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2001 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH The Crow’s Nest @ The Den of Enlightenment (YOU 2252) HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH COMPUTER GAMES DO NOT AFFECT KIDS Lissen, if PacMan had affected the Rave generation as kids, they'd all be running around in darkened rooms, eating pills and listening to repetitive music. noel lambert YOU 2247 London FRI MARCH 16 main room, resident DJ U-4-I-C and guests deliver an infusion of global beats, morphing uplifting trance and progressive house into one big sound-soup-for-the-soul! Unleash that creative beast lurking within you in the chill bar - unravel your mind on paper, or try the Lego tables and hyper friendly atmosphere while your knees give way to the funky eclecticism of the guest DJs! Chillin' to the extreme on the upstairs balcony where the waitress takes the trauma out of getting refreshments! At 3am the entire party relaxes for a short time, while fruit is served… burnout can be lethal! And ccheck the lights! Imperial Gardens, 299 Camberwell New Road, SE5 £8 before 11pm, £10 thereafter. party@planetangel.net http://www.planetangel.net/ YOU 2248 I just wanted to thank you for the UPGRADEmag. It's a real eye opener to know that there are other people out there as passionate about this movement as I am! It's really gotten me more hopeful about the scene and what it represents, and what we can do with it to change the world. jon@liveinc.tv YOU 2249 that defied description. . (8th in this year's Bulwer-Lytton contest for opening paragraph of a bad novel) London THURS MARCH 15 Launch gig for the brilliant new album, UK`s best new reggae act LOVEGROCER - the absolute masters of live dub special gig, with guests Cheshire Cat (Leftfield) amongst many. DJs - PENNY REEL and SOLUTION SOUNDS 0208 509 3353 christofu@continentaldrifts.uk.com http://www.continentaldrifts.uk.com/ YOU 2250 ZIPPY ARCHIVES 1995-96 Since so many of you keep asking, everything u ever wanted to know about or by the zippies and their American '95-96 Zippy Pronoia* Tour To US is on http://www.pronoia.net/tour/tour.html * the sneaking suspicion that others are conspiring behind your back to help you - and you them. YOU 2251 The Crow’s Nest @ The Den of Enlightenment 11pm3am. John Constable (a.k.a. John Crow) conducts a visionary voyage to the heart of the Den of Enlightenment, performing shamanic raps and ritual dramas from The Southwark Mysteries. The secret history of south London’s outlaw borough - as revealed by The Goose, a medieval whore of The Liberty, her bones unearthed when the Jubilee Line Extension dug up the Crossbones graveyard. A vision of psycho-sexual healing and transformation - the Spirit in the flesh, the Sacred in the profane, Eternity in time. ‘Constable’s Southwark Mysteries kick serious theological ass!’ Sasha Selavie, QX Magazine This magic theatre/cabaret is hosted by John Crow, ably assisted by pagan poets and trickster troubadours, featuring Niall McDevitt and Michelle Watson from The Warp. Love priestess Jahnet de Light unveils the mysteries of Siva-Sakti, orchestrating the tantric fun and games in Crow’s playroom. Fantasmagoria play enchanted songs from the dark side, and Hattie Hatstar sings her sassy, sexy and wickedly satirical street ballads. John Crow will watch over the proceedings, ensuring a safe shamanic space for this Group Mind leap into the unknown. There will be opportunities for audience participation (be there by 11!), culminating in a group trance dance. As The Crow’s Nest evolves, people will have a chance to present their own work and to perform in selected scenes from the epic cycle of Southwark Mystery Plays. John Constable is a performance poet and playwright, best known for his stage adaptation of Gormenghast, his solo show I Was An Alien Sex God, and for Sha-Manic Plays and The Southwark Mysteries (both published by Oberon Books). For Radio 4 he dramatised John Wyndham’s novels Chocky and The Kraken Wakes. On Easter Sunday 2000, his new cycle of pagan Mystery Plays was performed in Shakespeare’s Globe and Southwark Cathedral. The performance aroused great controversy, the Sunday Telegraph dubbing it the “swearing Jesus” Mystery Play. John Crow and The Liberty Crew have performed many ritual dramas to honour The Goose Spirit, including the legendary Halloween of Crossbones. They appeared alongside Fantasmagoria and Hattie Hatstar at many festivals last summer, including Glastonbury and The Big Green Gathering. John Crow has recently performed at various clubs and parties, rapping with DJ Matt the Cat. He has been invited by Fraser to prepare a house track for the forthcoming Den of Enlightenment CD. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEN OF ENLIGHTENMENT PREVIEW LAUNCH PARTY SAT APRIL 7TH ADVANCETICKETS AVAILABLE £11/7 @ ACCESS ALL AREAS IN CAMDEN if you live in southern england and are willing (better still, eager) to distribute flyers for the DoE's preview launch party, please contact fraser, giving address and number you could EASILY distribute. