From: flipper@zion.idiscover.co.uk (Fingers McPhee) Newsgroups: uk.music.rave Subject: Re: Ye weekley Worlde Newf. Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 01:03:58 GMT On Tue, 26 Aug 1997 18:50:11 GMT, flipper@zion.idiscover.co.uk (Fingers McPhee) reposted after cock-up with browser...: Newf from ye corners of ye knowne worlde... NEARLY ALL RAVERS "HAVE TRIED DRUGS." RAVERS reacted with disbelief today after a survey stated that nearly 90 per cent of ravers take drugs regularly at dance events. "This is absolutely appalling," said one so-called `raver'. "The very concept is abhorrent to me. That I should have lived to see this day - I thought these people were my friends but they are enemies. Enemies to me, to society and to themselves. " Fifteen people were questioned in the survey, conducted by UMRers last Saturday. The findings were astounding - 87% of those at an event said they would take an illegal drug that night. A further 20% admitted to feeling "deep suspicion, bordering on paranoia" when people they didn't know asked them questions about their use of drugs. The findings included: Respondants listed the positive and negative effects of the drugs. Ecstasy scored the highest in both categories, with blurred vision, nausea and vomiting rated as the main positive benefits and happiness, energy and confidence as unwanted negative side effects. * 32% of those surveyed had at some point said: "Hey! I'm really fucked!" with a straight face. 12% of those reported "feeling embarassed" later on. 70% of their friends admitted taking the piss out of them for it the next day. * Some people both stood up and sat down during their stay at a club. 45% reported "mostly standing up" while a minority of 4% spent the evening "sitting down or crouching." 16% percent of those surveyed said the animal they would least like to see at a club was "an enraged leopard." 13% felt that the stealthy yet vicious african buffalo hiding in the cloakroom until the club was full could "ruin their evening". Only 1% believed that a Giant Squid stuffed into the cistern of the toilets would be a real threat to a night's atmosphere. * In the survey, 25 per cent of LSD users reported feelings of paranoia, 3 per cent reported extreme paranoia and one per cent said: "You know, don't you? That I'm tripping? I can see it in your face. Please, don't hurt me." A further one per cent failed to understand the question no matter how often it was repeated and looked apologetically puzzled until the questioner gave up and went away. * 61% of LSD users reported heightened perception but 9% looked cross and irritated after waiting three hours after ingesting a piece of cardboard. Less than one per cent of those surveyed lost it so completely that they earned the derision of their peers. * 78% expressed mild amusement or good-humoured tolerance at surveys which "stated the obvious but made good headlines." FIRST NIGHT OF EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE GETS THUMBS UP. THE FIRST night of performance art by the Safe In Your Hands company, which opened last Friday at the Blue Room party, was hailed as a dramatic success by appreciative critics. Ravers at the ambient pulsing techno party were thrilled by the group, whose regular performance throughout the night, clad in their matching combat trousers and yellow t-shirt costumes, pushed forwards the boundaries of drama. One pleased first night critic said: "Their work `Close, Hard Stare' (1997) was a dramatic tour de force which could be appreciated on many levels. As for the two minute production of `Is That Hash I Smell?', it was a masterpiece to be rivalled only by the earlier works of Edward Bond. There was a clear and obvious sense of underlying tension and thinly disguised menace." "But my personal favourite was `I'm Sorry, But You're Not Bringing That Room Odour Bottle In Here.' (1997) which left the one-man audience with a palpable sense of loss at its climax." ***************************************** "We've got a green light on the launch codes... turn the key, Piglet, turn the key!" snarled Pooh.