Word: ravings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...high-decibel delirium is "Timecapsule One" of a weekly Friday-night event billed as "NASA" (Nocturnal Audio and Sensory Awakening), an all-night techno "rave" that culminates with breakfast and bungee jumping from a Hudson River pier as the sun's first rays warm the spire of the Empire State Building...
...love circle," explains Laze, a 26-year-old graffiti artist from the Bronx who has also attended raves in Philadelphia and Washington. "It's like a 1960s scene -- all the races are together, dancing, having a communal experience. We want to go to Woodstock and rave for a whole week...
...pounding heart of every rave is the galvanizing, metronomic beat of techno, a term coined to describe an intensely synthetic, hyperkinetic form of dance music that was born in Detroit during the mid-'80s. A fusion of the futuristic computer-driven sound of European bands like Kraftwerk and the rhythmic possibilities of computer-controlled keyboards, techno caught on first in Britain and Belgium, where it became the sound track for marathon "acid house" parties...
...technoites is Ecstasy, a synthetic mood-elevating drug that is roughly akin to amphetamines in the long-lasting rush it provides. It has been illegal since 1985 but is easily obtainable on the black market. Others frown on drug and alcohol use, stressing that intoxication is extraneous to the rave experience. "The rave scene isn't about fashion or getting high," says DJ Disaster, 26, who is co- producing "Psycho Splash '92," a rave taking place this week in an aquatic theme park outside St. Louis. "It's about forgetting who's going to be President and having a good...
That escapist streak is evident in rave clothing, which tends toward loud primary colors, patterned wool caps and untucked shirts emblazoned with peace signs, happy faces and corporate logos. A key part of the look is "trip toys," or out-of-kilter trinkets and prankish paraphernalia like op-art jewelry, prism eyeglasses and fluorescent body paint. "A trip toy is something that will catch people's attention and make them smile," says Niles Peacock, who attends raves with a ball-point pen that transforms into a tiny soap-bubble blower. "The whole purpose is amusement...