Why did you start raving?

[Sariel]

For me.... I was 16... a little gothic trencher kid.... thought ravers were a bunch of freaky little spastic chipmunks on crack...

Then I started dating a raver.... after about 2 weeks of listening to my assorrted collection of NIN and Marilyn Manson, he finally got sick of it and threw on a Chemical Brothers CD.... I payed no attention to it until the very last song "Where do I begin"

The lyrics really caught my attention.... so I replayed the song... then I replayed the whole CD, and suddenly discovered a whole new world of music.

So a couple weeks later (after we had broken up) I went to a rave. Outdoor party.... there I was, all gothed out, standing around (cause I really couldn't dance) when a bunch of candykids walked up and asked me if I was alright.... must have looked like I was bored, and I did look really out of place.... we started talking, and it struck me that this was a great place to be.... where I could just be myself, and still be completely accepted by those around me...

So, I turned into a candykid, and here I am, 6-1/2 years later, having attending so many parties I can't remember how many it's been, and I am still going strong.

I love this scene. Sure, there are people that occassionally bring me down about it, but for the most part, I still find it a place where everyone is accepted for who they are.

And I have to admit, we have the best music in the world. :)

[crookedking]

that's a kick ass tune.

[Veni*C]

because god told me to

[Clayton.]

Because it was raining one day and i couldn't go skateboarding some friends who had once bin just as anti rave as me were all going to i decided to put aside my "raves are gay" attitude and check it out...And i'm glad i did.

[cinist]

i got kicked out of catholic school in grade 9

then i went to this school, for intelligent teach yourself types...

and i started chillin wit all these grade 12 kids, they took me to protest ralleys against companys like Nike, and to support demonstrations for Tibet...things like that. it was a lot of fun

and then one of them , Dan Gardner asked me to come to a party he was spinning at, Praynama in 98'

i went, they gave me a hit of acid, only i didnt know how long it took to kick in. i figuered they gave me something fake cuz i was younger, so i went and bought another one 20 minutes later elsewhere

i was very very high

i think it was one of my best experiances tho


dan lives in montreal now, he had or has a label with adam marshall . aparently he's doing well.

[Gilkayo]

bordom

[yoko*]

because there was nothing to do and no place to meet people when you're 15, and highschool dances are boring.

[Gilkayo]

plus toronto was the cool place to be where i came from.
we used to get my friends older sister to drive us up there and lie to our partents about where we were going for the weekend since i lived like 3 hrs away from tdot.
it was a blast. thats before i started doing drugs.
i used to just go and watch. never danced. just chatted it up and stayed up all night.

[Mc*Phee]

It sounded like fun

[Doctor Nick]

Originally posted by cinist
i got kicked out of catholic school in grade 9

then i went to this school, for intelligent teach yourself types...

and i started chillin wit all these grade 12 kids, they took me to protest ralleys against companys like Nike, and to support demonstrations for Tibet...things like that. it was a lot of fun

and then one of them , Dan Gardner asked me to come to a party he was spinning at, Praynama in 98'

i went, they gave me a hit of acid, only i didnt know how long it took to kick in. i figuered they gave me something fake cuz i was younger, so i went and bought another one 20 minutes later elsewhere

i was very very high

i think it was one of my best experiances tho


dan lives in montreal now, he had or has a label with adam marshall . aparently he's doing well.

^^^^
That must be the same Daniel Gardner that used to work at the Spaghetti Factory...

Am I right?

[zarlon]

december 2000, my brother took me to my first party

it was pretty fucking fun, i'm glad i went sober. i got the chance to experience raves without being fucked up, for the first time.

:smoke1:

[cinist]

Originally posted by Doctor Nick



^^^^
That must be the same Daniel Gardner that used to work at the Spaghetti Factory...

Am I right?

cute, tall, shaved blond head?

i think so!

great guy

[Sariel]

I didn't do my first party sober, but then, I had been using drugs for a long time by that point..

I was kinda precocious in that way.... got all my experimenting out of the way really young, so by then it was just recreational. :)

[bob]

a 25 year old raver with no friends and a lot of money moved into my apartment building when i was 14. i helped him out with some computer troubles a couple times, we started talking about music, and before i knew it i was on drugs at a rave party...

3 years later he got married to a really amazing woman, sold his apartment and bought a house with his woman. last year he sold his house for a fortune and moved to california. he still goes to raves once in a while with his wife.

i'm afraid i will never see him again :(

[Sariel]

Originally posted by bob
i'm afraid i will never see him again :( [/b]

I would not worry about that too much.... I used to live out in Toronto, raved out there as well....

The last 2 parties I have been to - KISS & SSBB, I have run into people I have not seen in close to 4 years that I used to party with in TO.

You never really know who is going to show up to a party.

[KenJi]

I thought i was going out to a club but i was wrong, I stayed for the whole party got high as fuck and decided it was cool. Regardless i didn't dance either haha.

now i dunno how manby years later i am still doing this haha

[bob]

did anyone see that episode of saved by the bell (the college years), when they had a rave on the show? and screech got ripped off nitrous oxide... i wanted to be a raver after i saw that episode.

[normal josh]

long time ago, when things were primortal, and i moved to vancouver from a tiny town up north...

i went to school with this girl in grade 8 back in '93 '94 and one day she was like "there is a party at the theater, wanna come?"

i didnt know that her dad owned theater E, and i was like sure...

it was a blast and ever since i have been going fairly steady, exept for the 2 year break i had from 98 till 2000

its just fun

[g-RocK]

My older brother was Mr. Rave, and he was dating this wicked jungle dj back in 97 or 98, and I listened to her demo in his car, and was really impressed so he took me to see her spin, at spooky 97 or 98 and we satyed the whole time, I had a ripper time! And thats my story.

[Veni*C]

Originally posted by kid icarus
i went to school with this girl in grade 8 back in '93 '94 and one day she was like "there is a party at the theater, wanna come?"

i didnt know that her dad owned theater E, and i was like sure...

it was a blast and ever since i have been going fairly steady, exept for the 2 year break i had from 98 till 2000

its just fun

sounds exactly the way i started partyin... break and all..... minus the friend with the dad who owned the theater... hehe...
and i started partyin in grade 9... not 8.... close enough.

RAVE!

[crackdragon]

A pretty girl told me to go, she also told me to do drugs...

[Doctor Nick]

Originally posted by cinist



cute, tall, shaved blond head?

i think so!

great guy

Tall, yes, blond yes,
Cute, no idea!

lol

same guy

[mapleleaf4ever]

Went to NYE 2004 as my first party. Had an awesome time. I like the people, always loved the music... and it's the only thing to interript my busy work schedule. :trippin:

[Sykonee]

At the time, it was the only place to hear the music I liked loud as fuck.

...My, how things have changed...

[lildonkey]

well i was heavily into dancing, and was a member of www.shaddupanddance.com and liquid caught my eye... so after dancing for a long time, i started getting interested in raves... and started going to the spanish... talksic tuesdays :)