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Di8ORiENT medallions

2008-08-19T07:20:53Z

all the glam-tech kids want one!

look for them at DEX locations later in the week.

or hunt me down in my camp-
Burntown 8:15 & Esplanade.

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BRC lineup???

2008-08-17T20:12:35Z

any word on who, what, when, where, for the playa?

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DISORIENT logo

2008-08-14T05:42:52Z

is there an "8" in the logo this year...

I want my medallions to be correct.

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One BURNING MAN TICKET FOR SALE 250$

2008-08-13T15:42:50Z

anyone intersted..please mesg me..needs to get sold@!! :)

much love

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CoSM Full Moon Drum & Dance

2008-08-12T23:44:02Z

Each month, Alex and Allyson Grey celebrate the Full Moon with an evening of wisdom, music, poetry and prayer from all traditions in the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. Dancing to the tribal sounds of NYC’s most dynamic drum circle follows in the adjacent CoSMosis studio.

We're calling out to
YOU!— Movers and makers
Shimmy-ers and shakers
Visionary creators
Polyrhythmic displayers
Drummers and Dancers
Creative take-chancers:
By Full Moon we converge
Divine love and light surge!

If you have participated in Full Moon before, on any level, we welcome you back. If you have never been to Full Moon, we invite you to join us.

The next Full Moon ceremony will be
Monday, January 21
7:30-9:30pm: Prayer/polytheistic variety program.
9:30pm-midnite: Drum & Dance
$10 donation
CoSM: 542 West 27th St. NYC
cosm.org

Free admission for those who are willing to help with set up and take down.

Namaste,
Soooz

http://tribes.tribe.net/cosmdrum

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4 BM tickets for sale

2008-07-26T05:49:27Z

so it seems that this summer is taking me to adventures elsewhere, far from BRC ...

What this means is that I have 2 tickets for sale - I'm selling them for what they cost me (with fees and such) - $472.50 for the two. I'd rather sell them together, but I could also sell them separately.
message me if you're interested, or pass my email on to anyone off-tribe who might be - udi_pladott {at} earthlink {dot} net

My friend Keren - aka hunterit - also has two tickets to sell. I don't know exactly what's the asking price. You can hit her up by email at hunteritk {at} gmail {dot} com.
She's on the road for the next week or so, so might be a bit slow to respond at first.

I'll be thinking of your dusty, smiling faces ...

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Compressor -Fri 7/11

2008-07-10T23:35:21Z

The time has come...
Disorient's final party before the burn.
Can you hear the dust calling you?

Disorient presents
COMPRESSOR 2008
The call of the Playa

Friday July 11, 2008 - 10pm-6am
@ Club Exit
147 Greenpoint Ave. Brooklyn, NY 718-349-6969
G train to Greenpoint Avenue. Car service: 718-383-6345

Mandala Room (Dance)
10pm LOUIE THE MOLE (Disorient, China Club)
11:30pm FRIAR TUCK (Disorient Brooklyn)
1am ARROW CHROME (Disorient East Village)
2:30am JEFF MISSION (Beatfix, Boston)
4am REDA BRIKI (Annaba, Disorient)

Pink Room (Chill-out)
MIKO (Disorient)
REZA
D-JUICE
FRIAR TUCK (Disorient)

Orange Room (Live)
COSMIC EXPLORER

WEARABLE ART CHALLENGE produced by Miyo-Maniac
PORNJ DIAMOND CLOUD by Pornj Diamond Cell
BLACK LIGHT CHANDELIER by Lowroad
GLAMTECH AURA by Leo Villareal
LIVE DISORIENT SHIRT PRINTING by Peripheral Media Projects
...

$15 limited presale tickets available at www.disorient.com
$20 in GlamTech attire, $30 without. 21+
Proceeds support Disorient camp at Burning Man

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A Cavallo Fundraiser Tomorrow - LOCATION CHANGE

2008-07-10T23:34:18Z

Our awesome bands, dj's and horses can't be at our shop for this party.
A last minute shock had us scrambling, but we're on our feet n' horseshoes at The Hook - around the corner from us at 18 Commerce Street.

Here's the original invite and we're hoping to see you out there for a night of insane fun!

Filth and Glamour:
a workseason kickoff and fundraiser

Saturday, June 7
9pm-5am - Hittin' the fan

It's a fact: Everyone looks better dirty.

