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A rant about TG and the scene in general
From: Mark C Sammons <bsc5060@artemis>
Subject: A rant about TG and the scene in general
Date: 1996/05/03
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This posting is my own personal opinion. Here me out:
Without wishing to sound heartless, why was there no Tribal Gathering
license ages ago?
It seems to me that a lot of this problem is due to the fact that Mean
Fiddler and Universe overlooked this one obstacle DESPITE apparently
suffering a similar problem of getting a license last year. Yes, the
authorities have let us down, but Universe have undoubtably put
themselves in a position where we COULD be let down. Now, I'm no law
expert and I certainly don't know everything there is to know about
granting of licenses, but was it really required to leave it that late
before putting an application in. Seeing as everything else was ready
- including exactly where each tent would go, it seems ludicrous that
such a major point as the license should have been overlooked.
Yeah, its really shitty that events like the Marathon, The Who's
central London concert and the like don't get stopped for the same
reasons but they are establishment friendly events made for the
executive types who like nothing more than sticking something
completely MOR/AOR on their in-car CD systems as they go home to their
wife and 2 kids. Most people who were/are going to the TG '96 see the
world as it really is - a place where drugs are treated as a norm in
society, a place where at the end of the day sex, race, colour, etc
doesn't matter. This is the real world where the Tory Government has
f**ked everything up and our only choice is to put Labour into power
who's leader is John Major with a nicer smile and better soundbites
and who's New Labour ethics are no goddam different from
Conservative's ethics. Politicians hate dance music because it is a
totally off-cut thing to what they are used to. Yeah, they were
really glad when bands like Oasis and Blur started to get the hype.
Its a nice and safe form of music. They think, Oasis only encourage
the masses to do Cigarettes & Alcohol - that's nice legal stuff which
we can tax (but I've heard of a drunken brawl - nobody on drugs at any
dance music event I've been to has threatened me). This is OUR
generation. For want of a better word - we are Generation X - the
generation they just can't classify because they have no idea about
the way we lead our lives (those of us who take drugs, or like myself,
don't need them to get you happy at dance events).
My final point is this - I don't know of anyone who has given up on
dance music as a lost cause because of the TG's cancellation. If
anything, this has made dance music stronger and will make everyone
party that little bit harder when the TG finally happens. Just
remember everyone, they can't destroy dance music because music is
one of the strongest things we have in this world. It allows us to
give peace, love, unity and respect to the other people on the scene
because at 98% of dance music events, everyone is YOUR friend for the
evening and together we will survive and create the music of the
future.
P.L.U.R.
MARK SAMMONS
(bsc5...@dcs.napier.ac.uk)
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