Almost Familiar

Almost Familiar

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Almost Familiar episodes

  • The Rape Culture & Consent in the EDM Community Episode

    CW: Rape culture & sexual assault

    Get familiar with what rape culture actually looks like and feels like in the live music community and how you can empower yourself to challenge it in the wake of allegations against Space Jesus and Bassnectar. Wes, assistant manager at Syracuse’s Westcott Theater, and Elizabeth, a rape survivor, share their observations and experiences of rape culture in the EDM community, including Wes’ firsthand experience navigating an encounter with Datsik. Bass Coast’s Harm Reduction Manager & co-founder of Good Night Out Vancouver Stacey Forrester offers an anecdote about transformative justice as we consider what a future could look like where we hold space for both accountability and healing. TL; DR: Keep your damn hands to yourself. 

     

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    Intro & Outro music: Almost Familiar - Pretty Lights

    1 hr 36 min
  • The Pilot Episode

    Get familiar with your co-hosts! Elizabeth Dreeson and Wes Johnson crossed paths for years across the festival scene without actually connecting until they discovered their mutual interest in Pretty Lights at a String Cheese Incident show in Syracuse. When did music festivals become more than just a party for you? When did you “get it?” In the pilot episode of Almost Familiar, Wes and Elizabeth reflect on these questions and more as they discuss how they got into “the scene” and the evolution of their music tastes. They have a feeling their stories might feel almost familiar. They try not to talk about Pretty Lights too much, but sometimes they can’t contain it. 

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    Intro & Outro music: Almost Familiar - Pretty Lights

    34 min

About Almost Familiar

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Is Pretty Lights the Phish of EDM? Is it possible to love Dubstep and Bluegrass? Have you ever called someone a wook or been called a wook yourself? Elizabeth Dreeson and Wes Johnson discuss the evolving landscape of what they call "neo-hippie music festival culture." Wes and Elizabeth have witnessed firsthand this emergent subculture's evolution over the last decade and are interested in looking at the past to make better sense of the present.