What if I told u that some filmmakers debuted a documentary abt the Electric Daisy Carnival, and that the spirit of rave-wave vibes were so strong, that a MASSIVE RIOT started in the streets of Hollywood at the film's premiere? I don't know what it is abt EDC... They got tons of negative press after ppl died at their annual festivals, then they got ran out of town and forced to go to Vegas. But now some1 made a documentary abt the festival, then some electro house DJ was like "IM HAVING A FREE SHOW" [via twitter]. Tons of Los Angeles area electro tweens + aggressive bros came out, and they cops were like 'THERE'S 2MANYPPL [via 2manyDJs]!" and no1 wanted to leave bc every1 probably thought they were VIP, then when they found out that they weren't VIP, they started 2 riot.

A DJ set by Kaskade at the premiere of the Electric Daisy Carnival documentary, "Electric Daisy Carnival Experience," was shut down by police Wednesday evening in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre when masses of fans spilled into Hollywood after Kaskade announced a live performance via Twitter. As the police attempted to disperse what turned into a huge gathering, crowds reportedly turned on the police and started throwing objects at them.

Soo many electro tweens. Maybe I should move 2 LA and become an alt DJ and become a 'God' bc I have 100k followers on twitter.

I heard all of those electro bros actually thought they were at a rave, so they went 'wild'n out' on the streets of LA.

Police said they were responding in force to several hundred people throwing bottles and other objects outside the premiere of the film version of a rave at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

Several people jumped onto a squad car, but police said they could not confirm reports of a squad car on fire.

Poor dubstep bro. Seems like he just brought a CD binder and wants 2 vibe to some DJs.

Check out this bro... All he wants 2 do is rave. But the electro-h8ing 'pigs' are hauling him away.

Apparently some house DJ totally ruined this 4 every1.... Some bro named 'Kaskade'. In case u were wondering, he DOES have a soul patch.

Kaskade had tricked out a flatbed truck with his equipment -- and had planned to roll up, play two songs and head into the premiere, Los Angeles fire officials said. The event was permitted by the Los Angeles Fire Department, which planned a 30-minute lane closure of Hollywood Boulevard "with amplified music on the back of a flatbed truck," according to the permit.

About 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Kaskade tweeted to his 92,000 Twitter followers that he was heading to Grauman's Chinese Theatre for a block party: "ME+BIG SPEAKERS+MUSIC=BLOCK PARTY!!!"

But as people began showing up, Duddie said it became clear that "a crisis was headed our way."

I might buy a 'flatbed truck' tricked out with DJ equipment, just to pick up 15 year old chicks at my local AMC movie theatres.

Anyways, the cops brought out some riot gear, and regulated on all of these ravers.

Whose side r u on?
#TeamRaveElectro or #TeamCityOfLosAngeles?
Do ravers need 2 behave?
Is 'electro' being glorified as 'the modern version of the punk movement', or are unregulated electro-fests actually a legitimate health and safety hazard that needs 2 be stopped?
Is it time 2 finally end the ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL brand?

This may or may not be a metaphor for electro music's fight 4 acceptance in California.

Andy San Dimas is widely known as 'the hipster porn star.' She was once filmed having sex in Steve Aoki's Dim Mak offices. Anyways, it seems like she went to EDC with another hot new alt porn star named April O’Neil. Seems like they are just chillin out, being alt, and showing off their premium titties, probably listening to some electro music.

Do u vibe hard 2 April O'Neil? Is she the 'hot new alt porn star'?

Do u beat off 2 pornography?
Do u h8 mnstrm hotties in porn?
Does she have the perfect alternative breasts?

Was this year's Electric Daisy Carnival a success bc no1 died and we got some tittie pix?
Is there such thing as 'alt porn' or is all porn mnstrm?
Does April O'Neil have some sweet knockers?
How would u rate her breasts/areolas/nips?

Who is the altest porn star of all time:
Faye Reagan, Sasha Grey, Andy San Dimas or April O'Neill?

The Electric Daisy Carnival was ran out of Los Angeles because some teen girl died there. But just bc they moved, doesn't mean the party can't rage on, killing more ppl in other parts of the country. I'm not sure why Dallas TX let this deathfest come 2 town, but it ended the same way, with tons of ppl hospitalized and 1 teen bro dead.

Do u feel bad that this bro died at a rave? Or is it a good place 2 die?

