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by egypturnash 1140 days ago
The last few paragraphs sure are making some broad conclusions about the overall health of the entire world's rave scene based on going to one mediocre rave put on by a Brand. Especially given that he opens this loose collection of impressions by admitting that he came to the party dressed in his office gear, bring some fuckin' energy into the party if you're gonna bitch about how the kids are doing it wrong, dude.
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The sub title explains it fairly well

>Celebrating the Æsthetic Collapse of a Xoomer Subculture

He seems to be alluding to how the scene changed in the late 90s and does so throughout the article while giving a brief history of it all. The rave scene became the club scene and became a commodity which are things antithetical to what the rave scene was. The rave scene of gen-x is dead and what we have now is very different. I get a strong feeling he is trying to be the Hunter S. Thompson of rave with this piece and he does not quite pull it off.