||so why do you people care about them? Exactly.. My discovery of electronic music in general, and techno in particular, really had nothing to do with raves. I would go to hear music I liked, and ended up partying and meeting new people - *not* the other way around. I would still be listening to the same music I do now had I never been to a single rave.
Here in the midwest US it's very rare to see a techno artist on the bill for a rave. [There's a calendar of midwest events at http://www.mw-raves.org/calendar/cal - for the curious.] When it does happen and I reluctantly decide to go I'm usually disappointed. For example, a couple of months ago in Columbus there was a rave called "Polarity" with Stewart Walker, Todd Sines, & Titonton Duvante all doing live PA's. The promoter had all the live acts on one of the crappiest sound systems imaginable [we jokingly decided they had found it on the side of the road], in a side room with the vendors and maybe 50 ppl, while no-name locals played progtrance/etc for the raver majority on the main system upstairs. That's basically what raves are to me: A crappy venue, filled with disinterested kids, that I sometimes put up with to hear the music I like. Other than that, in my opinion not only did the "rave scene" die [most likely from an overdose] years ago, it has nothing at all to do with Detroit techno. It's an arrangement I can live with. -tjw __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
