A thirty four year old raver from Belfast, Northern Ireland, has expressed concern that he may never grow up to be a grumpy old man unless he changes his party lifestyle.
Marty McConnell, a self confessed rave addict, came to terms with his situation after realising that he “doesn’t give a flying fuck” about most of the things that are set to turn his friends into grumpy old men.
Wunderground caught up with McConnell earlier, “I just don’t know if I’ll ever grow up to be a grumpy old shite like the rest of my friends. It’s slightly worrying because I’m not sure what else I’ll do when I’m old other than moan about how things are different and they used to be better when I was younger.”
“I’m a Catholic and I’m supposed to be a republican but in all honesty I just don’t care about politics or religion,” claimed McConnell. “I’m more worried about where the after party’s at or where I’m going to get some drink at a ridiculous time in the morning, so if I can’t give out about the Brits in Northern Ireland what the fuck else am I going to give out about?”
“I don’t even watch football or support Celtic, so when I go and meet my old friends in the pub I haven’t got a clue what to be talking about,” continued a worried McConnell. “I feel so out of touch with them, they’re all having kids and getting mortgages while I’m out having fun and getting smashed, I’m just more interested in crippling myself with ket than I am with crippling myself with debt and I’m beginning to wonder if that will ever change.”
“I was talking to a friend about taking a camping trip recently, he was on about walking up mountains and being up at the crack of dawn,” continued the thirty four year old, “while I was on about festivals, drinking and being up at the crack of dawn because you haven’t been to sleep. Camping should be more sex, drugs and rock and roll but for him it was more treks, bugs and rolling rocky landscapes.”
well im a 63 yr old raver & proud of it as it’s a priviledge to be part of it beats bingo & gardening any day of the week andrea from cambridge 🙂
I’m going on 49 and just now slowing down. I still attend events but recovery is like recovery from minor surgery.
Well i turned 30 this year… and I feel like you’re inside my head… totally ! Thanks for sharing…
Don’t go changing, guys. I’ve not long hit 40 and am proud to say I smashed an 8th of mandy in at Glastonbury this year and nearly had to be dragged out of Block 9 by my ankles. I’ve been a raver since I was 16 and don’t see why I should ‘act my age’. Bollocks to that. Turn it up 🙂
I’m 41 and will never give up the music or stop feeling 30. I can barely stand “normals” and their microscopic world as it is. Would be impossible for me to join them.
Old Ravers never die! I’ve been partying 39 yrs (aged 58), Camping at Psytrance festivals and still doing many House Fridays, but i’ve stopped after-parties. All excess in moderation guys. Why give up what you love. You can’t replace it. Music is our heartbeat. Yes you are sometimes the granddad at the party but often get loads of respect and admiration too from the young ravers. Just lay off the Ket mate and party on.
if this is how a raver looks then hey – he can stay or leave …’cos he ain’t seen underground as yet!
Here is your mate, I am forty and there is no chance I am giving up the party, granted I look twice as old as my mates but that is because I have been awake longer, I have partied all over the world and it is not stopping any time soon. I hope I die twisted to fuck at a festival or in a club so the last thing I hear is the rythmic beats of a bass bin!. Either that or doing something stupid. It will be etched on my headstone “Disco Dan’s last words….. Hey lads watch this!”
Laters Discodan #RCFR