It means they're working on something, and working is sexy. So we're
kicking off the season of Git 'er Done with joyous mayhem and a
meeting of the minds!
We all are going dance like people stricken with some kind of fucking euphoria syndrome,
because this musical lineup is unbelievable:

Zozo Afrobeat - 13 pieces, representing the mother, father, brother,
and sister-lands
www.myspace.com/zozoafrobeat

Pimps of Joytime - fornication funk
www.myspace.com/pimpsofjoytime

Subatomic Sound System - deep down dub. like, sub-dub.
www.myspace.com/subatomicsound

High Class Elite - wear gold. then mosh.
www.myspace.com/highclasselite

Lismore - music for making out in space
www.myspace.com/lismore

And we could've had a whole 'nother party with:

Motion Potion with Special Guest -www.myspace.com/motionpotion
joro-boro -www.myspacecom/joroboro
dj jOshU - www.myspace.com/djjoshu
Archie Crunker vs 2melo - www.myspace.com/2melo93

Seriously, you'll have like, an ass seizure.

Workwear: Glamfilth
This all-duty look is worry-free and really saves time. Trashinistas
everywhere are going from the garage to the wedding in such ensembles
as coveralls and coattails, crinoline and welding sleeves, shitty
pants and top hat, fishnets and safety orange. (looking too clean may
earn you a task)

Shop dues: $20

LOCATION CHANGE - Address: 18 Commerce Street, Red Hook
B61 bus stops just a couple of blocks away

Day labor van picks up at Smith-9th Street F train, 9pm-3am (seeking a driver for 1-3 shift)

More or less at acavallo.org

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MINIGOLF build dates this week, June 10 - 15

2008-06-10T18:36:05Z

Hi folks -

Here is the agenda for this week:

1) test run of prototype (didn't get to do this last week)
I'll probably do this thursday. Can I get at least one person to help me with this? If thurs. doesn't work I'll do friday.

2) Buy raw materials and transport to workspace before saturday - maybe also do this thursday?
If we do this, charlie can have the pieces cut before saturday. Anyone able to give me a hand? We need to pick up:
8 x 3/4" OSB
~30 8' 2x4's (or maybe some 10' or 12' ones, I have to figure this out)
- fasteners

QUESTION: Robo would like for the construction to be such that these can be disassembled and reassembled elsewhere. At our prototype build, we discussed using a more permanent attachment mechanism (Alfred .. what was it?? nail gun?) that is faster but not really dis-assemblable. However, the "unit" of the course is a 2' x 6' module, which is actually not too bad in terms of storage and transport. So .. do we use screws, which are less sturdy but can be completely disassembled, or do we use a nail gun, which is stronger, but gives us 2' x 6' x 1' tall pieces that have to be transported as-is?

3) SATURDAY BUILD DATE
What time should we start? I'd say we start pretty early, so that we get a lot done, and so ppl can later go to Archer's thing in the late afternoon. Maybe we aim for 11am? Other suggestions?
IF YOU CAN ONLY HELP FOR 1 OR 2 DAYS ... THIS WEEKEND WOULD BE A GREAT WEEKEND!! Please let me know if you will be able to help on saturday and/or sunday so I know who to expect.

4) ID surface materials and purchase astroturf/outdoor carpet - still need more leads & info on this. any help appreciated.

thanks,
Ed

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SF DJ Looking for Gigs in NY Midweek in the next 2.5 weeks

2008-06-06T08:25:22Z

Yo Peeps,

I'm flying in to NYC tomorrow to attend various weddings. I'd love to drop some beats on ya while I'm not watching my friends get married.

http://www.alxndr.dj for some mixes. I tend to mix it up with midtempo, brit-hop, glitch, dancehall, breaks and wobbly bass.

I'm around until 6/23. I'll be busy with weddings on the weekends but if there's any midweek gigs I'm game. Out here I rock with False Profit, my crew DownLow and the bus adventures TransportedSF.

Werd,

Alx
info at alxndr.dj

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Computer Space Sauce

2008-06-06T06:49:10Z

Hey friends! It's xjordanary here with some free fresh new jams for your eager ears! I feel it's high time to quit being such a perfectionist hoarder of the music I create, and give as much back to all my beautiful friends and family as I can. This is the culmination of the last few creative months in one 34 minute mix of all original tunes composed by yours truly.
I hope you all enjoy, and have a hot n sunny fun summer!
Mucho Amor,
xjordanary
aka Bassobese

Click here to check out Bassobese-Computer Space Sauce:

http://www.bassobese.dj/index.php?&page=beats

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MINIGOLF build dates (incl. this sunday June 1)

2008-05-30T18:24:57Z

Please add these work dates to your calendar and come lend a hand when
possible. Please also forward this message to other folks hey may be
able to lend a hand!

