Rave New World: Confessions of a Raving Reporter

Love this book! It triggers so many memories of the rave era. Thoroughly recommended.' - FATBOY SLIM'Captures the hedonism and humour of the nineties with a laugh-out-loud honesty. The perfect Ibiza holiday read...if you can get it through customs!' -JUDGE JULES . As a humble barman at the M25 Orbital raves | Kirk Field witnessed the moment acid house exploded. Inspired by media lies to start writing the truth about what he saw unfolding | Kirk became a 'raving' reporter for the clubbers' bible Mixmag | covering the historic parties from the inside and sending sweat-soaked dispatches from distant dancefloors as the scene expanded across Europe and beyond.. With a cast of characters including Diego Maradona | Timothy Leary | the KLF | Michael Eavis | Genesis P-Orridge | Brigitte Nielsen | Boris Yeltsin | Boy George | Saddam Hussein's wife | the president of Tunisia | the CIA | the KGB | Dave Courtney | Norman Lamont's dominatrix and even Her Majesty the Queen | Kirk's whirlwind account of the golden age of clubbing tells the story of what really happened in the 'naughty '90s' | exposing the seedy underbelly of rave culture while also capturing the nostalgic spirit of the era.. Told through a mixture of vivid first-person narrative | surreal insider anecdotes and incisive social commentary | this honest | hilarious and uncensored postcard of hedonism will appeal to anyone who's ever put their hands in the air like they just don't care.