UK : England/Wales : Drug deaths highest since records kept in 1993 At least no Eastern England region made the figures although the reality of these is likely that in many regions "older" users are dying because of lack of support and Council/NHS budget cuts and a refusal by the wider populace to allow supervised consumption régimes and sources of less unhealthy drugs where the strengths are known
At my work there are people (albeit double the age) with serious illnesses (including those that the younger addicts may have picked up) who are prescribed very high doses of opiates and benzos and yet gain 5-10 extra years on the end of their lives because of them...
Of course if the govt in England/Wales is dead set on "total abstinence" it is likely the stats count dead drug users as abstainers and class their flawed policies as a success, as naturally they cannot take any more drugs!
This attitude is really no better than the Philippines and at least Duterte (who incidentally for all his faults and prejudices ringfences money for healthcare investment) is open and honest about his hatred for drug users.
Drug-related deaths reach record levels in England and Wales - BBC News
I`m not a robot :) Hi all, amazing community!
I have joined ,...just looking around for new ways of having fun. I love deep minimal, techno, chill out and reggae.
UK : Guardian article about changes in UK youth attitude to clubbing This was published earlier in the year.
TBH the opinions of those interviewed do match up with a lot of younger people I speak to at work - although I don't think its the fault of the newer generations one bit; they are having to deal with the aftermath of the fuck ups of previous generations - which mean that in turn they genuinely can't afford to take too many risks with lifestyle choices.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/24/id-rather-chill-in-and-relax-why-millennials-dont-go-clubbing
Linux / networking jokes :) Found on a page I got retweeted today :laugh_at: (you might need to know something about how computer networks operate to get most of them....)
I’ll tell you a DNS joke but be advised, it could take up to 24 hours for everyone to get it.
I think there is a duck in my router. It always goes NAT, NAT, NAT.
So I want to dress up as a UDP packet for Halloween, but I don’t know if anyone will get it.
I could tell you an ICMP joke but it would probably be repetitive.
I wanted to write an IPv4 joke, but the good ones were all already exhausted.
IPv4 address space walks into a bar and yells “One strong CIDR please, I’m exhausted!”
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
SYN flood.
SYN flood who?
Knock knock.…
Q. What is a Unix or Linux sysadmin’s favourite hangout place?
A. Foo Bar
A RAID member disk walks into a bar. Bartender asks what’s wrong?
“Parity error.”
“Yeah, you look a bit off.”
Linux geek started working at McDonalds. A customer asked him for a Big Mac and he gave him a bit of paper with FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF written on it.
Q. What kind of doctor fixes broken websites?
A. A URLologist.
AU/MY : AirAsia pilot flies to Melbourne instead of KL following navigation errori At least AU is big, there is more than one safe place to land an aicraft in the country; eventually everyone followed the correct emergency procedures and thus no one was hurt. Another stark warning about the real cost of "cheap" flights..
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/07/airasia-pilot-flies-melbourne-malaysia-navigation-error
UK : LDN (N) : Fabric permanently locked off.. I've got mixed views about this - clearly its a shame that any popular EDM venue is closed - but London and SE England clubbers didn't really say much when provincial venues were closed all over England starting from around 10 years ago following similar moral panics and demand for land/buildings from more profitable businesses (my current home town, Ipswich has been badly hit by this).
Also all the corporate superclubs of the 90s/00 (of which Fabric is one) spent the "good times" (when it might even have been the case drugs were tolerated by the previous governments to some extent as a distraction technique against worsening global situations) in cut throat competition with each other and any smaller promoters (especially those putting on events in the suburbs just outside London).
Of course this closure isn't going to stop drug abuse in London one bit and may make it worse - when EDM venues were closed all across Essex there was a brief spike in young people going directly to much harder drugs like crack and heroin.
However, if we want "Dutch" or "German" style nightlife in our cities in England we have to behave more like our neighbours across the North Sea - where promoters worked together even 10-20 years ago (and more importantly wider society value leisure activities as much as profit generating businesses. This difference in culture might require a thread of its own to explain).
Clubbers themselves have to behave better (whether or not they take drugs). I stopped going to (legal) EDM events around 5 years ago as even if there were good pills or whatever else the atmosphere was not as good.