WORK DATES:

Sun. 6/1 - build & test zero-g prototype

[possible weekday work days 6/2 - 6/5]
[possible weekday work days 6/9 - 6/13]

Sat. 6/14 - MAJOR build date
Sun. 6/15 - MAJOR build date

[possible weekday work days 6/16 - 6/19]

Sat. 6/21 - MAJOR build date, but Ed out of town (need another person
to lead this weekend
Sun. 6/22 - MAJOR build date, but Ed out of town

[Ed out of town 6/23, 6/24 but these could be good on site work days
on GI, or days for transport of large components to the island]

Wed. 6/25 - final touches ON SITE
Thur. 6/26 - final touches ON SITE

Fri. 6/27 - OPENING

Build plan [please feel free to add comments/modifications to this]

I. testing & improving zero-g prototype
- what needs to be adjusted?
- can the shape be made playable with additions in the edges?
- how do we make it structurally sound for walking (at least one section)?

II. build major components
- build 6 zero-g units, 2 of these for playing, 4 for lounging
- build start and finish straightaways (finish may be a down ramp)

III. surface elements
- modifying and tuning playing surface
- adding holes for water drainage
- cut roofing paper / waterproof rubber / etc. as a basic surface material
- astroturf: create astroturf patterns for each component and attach
directly to surface material
- attach astroturf/roofing surface (possibly on site)
- design & cut walls for edges & banks of the course

[ IV. OPTIONAL ] - Skill Shot
- this aspect of the design may be added depending on time
- design bypass for zero-g's
- cut holes & install piping

V. Delta shade
- settle on length and width of delta
- acquire fabric, cut, and attach to 2x4's
- build 4 8' triangles (on site)
- assemble delta (on site)
- secure to ground

VI. Signage / Props
- Airport / Magic Carpet Travel Port / Arrivals Lounge / DexAir
theme (to fit with the City of Dreams)
- settle on final set of signs
- create signs: either print & laminate or paint on wood? (to ensure
they are weatherproof)
- attach to structure

VII. Installation
- as much as possible, each component of the hole will be built off-site
- date for transport and assembly on site is not yet set
- surface elements will be designed, cut & ready to attach once base
components are placed

A few design notes:
- given that the surface is a big magic carpet, the surface doesn't
have to be the same in all places. This would be a good way to make
at least part of the putting section MUCH flatter, with perhaps more
curvy/jagged/difficult parts closer to the center of the full carpet
surface.
- I have a few ideas for visually disorienting carpet designs in
astroturf (using 2 colors of turf). Any other suggestions/ideas are
welcome
- Add ons are welcome .. e.g. Ocean proposes to add some fabric
hanging from the deltas

Additional Info:
- build site is in LIC (more details TBA)
- some materials need to be ordered now (delta shade material, astroturf)
- there is a budget. it is not determined yet but will be at least
$1000 (and maybe closer to $1500)
- info on tear down will be forthcoming from figment minigolf
committee (possibly after burningman)

Thanks people!
Ed

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NAIAD DAIAD is upon us!

2008-05-25T18:22:35Z

That's right, kiddies! The wait is over, the gloves are off, and it's time for you to meet NAIAD DAIAD!

NAIAD DAIAD are North America's newest and greatest psychedelic electronic supergroup. Consisting of Brandon Maynard (Aquarium/The Malah, Greenville SC) and Cooper Howland (OpenSourceCode, NYC) NAIAD DAIAD adamantly refuse to recognise genre restrictions, rules, or recommendations about what music is supposed to sound like. Instead, we produce eclectic, freewheeling, effortlessly funky, outrageously danceable music. Equally suited to the chillout or the main stage, morning, noon or night, NAIAD DAIAD has been under construction for over a year, and is finally ready for your consumption! We truly hope that you are as hungry for some brand-new, all-orignal, wildly inventive music as we are to give it to you! The live show consists of two laptops, a guitar with MIDI pickups, microphones, electronic and organic percussion, hardware synthesizers and whatever else we can manage to drag out to the venue! We re-dub, re-mix, and improvise in real-time to create an immersive and involving live experience that's impossible to ignore and damn hard not to dance to.

Check us out at www.myspace.com/naiaddaiad, and if you like what you hear, PM us for a link to a FREE 45-minute live promo set!

We are now accepting gigs in New York City, the Southeastern US and festivals worldwide. Contact us at naiaddaiad@gmail.com.

See you on the dancefloor!

