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- From: alexpace@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Alex L. Pace)
- Newsgroups: alt.rave,ut.general
- Subject: Austin Rave Update -- REVIEW OF LAST WEEKEND
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 01:08:18 GMT
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- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin
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- Review: Best MindF*ck Yet -- Sat. November 14th
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- OVERVIEW
-
- Rave in General (raver's impression): B/B+ To a Virgin Raver: C
- Location: C+ Lighting: A+
- Visuals: C+ Sound: B+
- Music: A Bass: B
- Smart Bar: A Chill Room: C+
- RAVE SPIRIT: A
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- SPECIFICS
-
- While this rave was on the smaller side with only perhaps 600 ravers, the
- people at this rave were mostly Real Ravers (tm). Very few Tourists (tm)
- braved the chilly night to seek out this not-so-widely-promoted rave. The
- result was a feeling of togherness that developed rather early (3:30am)
- instead of the usual (4:30-5am). I suppose that most of us already knew,
- or at least recognized each other from previous raves. On the technical
- side, I was particularly impressed by the light show which consisted of a
- full dozen Emulators (Laser simulators produced by High End Systems), four
- Intellabeams, and maybe ten 1000 watt strobes! DJ Wes did an exceptional
- job with the music which was technorave/hardcore until about 3:30 when he
- went into some Deep House and finally into Trance about 4:45. My only
- complaint was the horrid song he chose to end everything with at about 6am.
- The location really didnt offer much for the organizer's to work with
- because it had the look and feel of a large store (what it used to be). In
- my opinion, the space could have been better utilized by sectioning off
- areas to give a little more deminsion to the environment. Thie chill room
- was pretty small and hastilly done but that had the positive effect of
- keeping the majority of the people in the dance area because you just cant
- chill if there is no room...
-
- All in all I had a great time but I was afraid that some of the first
- timers were not similiarly impressed. A friend of mine that had never been
- to a rave before didnt seem to be enjoying himself very much until I
- insisted that he dance past the point of exhaustion into the JELLY ZONE.
- Like most people, his previous dancing experiences were that he danced for
- about 15 minutes and then took some sort of break (bathroom, drink, rest,
- flirt, etc...). Both of us stayed until the rave ended and he expressed
- that he would like to go to at least one of the raves this weekend as well.
-
- Alex Pace
- alexpace@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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