Dallas police are investigating problems at a Fair Park music festival Saturday night that led to the death of a young man.
It happened at an event called the Electric Daisy Carnival at the Centennial Building. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans called it a "rave" for young people.
The fire department took as many as 30 people to hospitals for drug, alcohol and heat-related illnesses.
One of them was 19-year-old Andrew Graf of Argyle who was pronounced dead at Baylor University Medical Center. The cause of his death remains under investigation.
At one time, 10 different rescue units responded to the Electric Daisy Carnival. Evans said no ambulance transports were required at a rodeo that was taking place at another Fair Park venue on Saturday evening.

I wonder if DJing at electro raves where ppl die is good or bad 4 ur DJ brand. Do fans just think ur down 2 partie?

"It was crazy," said festival performer Diplo, who, unlike Skrillex, was able to complete his entire set before the festival saw its early end. "There were just too many kids on stage."

And, to hear the first-responders tell it, maybe just too many kids, period.

"We had an idea that this might happen," said fire-rescue lieutenant Friar. "We were ready for it."

Should Obama ban EDC?
Should EDC be renamed 'Deathfest'?
Are music festivals an authentic place 2 die?
R u scared of going 2 raves?
Should teens be held responsible for themselves if they take drugs, or is it the promoter's fault?
Is Dallas now the Rave Capital of the USA?

Last year, some girl died at the Electric Daisy Carnival [link 2]. Maybe it was her own fault for doing drugs and not hydrating, or maybe the festival, venue, and promotion company was 'at fault.' Anyways, because that 1 girl died, they basically got ran out of the greater Los Angeles area (and California) and just relocated to Las Vegas, which is basically a trashier version of California that sort of accepts that they are 'trash' and just vibes out. Just wish I could be a member of their local government, so that I could be all like 'hell yea! Come rave in our city!'

Anyways this trailer was pretty funny. It seems like they are trying to really brand the event as a meaningful festival, and that they are 'sad' 2 leave Los Angeles. Wish they'd just be up front and be like 'Bring ur drugs. Wear ur slutty raver clothes. This time we'll have a watering hole so no1 dies.'

r u going to go 2 EDC?
R u sad it left California?
Do festival raves look meaningful?
Do u <3 raves bc of the slutty outfits that girls wear?

<3 raves <3
<3 Californian-wave ravers <3

g2g practice my fence jumping and electro-alt-Mexi skull stomping. [link]

I'll see yall at EDC!

Should Barry Obama do something abt raves?

Some ppl say that there is a difference between 'music festivals' and 'raves.' Raves usually feature electronic music, drugs, underaged tweens, and tons of chaos. Even though they are marketed as 'music festivals', it is sorta an unspoken agreement that 'crazy shit can go down' in the confines of a public stadium/park. Any ways, the Electric Daisy Carnival is a rave where some ppl died [link] and a bunch of ppl jump fences and it is crazy. So now Los Angeles is all like 'uhhh we can't have that here bc angry parents of dead ravers are suing us and this is a PR disaster.'

The ongoing brouhaha between Los Angeles politicos and promoters of dance-focused concerts has seemingly resulted in one of the nation's largest electronic music festivals leaving Los Angeles for Las Vegas. Insomniac Inc.'s two-day Electric Daisy Carnival, which last June drew between 80,000 and 100,000 people per day to the L.A. Memorial Coliseum and adjoining Exposition Park, is leaving the Coliseum for Vegas after Insomniac's 13 years working with the L.A. venue.

So the festival is moving 2 Las Vegas bc Las Vegas allows 'basically anything.' Sorta wanna fly to this rave, OD, gamble, and buy a few prostitutes.

Late Thursday, however, Insomniac announced that an official agreement was still not inked, and Electric Daisy would be staged the same weekend in Las Vegas.

I feel bad for Los Angeles club/rave/party promoters. They made this sweet 'infographic' to warn tweens abt drug use.

Numerous efforts were made to convince L.A. officials that dance events were safe. Insomniac established an 18-and-over policy for all its events and pledged to have more medical staff on site. Dance promoters, who were not named, even funded a card distributed by the county's Department of Public Health to warn concertgoers of the dangers of Ecstasy.

Seems rlly informative.