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The Art of Freedom

2008-05-21T11:00:16Z

Call for Papers and Presentations:

THE ART OF FREEDOM
An Interdisciplinary Arts Conference

August 28, 2008
Black Rock City, Nevada

How can we recognize, articulate, and navigate the politics of art and freedom? What are the roles of our communities, cultures, and societies in enabling or restricting arts and freedoms? What freedoms are needed to enable artistic expression? What limitations do we struggle against to achieve artistic freedom? How can freedom be experienced as a form of art? Can art create freedom?

THE ART OF FREEDOM is an Interdisciplinary Arts Conference that will take place on August 28, 2008 in Black Rock City, Nevada at Burning Man (www.burningman.com). Scholars and creative thinkers from all levels of education and experience are invited to submit proposals for panel presentations. Conference sessions will typically consist of panels of three 20-minute paper presentations, but we are also open to proposals with creative and unusual presentation formats (feel free to think outside the box!)

Possible presentation topics might include (but are not limited to):

* Inquiries related to Art, Freedom, and the “American Dream.”
* Considerations of Burning Man and its relation to culture, society, law, or politics.
* Discussions of specific Burning Man Art installations or projects.
* Presentations on censorship in relation to artistic freedom.
* Proposals for new directions in activism related to art and freedom.
* Explorations of the relationships between subcultural expression and “mainstream” cultures.

These are just a few sample topics – we are open to considering any presentation that offers an engaged and/or creative approach to the conference theme.

The conference will be hosted by Freedomcommunity at Burning Man, and all participants should be familiar with the unique conditions of the Black Rock City environment. Note that the minimum cost for attending Burning Man is over $200, so participants should already have plans to attend the festival or should be prepared to embrace the festival in its fullness.

For more information, please contact David Higgins, Glaukopis Conference Coordinator: (glaukopisproject@gmail.com).

Abstracts of 250 words should be sent to (glaukopisproject@gmail.com) no later than June 30, 2008.

Notification will be sent regarding accepted proposals in early July.

PLEASE POST THIS CALL FOR PAPERS WIDELY! Thank you! =)

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Minigolf planning meeting TODAY Sun May 18

2008-05-18T21:14:31Z

TODAY ..

Want to help Disorient build a mini golf hole on Governor's Island?

Planning meeting
May 18, 6 PM
@ the Pink Pony
176 Ludlow St # 1
New York, NY 10002

We'll be catching up to date on the latest info from figment regarding mingolf, drafting a build schedule, and going over design elements. PLEASE JOIN US! =)

p.s. if you can't make it but want to contribute some time building the hole, let me know! We'll be sending out updates on work dates and how you can help.

Ed

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Prepare Yourselves............

2008-05-13T04:46:18Z

NAIAD DAIAD is coming!!!!!!!!!

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Disorient minigolf on Gov's Island?

2008-05-09T01:54:03Z

For those of you not on the puddle: there has been a discussion of Disorient participating in this project this summer, hopefully by creating one hole of this mini-golf course. If you are interested, shoot me a note, or contact Robo, JJ, or Ocean (they are interested in being involved w/ this).

Ed

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Governor's Island Mini Golf Course
Call for Artist Submissions

The Project: This summer, FIGMENT is working with the Governors Island
Preservation and Education Corporation to install a fully functional
9-hole mini golf course on Governors Island, combining recreational
functionality with a unique participatory art project designed and
built by local artists. The course will be free and open to the public
on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays while the island is open from May 31
to the early autumn.

The Challenge: Design and construct a single hole for this mini golf
course, using the theme "City of Dreams." Designs will be judged and
selected on creativity, structural integrity, playability,
feasibility, adherence to theme and budget.

* Creativity: Your piece should be visually stunning and wildly
innovative.
* Structural Integrity: Your piece must be able to withstand use by
players of all ages and sizes, as well as three months' worth of
exposure to the elements. We will provide basic guidelines and
minimums for safe construction of the platforms.
* Playability: Mini golf should be fun, not frustrating. Please design
a hole that you can sink consistently in 2-5 putts. Remember that
young children still developing motor skills will be playing this
game, and if they can't sink a ball into the hole they will hate you.
* Feasibility: Please note that you will be responsible for the
design, construction, and installation of your piece. All 9 holes will
be installed on Governors Island during the week of May 27-30.
* Adherence to Theme: "City of Dreams" is a deliberately open-ended
theme and we encourage your unique interpretation.

The Location: Governors Island is located in the New York Harbor,
approximately 1/2 mile from Lower Manhattan and 1/4 mile from
Brooklyn. Its waterfront offers dramatic and impressive vistas of the
New York skyline and New York Harbor, including the Statue of Liberty
and Ellis Island. In 2003, the Island was opened to the public with
the mission of serving as a cultural and educational location for all
New Yorkers.

