^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Welcome to the Southern California Rave mailing list! ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Better known as SoCal-Raves, this list is for the discussion of anything having to do with raves and the underground club/dance scene in the Southern California area. This includes the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and possibly Ventura and Santa Barbara as well. Don't let the broad area scare you. This list is about the local scene. About what is happening near you. Although rave flyers seem to think L.A. and San Diego are the only places local DJs are from, there is quite possibly something going on in your backyard. And this is the place to talk about it. Appropriate topics include: - announcements of upcoming events in the Southern California area. - reviews of shows/raves/DJs/music/etc. - rave-culture like clothes, smart drinks, rave attitude, etc. - local radio shows and stations that play rave and techno. - where to find the music, clothes, etc. - rave picnics and other non-rave rave-related events. - how to throw your own rave (and not get busted). ...and almost anything else rave related or related to the local scene. Try not to discuss raves not in the Southern California area or subjects that don't have anything to do with raves or this area. Though some discussions of other rave scenes may at times be appropriate. And try to keep from getting into flame wars and overly personal discussions on the list. Some comments are probably better kept to personal mail. Keep in mind that what you are sending to the list you are sending to everybody. Other than that, go for it. This is your list. Your scene. I'm hoping that this list can be a catalyst for helping to improve and unify the scene in SoCal. At least we should be able to get that "community" feeling that so many have trouble finding in the SoCal rave scene. And maybe, some day soon, we might even be throwing our own raves just as the SFRaves list has. This list should also be a good place to find out about the scene in SoCal. Hopefully soon there will be a calendar list. In the mean time please send me any info you have on upcoming raves and I will compile an upcoming rave calendar and post it to the list once a week. Now for the technical stuff: - Any mail sent to socal-raves@ucsd.edu will get sent out to everyone who subscribes to the list. - socal-raves-request@ucsd.edu should be used to subscribe and unsubscribe to the list. To subscribe you should send a message with the line "sub socal-raves" or "sub <email address> socal-raves" in the body of the message, not the subject line. The latter form should be used if you want to use an address other than the one shown in the "From:" line of the message. If at any time you want to unsubscribe or delete your name from the list (we would miss you) the line would be "del socal-raves". If you need help send a message with the line "HELP" and you will get a help file on how to use the listserv. - Administrative problems about the list should be sent to socal-raves-relay@ucsd.edu and Vigor Mortis, list administrator extraordinaire, will take care of you. - Any other SoCal-Raves list questions and rave info (for the calendar) should go to me at underdog@netcom.com Some info about me. When I started college about a five years ago I was intrigued by industrial music that was nameless to me at the time. Within a year or two I was doing an industrial radio show and going to underground clubs that played everything from acid house to industrial danse. Although many of these clubs were illegal, there was not a lot of hype, and they were definitely better than the L.A. club scene (which always seemed to me to be one big pickup joint/ meat market). They were basic. Raw. Even tribal. Full of energy. They gave me a place to dance without feeling pressured to ask some woman to dance with me who could care less. I really wanted to start a "gypsy club" of my own in Orange County. Not for profit, just so that people might have a local place to go. But too many things and people conspired against me. Then the word "rave" came into existence and shortly following 808 State's new album. It seemed to me that all the energy of Industrial, and the groove of Acid House was forming a new "Techno" genre and a new scene. This was a fresh injection of energy. The underground parties grew up. There was new hype and new ideas. More of my friends came with me to rave. And the birth of a new radio station helped expand the scene. It was fun and still is. But the radio station died. The scene mostly caved in on it's own weight (hype and greed only go so far). Big raves that I paid good money for didn't happen. And we are left with what? There is still that sense of acceptance. The sense of unity and anything goes. And I think we are starting to come back to that old feeling of community and being a part of something again. This summer a few friends and I were even able to throw a few free outdoor raves. Though small, these were to be the start of a regular thing for the summer but the fourth one got busted and we stopped. I'm hoping that it will happen again though (legally :). The underground scene here always seems to be able to recreate itself. Remember,the rave scene is for and about the people. About individual empowerment. Where an artist in a bedroom can get as big as the world will allow and where 'people' not 'person' are the center of attention. Big thanks go out to Brian (Vitamin B) and the SFRaves mailing list for inspiration, Dana Watanabe my co-conspirator in raves and other things, and Andy Ferrell (Vigor Mortis) for administrating and offering a place for the SoCal-Raves list. I hope you enjoy this list as much as I do. Peace and Love. And may you find a rave wherever you are. Joachim