NOAH!! Shame on you for getting caught with your hand in the cookie jar like that.

You need to branch out, buckle down, and start writing more stories that are thoroughly rooted in the Montreal rave scene. Start an email account, say something like gossip@ravenews.ca, so people can send in tips and stories. No names, no locations. Get enough people contributing crazy shit they witnessed (Think [ Gawker.com ] blind items section), and you'll no longer have to creatively re-invent the stories you find on [ Yahoo.com ] to fit the Montreal rave community.

Anyhow, love the articles. Keep them coming! You're an awesome writer :D

You're mean.



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Wikipedia entries for English"> ] Canadian.

English-Canadian is the proper nomenclature, and we use English as shorthand for it, especially in Quebec. It's a regional thing, it's common usage here.

Also, 6,500,000 Canadians are ethnically English..

Hahahaha, reading comprehension obviously isn't one of your strong points.

Suit yourself. The guy was obviously throwing stereotypes around, his first paragraph didn't serve any kind of narrative purpose at all, and he definitely said that all anglos of both gender are always annoyingly loud when they have fun.

I mean, you believe it so it must be true.

Have a cookie.



//oi Noah, came down with a nasty bug. I'll probably drop by this week ;-)

Dude, chill.

The guy was joking. JOKING. He wasn't being critical of ALL English people, under ALL circumstances, at ALL times, forever and ever. He was making a few lighthearted comments about his neighbors. Then, in obvious jest, he said that English women are louder than French women.

CALL THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION! Obviously, the guy is a racist devil douchebag from hell because he joked about English women being louder than French women.

Let's tie him to a cross and burn him!

I don't get that vibe from his piece at all. He's describing an afternoon on the Mountain being enjoyed by a melting pot of smiling happy people. He's not insulting any of them, and even his comment about his loud neighbours is lighthearted.

He hightlights how people from different walks of life all enjoy the mountain -- latinos, asians, young people, old people, Francophones and Anglophones. His point is that the Mountain is a jewel that's enjoyed by all Montrealers, and that we all have an interest in keeping it beautiful.

The guy definitely has a narrative reason for mentioning race, gender, and age: he's being inclusive, and is implying that we all have a stake in the Mountain's future, regardless of our own personal backgrounds.

Noah, there's a full English translation of the article available on this website.

It's not nearly as bad as you think. It's not a serious piece, he was being snide/funny, and he wasn't complaining about all English people. Notice how he mentions "Les Anglaises"? He's specifically referring to a group of English women who live next door to his place. If he wanted to insult all English people, he'd have written "Les Anglais".

An old picture of Noah from when he used to rent out Sci-Fi Anime for parties, circa 1997.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. That is the difference between a dog and a man. - Mark Twain

Haha, that's a nice essay. Unfortunately, logic doesn't work on (most) of the teabag crowd. For these folks, socialism and communism are simply placeholders for their own personal fears. The conservative conception of socialism and communism often has nothing to do with their actual definitions. Fifty years ago, whites dating blacks was "communism".

I never did get around to reading that Marxist classic "Black Cocks and Nubian Titties: Instruments of The Proletarian Revolution" . . .

People are stupid.

Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, is turning heads in the UK and throwing a spanner in the upcoming May elections. The Lib-Dems are the only party that have their head on straight when it comes to the internet -- both Labour and the Conservatives are in David Geffen's pocket.

Nick Clegg Will Survive Media Attacks: [ www.guardian.co.uk ]

Meet the people who are turning Britain upside Down: [ www.tnr.com ]

A quote from the above article...



Clegg wins round two of general election debate: [ www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk ]

First Debate:

Drugs are bad. If you do them, you'll go to hell.

"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."
- Bertrand Russell

made: Bhel Puri
made: Mindless gaming courtesy of Soul Nomad
ruined: feeling sick 'n tired

Random Geekery:

Teabaggers like to pretend that it's 1773 with a little 1861 thrown in. Most right-wing extremists fancy themselves revolutionaries, which is why they steal names from successful movements past. Now we've got a bunch of fat upper middle class conservative Americans naming their latest hissy fit after the Boston Tea Party. It's the whole "if you rename shit to something beautiful, it won't smell" principle. The "Heartless Conservative Assholes Movement" might be more accurate, but it doesn't sound nearly as noble as "The Teaparty Movement".

