Rave

Morgan Rubley Project 2: Profile of a Community 10/18/2015 What is a Rave? When you hear the word “rave”, what comes to your mind? This answer may vary depending on the person, but for many, the concept that everyone envisions, is the topic of drugs. A various amount of people who are not involved in the “rave community” form a common misconception that a rave revolves strictly around the aspect of consuming drugs. And until recently, I must admit that I shared this common misapprehension. I did not believe that there was a logical purpose to attend a rave, and therefore, I shut myself off from the astonishing experience itself. But I am happy to say that I was utterly and completely wrong. After attending a rave with my friends from the…

Rave parties have become a problem for citizens and for law enforcement since its creation in the 1980’s. Rave parties are known for overcrowding and rampant drug use. Rave parties have become such a problem that law enforcement have gotten involved. Law enforcement officials have had trouble locating and dispersing these parties as they were normally kept a secret until the day of the rave. They still are today, but raves are advertised as being safe and that security is provided. This…

Just or Unjust Liability: The RAVE Act Drug policy has always been a controversial issue in the United States of America, and recently the government’s focus has been on “club drugs” such as ecstasy or MDMA. Club drugs are often associated with raves, electronic music festivals, and nightclubs. The government enacted an unusual form of drug policy in 2003. The federal government has decided that the owners and or promoters of the rave community are liable for the illegal actions of their…

Rave Culture How do electronic music, LED Lights, and young people go together? Well you might have guessed a party, but it’s a little more specific than that. What I’m talking about is a rave. I’m here to briefly explore the origins of rave culture, the music, dancing, and even attire. The subculture is a bit odd, and very different from a typical night out. The early rave scene subculture started in the late 80’s in Chicago. Young party-goers attended events called “Acid House Music Parties”.…

The representation of Rave and Drug culture from the 1980’s and why it has always been associated together and how this sparks Moral Panics In this essay I will investigate how rave culture caused such a moral panic and why it was (and still is) thought to be so closely linked with drug use, especially the intake of Ecstasy. Techno music (House) and MDMA would both have survived without each other, but their marriage was mutually beneficial; together they gave birth to rave culture. Rave culture…

When most people think of the word “Rave” they think of loud music, flashy lights, bass, and drugs. While that may have been the case years ago, today raves have changed into a much safer place for many age groups. People associate ravers with druggies and sluts. Rave culture is widely shamed and looked down upon. Are raves as bad as they once were? Are all the rave stereotypes out of date? What I know is that raves can range from 4 to 12+ hours and include music from progressive house to…

the late 1980 's to the early 2000 's. All in all, Robinson writes a credible and convincing article on rave culture, the reasons to it 's rise and brings the reader into this subculture to see what it is really about. My question about the raving subculture is, how did EDM or techo music become the music of choice for these ravers over other popular music of the time? To answer this question I used sources like Robinson 's text as well as certain articles online to give me a better view of the…

What is gloving you might ask? Yes, it’s those light up gloves you saw on shark tank a few months back. Gloving has been in underground culture called “raves” until 2006 when it was first introduced to the rest of the world on YouTube. Ever since then, millions of people use this art form called “gloving” which is when a person, using their fingers, to make trails and patterns using light up gloves that can change color with the motion of the light. Light shows, dancing using the gloves, is a…

Understanding Hipness: ‘Subcultural Capital’ as a Feminist Tool by Sarah Thornton and Women and the Early British Rave Scene by Maria Pini, both discuss and analyze the social dance culture of the 1980’s. Thornton’s article focused primarily on the culture of clubbing while Pini’s article focused more on rave culture, however both did mention clubbing and raving at points in their article. Both articles carry validity in their arguments however it is important to take bias into account when…

computerized sounds seems like a peculiar form of music one would dive into. Entering a rave party, you will merge yourself into a world where people dance for hours, colorful flashing lights and lasers pointing in capricious directions, and smoke spreading through the vibrating floor like a fog over a busy city that never sleeps. This kind of phenomenon has become a grasping event for those who want to enter a state of trance, and disappear into the rhythm of electronic music. Like every genre…