August 26, 1997
The word "rave" has been a four-letter word in the underground scene for a long time now, but recently it has become a four-letter word with schools, parents, police and government leaders. Ask anyone in the community what words pop into their minds when they think
of the word "rave"; I'd bet you a bean they'd say "drugs and kids."
I sympathize with the schools and parents who want to protect their
children, the police who have to enforce the laws and the government
leaders who make these laws, because they have to pretend to care about these issues to get re-elected. When I entered the underground scene in
'94, I stopped caring about their world of 9-to-5 traffic jams, 30-year
mortgages and their restrictive, unconstitutional laws that serve politics instead of the people. The reason I stopped caring about their world is not because I'm an escapist or a slacker, it's because I found a beautiful new world within the old one. I had reached a higher
consciousness through a new society based on love, acceptance, trust and unity.
The dance scene is our celebration of life, and the music is the evolution of our culture and souls. I wish I could show every person in the world the positive energy in our scene, but a lot of people fear change and are not ready to open up to the counterculture that
will bridge us into the next millennium.
As the scene became more mainstream, it was destined to clash with the
media. With the recent negative press on events like Usuaya and Fusion '97, kids overdosing on various drugs, and the use of Roofies [Rohypnol] as a "date-rape" drug, it's no wonder that the world thinks our scene is
filled with a bunch of druggies. If you've never been to an underground
dance party before, then you can't possibly know the power and potential that it offers.
--Sabrina the Buzz Babe (Reprinted from Buzz Magazine)
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