Want the Underground to Survive? Buy a Ticket!

A party only works if people commit to it. If you want the nights you love to keep happening, buy your ticket early, share the event and bring your friends.

In 93, I put on my first rave in an abandoned house in the countryside. We handed out 20 photocopied flyers and 700 people came. We were young, much like most of you reading this, and we had no idea what anything cost. If I had to put a cost on it, it was about $500. Parties like that do not happen any more.

Today’s parties happen in licensed venues, with rent, insurance, security, staff, artwork, social media advertising, listings and artist fees, and almost all of it is…