RIP man. You made up a huge percentage of my teenage years with the Jackass/CKY crew. You will be sorely missed.
Monday 20 June 2011
RIP Ryan Dunn
RIP man. You made up a huge percentage of my teenage years with the Jackass/CKY crew. You will be sorely missed.
EDM + drugs: EDC Dallas.
I've been away for a long time. Well, not away as such, just had nothing worth sitting down for half an hour to write about. But today I do. Over the weekend, a 19 year old boy died and over 30 others were hospitalized at Electric Daisy Carnival in Dallas due to drugs and alcohol and the whole thing was shut down. This is a sad thing in it's own right, but whats sadder, to me at least, is that people feel the need to take drugs at these shows. I get the whole drugs thing, it's fun, I'm not anti-drug, I am however anti-Being an idiot when taking drugs. There are certain things you need to be aware of and take into consideration when taking drugs. For example, knowing your limits, and also knowing your friends limits. If you can see that your mate is in a bad way, fucking look after them. Now, before I get backlash from that comment, I'm not saying that it is the fault of the boys friends that he died, some things just can't be helped.
The thing that upsets me most though, is that people feel the need to take drugs at shows. And usually their excuse is 'To enhance the music.' I'm sorry, but if you need a drug to enhance what you're listening to, then you're listening to the wrong music for you. I go to a lot of live music shows, I never drink and I never take drugs at them, because I already enjoy the music. I don't pay £50 to go and see deadmau5 only to get totally cunted and forget the whole night. I went to see Skrillex live in January at his first ever UK show. This was essentially a drum n bass/dubstep night, and from hearing stories, I was worried about what type of crowd I would be in. But it was literally the best crowd I have ever seen for an artist. Sure there were people there who were high or drunk, but 99% of that crowd where there to see Skrillex simply because they love his music. Nothing more. And that's what makes a show.
The link between drugs and EDM pisses me off. People who don't know the scene very will often assume that we're all pill popping maniacs. Which I think, in a lot of ways, comes from the 90's image of ravers. Which is fair enough, there was a lot of drug use in the 90's on the scene, there still is. But then again, there was a lot of drug use in the 60's with nearly every genre going. Things have moved on a lot and people don't realise that. The majority of drug users at shows aren't there for the music, they're there because it's the 'cool' thing to do and want to impress other douchers in their drug taking/night life habits. Unfortunately, it works. which makes it 'cooler' and then more people decide to be idiots. The music itself should be a powerful enough drug, if it isn't, you're in the wrong place. Go home.
TL:DR
If you're gonna do drugs, at a show or otherwise, do them responsibly.
The thing that upsets me most though, is that people feel the need to take drugs at shows. And usually their excuse is 'To enhance the music.' I'm sorry, but if you need a drug to enhance what you're listening to, then you're listening to the wrong music for you. I go to a lot of live music shows, I never drink and I never take drugs at them, because I already enjoy the music. I don't pay £50 to go and see deadmau5 only to get totally cunted and forget the whole night. I went to see Skrillex live in January at his first ever UK show. This was essentially a drum n bass/dubstep night, and from hearing stories, I was worried about what type of crowd I would be in. But it was literally the best crowd I have ever seen for an artist. Sure there were people there who were high or drunk, but 99% of that crowd where there to see Skrillex simply because they love his music. Nothing more. And that's what makes a show.
The link between drugs and EDM pisses me off. People who don't know the scene very will often assume that we're all pill popping maniacs. Which I think, in a lot of ways, comes from the 90's image of ravers. Which is fair enough, there was a lot of drug use in the 90's on the scene, there still is. But then again, there was a lot of drug use in the 60's with nearly every genre going. Things have moved on a lot and people don't realise that. The majority of drug users at shows aren't there for the music, they're there because it's the 'cool' thing to do and want to impress other douchers in their drug taking/night life habits. Unfortunately, it works. which makes it 'cooler' and then more people decide to be idiots. The music itself should be a powerful enough drug, if it isn't, you're in the wrong place. Go home.
TL:DR
If you're gonna do drugs, at a show or otherwise, do them responsibly.
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