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- Astrology / horoscopes / spiritual stuff this might come as a surprise to those who see may as predominantly a "techie" person but I have been developing an interest in both Western and Asian astrology and horoscopes; which has drastically increased since I got interested in alternative culture and met a lot of like-minded people. Although a lot of people for some reason say I am actually a very spiritual person I'm fairly sceptical and down to earth - however I've been researching this aspect of life and found a lot of truth in it; particularly the links between star signs and personalities and the lunar cycles and your moods... Anyone else interested in this? 1 2
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- March 23, 2005 at 10:27 am
  
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- AZTEK/2B3 LINK UP BANK HOLIDAY PARTY 26/03/05 Outdoor Free Party with :bounce_fl Aztek/2B3 :bounce_fl & Friends Acid Techno Hard Techno Hardstyle Hard Trance Acid Trance Gabber & more Call the usual lines for directions sat night after 11pm Disclaimer: In view of recent event's regarding the P.E.L, it is now apparent that we make sure people are aware this will be strictly a private affair and not a party for the general public. None of our parties have been, will be or are public.
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- March 22, 2005 at 9:52 pm
  
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- new laws? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/4366095.stm if anyone can help, we are wondering what the new laws are exactly that stopped this rave getting busted.
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- March 22, 2005 at 6:11 pm
  
