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- From: CSMSETS@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (CSMSETS)
- Subject: Re: rave?
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 14:30:25 PST
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- In article <1992Dec29.154926.3009@cnsvax.uwec.edu>, on 29 Dec 92 15:49:26 -0600,
- drumm@cnsvax.uwec.edu (Danny) writes:
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- >can I get a FAQ for this news group?
- >
- >I have a few questions LIKE:
- >
- >o what *is* a rave?
- > (to tell the truth, it sounds like a bastardization of an acid test.)
- >
- >o why have the name "rave", why not just call it a big party?
- > (sorry if the question sounds cheesie --- so does "rave")
- >
- >o Is the music limited to techno billion BPM disco new/wave/age/noise....
- > (read "why couldn't you call a grateful dead concert a 'rave'"?)
- >
- Well Danny, its kinda like why don't they call operas concerts? or
- a symphony a band, its just because its different. Things are named
- different things because they are different.
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