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Armed Soldiers break up Legal Outdoor Rave in Utah

Written by TParker
Tuesday, 23 August 2005
Shocked. Just shocked. Is it now illegal to DANCE in America? I just picked up on a thread over at Vox Day's blog about a Rave Dance party in Utah that was busted up by SWAT teams, police and ARMED-freaking SOLDIERS!! There is also a short video of the very begining of the assault that you can download Here. And some more video Here. The promoters claim they had obtained the proper licenses, hired security guards as required and secured portable toilets at the outdoor location for attendees. Regardless, at around 11:30 a helicopter starting circling, semi trucks filled with National Guard Soldiers, SWAT teams and Police Officers jumped out and rushed into the crowd. They were reportedly armed with M-16s, Ak-47s, nightsticks, tear-gas, and tazers. The U.S. Constitution FORBIDS any branch of the U.S. Military (including the National Guard) from being used on U.S. soil in a law enforcement capacity. This is truly OUTRAGEOUS! Oh, but wait... it's just a bunch of doped-up ravers, right? *Bastards!* Click here to read an eyewitness account. Click here to read an update of the situation as of 8/24/05. Especially Read This One written by Matt Welch over at Reason Online.
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Studio Jargon

Mode

A simple definition of this complex and diverse term would almost certainly be inaccurate, while a full discussion is beyond the scope of this glossary, but here goes. Essentially a type of scale. If the notes used in a melody all appear in a given modal scale, and if the melody begins or ends on the base note (final) of the modal scale, the melody is said to be in that mode. The modes most commonly referred to can be obtained by playing only (and all of) the white piano notes between certain keys and their octaves thus: Ionian C - C, Dorian D - D, Phrygian E - E, Lydian F - F, Mixolydian G - G, Aeolian A - A. Modes are most commonly encountered in folk and ethnic music. The modern major and minor scales correspond to the ionian and aeolian modes respectively. So it seems that tonal music (most of the music written in the last 300 - 400 years) is based on only two of a number of possible scales, and it is interesting to note that while much European art music has confined itself to a thorough exploration of only these two modes, the rest of the world and European folk musicians have been quietly exploring all the rest and others. In defence of the apparent narrow mindedness of European art musicians, it must be said that the other modes do not easily lend themselves to the systematic and hierarchical structures beloved of them.

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