Idaho Raves ...and other stuff that came after that

I recently went through my huge ever growing pulsating collection of rave/club flyers from the heart of darkest America to put together this little gallery I'm calling, "Idaho Raves ...and other stuff that came after that."

These little shit pieces of paper represent the time between 1992 and 1995 when a miraculous scene, conjured by designer Jared Gold arrived in the most unlikely place on earth – Idaho Falls, Idaho. It's also the story of how I got involved in deejaying and promoting parties, through helping Jared a little in Idaho and then for a year in Utah following his move here.

It's a mixed bag including some items relating to Jared's early fashion work (with first partner Pamela Moye), The Church of Santa who was created by artist Richard Couch as well as a flyers from some of the Idaho rave promoters that followed. All this needs to see the light of day before my house burns down or I set fire to it myself. I'll try to add some comments in the week to come.

The scans are at semi-high resolution so you can read the text which is extremely entertaining and unlike anything happening in the country at that time. Be sure to scroll down to read/see the full images if it goes past the bottom of your screen.

Also, I'm not trying to tell the WHOLE story, just present my personal collection. Contributions, comments or corrections are welcome. Send to: Email@NewCityMovement.com.

[Related: The Jared Gold Story, BlackChandelier.com]

Comments

[//JRB:j]

O...M...G...

Thanks for posting all those. It takes me back. My poor poor Jetta.

Looks like Boise raves at http://www.boiseraves.com/

[mark]

This is enthralling, thanks for posting it up.

[th0rn]

Thanks for the ID rave scene time capsule!

[Shawn]

Thanks for collecting this stuff! People have always been shocked when I tell them that we were throwing insane raves in IF way back when. This brings back a flood of memories. My favorite has to be the flavored t-shirts and wallpaper at Forbidden Planet that had everyone licking each other.

[knottyboy]

My god, I saw this posting on Boing Boing and saw the writing on the rave fliers as Idaho Falls and did a double take. Now that I come to think of it I believe I met you in Alpine, WY last year at Barney Geises [sp?] birthday party, where you spun some music for us to dance to. You possibly had come up from SLC at his wife's (Nancy) request.
Cheers,
kb

[Furb]

I too saw this on BoingBoing. I've lived in Idaho all of my life and I had no idea there was a rave scene at all. That's actually really cool. Especially it being in Idaho Falls of all places. Wow.

-A crazy person in TF

So glad you all enjoyed it! Thanks for the comments also.

Somehow I knew it would be worth all that scanning to share these with the public.

Cheers!

[x]

Yeah crazylicious!

[leroy]

hey baby! thanx for sharing! i totally remember jared back in the day, handing out these fliers at playscool! we were all in awe at how "state of the art" these fliers were for the time. good on you sweetheart!...kisses...leroy!

[don]

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