ok, just gotta point out one thing- the trendies suck, but trendy is a state of mind, they're not always identified by what they wear. while i believe that most cowboy-hat wearing clubgoers aren't "keeping it real," i have seen a couple of shiny shirts at clubplanet meetups . let's just remember that not all books can be judged by their covers. and i believe, too, that some things were better "back in the day," when things were "underground," but things evolve, and we do tend to romanticize the past when it becomes the past. for instance, i used to go to raves when they were underground in l.a., but that also meant that they got busted by the cops, that they were full by the time you got there, and that they were even busted by the time you paid for your map. and what about the djs who never even showed? it's easy to say "those were the days" when they're no longer available. yeah, but i'm also being devil's advocate for food for thought. i'm bummed about a lot of what's going on in the scene, too. i'd like to enjoy my time out without bts (for the rave scene) and the phonies (everywhere). i hope for improvement in the future, too. * and just a note, what's up with the screenname, wisdom? moving in on me?