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- Half decent journalism on freeparties! This geezer has a book out soon called "Why Our Kids Are Turning Their Backs On Everything We Thought We Knew" and he doesn't seem to be a twat. bonus. the full article is on http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1359415,00.html Always encouraging to see the media stepping out of their role as poorly informed scare mongers, and this book might be worth getting (or you could just wait for me to read it and repeat all the arguements on this site). Hats off to Nick Barham "At a flat in Dalston, east London, Natalie talks with passion, enthusiasm and intelligence for an hour and a half, showing me photos, cuttings, articles, pamphlets - a very ordered documentation of protest and parties. Playing with her dreads, pulling at her lip ring, she tells me about squatting and dodging police, about the lack of faith she has in the British government, in British society, but it doesn't seem to matter, because with her friends she has found everything she needs outside it. As with most of the people I speak with, the government represents a distant, irrelevant force. She doesn't vote, and doesn't know many people who do. ("Why would we want to vote for them? It's like going into a shop and there's loads of stuff to buy, but you don't want any of it.") So, in the absence of a democracy, you might as well go somewhere where you are represented, somewhere you do have a voice, where someone listens to you. For Natalie, those places are parties. She talks about rigs and parties and protests. Names like Manik. Panik. Random. Headfuk. They do free parties. Which is all about taking over a space and making it yours. With your laws. And your people. "It was when I first moved into London and my flatmate took me to a rave. He kept going on about these parties, saying you have to come to these parties. And I didn't know what he was talking about because I'd never been to a rave before or anything like that, and so I just went along. It was in this theatre and I remember the guy on the door had a hardcore face, and he asked for donations and so I subbed him a few quid, and he pulled aside this black curtain and just got in there, and there was just people running about, selling their shit, it was just people doing exactly what they wanted, just partying exactly how they wanted, and my first thoughts were: I've found my people. I always knew there was this sort of group out there. And I never looked back." Breaking the law is part of the fun and the point of the party. "Breaking into somewhere to set up a rig is a real buzz. You find somewhere maybe the night before, break the lock, or get through a window, and then lock the door again from the inside. When you've got a nice place like a cinema, it's wicked, you just sit in the seats and watch the rig go up and dance a bit. And there's no trouble when you're there. Leave us alone and there's no trouble. It's only when the police come and try to break it up or move you on that it can get nasty." From Natalie, there is the strong belief that these apparently lawless groups of people are able to behave perfectly sensibly outside the law, as long as they are left alone. They are self-regulating and have their own codes of behaviour. "It's safer to get drugs in there than in clubs. I'd buy drugs off anyone at a party. Because you know who you're buying off. Or someone knows them. And if they sold you shit, then people would find out. It's not about the money or ripping people off. You can get most drugs - pills, ketamine, crack, heroin - if you want, but there's not much of a scene. It goes up and down. There was a crack scene for a bit and then some rude boys came in, and then more violence and some guns, and the parties were more moody. So they were less publicised, it became word of mouth, you'd get told by a mate, and so on." Parties conform to different rules, exist in different times and take place in different zones. Natalie talks with enthusiasm about their disconnection from normality. "When you have a good party, you don't even think about anything bad that might have happened. You feel like you're one up on the world. They're all tucked up in bed or they're all doing such normal shit and you're breaking into a building on a massive high. Anyone's welcome, it's never more than about three quid. If it's a big party and there's a lot of rigs there, it might be a fiver. If the pigs turn up, it's just like, right, quick, everyone in, close the doors. They won't do anything. I haven't been to a party that's been busted for ages." The party scene is driven by passion and the pull of a tight-knit social group. You versus the rest of the world. "You got so many hundreds of people coming from everywhere, on their phones waiting for the address. It's a bit like cat and mouse. We're just having a laugh, though. You feel like a kid again. But it's all safe, it's wicked. It's about community. I go to any party, here or in Europe, and I always know someone. Or bump into someone. Or sort something out." Accompanying her hedonism is a sense that there is injustice in the UK and an interest in doing something about it. "The criminal justice bill really made things feel different: the British government seemed to ban everything that you liked." And for all the focus on the party, there's a nod to more serious theory. Natalie tells me about Temporary Autonomous Art Exhibitions that go on, which refer to Hakim Bey's work on Temporary Autonomous Zones (TAZs) and Pirate Utopias: spaces where, for a short time, normal rules are ignored and a more playful, less hierarchical set of behaviours can take place. As she puts it, "We have to take spaces because we're not given them." As I move across Britain, on marches, at parties and cruises, in bedrooms and in skate parks, there is a powerful sense of disconnection from British society. Nobody I speak to feels strongly attached to a British way of life - as represented by its laws, its governments, its elders. As an age group, as a bunch of people, they feel that they have very little representation or understanding in the traditional corridors of power. That has probably been the case for decades. Perhaps the most significant disconnection that I discovered was that between young Britons and the media that claim to represent them. Any misunderstood system looks chaotic from the outside, so perhaps mainstream media portray British youth as amoral, superficial, wasted and dumb because their behaviour seems inexplicable. Many of the accusations levelled at young Britons are correct: they take drugs, they play violent computer games, surf porn, listen to furious lyrics, have little respect for the government, think fashion is vitally important, and look to distant, unreal celebrities for life advice. But the more people I spoke to, the more unfair these accusations appeared. Or rather, they are elements of truth that are distorted. Life is far from rosy for many kids. As always for this age group, there is violence, prejudice, poverty, depression, insecurity. But the strategies of disconnection - from the past, mainstream politics, traditional forms of education, from taboos and, most importantly, from reality - are not those of a stupid, uncaring vacuous bunch. They are practical, sociable and often enjoyable responses to a world that is difficult for everyone. And this disconnection has not led to apathy, but instead to passion, creativity and influence. It's not the skaters or the clubbers or the vid game addicts or even the tokers that you should be worrying about. Nor the fame-obsessed or the sneaker collectors. It's the ones without the interests and the passion. The "I don't know" or "I don't care" kids. It's the aimless kids, the unhyperactive, the ones who cannot see the plethora of options that exist for them" © Nick Barham, 2004.
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- March 22, 2005 at 12:30 pm
  
