Rave New World

Rave New World IT'S MORE THAN JUST ECSTASY. THE YOUTH CULTURE IS IN THRALL TO DEEJAYS AND FLOATS ON THE RELENTLESS BEAT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC BY CHRISTOPHER JOHN FARLEY It's hard to talk to women at raves, says Ben Wilke. The big beats drown out small talk. If you really need to, you can go to a "chill-out" room for get-to-know-you conversation. And if you really need them, there's "a moderate amount of drugs," says …

…ways similar to the Beat Generation--and it's being misinterpreted in the same way," says Greg Harrison, director of the new movie Groove, a fictional take on the rave scene. "In the case of the Beats, a complex and subtle ethos was distilled by pop culture to marijuana, goatees and poetry. I would argue that just as there was much more to the Beats, there's something more subtle and interesting about the rave scene." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**