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Source of Matrix Style: Rave Culture

  The signature Matrix style came out of the rave and club scene of the 1980s and 1990s. The first three clips from different Matrix films ( 1999 , 2003 , and 2003 ) show the derivative 2000s' depiction of what had initially been underground illegal gatherings in warehouses, ice rinks, abandoned buildings, and parks.  Note, everything here is reproduced non-commercially under Fair Use, for the purposes of discussion.   By the early Millennium, the rave style - black shorts, halter tops, PVC body suits and sunglasses at three in the morning - became a badge of a personal philosophy, a blend of Buddhist and Sanskrit wisdom mixed with gaming, hacker politics and cyberpunk. Here are a few videos and other media from the 1990s which show the original raw sources of the Matrix's signature style, which many have now forgotten. I'm writing as someone who trekked out to an aircraft hangar with a friend in Munich in the summer of 1996, only to find it had been reclaimed from the ra...
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A New Mythology for the Turn of the Millennium: The Podcast

The blog will now begin exploring the power of AI to discuss the stories I have been writing for over a decade and plan now to bring closer to publication. Since AI is considered a universal threat to creators, I will discuss what it means to work with this exponentially-growing medium as a commentator and potential fictional character in itself.
 
To that end, I have a new podcast series about my fictional writing: A New Mythology for the New Millennium. This first podcast was generated by AI and is the start of a new journey, building on the work I did at Histories of Things to Come and on Patreon, Discord and Telegram. It will also profile the millennial characters and storylines in my fiction.
 
The AI voices are a bit weird, but that is part of the exploration. They make conclusions about my writing, a form of odd literary criticism from 'out there.' Link to the playlist. Link to Podcast #1. Can an AI which is commenting on human arts become a critic - or a metafictional character inside those arts? We will see.
 



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