On the teaparty: [ en.wikipedia.org ]

Tea party protesters:

This Monday thousands of women across the world will show off their cleavage in an attempt to summon an earthquake.

Story: [ www.news.com.au ]

Facebook: [ www.facebook.com ]

I want a robot army.

Years ago a friend of mine was the manager of a McDonalds restaurant. One day, he caught one of his employees fucking a bucket of lard in the freezer. The guy was just standing there, his dick in a giant pile of McFat.

Experiencing PLUR is a lot like eating at that McDonalds -- you'll enjoy the food more if you don't know how it's made, just like parties are more PLURtastic the less you know about how they come together. The less promoters you know, the less egos you witness, the less scene politics you deal with, the more peaceful, loving, unifying, and respectful the parties will seem. Sooner or later, though, you'll meet enough disgusting fuckers to sour even the sweetest of candy kids.

Instead of PLUR, you'd be better off just sticking with respect. Demand it from the people you deal with, expect it from the people you party with, give it to the people who deserve it, and never tolerate its absence.

/Psychotrop parties were nice.

Stolen from Fark, but it works just as well here as it does there...

That was an excellent post, thanks for sharing. This thread has an open ended
title on purpose, it's a place for people to find out about artists they're not
familiar with. Genre doesn't matter. One of the reasons I chose Japan was because
it has the second largest music industry in the world yet, aside for a few J-Pop bands
that are popular with weeaboos, their artists have next to no recognition over here.
There's plenty of opportunities for great musical discoveries.

Mutante, thanks for the Pizzicato Five video -- I hadn't seen that one. P5 is one
of my favorites, they've got this silly, kitschy sensibility that I like.

Pizzicato Five: The Audrey Hepburn Complex (my favorite video of theirs)



It's a beautiful day



Baby Portable Rock

He was. My memories are a little hazy -- we are talking about the early days of a decade old internet forum. I might not remember him from then, but I do remember that this place used to be friendlier.

Now? I make a post sharing music with people and the first reply I get is Tipsy being a dick. Whatever.



/lived with the Nymph when he first programmed this site back in 1999
//brought the Nymph to his first rave

Now for some Japanese dubstep.

DUBSTEP

The www.dubcake.com ]


GOTH TRAD

Goth-Trad, who played in Montreal last year, is one of the main guys behind Back to Chill.

His track cut-end:



Far east assassin:



Playing in Tokyo, 2009:




[ ]

100Mado is another member of the Back to Chill crew. He's got several mixes up on his website which you can check out, including this [ ] minute April mix. For a track list, check out his [ ]

100mado playing at BTC event:



[ www.myspace.com ]

Ena is another member of the BTC crew.

Ena playing at a BTC event:



BTC PODCAST

Back to Chill has a podcast/radio mix they release on a regular basis. You can download the
latest one [ ] For a tracklist, check their [ ]

Finally, a clip from Triangle, one of the latest BTC parties:



DJ HARIKIRI
London native DJ Harikiri is one of the main guys behind Dubcake.

You can hear him on the [url=beatsoc.co.uk/wp/audio/16.mp3]Beatsoc.co.uk podcast
The tracklist is available on their [url=beatsoc.co.uk/]website.

[ www.myspace.com ]
Another Dubcake member, you can hear some of his mixes on his [ soundcloud"> ] page.

A couple of stupefying clips attributed to J-Core DJ Sharpnel

I'm partial to this one:

I know, so am I. I don't remember how long you've been on here. Hell, you might have had one of the first fifty accounts. I was one of the first five. That doesn't matter much, though.

What I do know is that this place wasn't always a brothel. The whores hung out on Ben's site. They hung out on Technodium. They only came here later. Now? Most of them are gone. I'm happy about that.

The fact that most of the cocksuckers on this site have left makes me so very, very happy that I feel downright musical about it. I just want to sing Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head whenever I visit.



...


*coughs*

Thanks for that Eurobeat clip, Rakoon. The Japanese bring cute to an absurd level. They have a very hard time doing dark -- it usually comes off as sweet. And sweet is a great antidote to the sometimes sour vibes we get here.



