Ruff Beat Provider wrote:
film like this would be good as it would show all the good things that go on within the scene…… but i dunno if you’ll find anyone willing!
Its been tried many a time before, not just the “anti drugs” hatchet jobs, also often supportive films made by ravers and if it had had any sort of positive effect we’d have tolerated/licensed venues in every part of Europe by now.
in fact until the mid 90s a lot of the less mainstream visual media was fairly supportive of electronic dance music culture, at least until the backlash caused by the overuse of drugs.
When I was round at Mudstompers this weekend we were looking at some 90s videos of various rave tracks and most of them had been taken off stuff like MTV etc..what struck me was how many there were in those days and some had fairly big budgets.
and whilst of course right wing media will be hostile at the outset but even the more liberal companies are funded by US backers who just will not take the risk of being associated with a culture that champions the use of illegal drugs, especially if/when advertisers withdraw their funding. its not just us progressive types who can do stuff like activism and product boycotts and make companies change their policies.
and the harsh reality is only people who support what you are doing anyway who see the positive side in it.
think of how many ethnic media outlets there are, and yet how racism still persists and how divided this country has become.
