General discussion / Altered State (the story of ecstasy culture and acid house) by Mattew Collin

If any of you enjoy a good read then check this book out picked it up in HMV the other day and cant put it down lol i was even reading it drunk but had to read that bit again because i forgot what i red only £7 on play.com
i paid £10 in HMV the bastards

From its first publication in 1997, "Altered State" established itself as the definitive text on dance culture. This new edition sees Matthew Collin revisit many of his interviewees from the original book, with hindsight casting a fresh eye on the heady events of the second summer of love. "Altered State" is the bestselling text on rave culture and acid house, written at the time of the election campaign of Tony Blair (which used an Ecstasy anthem as its musical theme), and the trial and acquittal of a 19-year-old for supplying the drug that killed Leah Betts. "Altered State" re-examines the causes and contexts, ideologies and myths of Ecstasy culture, dramatizing its euphoric narrative from peak experience to comedown and aftermath, and shedding new light on the social history of the most spectacular youth movement of the twentieth century.

On 15-08-2009 16:48:06, forde1690 wrote:

If any of you enjoy a good read

Scared of learnig something

On 15-08-2009 16:55:16, forde1690 wrote:

Scared of learnig something

fair play but if you have ever been into the xtc culture it is a really interesting read maybe some day they will make it into a film so you can watch it seeing you dont like reading