Question from an old former raver: do pretty much all events nowadays serve alcohol? (And other questions)
I’m a geriatric millennial nearing their mid-forties. I used to rave, in the late 1990s to maybe early 2000s, and don’t recall seeing alcohol served at the events I attended—or I just didn’t notice.
Alcohol seems to me like it… kind of doesn’t belong at a rave, like it’s conducive to the atmosphere. Or am I just old and weird and longing for ecstasy-fueled days of PLUR and jungle, techno and hardcore? Lol.
Entertain the musings of an old fart who still gets down—but, like, at home, usually on a Bluetooth speaker or earphones, and still enjoys a bit of breakbeat, 90s bouncy techno and happy hardcore (can’t stand most of the new stuff I’ve heard, sorry, sounds like obnoxious high-tempo generic pop-club feel-good music), ragga jungle, some drum n’ bass, techno and house—
—let me know what’s good out there for a geezer who might one day like to dance again, but for fewer hours, ha ha, without feeling out of place—and if just about everywhere is serving drinks nowadays.
I feel like it’s all changed so much in the last 20-odd years. Some parts probably have, but I’m delighted to see this city still has what sounds like a healthy scene.
Anyone out there who used to rave… and still does? What’s the same, what’s different?