Rave New World

THE JIMOTHY RAVE WAS IRL BRAIN ROT

Raccoon mania is melting our minds

Jul 31 • Megan Gannon

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SAUNA BEACH PARTIES AND ROBOT DOG FIGHTS

Dispatch from the fringes of the Bay Area's tech accelerationist pseudo-utopia

Jul 16 • Michelle Lhooq

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June 2026

KNICKS IN FIVE

For one night, the greatest party was on the streets of New York City

Jun 25 • Michelle Lhooq

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May 2026

MY STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH MICHAEL ALIG, THE PARTY MONSTER

Looking back at one of the most controversial figures in New York nightlife

May 31 • Michelle Lhooq

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KETAMINE MEDITATIONS, PSYCHEDELIC JAZZ, AND THE FUTURE OF DRUG REFORM

DoubleBlind magazine's Shelby Hartman on their new guide to tripping

May 12 • Michelle Lhooq

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April 2026

EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED FROM STARTING AN ALT SUBSTACK

A virtual AMA

Apr 29 • Michelle Lhooq

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WE HAVE ENTERED THE ERA OF CONSERVATIVE PSYCHEDELIA

Where does this leave the hippies, heretics, and hedonists—in other words, the rest of us?

Apr 27 • Michelle Lhooq

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“I think real counterculture, real subversion, real radicality, real freedom is really, really hard to find.”

Reporter Michelle Lhooq takes us to a puppet rave

Published on The Substack Post • Apr 15

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March 2026

ALL THE FREE SHIT I GOT AT SXSW

Ranked from most to least cursed

Mar 23 • Michelle Lhooq

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🛸 THIS IS A TRANSMISSION FROM JEFF MILLS

Techno's foremost futurist on AI, telepathy, and alien encounters

Mar 6 • Michelle Lhooq

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COME HANG

4:20pm PST this Friday

Mar 3 • Michelle Lhooq

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February 2026

THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT IS IN A VERY WEIRD PLACE

How does raving fit into a field increasingly dominated by right-wing legislators, Big Pharma, and traumatized war vets?

Feb 26 • Michelle Lhooq

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