Community Profile

SFRaves is an electronic virtual community of ravers, networking together around the clock, sharing information and ideas, and even planning our own parties. The mailing list started in 1992 and has over 2500 members from all parts of the community and all parts of the world (although the focus of the discussion is on the San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area). The email lists, various online extended networks networks, website, and other contributions to the online community give SFRaves a reach of over 11000 people and growing.

The SFRaves Community on Livejournal was founded and is administrated by karina

SFR was founded as part of Hyperreal.org in March, 1992 by Brian Behlendorf.
Brian is also the cofounder of the Apache Webserver Project, Opensource.org, and Collab.net as well as various projects

Karina is the webmistress of SFRaves.org as well as various other sites such as karina.net

Terry Estioko is the moderator of the SFRaves Discussion Mailing List.

SFRaves Network Contacts:
SFRaves @ Livejournal.com,
SFRaves @ Tribe.net,
SFRaves @ Friendster.com,
SFRaves Myspace Group, SFRaves @ Myspace
and SFRaves @ Orkut.com

SFRaves serves the community for 13 years strong!

SFRaves is 13 YEARS OLD :) (March 1992 -> March 2005)
The SFRaves Calendar is now a decade old :) (March 1995 -> March 2005)

SFRaves / Hyperreal.org are not for profit entities, this is a *FREE* resource that supports the local community. Our time is given voluntarily, Commercial-free, SFRaves loves thee!

http://www.sfraves.org / http://www.hyperreal.org/raves/sf

<3 Karina

SFRaves Network:

SFRaves @ Livejournal.com</b> | SFRaves
@ Friendster.com | SFRaves @ Tribe.net |
SFRaves Myspace Group | SFRaves
@ Myspace | SFRaves @
Orkut.com

SFRaves Mailing Lists

SFRAVES CALENDAR:



Connect w/ FREE Event Info, Calendar Publication, Promotion @ SFRaves Calendar!

• The SFRaves Calendar
  is a decade young :) (March 1995 -March 2005)
  
  Please send all input, requests, suggestions, Development,QA comments regarding the SFRaves Calendar to karina@hyperreal.org.
  
  
  


• For More Information: please refer to the SFRaves Calendar FAQ


• 2005-10-17 : SFRaves Calendar Stats: SFRaves Calendar User
  Registration has skyrocketed to 372 groups
  and 2670 people as of June 2005!

• Subscribe the SFRaves Calendar Mailing List:


• 1) * To subscribe to the SFRaves Calendar list, send an
  email message to: sfraves-calendar-subscribe@hyperreal.org
  


• 2) Connect with the SFRaves Calendar - FREE
  Promotions, Group & People Profiles, Event Self publication: http://www.hyperreal.org/raves/sf/calendar2/
  


• 3) Register to create an account @ http://www.hyperreal.org/raves/sf/calendar2/add_person_form
  


• 4) If applicable, add a Group for your Collective,
  Production Crew, Label,
  Event Promotion, et al: http://www.hyperreal.org/raves/sf/calendar2/groups/create_group_form
  


• 5) Add/Publish and Event to the SFRaves Calendar: http://www.hyperreal.org/raves/sf/calendar2/add_event_form

SFRAVES DISCUSSION:



Connect with the SFRaves Community on the SFRaves Discussion List! :)

• * To subscribe to
  the SFRaves
  Discussion list, send an email
  message to: sfraves-subscribe@hyperreal.org




SFRaves Network






• SFRaves @ Livejournal.com


• SFRaves
  @ Friendster.com


• SFRaves @ Tribe.net


• SFRaves
  Myspace
  Group


• SFRaves
  @ Myspace


• SFRaves @
  Orkut.com








 Free Services provided include:



The SFRaves Hyperreal Rave Interface 1.0	SFRaves.org Events Calendar
An email discussion list, Events Calendar Mailing List & Subscription Info. Subscribe!	and
White Pages	Yellow Pages
Map of San Francisco Venues and much more.	Pictures
SFR History	Flyers
Info Lines	Radio and Television Show Listings





"I am a raver, and this is my manifesto."

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.