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- UK : Ecstasy effects ruled by genes (from Grauniad 2003-05-20) another interesting article.. I'm not surprised by the findings and would agree with them, particularly what is said about Asian people - although I feel that cultural differences may also play a part. IME Asian people tend to worry more about stuff anyway, and also have high expectations of themselves and their family members; this is bound to increase stress levels somewhat, particularly if they have other "lifestyle choices" that are on the fringe of society; guilt and inner conflict can easily make you depressed.... OTOH I no longer get bad comedowns from anything these days and can easily work round them; perhaps its merely a case of "less is more!" (and I have always thought the indication of SSRIs to "cure" post-pill depression is a bad idea....) [font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Ecstasy effects ruled by genes [/font][font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Anushka Asthana and Robin McKie [/font][font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Sunday March 20, 2005 [/font][font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Observer [/font][font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Clubbers who plunge from the highs of ecstasy use to the depths of depression may have had their fate sealed by their genes. [/font][font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Scientists at Cambridge University have found that some people's genetic make-up renders them significantly more likely than others to suffer severe side-effects after taking the drug. [/font] [font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]And the study - published in the American Journal of Psychiatry - also reveals this susceptibility varies considerably according to ethnic background. One in five Caucasians are particularly vulnerable, compared with one in two Asians, who are particularly at risk. Among people of African origin, only one in 20 is affected. [/font] [font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]'Our study shows there are striking variations in the ways people react to ecstasy,' the project leader Jon Roiser told The Observer. [/font] [font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]The Cambridge study examined the serotonin transporter gene, which controls the production of a key brain protein that affects mood and emotion and whose function is affected by the taking of ecstasy. The team found this gene comes in two versions, a short and a long. Those who have the short 'S-version' are more vulnerable to the effects of ecstasy. In particular, they are much more likely to become depressed. [/font] [font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Those who inherit two S-version genes, one from each parent, are especially vulnerable to depression. In their tests, the Cambridge group compared 66 regular ecstasy users with a control group of 58 non-users and found that 'double-S' ecstasy users were far more likely to report mild or serious depression. Some reported having suicidal thoughts. [/font] [font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Importantly, it has also been found that double-S users respond poorly to a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). 'Our work suggests we should think twice about giving ecstasy users SSRIs to alleviate their depression,' added Roiser. [/font] [font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]The research is also significant because it suggests that within a decade technology could be developed to allow an ecstasy taker to discover his or her vulnerability. [/font] [font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]'At the moment it is a bit like Russian roulette,' said Professor Barbara Sahakian, a co-author of the paper. 'But in future people could know what drugs are compatible with their make-up.' [/font] [font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005[/font]
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- March 22, 2005 at 10:52 am
  
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- Toadstool Psytrance in Glos Check out www.toadstool.org.uk for the best pstrance parties in Gloucestershire.
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- March 21, 2005 at 11:02 pm
  
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- UK : RIP BBC? I am so fucking glad now I got out of IT in the media industry and went to a normal "boring" IT job (even though its not much more secure) The worst part of this is I bet its all the younger creative staff who get shoved out due to the fact its cheaper to get rid of them (they have less service which counts towards redundancy payment) The BBC should be reducing its reliance on "track records" / "star talent" (FFS, the two ronnies were funny but it seems a bit unfair putting these geriatrics on the box when there are so many talented youngsters) and taking more risks and being innovative, not downsizing TBH I'd rather Eastenders was downsized (do we really need so many episodes of a depressing and dysfunctional soap opera?) and a few crime dramas didn't get made (FFS there is enough crime on news and current affairs surely?) than all these job losses sacrifice a few has-been ego-ridden celebs, not the young talent... BBC to cut 2,000 programme jobs The BBC is to cut more than 2,000 jobs in its programme-making divisions. The 2,050 job cuts - including 424 announced in December - take total job losses at the BBC to 3,780, saving £355m a year to reinvest in programmes. They are part of director general Mark Thompson's plans to streamline the BBC. He told staff it was "the toughest period any of us can remember". The National Union of Journalists said the cuts would "rip the heart out" of the corporation. Monday's announcement of 2,050 losses comes after news earlier this month that 1,730 jobs would go in support services such as finance and personnel. The 3,780 represents 19% of the workforce. BBC JOB CUTS BY 2008 TV - 47 Radio & Music - 150 New Media - 58 Nations and Regions - 735 Drama, Entertainment and CBBC - 150 Factual & Learning - 424 News - 420 Sport - 66 Professional Services - 1,730 Total - 3,780 The latest cuts will be made across the production divisions from TV and radio to news and new media. Mr Thompson said it was "a difficult and painful process but necessary". The cuts and savings will be made over the next three years. Money saved would go back into programmes, including drama, news and local output, he said. "This is all money we plan to spend on programmes and content, both to improve the services we deliver to audiences right now and to build strong BBC services in the future," Mr Thompson said. "All divisions are now finding ways of achieving these savings through genuine improvements rather than crude cuts." 'Political pawns' National Union of Journalists general secretary Jeremy Dear said staff were being used as "political pawns" in "an unsavoury and grubby deal between government and senior BBC management". REINVESTMENT PRIORITIES £52m for Nations & Regions £47m for TV drama £45m for News £32m for New Media £27m for Radio & Music £23m for TV factual £14m for CBBC "How can hard-working staff maintain quality whilst trying to do not only their own job but that of thousands of their colleagues too?" he said. "The inevitable result is that staff will face burn-out whilst standards and quality will be damaged." Union leaders will discuss a response to the cuts later this week but say a ballot for strike action will be called if any redundancies are compulsory. Luke Crawley, an official at the broadcasting, entertainment and theatre workers' union Bectu, said: "This is the worst day in the BBC's history. "I can't see how the BBC will deliver all Thompson's promises about new services after ditching so many staff, and life for those who survive is going to be miserable. "We're not against an efficient, productive BBC, but many of Thompson's proposals are going to make it worse, not better, and that's what we'll be fighting against." Mr Thompson previously said he wanted to transform the BBC into a "simpler, more agile and creative digital broadcaster". A three-pronged plan involved a "bold new programme and content strategy" based on excellence and a transformation into a "state-of-the art digital broadcaster". The third aim was to have an "irreversible shift in the culture of the BBC towards simplicity, opportunity and creativity", he said. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4366545.stm Published: 2005/03/21 16:23:35 GMT © BBC MMV
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- March 21, 2005 at 8:36 pm
  
