 18:43:36 +0000 #comment-2284 i would have liked to see something in the article of actual things that have come out of the moontribes and GOTT, i.e. individual or group political action that have (or more conspicuously, have not) taken place. have they had group donations to progressive causes/groups, or trips to serve food at the homeless shelters, or road clean ups, or other action? talking about the parties themselves and the GOTT is as fruitless is talking about the company picnics and staff meetings of a non-profit rather than the work the non-profit actually does. ultimately, though, i think it's kind of silly to pose a thesis such as "But if a powerful positive vibe is created when hundreds of people gather around a sound system..., is it possible for the power of these temporarily autonomous leisure zones to be channeled back into real life?" i understand the community attempting to align themselves with certain political and progressive causes because (i would think) most people who attend those kind of parties do or believe in those things in their other life AND it sheds a positive light on that misunderstood community for the mainstream, but it *is* a community that has come together through partying and it will draw people who are not as driven as the organizers to find positive change in the world through whatever means (dance, political action, etc.) i.e. "In spite of the tightly guarded directions, word about this party clearly got out, because ... there are loads of primarily male ravers stumbling about tweaked out of their gourds." i would have liked to see something in the article of actual things that have come out of the moontribes and GOTT, i.e. individual or group political action that have (or more conspicuously, have not) taken place. have they had group donations to progressive causes/groups, or trips to serve food at the homeless shelters, or road clean ups, or other action? talking about the parties themselves and the GOTT is as fruitless is talking about the company picnics and staff meetings of a non-profit rather than the work the non-profit actually does.

ultimately, though, i think it’s kind of silly to pose a thesis such as “But if a powerful positive vibe is created when hundreds of people gather around a sound system…, is it possible for the power of these temporarily autonomous leisure zones to be channeled back into real life?” i understand the community attempting to align themselves with certain political and progressive causes because (i would think) most people who attend those kind of parties do or believe in those things in their other life AND it sheds a positive light on that misunderstood community for the mainstream, but it *is* a community that has come together through partying and it will draw people who are not as driven as the organizers to find positive change in the world through whatever means (dance, political action, etc.) i.e. “In spite of the tightly guarded directions, word about this party clearly got out, because … there are loads of primarily male ravers stumbling about tweaked out of their gourds.”

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