Latest Story
Hawtin, Bodzin & more for FMF
So you thought that the lineup was quality to begin with? Well hang tight, because... [more]
CHANGE CITY :
You might have been tuned in to last week’s storming controversy over Victoria’s Ultraworld event, the fallout of which saw the ITM forums questionably quoted in tabloid daily the Herald Sun in the same breath as the publication provocatively asking its readers ‘should rave parties be banned?’ (read about the ruckus HERE). It’s looking like that may just come true after all, with reports indicating Moorabool Shire Council is moving to revoke the Kryal Castle’s venue permit.
According to the Herald Sun, Moorabool Shire Council will put the future of dance parties at the theme park castle to a vote this Wednesday night. Councilors will then decide whether to make an appeal to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal to prevent the planned Universe dance party taking place at the venue this coming February. Di McAuliffe, Mayor of the Moorabool Shire, claims there is a feeling that something needs to be done about the events. “Nobody likes to open the newspaper and read about overdoses,” she said. “There’s no point hiding under a rock. We need to do something.”
But according to The West Australian last week, the owners of the medieval tourist attraction near Ballarat are standing firm on the events held there. According to Brian Whykes, an adviser to Kryal Castle, the venue is under a three year contract with organisers and there’s one year left to run. “So unless someone says we can’t have them and tells the organisers, we are committed, otherwise we are breaking the contract and are liable,” Whykes said.
It wraps up a far from positive week when it comes to mainstream media’s representation of dance culture, with drug use and overdoses back in the spotlight and newspaper headlines claiming the ‘rave party’ was like a ‘war zone’. Will this be the end of events at Kryal Castle? Stay tuned to ITM for the verdict.
Downlow says...
I blame Ralph Wiggum.
timrobo74 says...
what about banning passouts all together and banning camping? making it an event where you come in and go home? that way it minimizes ppl going back to their tents and getting fucked up, then coming back into the event that is KRYAL and blowing out.....also firmer pat downs are a good idea....? come on ppl...lets not have events banned from kryal just because a small minority like to get too munted and fuck themselves up and potentially ruin the possibility of future kryal events.....
Spiro De Fiero says...
Orright - for anyone to say what I am going to say, they will sound like a conspiracy nut - ahhh, the anominity of the internet... :) If people want something banned - i.e. the parties at said venue, they need more people on their side. Now who better than the current event shows (who play slow, dark music in the background, so that even the most dense viewer can work out that something is bad) to get on side. Now how to do that? Firstly get an overabundance of overenthusiastic cops. Next, have cops enter making all the newbie ravers fret and OG. Then prosecute the few ravers that you do catch for a couple hundred buck fines (yeah, hardly paying the cops fkn wages i know) and wait at the local hospital with a news crew for the blowouts. It has been asked a million times, and it will never be answered - "why don't you mind your own fkn business? we ravers are just out for a good time" . If you (cops/council/parents/whatever) actually read the FACTS on drugs like E, you would find that they are harmless. The only reason that they are illegal here is because Australia followed suit after the US put it on Schedule 1. (I could go on, download "ecstasy rising" - it makes for good watching) Spiro
bassfreak says...
Why not ban hard dance and phat pants? Then there will be less 'G' freaks there thus making it a much better party.......
MrSchnitzel says...
Well that is what you get for having a put the people in a situation without adequate support. There are many safe guards that can be put in place to avoid a situation like this happening to the extent that it has. At least the police presence prevented further commotion. Perhaps more police and stricter code of entry needs to be implemented. Funny thing is, you don't hear about these kind of scare stories when talking about Big Day out, Meredith or Earthcore. I think hardware and killrockstar have a bit to answer for. Things need to be a bit more professional and more care needs to be taken to avoid situations like this in the future.
reasonsounreal says...
Ok... this pisses me off! If its such a big problem that Ballarat Hosptial couldn't handle the intake of patients that "ODed" at Kryal Castle why not do something about it? Speaking from a medical point of view, as I am studying to be a nurse, and from a partier point of view, this reason is just a cope out! What if there was a major car accident on the Western Highway and they were all rushed to the Ballarat Hospital? Would there be enough life support for the 10 victims in the car crash? Would there be a move to close down the road? Ban multi person verhicals? No. This is just a reason for the council to make a point about "rave parties". Its not fair that single out one wrong doing when it wasn't our fault that the police present was AMAZINGLY LOW! No sniffer dogs at the door, only "scray" "sus" looking people being patted down, and waved by a metal detector. Sure they brought one sniffer dog into the venue, but thats definately not hard to avoid considering the word got around the venue that the dog was inside within seconds. Before you make a move and actually ba something you have no idea about, try fixing your own careless mistakes and laziness. Its not OUR fault you weren't prepaired for anything that happened in and out of the event. Get a life. If you ban this, another party, just as big, will happen somewhere else and then you've just got to waste Tax Payers dollors again to ban it. Go fuck yourself
Spiro De Fiero says...
^here here
Lil-lisa says...
Has anyone heard the results yet from the meeting today? The council was to decide if there is any future for raves at Kryal... Fingers crossed!
mikewebster says...
Looks like they didn't get banned after all... http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22953528-421,00.html
amanadili says...
I couldn't agree with you more TIMROBO74 - this is exactly what we were talking about the other night. I'm glad you put forward our point !! I am all for having a police presence at such events if for nothing more than the safety of punters but introducing sniffer dogs is a bad idea. It makes people manic, take all their drugs in one go and guess what happens? You guessed it, they OD and what happens after an OD? Yep, off to hospital and what happens afterwards, the media exaggerates the whole incident. And what happens after that, bad publicity. Most punters, me included, go to these events for the love of the music. Others, sadly, go there to get fucked up then blow out and fuck it up for others.