From: bsanders@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Barry Sanders)
Subject: Re: Heffalump Hunt Rave review
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 04:12:01 GMT

pashdown@javelin.sim.es.com (Pete Ashdown) writes:


FAQ #1>  Where's the FAQ list for alt.rave??? (I have *lots* of questions.)

>a Winnie The Pooh theme

Great idea, inasmuch as I know what makes a great rave, which I don't.

>and better) with Pooh in rave gear holding a tablet of unknown chemical
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What, exactly, is 'rave gear', oh gurus of the temporary dance establishment.

>ambient room, smart bar, and a mind machine on the inside.  John had sheets of
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Could this be one of those Brion Gysin contraptions with the slowly rotating
light-shuttering assembly that's supposed to induce alpha wave production in
the brain??  Or is it more complex than that.

>black plastic that I painted different designs on with fluorescent paints.  We
>rented seven 4' black lights and filled the inside walls with that.  The main

An excellent effect for small $$$.  I could be good at this...

>The smart bar was done by my older sister.  She researched what goes into the
>drinks and we crushed the pills ourselves and measured out "blender" size
>doses into fruit and juices.  We found that we could make about 120 servings
>for $85.  The smart bar was not extremely popular though.  A local club's
>smart bar is always swamped and their drinks taste really bad.  Our drinks
>were a dollar cheaper and tasted great, but weren't very popular.  We did make
>back the initial investment, and for the most part all that is left over can
>be used later.  Glow products sold well as did the diffraction glasses.  The
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Are these the ropes/bracelets/necklaces and wands filled with synthetic 
biolumenase that you see at carnivals, fairs, riots and funerals?

>Our friend who rents us our sound system loaned me a Denon 2000 CD deck for
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How much $$$, and will it automatically beat-mix?  Time stretch/compress?

>only person who felt this way.  Just short of bowing down and kissing my feet,
>people were going nuts over the music.  The floor was constantly filled and

Wow.  If only I could have received such a reaction when I DJ'ed.  

>the fact that we were using so much of it.  And the police!  They drove by
>quite a few times.  It isn't a great part of town, the shelter is less than a
>block away, but the police DID NOT CARE.  Here we are at 3:30 AM blasting a

Very strange.  I feel certain that the Locals  here would be on our butts so
fast we wouldn't know what hit us.  Plus, the industrial section of Champaign-
Urbana is like one square block.  Not much chance of isolation here.

>The owner of the studio loved it.  He stated that the crowd was the best he'd
>had for a party and we were welcome to use the place again.  Things turned bad
>though at about 3:30 when someone took mascara and wrote "bitch" and "fuck"
>all over the bathroom walls.  Even after scrubbing them, they needed to be
>painted.  I could have easily taken things to the mythical 6:00 AM, but the
>owner wanted us to stop at 4:00 after the bathroom incident.

Damn, people are stupid.  Next time, filter out the 13-yr-olds.

>everything.  It has stopped being a venture for profit, but more of a venture
>for fun.  When you consider the time, the money spent, and the work that goes
>into it, I'd be better off flipping burgers, but there is no way that it is

This brings me to my biggest question:  How does anyone keep from going broke
having these raves?  Doesn't it cost a fortune to rent everything, to say 
nothing of the liability one would assume if someone got hurt badly, blew-up
the building or stole your equipment?  It seems like the potential losses are
great, and the potential gains are few.  Of course, anyone who's ever had a 
party knows that :-)  It does sound like a lot of fun, and a lot of work.

Anxious To Hear More,

Barry Sanders
bsanders@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu



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