Electric Daisy Carnival Rave Bounces Back With Large, Behaved Crowds in Vegas Following L.A. Controversy

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Strumpling

Hey Dennis were you not allowed to mention "etards" and make fun of raves and talk shit about Insomniac in your Las Vegas Weekly articles?

What a shame. Las Vegas should know you're an asshole, and it's only very SLIGHTLY apparent by your articles posted in LVW. Afraid to show your true self to Las Vegas? Or were you just not ALLOWED to?

WOLF

this man is the exact reason why the mainstream of "normal" adult Americans don't understand and as a result fear/hate on everything they do not understand. just because drugs are present, one, such as the author of the article, would be considered to be absolutely ignorant to say that this and all events are about the drugs... ITS MUSIC PEOPLE, its been like this since the beginning of all music, if you don't like it, don't report on it... instead of being a stupid ignorant reporter that cant see the real reason for these things, maybe attend one with an open mind and see the amount of love and peace that lives and resides in the bodies and souls of all the "drugged out ravers" in attendance. Negativity is what our media is 100% based upon, how about you step away from being a doucher and join the PLUR movement, the real PLUR movement....

Cj2033066

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guest

here is a link to a report from a reliable news sourcehttp://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy...

killertv

The people in the picture are festival goers. They aren't at an illegal party, but at a multiple-stage concert coordinated with local authorities. For someone stuck with using the "proper terminology" for medical calls there's no dedication to that same journalistic rigor with regard to festival attendees.

The event stemmed a number of last year's problems, specifically attendee immaturity and over-crowding. Stage videos promoted hydration and DJs told crowds to be safe. Unequivocally, EDC Las Vegas was a success that ushers in a new era of electronic music festival safety. Perhaps you could write an article about what they did right different from LA?

Dennis Romero

killer: Actually the number of arrests and medical emergencies were very similar to last year's event. Sure there wasn't the kind of in-the-park gatecrashing we saw at the Coliseum (I did witness sporadic gatecrashing at one of the front gates in Vegas myself), and no one died.

Ksteinbr

Dennis, the overall message most of the people who commented are trying to convey to you is to have a more open mind. Though they are doing it in a way that is a little unfriendly because most of us feel you have stigmatized these type of events negatively and thus a lot of music enthusiasts take it personally, which is understandable. At a minimum why don't you do some comparisons to non-electronic music events of similar size???? Also, there have been many efforts by the community to increase safety last year this is a well known fact.

With that said arguing back with everyone and acting dismissive is really only continuing to prove their point that you are close minded vs listening to what people are saying and trying to consider if it has any value.

Guest

This is a very biased article that only remarks on what every other media outlet has remarked on - the negatives. Tell the world about the spectacular production, A-list lineup, and extravagant art installations for once.Tell the world how the other 100k+ people who didn't get arrested or hurt had an incredible experience that they will remember for the rest of their lives. The only reason these events are associated with drug abuse and overdoses is because of journalists like this. Why else would "ecstasy" be a tag on an article completely unrelated to the drug? Show some journalistic integrity. Report the facts.

Dennis Romero

Guest: Check the links to the music reviews at the bottom. Show some reading integrity.

Dennis Romero is a douche! I wish the LA Weekly would stop publishing his very opinionated articles on Insomniac events. Find some real journalist to write for your publication.

Dennis Romero

Thanks!

anthony909

You are nothing but an ass who writes very opinionated articles trying to put down Insomniac. Since when are they in competition with Coachella? The festivals complement each other very well. Ravers or festival goers? What exactly do you mean by that and what does it matter anyways? People come here to have a good time and enjoy excellent music, why do you constantly have to shine a bad light on them?Also why are you writing in the LA Weekly about a festival no longer held in LA? Just to remind you, you are a blogger and not a journalist, and probably never will be with your piss poor writing skills.

Final_era858

Behaved crowds? Maybe because with all the kiddies back home in LA, the serious party people could actually hold it down. SUPRISE. Older people = better at being responsible. 21+ all parties from now on (just kidding....sorta).