Randy

Actually no, "electronica" or edm would have been a far more appropriate term. I'd alsmot say house, much of the music you could have heard at some of those places has no soul. To many, going out is but a phase, but for that phase to ever happen it must be acknowledged that it is a lifestyle for many. My impression of the tone in many of the responses was that going out is a novelty and to treat it as such is simplistic.

Music is not simply classified as noise, techno, hiphop, rock, country, latin, and classical. From your post it seem you don't really know what techno is, prolly never actually heard, let alone listened to techno, and prolly aren't hearing hiphop now. You are a scenester, nothing wrong with that as every existence is valid, but some of your impressions are inaccurate.

scenester defined it's good to have passions, partying doesn't have ot be one of them, but it can be. just mkae you're passionate because whatever it is is for you and not for someone else posers are boring.

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I dunno, how about hippies? ever heard hte line "sex, drugs, and rock and roll?" people seem to be getting high in the rset of hte world too. perhaps the only reason to glorify the existence of the consumption is simply to throw that back into the face of authority. young people do like to break rules and doing drugs is an easy way breaking rules. instead of harping on the natural inclinations of people to explore enjoyable altered states, how about bitching about the retarded laws in the first place?

people have been getting high long before e got big

subculture built around artistic foundations, no? You think the producers don't make music to interact w/ the substances? The blinking lights are to help you read a book?

im sure the wall cost was factored when considering using hte space to create additional revenue

oh yes, i forgot that all artists are straightedge.

cmon, nobody in this demographic, especially this demographic in nyc voted for him

sillies buzz took on the last bill, defeated it, and was shut down from their dc club. if their efforts were listened to, then htere would not be a repeated effort to launch another bill. there aren't enough people parrtying that vote to make a differnece in the ees of hte politicians. as lame as it may sound. the only way to fight this shit is to have "dance the vote" type movments at parties and clubs. getting younger people more politically active than reactionary will do more in the long run. or revolt. there is enough stupid shit happening that there needs to eb a revolution

i make a living working on sound systems in nightclubs, many of which you listed, and otehrs you have not. who the fuck says "special k?" you sound like a cop, reporter, or a publicist - which is it?

the current manager of arc had nothing to do with twilo's closure. might want to point fingers at all the 30 year old queens that couldn't maintain sunday mornings. jUnior didn't rail against ghb for nothing.

SOE started off as a promotional support crew. You know, the monkets that throw flyers for upcoming events everywhere as you come out of a party. I've only had interest in one of their parties, but the ycertainly did grow. here's a challenge, how about someone throw a party that isnt hte same shit that has already happened a million times.

I've seen this forum go through a lot of changes since the black and red format. As there are both clubbers and partykids alike, I'm curious as to what the feelign is about one hour sets. At clubs, the djs tend to play longer sets, with a few obvious residents playing double digit lengths. At parties, an hour is the norm. A demo is often longer than the actual performance! thoughts?