R u happy that the Electric Daisy Carnival can 'live on' forever?
What are the odds that some1 will die at EDC Las Vegas?
Can we just call raves 'death parties'?
Is LA 'being unchill' abt raves? Should they let alt tweens party hard?
Will we lose more lives' in Las Vegas than we lost in Los Angeles?
If u go to a rave, is there a high chance that u will die?
Is the Electric Daisy Carnival a 'chill time' that got an unfair wave of negative press just bc a few ppl didn't do drugs properly?
Can we create some sort of waiver where rave goers 'waive' all of their human rights and willingly acknowledge that they might die?

We leave u with the parting words of an unchill local Los Angelino politician bro.

Commissioner Rick Caruso, an ardent advocate against large dance concerts, told L.A. Now, “My first reaction is good riddance.” Caruso had been one of the more vocal critics of DJ-driven concerts, saying they breed drug abuse and unruly behavior.

"Good Riddance" [via "I hope yall had the times of yalls lives']
-Green Days

Gotta go practice fence jumping 4 the upcoming festival season.
Peace, yall!

Link: http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/electric-daisy-taken-court-over-death-underage-attendee/

Last year in Los Angeles, there was a huge rave called the Electric Daisy Carnival that took place at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. A 15-year old girl named Sasha Rodriguez overdosed and died [link]. It seems like her parents are now suing Los Angeles/the Colesium Commission because they didn't ban underaged teenagers from entering the event and doing drugs.

The parents of 15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez, who died of an ecstasy overdose after attending a rave, have filed a claim against the management of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The parents are seeking $5 million in damages from the Coliseum Commission.

The claim, filed Dec. 23 with both the city and county of Los Angeles, is a necessary step before suing in court. The claim says the commission, a joint state, city and county board, did not fulfill its "duties and was negligent in creating and/or allowing others to create a dangerous condition of public property" during the two-day Electric Daisy Carnival rave at the Coliseum in June.

You might remember Sasha Rodriguez's mother from this local news video about raves where she talks abt having 2 take her daughter off life support.
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Do u think it is 'right' for the family 2 sue for damages, or was it partially the parents' fault for letting their teenager go 2 a drug-fueled rave?

Do u think $5 million is 'fair'?
Should ravers be forced 2 sign 'waivers' that acknowledge that they are entering into a drug zone where 'anything can happen?
Did yall go to the Electric Daisy Carnival? Did it seem like a death trap?

The Electric Daisy Carnival rave, which drew 185,000 people over two days, resulted in 120 people being taken to local hospitals, mostly for drug intoxication. Coliseum managers said there were no major problems at subsequent raves Aug. 21 and Oct. 23, which attracted 6,000 and 22,000 people, respectively. A New Year's Eve rave, Together as One, at the Sports Arena resulted in 25 arrests and 17 hospitalizations.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE 4 THE DEATH OF SASHA RODRIGUEZ?

Should raves be held at public places 4 the sake of safety?
Would u rather go 2 a rave at a sports facility or in some 'field' in the middle of no where?
Whose responsibility is it 2 make sure teens don't use drugs?
Should public schools start some sort of 'Drug Abuse Resistance Education' program 2 save kids from doing drugs, just 2 'say no'?
Should Barry Obama 'ban' raves across the USA?
Are raves a natural extension of the human experience?

This is a photograph of the 15 year old girl who died at the Los Angeles rave from ODing on XTC. Even tho it was a 16 and up event, this 15 year old girl managed to sneak in.

Here is another CBS news piece about the Rodriguez family. Says that Sasha 'drank from a friend's water bottle laced with ecstasy.'
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Seems like she wasn't really a drug user or anything. Friends and family confused:

Kimberly Keith, a family friend, said Sasha's loved ones are still trying to figure out what happened. Although they knew Sasha was going to her first rave, Keith said, drug use was "not her character."

When they got the call that Sasha had been taken to the hospital, they had no idea how serious her condition was.

"We were almost like joking, 'Oh she's going to be in trouble. I can't believe she went there!' " she said. Keith said they thought maybe the rave was "too packed, she was excited and passed out.... Never in a million years would we would have imagined" drugs.

A 16-year old friend who was with Sasha at the rave said Sasha was dancing, got hot and began quickly drinking cold water.

Doctors said "her sodium, electrolytes were so low that when she started replacing them so quickly [with cold water], ecstasy messes up your body's ability to process that, so it threw her body out of whack," said Keith.

