We in the Midwest: Jokes and Jokes and Jokes and Jokes
Does Humor Belong In [dance] Music?
Willy Joy and Autobot rent out the Chuckle Hut to throw a dance party, plus mixtapes by Kid Color, Matt Roan, Moneypenny, Murderbot, Team Bayside High, The Hood Internet, Yawn, and Midnight Conspiracy
We in the Midwest: Full length audio/visual product
A new EP from Dirty Diamonds and a new mixtape from BBU, plus videos from both. And it’s all free. And I think I left some candy in there somewhere.
We in the Midwest: Artifacts from the Rave Scene 1993-2009
Milwaukee’s Juiceboxxx just posted a link on twitter to some scans he put up on RaverGeek.com of the legendary Milwaukee rave zine Massive. In all, there are four complete issues of the magazine, spanning five of its six-year lifespan. It’s an important six years too. 1993-1999.
This was the time when a good chunk of the world thought that electronic music wasn’t just the next big thing, but the future of music (for better or worse) and magazines like Spin, Mojo, and Rolling Stone were asking question’s like “Is the Age of the Guitar Over?”. From any objective viewpoint, you could see the parallels between rave culture and hippie culture. Would 1997 surpass 1967 as a time of peace, love, music and drug-fueled social change? Would Generations X and Y finally shut the Baby Boomers up by doing it better, with new technology and a totally alien form of pop?
