New York Raves?

[Ol'sKooLa'91]

Originally Posted by Miss Kitty

well it is REALLY sad, because when I think of NYC I do think of big empty warehouses flooded with kids dancing till morning. A club is cool....I'm not a douche bag, they aren't as good as the real thing, but....hell it's all about the music and good vibes right? I hope I see some of you there!

The music is here. What you do with it or how you view it is on you. I go out because I Love the music and dance my ass off.

[KnAcidAllNightLong]

Originally Posted by Ol'sKooLa'91

I Love the music and dance my ass off.

yup, me too! That's all that matters in the end



I come up from philly to party and get my dnb in n.y.c since the dnb is waaay better up there.

[Incoherent]

The shit is here if you know how to find it. Club Love is banging for DnB

[Miss Kitty]

does club usa still exist? Folks back here, myself included, are pretty obsessed with party monster.

[KnAcidAllNightLong]

Originally Posted by Incoherent

Club Love is banging for DnB

yup yup that was exactly what I was talking about and I also like The Sullivan Room if some decent dnb is going on there.

[Incoherent]

Originally Posted by Miss Kitty

does club usa still exist? Folks back here, myself included, are pretty obsessed with party monster.

oh god.....no it doesnt exist neither does paladium or NASA for that matter, limelight is still around, its called Avalon i believe and it mainly caters to tourists

[captain_oblivious]

Originally Posted by x-raver

Only people who dont know what raves are would think I dont know. Yeah that party looks good. But another night club. I guess its a start but let me know when its a real venue

Amen to that. Going to a skanky, overpriced nightclub with a bunch of bridge-&-tunnel wannabe-yuppies who, rather than dance, stand around trying (and failing) to look cool... that does NOT count as a rave in my book. Yeah yeah, Studio B and Exit are somewhat better than the manhattan shitholes -- but they're still nightclubs, and still have the club vibe. I lived in New Jack City for two years (just left, thank god) and only once encountered something resembling a real rave there, out in the middle of nowhere in BK. Even that, tho, was "fully permitted" and held in a performing arts center, so it closed up early.

That crap they spew on teevee about how New York is "the city that never sleeps" is total bullshit. Mebbe it was true before Guiliani turned the city into disneyland-for-bankers, but it's sure not true today.

Probably the culprit here is the death of New Jack City's warehouse scene -- it fell victim to loft conversions. My buddy Mike, who's a bit of a fossil by the standards of this board, tells the story of him & his 6 housemates living together in the entire top floor of a huge warehouse back in the 90s.. and being forced out when the landlord decided to turn that building into lofts (in this case, the infamous McKibbin 'Dorms').

For those of you not quite up on terminology, a 'warehouse' is a big ex-industrial building w/ cavernous open spaces inside. Sometimes a bunch (typically 5-10) of crazy mofos (read: excellent folks) move in and actually inhabit such places, propping up flimsy walls here & there for some half-semblance of bedrooms; bathroom & kitchen facilities at such places tend to be... primitive. Other times, ya just find an empty one and secure, ahem, not-formally-authorized access, & throw a party. (People stiil do both of these things out in Oakland, doubtless among other places.)

In contrast, a 'loft' is what happens when the greedy-ass landlord realizes his cavernous industrial building can yield waaaay more rent if he builds a ton of walls inside it, sectioning it off into cramped, hateful little rabbit warrens. These are then flogged off onto an eager market of hipster douchebags, who are like, ", this lawft is like sooo fucking kewl! -- and look, marble bathrooms!!" I've seen a number of lofts in New Jack that measured like 15'w x 12'd x 20'h. Made me wanna vomit every time.

And yeah, you sheeple who are gonna be like, "duuuuuude, just go to the skanky-ass club and daaaance, there's nothing wrong w/ the club vibe". Well dude, you get an E for effort -- who can be against dancing? -- but the venue & the scene still get an F for fucking-awful.