Do yall feel sad that Grace Rodriguez's daughter is gone, all because of electro music + LA drug culture?

The girl, identified by family members as Sasha Rodriguez, was one of two rave attendees who were in critical condition at California Hospital Medical Center after the 14th annual Electric Daisy Carnival.

As Sasha's family decided whether to remove her from life support Tuesday, her mother, Grace Rodriguez, told the CBS Evening News: "I was supposed to be planning her Sweet Sixteen party. Now I have to plan her funeral."

Kinda scared to take ecstasy now.

She sank into a coma and suffered multiple organ failure, prompting her family to remove her from life support. Doctors said she had the hallucinogen Ecstasy, also called MDMA, in her system. Another rave attendee is in critical condition from a similar overdose.

Ecstasy can cause high blood pressure leading to stroke or seizures, which can then cause kidney failure.

The rave was restricted to those 16 and older. Sasha was not carrying identification, friends and family said. "Obviously, they didn't check IDs," said Eva Rodriguez, Sasha's godmother.

Who will be held responsible for the death of Sasha Rodriguez?
Is it the promoter's fault? Her mother's? Her friends?
Are yall pumped about Electric Daisy Carnival 2011, which will be held on foreign soil?
Are yall excited about the anti-rave movement in California?
Is the local news market in California 'pumped' about this new genre of 'rave content' 2 scare old ppl?
Does this make u want to go 2 a rave, or do u feel scared u will die there?

2 altbros based in the Los Angeles area had a dream--to go to a meaningful music festival/electro rave without paying the massive charges + convenience fees required to enter the event. The Electric Daisy Carnival continues to be showcased as one of the most 'poorly run events' in the world after many riots/stampedes broke out, and some 15 year old tween overdosed on E during the event.

These bros aren't really helping out the music festival, which is getting 'a lot of shit' right now from the local government/blogspots on the internet. Worried that the local government in LA is gonna shut down raves. Wish they'd be chill and let old stadiums be utilized for alt events instead of mainstream sporting events. U can see that these altbros in the videos cultivate 'more joy' from being around a bunch of drugged up people than they would if they played youth sports.

Wonder if this video proves that the Electro Daisy is 'poorly run'. Wonder if they are gonna 'shut that shit down.'
These bros seem meaningful, really in touch with technology, utilizing photoshop to make meaningful wristbands 2 sneak in. Feel like maybe festivals should start using retinal scanning + hardcore electric fences to make sure people don't sneak in. They might have 2 consult the US government.

Do we live in an era where 'every1 is part of the media'?
Do people sneak into music festivals all the time?
Do u think people have been killed at music festivals, but promoters 'hid' the body just so there wasn't any negative press?
Are these 2 altbros 'ass holes' or were we all like that the first time we 'got VIP access'/'illegally snuck in' 2 some relevant concert?
Are raves bad for society?
Is there a new generation of altbros emerging?
Does this video seem 'meaningful' 2 u?
Do u think they missed an opportunity to get tons of youtube hits since they didn't film violence/chaos, and instead got caught up in the boring spirit of live music?

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The Electric Daisy Carnival was a Los Angeles based rave that took place in an empty football stadium. It was rumored to have attracted 185K alternative raver tweens who just wanted to party hard 2 electro music. After seeing so many weirdos attend [link] and seeing riots + stampedes break out [link], it seems like some 15 year old girl overdosed at the event. Seems like a bad thing to have a teen OD at your music festival. Can't believe her family 'pulled the plug' on her. Wonder if they were disappointed in her, or thought she was making bad life decisions.

A 15-year-old girl who attended last weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum died on Tuesday from a suspected drug overdose, authorities said.

The girl, whose name was not released, was in respiratory arrest when she arrived at California Hospital Medical Center and never recovered, a hospital official told the Los Angeles Times.

What drug do yall think she was on?

Do people die at raves all the time [via OD]? Is it a bad idea to try to monetize a 'rave' as a music festival?
Is the Electric Daisy Festival 'gonna get its ass shut down'?

Feel like the local news is 'having a field day' with this story since it is probably relevant to Los Angeles families, since their kids are in the middle of an electro rebellious era:

Seems like the girl shouldn't even have been allowed in the doors. I guess when u throw a festival, u just want to make as much money as possible:

The website for the electronic music festival said the guests had to be at least 16, raising the question of how the girl got into the event.