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- Acid Techno Mix Just uploaded a new mix to the Bio-Tech site. Nothing groundbreaking. Just plenty of Acid with a fair few classics. Might sound a bit overpowering in the top end department at some points but i'm just getting to grips with a new mixer. http://www.biotechsystem.co.uk/downloads/download.html Or for the direct link: http://www.biotechsystem.co.uk/mixes/totem_drutt!128kbps.mp3/ Hope you like.
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- March 21, 2005 at 8:22 pm
  
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- Any hardcore ravers? Are there any hardcore ravers on this forum? If so: Age? Where you from? Fave DJ? Fave producer? Fave night? Here's mines: Age? 23 Where you from? Edinburgh originally, now in London Fave DJ? Scott Brown Fave producer? Scott Brown and Brisk Fave night? Hardcore Heaven 1 2
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- March 21, 2005 at 8:19 pm
  
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- Drugs & Ethics Hello. Monkey Monkey signing in for a little chat. I, like a lot of my buddies, try to lead **good** lifestyles. There's all the old classics like not eating at MacDonalds & not buying Nestle & Coca Cola, but then there's all the other things also which would take too long to go into. I'm not going to start saying how I think that everyone should do the same as me (it's not really any of my business how anyone else lives), it's just that, although I will never know for certain, I'm sure it makes a mockery of my ethics when instead of going to Tesco's, I'll cycle a couple of miles down river to get some healthy, organic, non-corporate and ethical groceries. But on the way back, I'll more often than not stop for a nice healthy spliff by the river. Recently I've been indulging in some nice Charis fresh from India. But this gets grown & harvested by poor families being ruled (and sometimes owned) by the plantation owners. This isn't fair trade, and it's certainly not ethical - there's kids as young as 6 who go out to pick drugs for the westerners. I know that a lot of the greenery comes from Holland these days where it is made legally (which kind of makes the ethics a bit cleaner), but with all the beans and stuff, where does it all come from? Who makes it? Are they treated well? - I know there's a few garden shed labs dotted around, Chemistry student party goers, god bless 'em - but there's gonna be a lot of bad shit that's happened to a lot of people before the vast majority of things end up in our carefree hands. I know ignorance is bliss, but I'm sure I'd be more blissful if I knew that I was getting shit from a source that didn't benefit in misery. A friend of mine once said "...meanwhile, back in blissful Utopia" I think this kind of sums it up. PEACE 1 2
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- March 21, 2005 at 4:08 pm
  