[Incoherent]

Originally Posted by captain_oblivious

Amen to that. Going to a skanky, overpriced nightclub with a bunch of bridge-&-tunnel wannabe-yuppies who, rather than dance, stand around trying (and failing) to look cool... that does NOT count as a rave in my book. Yeah yeah, Studio B and Exit are somewhat better than the manhattan shitholes -- but they're still nightclubs, and still have the club vibe. I lived in New Jack City for two years (just left, thank god) and only once encountered something resembling a real rave there, out in the middle of nowhere in BK. Even that, tho, was "fully permitted" and held in a performing arts center, so it closed up early.

That crap they spew on teevee about how New York is "the city that never sleeps" is total bullshit. Mebbe it was true before Guiliani turned the city into disneyland-for-bankers, but it's sure not true today.

Probably the culprit here is the death of New Jack City's warehouse scene -- it fell victim to loft conversions. My buddy Mike, who's a bit of a fossil by the standards of this board, tells the story of him & his 6 housemates living together in the entire top floor of a huge warehouse back in the 90s.. and being forced out when the landlord decided to turn that building into lofts (in this case, the infamous McKibbin 'Dorms').

For those of you not quite up on terminology, a 'warehouse' is a big ex-industrial building w/ cavernous open spaces inside. Sometimes a bunch (typically 5-10) of crazy mofos (read: excellent folks) move in and actually inhabit such places, propping up flimsy walls here & there for some half-semblance of bedrooms; bathroom & kitchen facilities at such places tend to be... primitive. Other times, ya just find an empty one and secure, ahem, not-formally-authorized access, & throw a party. (People stiil do both of these things out in Oakland, doubtless among other places.)

In contrast, a 'loft' is what happens when the greedy-ass landlord realizes his cavernous industrial building can yield waaaay more rent if he builds a ton of walls inside it, sectioning it off into cramped, hateful little rabbit warrens. These are then flogged off onto an eager market of hipster douchebags, who are like, ", this lawft is like sooo fucking kewl! -- and look, marble bathrooms!!" I've seen a number of lofts in New Jack that measured like 15'w x 12'd x 20'h. Made me wanna vomit every time.

And yeah, you sheeple who are gonna be like, "duuuuuude, just go to the skanky-ass club and daaaance, there's nothing wrong w/ the club vibe". Well dude, you get an E for effort -- who can be against dancing? -- but the venue & the scene still get an F for fucking-awful.

yo go fuck yourself everything you just spewed is complete bullshit? WTF your getting angry at people for buliding lofts? Its called making money bitch, you dont like money? Go fuck yourself and move to cuba.

Plus alot of people throw alot of kool partys @ those lofts.

Seriously the only thing worse than X raver is the person who agrees with him....

[dutchie36]

Originally Posted by Trinluv

Hey Miss Kitty. Are you willing to travel to Providence? Check out new rave forum they have underground raves still happening in thier warehouses from time to time. If I come across any I'll hit you up maybe we can go together!

yo, when do these raves start or happen plz reply

[Miss Kitty]

PLUR? yeah, it's sad most people these days don't know what real raving is like. I think I'd die if the scene disappeared here. Although....many parties are "fully Permitted" with condos and shopping malls being built everywhere it's hard to find a place with nothing around it so it won't get popped. But seriously...you can't get mad at people who don't really know what it's all about. Clubs are cool...it is about the music, but the culture has gone down bleh. I wouldn't mind going to a club, I just want to dance. Even though....it'd be cheating. Oh well....And honestly if you don't know someone already in the scene and how it works and when they start. Don't go. Do your research and find out on your own because personally, I hate when people come in and don't know what the fuck it's about and just do a bunch of drugs and dance without knowing anything about plur or how the culture works. If you want to start, find someone that already knows what's up.

[x-raver]

Anyone who used to goto raves and is over 20 years old agrees wiht me. There is noone who thinks the rave scene in NY is boomin. This shit is a joke and if you disagree with me you have never seen a rave.

[keaks]

i was born in ny, moved out to the bay area for hs and hav been raving for the past yr. now im movin back to ny and needa find some raves anyone kno of any this summer??b