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Nu Raver

[seen] [kid] noun, Ceenstis Kidos Latin – Nu Raver definition

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Switch Investigates:

We searched the net,spoke to tribes and hung out with them: all to find out what it would be like to be… one of them?

Here's what we found out: -

If I were a...Nu Raver

What would I wear?

  • Girl? Vintage dresses.
  • Guy? Eyeliner.
  • Scene Guys wear girls' jeans, Scene Girls wear guys' jeans…. interesting.
  • I'd have a crazy, glam-rock 80's hair-do (usually really black or really blonde) that covers my entire face.

What about music?

  • I'm often heard saying 'I've got their first unreleased album, only heard by me and 3 other people in the entire world.'
  • I know more about My Chemical Romance than My Chemical Romance know about My Chemical Romance.
  • If it goes mainstream, it goes DOWNstream.
  • I never head bang, might mess up the hair.

What do I think?

  • Online I become my Alter-Ego.
  • I am cooler than thou.
  • Scenesters are doing it for themselves.
  • I must stand out in the crowd. My hair must stand out in the crowd.

What do I do?

  • I go to random gigs in random venues: Record Stores, Churches, Garages, libraries, garden sheds, toilets etc.
  • I'm seen in all the most fashionable places for no particular reason except to be scene.
  • I fix my hair.

How do I (social) network? (Myspace, Bebo, Facebook, MSN)

  • By making Pouty Poses in pictures.
  • By using screen names that combine 'cool' band names or lyrics with my own, like 'Clap Your Hands Say CLAIRE' or 'SAMisonfire.'
  • I must have over 4,000,000 friends.
  • Did I mention that I love my hair?
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