Feel bad for the people who run LA Coliseum. It once hosted the Olympics, but isn't really a modern facility, so they have to find excuses to use it to try to make some money. Since it is a second class facility that holds over 100,000 people, they usually use it for Mexican soccer games or Cali-tween raves.

"On behalf of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, I express our dismay and deep sadness on the death of the young woman who attended the Electric Daisy Carnival," Barry A. Sanders, president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission said. "We send our sincere condolences to her family."

Sanders said he called a special meeting of the commission "to review all the circumstances and the criteria for insuring that event promoters in our facilities have proper procedures in place to protect the health and safety of all attendees."

"We will always be committed to the well-being of everyone who visits the Coliseum and Sports Arena."

Seems like they are just happy to make 'mad bank' even if it means some1 dying

"This is basically a government-encouraged drug fest. That's the wrong message," Dr. Brian Johnston, director of the emergency room at White Memorial Medical Center told the Times. "It's putting people at risk unnecessarily. It's putting people's health at risk."

Jon Lee, director of marketing for the Coliseum and Los Angeles Sports Arena, called the event "a success" and said a very small percentage of the attendees misbehaved.

"We don't like to see problems, but the vast majority had a good time without incident," Lee said.

The Coliseum, built on state land, is run by a joint city, county and state commission. The Coliseum does not receive any taxpayer subsidies and is financially independent. It is expected to earn well over six figures from the weekend rave, or as much profit as a couple of USC games, Pat Lynch, its general manager, told the Times.

Is Electric Daisy Carnival 'going down the shitter'?
Will it be back next year?
Will some local city council person build their re-election platform against 'shutting down rave death traps'?
Are ravers 'the new punks'/anarchists/etc?
Should raves be monetized / earn millions of dollars?
Is Los Angeles the rave capital of the world, and should they look to 'rebrand'?
Has electro spiraled out of control?
Do all teens who use drugs deserve 2 die?
Can we call any of the artists/DJs who performed at EDC 'murderers'? (Steve Aoki, Rivers Cuomo, Lil Jon, tons of other DJs)
Is the local news just produced to 'scare old people' and fuel their disdain of young people?

Is the 'party promoter' fucked, or is he just rolling around in money, rolling on ecstasy?

Apparently, there was some 'monetized rave' in Los Angeles called Electric Daisy Carnival that drew 185,000 people to the Los Angeles Coliseum. I think this is a new business model, since there are so many old/unused stadiums in Los Angeles, and so many teens who want to get into the alt/electro scene. Wonder how much money they made from this event. Usually they just care about profits, and don't really care about security/facilities management. I feel bad for the wannabe-ravers whose parents read the newspaper and then will never let them go to their local movie theatre just cuz things are so crazie.

Seriously, tho... some1 is gonna die at 1 of these things within the next 2 years based on 'the craziness' of this video.

The video opens with tons of alts trying to break down a fence/squeeze through an opening, then they end up trampling eachother. Sorta weird to see so many LA ravers/tweens in this 'life or death' situation. Would expect this if they were waiting in line for 'food/survival', but they seem to be 'chasing the party.' Feel sad for this girl for getting her face jacked up.'

Can't believe so many alts fought with cops. I am so used to hanging around with higher-level alts that I don't understand the 'class struggles' and stuff like that going on with formative alts. Feel relieved that I am not trying to find my identity at electro raves, searching for something more than just a Hot Topic vibe at a local mall.

Seems 'poetic' to watch some of this while u hear Steve Aoki DJing in the background.

Should the people who threw this rave 'be thrown in jail'?
Have u been to an alt-teen-aimed electro rave in Los Angeles that was a huge health and safety hazard?
Will Los Angeles and its surrounding suburbs 'shut this type of shit down'/bring in riot cops next time?
Should authentic raves not rely on police, fences, and riot squads?
Should the police just chill out and let these people get trampled to death?
Is Lil Jon the only person who can level with these people?

Do yall like watching girls in slutty rave outfits jump fences?
Are _____ people 'better at jumping fences' because they are 'used to running from the cops'? [via generic racist jokes]
Should they have converted the Coliseum into a jail, and just kept every1 imprisoned while this event was going on?
Is this video 'awesome'?
Which music festival /rave will have a 'casualty' due to poor management?
Have u ever almost died at a music festival /rave?