I like it when I see a video of people I have never met, and I think, “I’d be friends with those guys!” This is probably the most awesome thing you will see all week. It is also proof that practically everyone from Minnesota sits at the cool kids table.
Archive for July, 2009
The Do Lab and El Circo are joining forces this year to create what is sure to be an epic sound camp on the Esplanade. They are throwing a fundraiser on July 31st which will be undoubtedly epic. As far as I know The Do Lab has been absent from the Playa since 2006 so I’m really looking forward to a triumphant return for them.
Random Rab
An-Ten-Nae
Mimosa
Pantyraid
Kitty-D
Mochipet
Goddess Alchemy Project
& more
This lineup is chock full of glitchy goodness so don’t miss this one, kids. – DJRMD
More summer hijinks for all! – DJRMD
anonEvents, Get YER Freak On! + Climate Theater present
The 1st Annual SUPERHERO STREET FAIR
Where ordinary people do extraordinary things!
SATURDAY JULY 25, 2009
||||||| 1pm til Midnight ||||||
@ A NEWLY DISCOVERED URBAN OASIS
End of Indiana @ Cesar Chavez Overlooking Islais Creek right on the water!
Donation Only: $10 in Super Couture = $20 all Clark Kent
more info: http://www.anonsalon.com/superhero/
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=96980358615
The First SF Super Hero Fest-Of-All!
The first street fair on a Saturday Night on the Water ! A Mayan Day Out of Time celebration of the hero in us all!
Bring out the SuperHero in you … we know you have the character and the costumes! Join us in a celebration of outstanding invididuals and organizations in the Bayview and San Francisco community who are contributing greatly to the arts and/or social betterment.
We will have an awards ceremony for a few who’ve stood out in the past year. A portion of the proceeds from SuperHero will be distributed to help support some recipients, thanks to your donations.
Current List of Award Recipients:
GIRLS 2000 (Hunters Point Family) • SF Food Bank • Green Mary + more TBA!
Musical Zones + Kryptonite Beats by:
• OPULENT TEMPLE • DEEP END • SUNSET/PACIFIC SOUND • BRASS TAX BOOMBOX
• SYMBIOSIS • GET YER FREAK ON • ANONEVENTS
Featuring:
Smoove, Adnan, Majitope, Galen, Solar, J-Bird, Laird, Syd Gris, Kramer, Ding-Dong, Ernie Trevino, Mace, Schwa, Zach Moore, Clark Hamon, Mike Giannini, Mimosa, Bogl, James Christopher + Manny Vibes, Little John, Dov, Mozaic, Bender, Mihkal, Alixr, John Holiday + more!
Live music by:
• AFROLICIOUS • SUPERSONIC SALSA COLLECTIVE w/ Free Salsa Lessons
• SINGLE CELL ORCHESTRA
+ More TBA!
Art FX by:
• VOWEL MOVEMENT BEATBOXERS • CLIMATE THEATER • CIRCUS METROPOLUS
• BAD UNKL SISTA • CITY CIRCUS • FAT CHANCE BELLY DANCE • BRONKAR LEE
• THE FLYING HESEDS
• SUPER POWER FASHION SHOW + TELL • VIDEO WALL/ OPEN STUDIOS
• SOUND MAN MIKE • DEBI DANGER BLACKLIGHT 3D • LIQUID LIGHTS
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Jul
09
Thank you internets…
… for these guys:
This former oil rig workers spent 15 years creating a model oil rig out of 4 million matchsticks. Bonkers!
Read the story and see the whole set of pictures at Telegraph.co.uk:
Mochipet’s latest record, “Godzilla New Year” is out now on Addictech. Click on the images below for glitch hop and dubstep goodness: (via Mochipet’s Myspace)
Its an Alpha Pup records extravaganza this Friday with the Glitch Mob rocking Mezzanine, part of their “More Voltage” tour. Low End Theory favorites Nosaj Thing and Daddy Kev are also featured as “special guests,” with local SF opening support from the mind blowing experimental beats of Eskmo and Ana Sia. The Glitch Mob recently parted ways with Kraddy over creative differences, my guess is that Kraddy got tired of the rest of The Glitch Mob overusing the phrase, “slay the crowd.”
Download a a classic Glitch Mob set here from Boreta, “Sike!”
Download Eskmo’s latest, “Ancestor Mix” here.
Yeah! The Space Cowboys will be back on the Playa this year! They are hosting a nautical-themed fundraiser on Sunday, August 2nd. Ahh, taste the multi-layered irony as burners and breakbeat heads rock a yacht club while wearing sweaters around their necks. So put your dancing pants on and support the crew with the coolest art car around, the Unimog!
The Burning Man 2009 “Evolution” poster is now available from the Burning Man website with stunning art from Cory and Catska.
The street names have also been posted and I think they are particularly good this year. See the full 2009 Black Rock City layout here. For those non-burners out there, during the event Black Rock City is laid out like a clock, with the man at the center. Streets are laid out in concentric circles and along times of the day, from 10 o’clock to 2 o’clock. The streets that are part of the concentric circle grid change names every year according to the theme. They always stay in alphabetical order, and the Esplanade is the first promenade/boardwalky sort of street before the open playa. Thus, it is extremely easy to find your way around in Black Rock City because you can always pinpoint your address in the clock. For example, your camp might be at “6:30 and Adapt” (Adapt would be the first street off the Esplanade.)
2009 Black Rock City Streets:
Esplanade
Adapt
Biology
Chaos
DNA
Extinct
Fossil
Genome
Hominid
Inherit
Jurassic
Kinship
Lineage
Center Camp ring road: Evolution
I think during the event everyone should call “C” street “Creationism,” just to get people riled up, given the whole “Evolution” theme and all.
If you like playing around with Google Earth, you can download data sets from the past three years of Burning Man with 3-D models of art pieces and theme camps done in Google Sketch-Up. Get it here.
-DJRMD
Tickets for this are kinda steep – $35, but the art promises to please the inner pyro in everyone. Find out more at The Crucible’s website.- DJRMD
Each July The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival celebrates creativity through fire and light with a spectacular open-air exhibition of interactive fire art, performance and the largest collection of outdoor fire sculpture on the West Coast. The Fire Arts Festival is our major fundraising event, and proceeds benefit The Crucible’s arts education programs for youth and adults. You’ll be dwarfed by gigantic sculptures, get hands-on with interactive installations, and experience an eye-popping array of cutting edge fire sculpture and art from the all over the country. Each evening, fire performers will awe and amaze the most discerning pyrophile and you’ll be dazzled by incredible music and dance performances. It’s the must-see event of the summer.
