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surrounds these parties, a lot of facts have been dis torted and the culture now commands a seedy and rather illicit reputation — especially with middle-aged parents, councillors ami the police force. Regular police busts,
AS Winter draws in the acid house party phenomenon moves from its giant mar quees into disused ware houses and factories, but shows no signs of letting up. With all the hype that
It’s Open House not Acid House
combined with exaggerated stories in certain national newspapers, have left wor ried parents wondering just where and what their off spring are getting up to every Saturday night. Without shying away
TOBY CHAPMAN takes an alternative look at the acid house phenomenon
from it, there is a drugs problem, as there is in many towns and cities, nightclubs and public houses through out the country. People tend to forget that
if someone wants drugs they can get them from any number of places, not just the “ e vil aci d h o u s e parties.” The parties themselves must be the only mass gath
ering of people of all ages, colours and religions that do not produce any trouble of note. Indeed there have been incidents, but com pared to a general Satur day night in a large town, the bother is minimal. The atmosphere at one of
these events is incredible, everyone is there for one sole reason — to dance— and this single objective brings people together in a
to people from all areas of the country, who you would never dreamt of approach ing in the normal course of an evening out, touring the town centre pubs. Although not condoning
way never seen before. You find yourself talking
the sales of drugs, through experience, no substances are forced onto a person. At a recent party in Black burn, I was offered some
ecstasy, when I replied that I didn’t want any, the per son moved on. There was no pressure to buy and there were certainly not piles of drug crazed heav ing bodies everwhere. Their total eradication from such parties is essential, but the scope and size of this side of the parties has been greatly exaggerated.
people is the safety at the events. Generally this is perfectly adequate with fire exits, security firms stop ping gatecrashers and all precautions possible taken by the organisers.
Another aspect worrying Five concerts in seven days
LIKE buses, you can wait for ages for a decent concert to come along, then they all come at once. If you are an idiot like
me, you try and get on them all. Five concerts in seven days was the brief, so off I went.
the Wonderstuff grace the stage of Preston Guildhall — and it came as quite a shock. The Stuffies, as they are
asked.
dimmed, out rang Gary Glitter’s “Do you want to be in my gang?”' They needn’t really have
known in the trade, have become the Waterboys, but nobody seemed to mind. When the lights were
would be up there with Jason and Kylie. Sadly, the world is far from perfect. The following night saw
a vengeance as they pro duced a home town perfor mance of majestic power and subtlety. In a perfect world, Yargo
again,” said singer Basil Clark as he strolled on stage a t M a n c h o s t e r International. And they were back with
than with one of the best live bands around — Yargo. “ I t ’s nice to be home
What better way to start
be the Darling Buds. Leeds Polytechnic was awash with courting freshers, still hung over from the opening ball.
It’s Tuesday, so it must
asked” pop music all the way. But I liked it.
dress and red bow in her hair. I t’s pure “no questions
ing their “Scarlet and other stories” LP, I thought All About Eve were a folk group — how wrong could I be?
bour” single was just a trick, because All About Eve are out and out heavy rock.
field Town Hall and i t ’s opening night on AAE’s British tour, and despite teething problems, it’s a definite success.
After starting the week The old “Martha’s Har
everything you would expect them to be. The move to CBS has certainly done nothing for the boys’ image as they take to the stage all dressed in black, but Andrea still seems pleased as punch in baco-foil
The Darling Buds are
with a Manchester band, I could think of no better way than ending it with another — the Inspiral Carpets. The two worst dancers in
the world are probably Radio One DJ John Peel and
gathered at Leeds Poly were subjected to the horri ble sight of myself dancing at the front. “Pictures of You”, “Joe”
myself. Unfortunately, those
and the new single “Move” had my arms and legs mov ing in uncontrollable, unco ordinated fashion, but then again, it had been a long week. □
Murray Walker
more readily it could even work the other way and lead to the demise of the all-night parties. One of the main attractions is that the party is in fact illegal and once this buzz is taken away — the big organisers may have trouble selling expen sive tickets. □
that the parties were not going to disappear and were ready to inspect the venues to ensure that they were properly run with the proper measures taken to check for drugs, then a lot of the problems would be solved. If licences were issued
If the councils accepted
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