LOVE never gives up,
never loses FAITH,
is always HOPEFUL,
and ENDURES.
WEMF 2007 PICTURES
WEMF 2007 VIDEO OF ME
Thank you Julya!
More coming soon.
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My
Email:
Email me at: phatraver (AT) phatraver (DOT) com
My AIM:
GlowingPhatRaver
This is meeee!
Our nourishment of choice is Love.
Our addiction of choice is technology.
Our religion of choice is music.
Our currency of choice is knowledge.
Our politics of choice is none.
Our society of choice is utopian though we know it will never be.
You may hate us.
You may dismiss us.
You may misunderstand us.
You may be unaware of our existence.
We can only hope you do not care to judge us, because we would never judge you.
We are not criminals.
We are not disillusioned.
We are not drug addicts.
We are not naive children.
We are one massive, global, tribal, village that transcends man-made law, physical geography and time itself.
We are The Massive.
One Massive.
We were first drawn by the sound.
From far away, the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to
a mother's heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and
electrical wiring.
We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness,
and darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all equal. Not only
to the darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into
us and passing through our souls: we are all equal. And somewhere
around 35Hz we could feel the hand of God at our backs, pushing us
forward, pushing us to push ourselves to strengthen our minds, our
bodies, and our spirits. Pushing us to turn to the person beside us to
join hands and uplift them by sharing the uncontrollable joy we felt
from creating this magical bubble that can, for one evening, protect us
from the horrors, atrocities, and pollution of the outside world. It is
in that very instant, with these initial realizations that each of us
was truly born.
We continue to pack our bodies into clubs, or warehouses, or buildings
you've abandoned and left for naught, and we bring life to them for one
night. Strong, throbbing, vibrant life in it's purest, most intense,
most hedonistic form. In these makeshift spaces, we seek to shed
ourselves of the burden of uncertainty for a future you have been
unable to stabilize and secure for us. We seek to relinquish our
inhibitions, and free ourselves from the shackles and restraints you've
put on us for your own peace of mind. We seek to re-write the
programming that you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the
moment we were born. Programming that tells us to hate, that tells us
to judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves into the nearest and most
convenient pigeon hole possible. Programming that even tells us to
climb ladders for you, jump through hoops, and run through mazes and on
hamster wheels. Programming that tells us to eat from the shiny silver
spoon you are trying to feed us with, instead of nourish ourselves with
our own capable hands. Programming that tells us to close our minds,
instead of open them.
Until the sun rises to burn our eyes by revealing the distopian reality
of a world you've created for us, we dance fiercely with our brothers
and sisters in celebration of our life, of our culture, and of the
values we believe in:
Peace
Love
Unity
Respect
Our enemy of choice is ignorance.
Our weapon of choice is information.
Our crime of choice is breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel
you need to put in place to stop us from celebrating our existence.
But know that while you may shut down any given party, on any given
night, in any given city, in any given country or continent on this
beautiful planet, you can never shut down the entire party.
You don't have access to that switch, no matter what you may think.
The music will never stop.
The heartbeat will never fade.
The party will never end.
I am a raver, and this is my manifesto.
This is meeee!