There was always the risk of sketchy violence, and a lot of racial and gender tension (EDM in 80s/90s prided itself on being an especially inclusive/diverse subculture). It wasn't a great loss as I was getting older anyway, but younger friends some of whom had only just started partying understandably didn't want to just give up and many seemed to end up in unpleasant situations whether as clubbers or promoters.
Although the Grauniad is lamenting the loss of this club (and others across England); the same newspaper has over the years reported many horror stories about in particular sexual harrasment and assault against young girls/women on the UK nightlife/music scene as well as gang violence linked to certain urban music genres popular at commercial clubs; and to be fair they do not exaggerate or sensationalise crime like rightwing newspapers tend to.
I've noticed organisations like NTIA (Night Time Industries Association) cropping up in recent years but with changing attitudes within society it could be too little, too late...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/07/london-nightclub-fabric-close-permanently-licence-revoked-drugs
22.10.2016 – Rave Against The Machine @ Urban Spree / Berlin :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Rave Against The Machine
Kaometry presents 10th Year Pokora
Saturday 22nd Octobre 2016 @ Urban Spree / Berlin
from 10pm until late, damage 7 euro
gfx by DAT
https://www.facebook.com/events/983813575074226/
Pokora is a humble crew of friends who decided to bring un-humble sounds to the free party scene. They like to play it loud and fast, kicking from 180bpm and going way beyond… “Play fast or die!!!”.
For 10 years they have been involved in squat parties, teknivals – and sometimes also making it into clubs – all over Europe.
This year it's their 10th birthday, so they decided to hit the road once again and join with their friends Kaometry in Berlin.
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►Stazma // Acid Breakcore // Murder Channel - Peace Off [FR]
►Audiotist // Hard Rave Core // Breakcore gives me wood - Bankizz [BE]
►Hitori Tori // Idm Breakcore // Peaceoff [CAN]
►Ghost // Idm Breakcore // Life4Land - Mozyk [UK]
►Deidream // Gameboy Break [BE]
►Repeat Eater // Weirdo Acid [FR]
►F000L // Idm Breakcore // Hormonal VibrationZ [DE]
►TaOuch // Folkcore // Kaometry [DE]
►Killabomb // Breakcore - Hardcore // Pokora - Jigsore [UK]
►Substance B // Unformatted Breaks // Pokora [UK]
►Atman // Pokora Sound System [UK]
►2CI // Broken beats // Pokora Sound System [UK]
►visuals by sansculotte
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// Stazma the Junglechrist //
Acid / Breakcore
https://soundcloud.com/stazma-the-junglechrist
https://www.facebook.com/StazmaTheJunglechrist
If Breakcore is dead, then Stazma the Junglechrist is the resurrection!
Hailing from the same French stock as Monster X, Rotator and the infamous Peace Off imprint, Julien Guillot has been smashing up raves all across Europe since his first release on Peace Off in 2008 and is showing no signs of slowing down.
Having taken the early breakcore ethos of genre mashing and amen splicing, Julien delivers his sound of rave, gabber, jungle and dub with a modern, tight production that seems synonymous with the French these days.
As well as making a name for himself with releases on Meganeural, Structural Damage and Peace Off, it is Stazma's live show which displays his work best. A frenetic, yet finely tuned assault on the senses.
"It's really very energetic, efficient and has all the elements to both kick out your sissy friends out of the club and make the rest party till late after dawn. Stormy, ravy breakcore."
Nicolas Ad Noiseam
// Audiotist //
Break / Rave / Hard / Whatever / Core
https://soundcloud.com/audiotist
https://www.facebook.com/Audiotist-149554978425092
Audiotist is a Belgian Breakcore/Hardcore/Rave producer who has been active since 2009. After many years of creating tracks infused with Balkan music, Rave/Piano/Chiptune melodies, energetic breaks and skull-cracking Hardcore kicks, he has formed his own identifiable sound which delivers an assault on your eardrums you will thoroughly enjoy.
Working with Breakcore Gives Me Wood, Ragga Terror Front, Dance Corps, Jigsore Sound, .. and showcasing his music in countries such as France, Poland, Germany, England and many others, Audiotist’s tracks resonate throughout the continent of Europe and continue to lure Hard/Break/whatever core fans to the darkest of rooms for nights of music fuelled chaos.
