"...mainstream society would eventually adopt rave-culture ideals, fashion, etc...i.e., that new C(h)OKE commercial that started airing a while ago has some seriously ravey overtones!...raves are less of an unknown that they used to be...some people get their flyers from people at raves, others get'em off the counter at The Gap" (N.B.: Mon, 15 Apr 96 19:39:54).
Traditionally, underground scenes are havens for art, cutting egde fashion and music: it is only logical that the scene would eventually be co-opted and modified by the market for consumption by mainstream culture as is seen in Levi jeans and Coca Cola commercials.
It appears that the NWRS is less of an underground scene than when it previously started in the early 1990's and is becoming much more mainstream, commodified and even legal. For example, at Soul Synergy in Seattle, the Seattle police where present outside of the party to monitor activity and inside to frisk participants who were entering. The presence of police at formerly illegal and underground events strongly indicates that the NWRS is in the process of joining mainstream culture.