At least I have continued to buy CDs and listen to music. What I buy varies. For a while I was buying more industrial dance stuff. Some of it was/is not that great, at times rather formulaic. I like some of the dance music. Some of it sounds like disco stuff from the 70's. Then there's all the late night raver parties with smart drinks, ecstasy, etc. One of these days when I feel a little less tired and can find out where one of them is happening maybe I'll try to go. I may be a tad old and out of place, but I don't think they'll mind too much. One thing that I don't understand is why the Worldcon committee does not have a rave. Science fiction is usually about things in the future, I thought. Music from the 60's or 70's isn't exactly future stuff (well, maybe if you consider the cycles music goes through . . . ) Raves are still around although they seem to be less mentioned nowadays. It has been a while since I have been to the worldcon but did they ever have a rave? Or did they just do the same old boring thing.

I have been tempted to submit some reviews to William Breiding for his music review zine or put out something not as good. William and the others doing reviews seem to put a lot of effort into analyzing the stuff to which they listen. They go over the words, the melody, the feeling and really do a good job. Unfortunately I'm a bit lazy in that respect so I may try to put out some fast grungy stuff and see if anything comes of it. (Energy providing)

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