the sunday night report said that all ravers over 18 were released unless they had drugs on them.
there were a couple of funny things about the reports. like fanchon singer (the "fox 2 problem solver" who broke the news) getting so off on the whole thing, aggressively pressing the owner of the building (studio 95 in highland park) - you would think there had _never_ been a rave story done before, this lady was so high on her 'hard-hitting investigative reporting' [sic] they reported "kids as young as 13," then 10 seconds later, "as young as 14," then in the next minute "as young as 15." and they showed a genius cop saying, "this is powder heroin, or coke, or some drug." and they showed a withered balloon on the ground, describing it as a balloon for "huffing." we got a few good peeks at raver bunnies loaded up with plastic jewelry, too. as terrible ( and in many ways, humorous) as this type of reporting is, it has become the norm. and although lots of people tune into the nightly news and read the newspapers, i like to hold onto some hope that deep down, people take everything with a grain of salt. or maybe i'm just naive. kelli wondering how a 14 year old kid has $35 to attend a rave in the 1st place ----- Original Message ----- From: Benjamin Cuthbert (Merch) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Shane from PLURkids' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 12:18 PM Subject: RE: (313) Online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/plur/petition.html > -The news reports are always sensationalistic and driven by ratings > > I could not agree with you more, but in my opinion, news reports like these, > even though it was very sensational, can help to clean up this scene. This > scene has been going down the shitter the past few years. Parents need to > know where their 13-17 yr. olds are at night because they have no business > being at raves and getting fucked up. That is what is making the scene loo k > bad. I saw the news report last night and the main focus was on underage > kids and their "secret" life. They did not mention anything about what > happened to the people over 18. > > So, what I want to know is why promoters do not set age limits on their > parties. Will it affect the bottom-line that much? > > I am down with the cause and will sign the petition because there are two > sides to every story and raves are extremely stereotyped by the media. I > also believe, however, that there is some truth to every stereotype and that > the rave scene needs to except some responsibility and change. At this > moment in time, I cannot think of one positive thing that the media could > report on about raves. > > PS - I also want to know why more people do not support the Detroit's club > scene more. While everyone was getting busted on Saturday, they missed an > excellent bust-free night at Science. > > ben > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shane from PLURkids [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 10:49 AM > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: (313) Online petition at > http://www.petitiononline.com/plur/petition.html > > > Hi all, > > > This last weekend in Detroit it was like 1515 Broadway all over again. > Mid-week there had been another one of those "look where your children are > at on saturday night!" reports on the news. Of course, it was just like > years ago - a promoter had called the news complaining of how they wanted to > > "clean up the scene". Then they rented a space that they thought was > bust-proof, and proceeded to throw a party with tight security and 500 free > tickets. It backfired in their face and of course the cops arrived with the > news in tow. Multiple kids were beaten on site by the Highland Park Police, > and the newspeople witnessed this but did not report it. > > *sigh* > > Either way, we want to at least have a chance to speak about the things that > > make rave culture special to us. The news reports are always > sensationalistic and driven by ratings - this we grudgingly accept as the > way it is - but it would be nice to be heard at all, even within that > context. Please help us find a voice amongst all the yelling. > > Thanks, > > Shane > PLURkids Productions > Info 734.913.9672 > www.plurkids.com > _ ___ ____ o ____ > __)) ))_ )) __ __ _ )) > ((_( ((_ (( (| ((_) (( (( > > > > http://www.petitiononline.com/plur/petition.html > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
