Word: raves
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Still, two major electronic movements in recent memory have served as wake-up calls to America: the current trendiness of rave culture, led by superstar DJs and corporate entities, and 1997’s “electronica” craze. The latter saw a flurry of sensationalist stories in music magazines that envisioned the rock paradigm being overtaken by a legion of keyboard-wielding techno-freaks, in some kind of premillennial musical cyborg invasion. The truth was that artists like Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers themselves represented a rock-happy crossover breed, integrating elements from rave culture in order...
...in” group—suddenly, you were not cool unless you knew what Hogwarts’ was. Before I had begun to read the series, I would hear people of all ages—from my small cousins to my friends to my mom—rave about the latest Potter book and what had happened in the magical world of Harry and his friends. All too quickly it would become clear that I did not share their understanding of Quiddich and the rest of Harry’s adventures, their appreciation of trolls and giants, of mean...
...latest in the department’s efforts to improve the quality of student life, the center has opened to rave reviews...
Many grandparents rave about the benefits of tours. The planning is done, adults and children have companions their age, and shared activities provide an easy way to bridge the generations...
...imbuing it with an almost oppressively romantic quality. The same song represents Bis’ new approach at its best, boasting a multi-tiered structure and intriguing ending, which, with its cut up breakbeats and 303 acid pulses, resembles—of all things—a darkside rave anthem from the early...