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- Good book about progressive activism "The Power in Our Hands" by Tony GIBSON ISBN 1-897766-28-9 an excellent book about DIY projects and activism, warts-and-all coverage and unbiased (although obviously supportive of these ventures) Details at http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1897766289/qid%3D1111416879/026-1491640-7224433 but try and get the book from an independent bookseller (I think its still in print)
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- March 21, 2005 at 4:06 pm
  
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- smokey jO http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4363075.stm :you_smart
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- March 21, 2005 at 4:04 pm
  
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- Koalition v’s Surge Friday 6 may Surge & Koalition joined forces to bring you two rooms of underground hard dance, techno, drum & bass ,jungle and old skool Friday 6 may 2005 8 pm - 2 am @ challows nightclub woodhill lane east challow near wantage ox12 9pa Room 1 Snafecore Hard Trance, Hardstyle and Techno K - TEAM JASON E B2B SWAAARN B DAVE SNAKE JIM BOB RYAN HELMET B2B TOM C RIPPING SURGE RIG, LOADS OF EXTRA MAD LIGHTING, UV DECOR, SMOKE, LASERS AND SPECIAL EFFECTS. PROJECTION SHOW FROM THE PROJECT MAYHEM CREW. Room 2 drum+ bass, jungle and old skool Bowler Dane Juicy Peachy Swyndal Ken .d.m.a b2b Deli 10 k plus sound system lighting and decor Admission £5 on the door Licensed bar Large free car park on site Friendly security but bad attitudes will not be tolerated No under 18's id maybe required Info line 07887740208 surgesoundsystem@hotmail.co.uk KOALITION@hotmail.co.uk http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?cat=ents&scale=5000&pc=ox129pa http://uk.geocities.com/jim_bob_koalition/K-TEAM.html
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- March 21, 2005 at 4:02 pm
  
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- Koalition v’s Surge Friday 1 April Surge & Koalition joined forces to bring you two rooms of underground hard dance, techno, hardcore and old skool Friday 1 April 2005 8 pm - 2 am @ challows nightclub woodhill lane east challow near wantage ox12 9pa Room 1 Snafecore Hard Trance, Hardstyle and Techno RYAN H (WARM UP) JIM BOB B2B ANDY G MARIO PINKY AND THE BRAIN WILL DA BEAST RYAN HELMET B2B MATT STORM THIS TIME WITH THE FULLY REPAIRED RIPPING SURGE RIG, LOADS OF EXTRA MAD LIGHTING, UV DECOR, SMOKE, LASERS AND SPECIAL EFFECTS. PROJECTION SHOW FROM THE PROJECT MAYHEM CREW. Room 2 drum & bass, jungle and old skool Abosolutly Vivid Dirty-1 b2b Spy-c Ruff D F!xate Remedy 10 k plus koalition sound system lighting and decor Admission £5 on the door Licensed bar Large free car park on site Friendly security but bad attitudes will not be tolerated No under 18's id maybe required Info line 07887740208 Next party Friday 6 may 2005 2 rooms of underground hard dance and drum + bass @ challows nightclub woodhill lane east challow near wantage SURGE SOUNDSYSTEM @ HOBSONS CHOISE BANBURY (J11,M40) SATURDAY 16TH APRIL MIRKO MILANO (DEEP MISSION RECORDS) & CHRIS LIBERATOR (STAY UP FOREVER) surgesoundsystem@hotmail.co.uk KOALITION@hotmail.co.uk http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?cat=ents&scale=5000&pc=ox129pa http://uk.geocities.com/jim_bob_koalition/K-TEAM.html
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- March 21, 2005 at 3:58 pm
  
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- live set laptop/missing ENERGY EXCHANGE a blue SONY VAIO was stolen at sat/sunday Antieverything party,unreplacable werx reward london private message me,please I dont want to talk about it.. missing 0' key slim line metal blue case,party was wicked .......... re:the offenders we do parties not wars........
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