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU 2252 THE BIG BREACH "The Big Breach: From Top Secret to Maximum Security" is the spy book that MI6 banned for nearly five years. Last month it was made available in the High Street, this month it is delivered free to your computer. The book is in its original published form and is available in the following formats: Acrobat PDF Zipped - http://thebigbreach.com/download/bbpdf.zip Unzipped - http://thebigbreach.com/download/bbpdf.pdf MS Word Zipped - http://thebigbreach.com/download/bbword.zip Unzipped - http://thebigbreach.com/download/bbword.doc Text Zipped - http://thebigbreach.com/download/bbtxt.zip YOU 2253 Spain FRI MARCH 16-19 FREE FESTIVAL to "collect money to help stop the local hydro electrical company from putting the river into a tube so they can generate electricity for the tourist coast, to the detriment of the alpujarras animals etc etc" Live and acoustic during the day, with one main stage, arena during the night with dj playlist. London dj's confirmed are: *Ting* (Torture Garden) Mark Bongwar (Seed) Joanna M (Poleshift) for the Friday night, there will be music on the Saturday, but I have no idea who is playing. Camping space available. Bus/coach service from the airport to either Granada or Motril, which are both about 45 minutes from the site. You can then catch another bus to Orgiva, then follow the hippies. YOU 2254 US RAVE CRACKDOWN GREAT NEWS (cont) THE FIGHTBACK BEGINS! MARCH 7, 2001 PRESS RELEASE FROM EMDEF (Electronic Music Defence and Education Fund:- CENSORSHIP IS LATEST DRUG WAR TACTIC AS GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO PUT "RAVE" DANCE MUSIC PROMOTERS IN PRISON Please help the fightback by forwarding this to dance-supporters worldwide, especially in the media. NEW ORLEANS, LA--A local music promoter and a concert hall manager who face up to 20 years in prison and $500,000 in fines simply for staging the electronic dance music events known as "raves" said today that the charges against them amount to censorship and have asked a federal court here to dismiss the case. "The prosecution by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is part of a novel -- and entirely unconstitutional -- strategy to curtail use of the drug Ecstasy, which has been associated with raves, by using federal ˜crack house laws," said Arthur Lemann, a local attorney who is representing one of the defendants. Youth culture expert Douglas Rushkoff as well as music industry professionals are speaking out against the prosecution of rave organizers as an unfounded attack on a vibrant music culture. The American Civil Liberties Union has also said that it opposes such prosecutions on constitutional grounds. "Holding club owners and promoters of raves criminally liable for what some people may do at these events is no different from arresting the stadium owners and promoters of a Rolling Stones concert or a rap show because some concert-goers may be smoking or selling marijuana," said Graham Boyd, Director of the ACLU's Drug Policy Litigation Project. Today's case marks the first time that the government has used the "crack house" law to prosecute organizers of raves. Prosecutors around the country are watching the case and have already publicly announced an interest in applying the same strategy in their districts, Boyd said. "If the government is successful in shutting down raves," he added, "what's to stop them from applying this tactic to other music genres, such as hip-hop, heavy metal and jazz, where drug use is known to exist?" At a hearing today in federal district court, James D. Estopinal -- known to worldwide fans of electronic music as "Disco Donnie" for his legendary rave parties -- and Brian Brunet, a manager of the State Palace Theater here, will enter "not guilty" pleas and seek a dismissal of the case. Lawyers for Brunet and Estopinal are charging a violation of their client's basic constitutional rights to free speech and due process. Their clients, they said, "have been targeted because of the genre of music that they promote and the unsubstantiated association of that genre with rampant drug use." New Orleans attorney Lemann, who will appear in court tomorrow with Brunet and Estopinal, noted that both men had fully cooperated with "Operation Rave Review," a joint investigation by the New Orleans police department and the DEA. But under pressure from the media and the public, according to the brief, "the DEA has revised its strategy, ignoring drug dealers, and instead prosecuting electronic music concert promoters, whom the government does not accuse of providing drugs, assisting anyone in providing drugs, or of being directly involved with drugs in any way whatsoever." Passed by Congress in 1986 to combat crack cocaine, the federal "crack house" law was designed to punish the owners or operators of houses used for the manufacture, storage, distribution or use of illegal drugs. Yet Congress specifically rejected using the crack house tactic last year when it passed the Ecstasy Anti-Proliferation Act. Passed in October 2000, the Act strengthened penalties for those caught trafficking in the drug and provided money for educational programs. Significantly, however, lawmakers eliminated a controversial provision that would have limited speech about ecstasy and other