I'm glad you enjoyed DJ Iry, Kire! Damn shame there aren't any better videos of him out there, he'd probably be huge on youtube otherwise.

Yah, I know this site has become something of a brothel over the years, but I remember when it wasn't. That was before your time, Thierry.

I'm just here to play nice and share some music.

You want to act like an asshole, that's your prerogative.

Fantastic Plastic Machine is great, I was going to cover him later. He's been around since forever, and kind of dabbles in everything.

This video of his is pretty nice --

Why the fuck shouldn't I?

Meh.

Now that I've got that out of the way, welcome to the Japanese music thread.
I've arranged a sampling of Japanese artists for yah, many of which you most
likely aren't familiar with.

Each post of mine will cover a different genre and will include video clips,
music tracks, and live sets when possible. I'll also be including links to
stores, venues, and promoters so that if ever you're in Japan, you'll have a
few places to go to if you're looking for a party. I'll mostly be focusing
on Tokyo and the Kansai region. Even if you never end up going to Japan, you
might find a new artist that you really like.

You're getting a smattering of information, not a feast. For more accurate/thorough
information, you'll have to go elsewhere. I just thought I'd share a few things
with the [ rave.ca ] community while I plan out my next trip to Japan.

...

I'll start with Psytrance. When I get around to it, my next post will
probably be on dubstep.


PSYTRANCE (and its various cousins)

Japan's psy/trance scene has experienced some decline over the last few
years, though it's still home to a vibrant community of promoters & artists.
Large outdoor psytrance parties have started drying up after the disappointing
turn-out to 2008's The Gathering,which used to be the largest psytrance festival
in Japan. That was around the time that Japanese police had a hard-on for
busting raves. The promoters were facing heat from all angles, the bad press wasn't
doing much to bring in new people, and new laws were starting to choke the
outdoor party culture. Things got quiet.

Despite that, many stores and venues are still around. You can still buy tickets to psytrance events at places like www.fineplay.jp ] and [ www.881-rec.com ] Records are out there throwing parties, clubs like [url=differ.co.jp]Differ Ariake and [ www.ageha.com ] have the occasional psytrance night, and [ ] has a psytrance event nearly every day. If you're near a big city, you shouldn't have trouble finding somewhere to go.

VIDEOS:

DJ IRY:

This Nagoya based DJ started spinning psytrance when he was 9 years old
(and he's about that age in some of the clips below). He learnt how to spin by
watching DJs play at Namaste Cafe, a popular psytrance hangout owned by his parents.








TSUYOSHI SUZUKI:

Co-founded [ www.techno.to ] Productions,
which used to be a London based psytrance label. He's one of Japan's most famous trance DJs.




Tsuyoshi playing at Japan's Earthcore festival:




DRAP DROP:

They're a psytrance group on the ELF Music label. Here's there track Paponga:





[url=www.myspace.com/triforceocot/]TRI-FORCE">www.myspace.com ]

A progressive trance DJ that's on the ELF Music label. Here's his song Interstellar Harmonics



[ ]
A 25 minute set Tri-Force made for Trance Radio Japan



[url=www.hydro-generator.com/]HYDRO">www.hydro-generator.com ] GENERATOR
Hydro Generator is one of Japan's more prolific psytrance DJs. He's another one of
the ELF Music artists. His song "Over the Generation" :



A clip from an outdoor party he played at:





Bug Funk

Another ELF Music artist, here's one of his dark trance tracks:





[url=www.myspace.com/fullpropulsion">FULL">www.myspace.com ] PROPULSION

Full Propulsion playing a set in February at Funktime.

/* Earthcore was an Australian psytrance party, mindslips and all that */

1980s Wendy's training video

Ukrainian polka band does a cover of Katy Perry's Hot & Cold.

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race. - H. L. Mencken

Fred Savage

Don't you already have enough Ravewaver porn?

Some fat greasy biker waltzed into a party with a bunch of drug dealers, demanded to be allowed in for free, stole a water pistol from the back room, and then spent the rest of the night spraying the chests of sixteen year old girls with it.

There is nothing quite as hilarious as seing a rotund, greasy, middle aged low-level Super-Mario lookalike gangster chase after little girls with a stolen super soaker. Creepy, disturbing, but bloody fucking funny.