Rant & Rave: Dance Culture Past, Present & Future

Thu, Sep 22
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$10

RANT & RAVE: DANCE CULTURE PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

WHAT: Panel Discussion: Rant & Rave: Dance Culture -- Past, Present
& Future
WHERE: Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Ave., Mill Valley
CA. 94941
WHEN: 7:30 PM. September 22, 2005
COST: $10 at the door
PHONE: 707.773.3175


On September 22, the NeoFiles Public Forum presents a panel on dance
culture (Rave culture). NeoFiles will present five individuals who
have been deeply involved in dance culture over several decades.

Originating from "Acid House" parties in Ibiza and "Techno" dance
parties in Goa, raves became the most dynamic digital counterculture of
the 1990s. First in England, then in the US, and then all over the
world, raves have become associated with peace-and-love idealism,
community, an embrace of technology, and psychedelic consciousness.
Ultimately DJs would become a regular presence in urban nightlife,
finding a place as an alternative to conventional rock and roll
performances.

Our panelists will talk about where this electronic dance culture has
been and where it's going; how it can live up to its ideals; what new
styles and forms are on the horizon; and what place recreational drugs
have in the dance culture scene.


PANELISTS

lux d'coda AKA Earth Girl
lux d'coda is the fierce frontwoman for Foxgluv. She's been raving
since the inception of acid house in Britain in 1988. Under the
pseudonym, Earth Girl, she was associated with the legendary Toon
Town raves of the early 1990s, She spearheaded the smart bar
phenomenon, selling brain tonic drinks at these early raves.
www.foxgluv.net/

Mark Ameba
Mark Ameba is a DJ and impresario. He owned and operated the now
defunct rave store, Ameba, in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury
district. Ameba was part of electronic music dance culture before
acid house, when he was involved with the industrial music culture.
He's worked with Survival Research Laboratories, DJ Garth, Jeno,
Wicked, and just about every other major rave scene in the SF Bay Area.
www.markameba.com/

Dax
Dax is the legendary San Francisco dance/event promoter behind Dax
Presents His popular signature event is Slide A Playground for the
Mind Body and Soul. All night events with sound. He's a well-known
figure at the annual Miami Winter Music Conference.
www.daxpresents.com/

Michael Gosney
Michael Gosney is a veteran "new edge" media producer and impresario
with the multimedia project, Verbum. Since 1989, he has been
organizing the very popular, annual digital be-in. His Radio-V was
the first internet radio station devoted entirely to electronic music
culture. He is also a trance DJ.
www.verbum.com

HOST: RU Sirius
RU Sirius is the Executive Editor of NeoFiles and host of the
NeoFiles podcast radio show. The paperback version of his recent
book, "Counterculture Through The Ages: From Abraham to Acid House",
will be released on September 18. In the early '90s, he was Executive
Editor of Mondo 2000 magazine and conspired with the creators of Toon
Town to bring raves to San Francisco in the early '90s.

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Venue:

Mill Valley Community Center
180 Camino Ave
Mill Valley
415.383.1370
http://www.millvalleycenter.org/

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=180+Camino+Alto+Mill+Valley,CA&hl=en

Additional Info:

707.773.3175
http://www.life-enhancement.com/neofiles/neoforum.asp