ISSUE AT HAND!

topic posted Fri, April 30, 2004 - 12:06 PM by  Selekta
THIS IS THE EMAIL THAT WILL BE GOING OUT TO EVERYONE ONCE THE LISTS ARE COMPILED.... SEND LISTS ASAP.


Protect live music
The drug policy alliance (DPA) warned this week that new laws could wipe out nightclubs and music events across America and urged music fans to support 'a day and night of outrage' ….Which was planned and executed on Saturday April 24th, 2004.
"the justice department is already using the rave act to scare nightclubs away from playing certain kinds of music and now congress is considering legislation that would hold bands, DJ’s, bartenders, promoters, venue owners, radio stations and others liable if a patron uses drugs at a nightclub or concert," said the DPA. "If enacted, music lovers could soon be unable to see their favorite band, DJ’s or other entertainment live." "Not only can this legislation shut down the venues we play at, it could even land artists in jail.”

For more information on this Act(s)…..visit:
www.protectlivemusic.org/outrage.htm
www.protectlivemusic.org/pdf/A...on.pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
To stand up, get connected, unite and collaborate efforts on these issues please do the following:
This is our communications device and it’s powerful, efficient, as well as extremely effective and it’s called social networking.
• Join HTTP://WWW.TRIBE.NET THIS SITE IS 100% FREE.
• Join tribe called !!!x-[PROTEKT THE ELECTRO MUSIC SCENE]-x!!!
• Join Other Possible Tribes of interest: !!!.•••ElectronicMusika•••.!!!, <DJs of ELEKTRONIK>, ((dancing)), ....:[-_uber_-underground-]:...., [] Electric Events (SanFran-Area), Bay Raves, Breaks, Burning Man, DJs, House Music, Hybridfunk Produktionz n EvilBreaks, Hyperreal, ResistDance , SFRaves, The Underground Scene.

Just to name a few. Oh, yah…..you can create your own tribe if you want like I have created which is for the soul purpose of UNITY OF PEOPLE who will stand up and speak their minds and fight for what’s right for OUR generation. I have also made a tribe for my production crew members called Hybridfunk Produktionz. We are based out of California and promote (BREAKS/HOUSE/JUNGLE/PROGRESSIVE/PSY TRANCE).
Contact Email: hybridfunkproduktionz@yahoo.com for more info.

I ASK YOU THIS READER:
Q.) ARE YOU ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL STAND UP AND NOT LET OUR GOVERNMENT PASS BILLS TO STOP THE DIEHARD ELECTRONICA MUSIC INDUSTRY???

MACH ONEZ RESPONSE:
A.) HELL YES! TO NO LIMIT! WE WILL STAND UP PETITION THIS AND PROTEST TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW... WE MUST VOTE NOW MORE THAN EVER. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WE MUST SEND OUT THE MESSAGE TO AS MANY GOV OFFICALS WHO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND THE POWER OF DEMOCRACY…. ALSO TO ALL THE PARTY PEOPLE, DJ'S, PRODUCERS, PROMOTORS, RECORD COMPANIES, ENTERTAINMENT LAWYERS. ANYONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN ELECTRONICA PERIOD. THIS IS YOUR CALLING TO PROTECT YOUR LOVE FOR THE MUSIC, YOUR PASSION, YOUR CAREER, YOUR FUTURE, AND MOST OF ALL OUR HUMAN RIGHTS which are slowly being taken away from you before you know it. I send Peace, Love, Unity, and much Respect TO ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
ANY Questions regarding this topic:
Mail to: protekt_the_scene@hotmail.com


