Experienced eugene ravers...

[Mythtick]

I am looking for a very active member of the rave community willing to be interviewed face-to-face in Eugene, OR-- a firedancer would be great, or anyone else who's really involved in the scene.

I'm a senior at the U of O (& a trance fan, & an occasional raver); I'm asking for about 40 minutes to an hour of your time, and you are free to say whatever you want-- I can give you a pseudonym in the interview records.

I'm hoping to collect an informal but detailed description of raver culture as you know it: slang, style, unspoken rules, social rituals, traditions, symbols, spiritual views, stories, music genre distinctions-- basically, anything that someone outside the scene wouldn't know.

This project will become a permanent part of the Randall V. Mills Folklore Archive, which is the largest folklore archive in the Pacific Northwest. That means that decades down the road, folklorists and other scholars will be able to read your words and study them as a representation of your subculture, your generation, your region, & your era. Who knows-- you might be quoted in a book someday.

I am looking for someone who can take this seriously-- preferably someone who thinks of the raver community as a major part of his/her identity.

So-- If you would like to have a say in how NW raver culture is understood in the future, and if you're qualified to represent that culture, please send me a message or post!



~Mythtick

[sugar]

I'm actually not a raver who lives in oregon, but i'm thinking of going to U of O for college. what's the rave scene like up there? i'm down in sf and love it here. does much happen in oregon?