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...Party gone? In its present form-yes. It simply isn't able to support itself," said Ray Riepen, majority stockholder in the venture...
...trend is toward smaller groups, more sensitivity, and lower volume," Riepen said. "We must find a way to produce this music in a way that's economically feasible...
...Rock groups have essentially priced themselves out of the club market in my opinion," Riepen said, "the future of rock is in concert promotion and not in club dates...
...kids have lived un-rebelliously with today's pop sound for that to be true. Instead, the festivals seem to have become an experience akin to the spring vacation at Fort Lauderdale, where swarms of beery or pot-high youngsters congregate for a bash to remember. Says Ray Riepen, president of the Boston underground radio station WBCN: "A rock festival is like a football game now. It doesn't have anything to do with music any more. It's just a scene...
...started when David Hahn, a former M.I.T. student, and Ronald R. Riepen, a student at the Law School, realized Boston was well behind the rest of the nation in high-quality discotheques. Their answer is the new "psychedelic discotheque" at 53 Berkeley St. Rather than attract a spectator crowd of teenie boppers, they have tried to "encourage an atmsophere of sophisticated participation...