Comments on: Rave’s Twilight http://electrolicious.com/2004/06/raves_twilight Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:26:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tumbleweed http://electrolicious.com/2004/06/raves_twilight#comment-4376 Tumbleweed Fri, 04 Jun 2004 01:00:43 +0000 #comment-4376 That's the beauty of miniature golf - you're never too old or uncool! That’s the beauty of miniature golf - you’re never too old or uncool!

]]> By: Broch http://electrolicious.com/2004/06/raves_twilight#comment-4375 Broch Fri, 04 Jun 2004 00:41:16 +0000 #comment-4375 Having long left the rave culture behind in 1991, I understand a little bit about the nostalgia of it all, but looking back at my early twenties, it was all a blur. With the current post-rave chill scene, we still reminisce about the old times, but much prefer today. I guess that the 30's will do that for you. Having long left the rave culture behind in 1991, I understand a little bit about the nostalgia of it all, but looking back at my early twenties, it was all a blur. With the current post-rave chill scene, we still reminisce about the old times, but much prefer today. I guess that the 30’s will do that for you.

]]> By: Tumbleweed http://electrolicious.com/2004/06/raves_twilight#comment-4374 Tumbleweed Thu, 03 Jun 2004 23:41:19 +0000 #comment-4374 Hey, I could go for some miniature golf. The only local place I know of is way down in Tukwila, though. Hey, I could go for some miniature golf. The only local place I know of is way down in Tukwila, though.

]]> By: leblanc http://electrolicious.com/2004/06/raves_twilight#comment-4373 leblanc Thu, 03 Jun 2004 23:39:27 +0000 #comment-4373 the one though I had is that the author never suggests that what's going on is not that raves are dying or people aren't going to them anymore - what's happening (at least here in the Bay Area) is that they're reverting to the way they were before: non-descript warehouses in the middle of nowhere and with only a few hundred to 1000 people showing up, max. the fact is that they got *sooooo* popular that even yuppies were going because it was so "cute" to dress up in rainbows and do drugs, not because of the music or the community, and people were throwing 10,000 person events, and now that it's kind of waned in that respect, the general public figures "it's over". it's not over. it just went back underground. just like disco. the one though I had is that the author never suggests that what’s going on is not that raves are dying or people aren’t going to them anymore - what’s happening (at least here in the Bay Area) is that they’re reverting to the way they were before: non-descript warehouses in the middle of nowhere and with only a few hundred to 1000 people showing up, max. the fact is that they got *sooooo* popular that even yuppies were going because it was so “cute” to dress up in rainbows and do drugs, not because of the music or the community, and people were throwing 10,000 person events, and now that it’s kind of waned in that respect, the general public figures “it’s over”.

it’s not over. it just went back underground.
just like disco.

]]> By: Matt http://electrolicious.com/2004/06/raves_twilight#comment-4372 Matt Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:26:21 +0000 #comment-4372 Oh me oh my - perhaps it's just about getting old. Some of the crap that passes for dance music these days makes me want to tear out what little hair I've got left. In the UK, raves got stamped on very hard by the police and then the superclubs grew up in their place - tedious corporate hangars like the MOS where all the nasty old stereotypes that raves had banished returned - dress codes, posers and gangsters. Coincidentally, around that time (1996-ish) the music started to disappear up its own arse. Oh me oh my - perhaps it’s just about getting old. Some of the crap that passes for dance music these days makes me want to tear out what little hair I’ve got left. In the UK, raves got stamped on very hard by the police and then the superclubs grew up in their place - tedious corporate hangars like the MOS where all the nasty old stereotypes that raves had banished returned - dress codes, posers and gangsters. Coincidentally, around that time (1996-ish) the music started to disappear up its own arse.

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