MORE Opinions:
Here’s a Reply to this post from www.Tribe.net
(I see EYE to EYE with this gentleman on this issue)
“While I think points here are valid as far as the government being shit-heads trying to hold completely uninvolved others responsible for an individual's conscious choices, I think the point is REALLY being sidestepped. The point is not who is responsible AT ALL. The point is that the government is simply trying to stamp out free thinking and any sort of recreation at all that doesn't offer them control be it through television, or the "education" system, or organized religion. The idea that people are getting together in a way that the government or its affiliates don't have complete control over scares the shit out of them. That people are getting together in large groups, doing business that the government doesn't get a piece of, can't monitor closely, combined with the possibilities of individuals expanding their minds and seeing how thick the bullshit really is, and realizing more and more that they need the government's laws less and less, constitutes a threat to the "higher" authorities, and their abilities to get away with things like...war, home invasion, invasion of privacy, murder, and these lies about the cooked up terrorist menaces they are using to scare everybody into ankle grabbing, and smiling while they fuck us all repeatedly. To refute your point, I think the government needs to go take a flying fuck at the moon, and realize that people are going to start fighting back more and more against shit like this. They can only push so far, and then...BOOM! It happens time and time again. Take a look at our history...France, Britain, South Africa, ANYWHERE. This is another move to try and squeeze further, and as long as folks accept it as ok...you're gonna keep getting fucked. Eventually people are going to get fed up, and when cops or feds show up at some event they're going to run into a whole crowd of pissed off, and heavily armed people, and it's gonna be a mess. The harder you squeeze sand, the more it slips from your fingers. Who the government should be going after is the greedy fucks and the fundamentalist idiot pieces of shit that are using loads of drugs yet trying to persecute others for the same thing, like...Bush, father and son, Cheney, Rush, shit you name it, all those bastards are on something. They should go after the assholes on the bench who keep suppressing the knowledge from getting out so that instead of making laws and filling jails, they make educated people that don't hurt themselves or others, know how to do what, and what not to do, and the consequences of doing whatever they feel like doing. They should go after the assholes that stand in the way of advocacy groups like Dance safe that teach others how to behave responsibly, and offer adults the chance to behave as adults, making responsible thought out decisions. Going after artists, and creative types is a desperate action that will only breed rebellion, dissent, anger, hatred, and eventually serious damage. You know it, and I know it”
MACH ONEZ thoughts, ideas, and opinions:
I come from the oldskool upbringings and my thoughts are: we need to change the outlook of the way the “rave” scene has been portrayed by the media (again this is government). The media has reported that our whole existence is based on drugs and sex in a warehouse. Reports have indicated numbers of people overdosing or dieing of heat exhaustion, etc. This is where WE get a bad reputation and this is what WE need to change to get support from the people that are on the outside of OUR social realm but still in control and still able to vote against something portrayed to be bad for their children. ?. BTW - These are your brothers and sisters who have not been “schooled” on how to party safely and whose fault is that? It’s OURS.

Look people…. How many of you can go to a “rave” party and be happy with just the use of alcohol, marijuana, and some Marlboro’s? are you strong enough to cope without your dope? If you can’t, I as a promoter of Electronica music feel like you don’t belong. First off, you would be a risk for the promoters, venue owners, DJ’s and whom ever ELSE the government was/is trying to pin it on. Besides, a good promoter will have 10 people behind you waiting to drink and enjoy the music. I’m sorry but if your intentions where to come to my party and score ecstasy and act stupid….. IT AINT HAPPENING. GET IT? ?. You as a promoter may say: “What about the underage kids at my party?” Sorry pal…..them drinking at your venue or party is ILLEGAL ? now you’re dealing with parents AND the government and now we have trouble (“The Rave Act” and now this).


Dear Promoter, I will now ask you this question: What is more important?
A.) The Electronica Music Industry’s existence
B.) The money you make?
C.) The Drugs

If you answered anything but “A” then you need to quit promoting and find another job because you are ruining the reputation needed for legit promoters to stay alive in the industry…..In order for you to make any money the industry must stay alive right? Right. So promote the music, get rid of the drugs, we don’t need them in our venues and in our reputation as a whole!
My message to the underage kids is go to a “concert” or “Electronica event” until your able to drink legally at a club or go to a venue that has a 18+ night.
If you want to follow this thread of information and UNITE then please Join Tribe.net if you haven't already and join all the Electronica music tribes. This website is exploding with resources through people and ways that allow people to connect to each other based on specific interests. It allows us to UNITE and let the government know that we will stand up in a major way to save the music and everyone involved with it.

What I need from you if you’re interested in helping us out:
• Your email address
• Email address distribution lists of people who would/should be concerned. This you must export from your contact list in OUTLOOK 2000/Express, or HOTMAIL account.) If you do not feel comfortable with passing on email addresses to people who will speak up about this then you can just copy and paste this document and CC all the appropriate people.
• Create an email distribution list yourself. (If you don't know how there will be instructions in the tribe mentioned.)
• UNITY and RESOURCES

I want to conclude this document by thanking each and every one of you for the time it took to read this letter/email and I hope to get your much needed support. Thanks!
posted by:
Selekta

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