Party Vibe

hmm – in my area it picked up in the early blair era (yes, blair) from 1997 until about 2002 and you were getting back to that original vibe – East Anglia’s parties and to a lesser extent SE England were still good until very recently – I think its more angry youths what fucked it up even than the Police..

I think the overuse of ket is a problem but at the same time there is still loads of good MDMA about, and even some decent pills in some areas

In the mid 90s there was a bit of crap about and also the early 90s as the cops actually managed to stop some supply chains, but it picked up again

If people get trustworthy connections, drugs are no worse than they were in 1991-2 (there was loads of just dud pills then, plus some ones what made people very ill) and IMO there are more party chemicals about than ever before.

I suspect a lot of people are either partying for the wrong reasons, or burning themselves out too young, suffering mood swings etc and not resting when they should…

there were parties like that in the 21st century too, not that long ago, even despite all the ket. I’ve been to some parties very recently (even at the start of last year) thanks to one of the lads in this thread and his missus, and in some respects it was like being 19 again, no kidding….

These problems affecting the scene in East Anglia are very recent. There seems to be overreactions and stupidity on both sides, ravers and the normal public/cops, plus a lot of outside influences. It was slowly getting bad from about 2004 and has come to a head now.

Its like everyone has lost their common sense and is being stubborn. Some of the more recent venue choices/parties haven’t been the most sensible of plans..

OK the cops can put riot cops into every party and shut it down (it looks like they do have the money and resources) and maybe it protects a few fields/forests but of course the youths won’t miraculously become supporters of law and order – it is just going to encourage more young people to sit at home or in their towns and drink / do loads of K and perhaps get into anti-social behaviour, or addicted to far worse drugs.