// Hitori Tori //
Idm / Breakcore / Frantic beats
https://soundcloud.com/hitori-tori
https://www.facebook.com/Hitori-Tori-114752495265721
Hailing from Vancouver, Canada Hitori Tori has seen a hand full of EPs and releases on net labels such as Peace Off records, Meganeural and Kaometry. His unique live performances have received positive acclaim in publications such as Computer Music Magazine and Create Digital Music. Over the past several years Hitori Tori has toured Japan, Europe and played improvised sets at the Manitoba Electronic Music Festival.
"Canadian tracker veteran Hitori Tori seems to be doing for Renoise what only Derren Brown can do for a deck of cards"
Computer Music, November 2010.
// Ghost //
Idm / Jungle / Breakcore
https://soundcloud.com/ghost-life4land
https://www.facebook.com/Ghost-life4land-142440660639
Ghost is a musician/producer based in Cambridge, England who has spent most of his life writing music. Ghost's organic beats are truly one of kind. As a crucial member of the LIFE4LAND collective and the local rave scene, he remains a highly respected producer by his peers who have come to recognize him as one of the leading forces of LIFE4LAND.
// Deidream //
Gameboy / Idm / Break
https://soundcloud.com/deidream
https://www.facebook.com/DeidreamBe
Chilled out experimental break stuff with loads of instrumental melodies. Under BGMW he released his first Gameboy EP, In berlin he'll play his unreleased IDM, check out his soundcloud.
// Repeat Eater //
Weirdo Acid
https://soundcloud.com/repeat-eater
https://www.facebook.com/RepeatEater
// F000L //
Idm / Jungle / Breakcore
https://soundcloud.com/f000l
https://www.facebook.com/officialF000L
// Killabomb //
Hardcore / Breakcore
https://soundcloud.com/killabomb
https://www.facebook.com/Killabomb
// Substance B //
unformatted Breaks
https://soundcloud.com/substance-b
https://www.facebook.com/Substance-B-229798085809
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damage 7 euro
from 11pm until late
gfx by DAT
https://www.facebook.com/Pokora-Sound-System-117584658294497
http://kaometry.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Kaometry.rec
https://soundcloud.com/kaometry
UK : At last, some proper research on stims and mental health for 30 years too much research has been biased towards "stay away from these drugs, you will have heart attack/stroke and drop dead" which in reality is only a risk in cases of accidental gross overdose (or deliberate such as suicide attempt) and even then is uncommon in comparison to the number of users - whilst the more complex issues with chronic mental health risks hadn't been noted as much.
one factor is technology; although the risks were mentioned 25 years ago ts only been in the last few years that easy to use PC based systems are available to frontline staff, from which useful statistics can be extracted. Although the research covers a variety of stims (and until the NPS ban this year there were loads readily available) from my own personal experience and that of others from 1988 to about 2010 I agree with what the Professor is warning users about; too much MDMA makes it very hard to think straight.
Unfortunately the most popular time for taking the stuff is from age 16-25 its when young people already have a lot of pressures on them so could easily cause mental health risks; of a kind (such as mood swings) that in extreme can affect others and lead to behaviour that results in arrest / being sectioned!
The good news is much of the problems are in fact reversible after reducing usage or stopping the use of theses drugs; the appeal of MDMA diminishes anyway as folk reach age 30-40 as the recovery time outweighs the fun aspects especially when family and career responsiblities are greater.
Other stims don't hammer the brain as hard (and in moderate doses can even be beneficial!) but they still have the exhaustion and (lesser) mood swings.
Experts say stronger MDMA and ecstasy is causing 'more mental issues' - BBC Newsbeat
This is the Professors website with details of his research (which also proves he is working independently to benefit the NHS and global healthcare, and not simply for feds/politicians etc)
https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/psychology/professor-philip-murphy/
How Goes It?!? Colorado Springs, CO! Hello everyone my name is James and I am super stoked to become a member of this fam! Trap music is the blood that courses through my veins and I live for the moment! Anyone from Colorado Springs, CO?
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