drugs. Raves are a legitimate cultural event just like rock concerts, art exhibitions and film screenings, and can be an important outlet for young people, according to journalist and youth culture expert Douglas Rushkoff, a Professor of Media Culture at New York University and author of "Coercion: Why We Listen to What They Say." "In a world where most every authentic expression of youth culture is commodified by a media conglomerate and sold back to teens at the mall, rave culture stands as one of the few, relatively uncorrupted outposts for America's kids," he said. Grassroots organizing has already sprung up in response to this latest government censorship threat: the newly established Electronic Music Defense and Education Fund (EMDEF), is spreading the word to rave enthusiasts and music industry professionals. William Patterson, an EMDEF activist, said that concert promoters are concerned about drug use in their community and have taken proactive steps to alleviate problems of drug use by some patrons. The Lindesmith Center, a drug policy organization working to broaden and better inform the public debate on drug policy and related issues, sponsors the group. THE FIGHTBACK BEGINS! CAN YOU HELP?! EMDEF (Electronic Music Defence and Education Fund is being established to help the defendants and to prepare for future legal defense efforts. Their Will Patterson had this to say: YOU ARE UNDER ATTACK January 12th was a sad day for the dance community. In New Orleans, a talented promoter, and friend to many, Disco Donnie, was indicted along with managers of the State Palace Theater on federal charges. This is a letter appealing to you for support as Donnie, Robert and Brian take a brave stand against a precedent-setting attack on our culture. Though dance events, and raves in particular, have long been the subject of discriminatory legal enforcement, never before have the potential consequences of these attacks carried such significant ramifications for the scene. The DEA and local law enforcement have used the unprecedented tactic of arresting the promoters and venue management for alleged drug use by patrons. By singling out electronic music events, the DEA has threatened the viability of our community and its music industry. We are very fortunate that Robert, Brian and Donnie have decided to challenge these charges, preventing a national precedent from taking place. Considering that the possible consequences are up to 20 years in prison and fines of $500,000 each, these guys are taking a brave stand, defending our community in the process. YOU ARE INVITED You are invited to help raise funds for what is likely to be an expensive legal defense. Law enforcement officials around the country (and other countries?) have commented that they are carefully watching this case to determine whether they can use the same tactic to close electronic music events in their jurisdiction. In other words, the prosecutors in this case will be given extensive financial resources. The Electronic Music Defense and Education Fund (EMDEF) is appealing to you for support. EMDEF will be assisting Donnie, Robert and Brian financially so they will have access to a top team of defense attorneys. The fund will protect other professionals as new cases arise. Please donate what you can. This is a new fund, and will rely on your support. The New Orleans trial may cost as much as $500,000 Please DONATE and READ MORE ABOUT THE CASE at WWW.EMDEF.ORG Again, please forward this e-mail to your friends. In unity, we can defend the rights of our community, and the respect we deserve. Note to Reporters/Editors: Contact Susan Mainzer, Emily Whitfield or Kini Schoop at www.emdef.org to arrange interviews with legal experts and others involved in the case. FRASER STRONGLY ENCOURAGES ALL YOUNG-AT-HEART, IDEALISTIC &PLANET-WORSHIPPING SHAMAN-PROMOTERS ACROSS AMERICA TO JOIN THE FIGHTBACK AGAINST REPRESSION BY THROWING BENEFIT RAVES, PROMOTING POLITICAL DISCUSSION AND PROTESTS AND BY DISSEMINATING INFORMATION LIKE THIS. IT'S YOUR WORLD TOO! WHAT AMERICAN RAVERS MOST NEED TO DISCOVER IS THAT POLITICAL DEMOS NEED NOT BE DULL & BORING - BRING ALONG YOUR BLASTERS OR SOUND SYSTEMS AND THEY BECOME CELEBRATION PARTIES OF LIFE AND FREEDOM! YOU 2254 Los Angeles SAT MARCH 17 Performance art, circus acts, ritual theater, spoken word, puppetry, spectacles, interactive art, installations, massage, healing & buffoonery. DJs: POLYWOG, PERETZ, GARTH, MARKIE, SHAYNE, LORIN Live: Champa 51, Breakfast, Foxgluv 6pm doors open, 6:30 yoga, 7:30, tai chi 9:00 Puppet Supper Theatre - a Vegetarian Love Feast 11:30 Odyssey - Ritual Performance. $30 to join in love feast, yoga & tai chi. After 11p, $25 or $15 for first 300 in jesterworld attire. Pre-sale tickets strongly encouraged. $25 to partake in ALL the interactive offerings. 323-692-3600 & 415-289-6611 www.easystreets.com/mysticcircus YOU 2255 JUNE 21 Near Lusaka, Gambia, with total eclipse (the band), zion train, slinky wizard, koxbox, kode IV etc (30-ish live acts and DJ's) There is a site at www.solipse.com TRANS-SAHARA FESTIE It's a whisper for this summer. YOU 2256 ZION TRAIN TOUR (full crew) MARCH 9 MARCH 24 APRIL 26 MAY 5 JUNE 21 JUNE 27 JUNE 28 YOU 2257 |