Young people these days don't know how to rave...

[Gawpus]

According rave sheet of record, the Spectator:

Dull Hipsters in Broad Daylight

George Hull is 32 years old.

[MsD]

Young people these days don't know how to rave...

Well ... He's right, really. And 32 is not too old to know what the yoot are up to - they broadcast their every move on social media, for one thing, and the people who own and run premises and arrange events are generally somewhat over 25. The older generation of clubbers and ravers are still going strong and have no intention of moving over and quitting; and because they (we) have more money and put more enthusiasm into it, and are less likely to throw up after two drinks, club owners are going to favour an older crowd.

Two things killed mass dance cultures from the 90s onwards: the commercialisation of the the mega-clubs, and increasingly, social media, which killed all spontaneity and mystery and the possibility of having anything underground. There's no edge, no danger, no rebellion in going to night clubs and raves if they are legal, and everyone else goes, including your parents and teachers.

That's without even mentioning drugs.

[MsD]

Young people these days don't know how to rave...

What I don't agree with is blaming young people or "hipsters" for it; things go in cycles and they've inherited nightlife that follows the money.

[Benjm]

Young people these days don't know how to rave...

Hmm, his article reminds me a bit of people who move away from London and, rather than admitting that their needs in life have changed, then insist that it's such a terrible shithole that you wonder why they were living there in the first place.

[MsD]

Young people these days don't know how to rave...

Yeh, was thinking about it a bit more, along with an article from the other week about the death of nightclubs.

Music has been somewhat sidelined, and it should be the centre, and that may be the problem. Young people seem to like a lot that is retro. There were hipsters going crazy at Fat White Family gigs, so there is still blood pumping in their veins ... people are creative, soon things must change in a way we haven't seen.

[Benjm]

Young people these days don't know how to rave...

...people are creative, soon things must change in a way we haven't seen.

That's the thing. It's easy to mock the prissier aspects of hipsterism, but his central argument is route one 'In my day...' stuff.

Evolve, vacate the field, or carry on but admit that you are increasingly a heritage concern yourself, dad (he's much younger than me, obviously).