To submit a proposal, please respond with the following:
* Your name, address, email, and best phone number to reach you
* 1-3 artistic sketches of your proposed piece
* 1-3 sketches of piece's structural elements
* Brief (100-500 words) description of how your artistic vision
connects with the theme
* Brief construction/installation plan: Where will you build your
piece? What resources do you need, or hope to share, to build and
install the piece?
* Approximate budget for materials only. Selected artists will be
reimbursed for materials purchased up to a certain amount yet to be
determined.

Please submit your proposal by Saturday, April 5, at 11:59 pm ET to
minigolf@figmentnyc.org. Any questions should be directed to this
address, as well.

A few additional considerations:
* Artists will be expected to design, construct, install and maintain
their hole throughout the summer, and to de-install the hole after the
island closes for the season (exact dates to be determined).
* Electricity can be made available for projects that are
weather-proofed appropriately.
* All proposals should be thematically appropriate for players
of all ages.

About FIGMENT: FIGMENT is an annual participatory arts event on
Governors Island in New York Harbor. The mission of FIGMENT is to
provide a forum for community-based participatory art and experience.
FIGMENT strives to build community among artists and participants, to
foster the participatory arts in New York City, and to demonstrate a
vision for the future of Governors Island as an international arts
destination. FIGMENT was launched in 2007 as a one-day arts event,
attracting dozens of participatory arts projects and hosting over
2,800 participants. In 2008, FIGMENT is a three-day event on June
27-29. FIGMENT is a project of Action Arts League
(http://actionartsleague.org), and is produced by a coalition of
volunteers in partnership with The Pure Project
(http://thepureproject.com). For more information about FIGMENT, see
www.figmentnyc.org. For more information about Governors Island, see
www.govisland.com.

This Call for Artists can be found in PDF form here:
http://www.figmentnyc.org/minigolf/FIGMENT%20Minigolf%20Call%20for%20Artists.pdf

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NYC Burning Man Meet & Greet

2008-05-06T16:50:44Z

Wednesday, May 7th 6pm - Tomorrow
HAPPY HOUR MEET & GREET @ The Delancey, upstairs

Wednesdays are the weekly Asylum Village Happy Hour , a long-standing
NYC tradition and a great way for people to pop in and connect with
the community. This one will be a special edition. Aslyum has for the
past four years,
once a year, turned over their Happy Hours to the NYC Burning Man Regionals to
create a huge community Meet & Greet and info exchange.

This year we have an added bonus of access to the Delancey grill
upstairs. Grillmaster
MattWithPoi will be manning the BBQ, so bring meats or veggies and
condiments for
yourselves and to share with others. There is a supermarket 1/2 block
away around the corner
from The Delancey on Clinton.

So come one...come all and.....

* Meet your NYC Regional Contacts (Abby, Cinemagirl, Not That Dave,
Lady Merv & O Man)
* Meet representatives from the Container
* Meet representatives from New York theme camps
* Meet people who are working on art projects
* Participate in an art auction to benefit the Amy Shapiro on playa
Ellis Island art project burn.
* Recruit NYers to help with art projects and themecamps.
* Join with other NYers for our NYC Greeters Shift (on-playa), Exodus,
Rangers, Temple Guardians, Lamplighters etc
* Hang out in a lush rooftop bar
* Wear a goofy Hi! My Name Is name tag!
* Meet all the other playa-bound NYC burners!

People stop by Happy Hour between 6 and midnight. There will be no
formal presentations, but we recommend you be there between 7 and 9 to
meet the most people!

And please, pass this info on to ALL your friends who've expressed an
interest in Burning Man. THIS is the chance to talk about the nuts &
bolts & rebar that make Burning Man happen!

And thanks to Asylum and Mayor Ratti for helping to facilitate.

@ The Delancey
168 Delancey just east of Clinton

See you there!!

NYC Burning Man Regionals

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Call for ACTORS

2008-05-02T21:26:05Z

MOBILE ART PROJECT NEEDS ACTORS

With the exception of art cars, nearly all other art at Burning Man is statically located in one place. Hence, I am looking for actors to join in this great MOBILE ART PROJECT.

The DREAM VENDORS (working title) will be a guerrilla theater group with the mission of COMMITTING RANDOM ACTS OF THEATER AGAINST UNSUSPECTING DENIZENS OF BLACK ROCK CITY. There will be no stage, and there will be no mercy. We will have political, comical, whimsical, dramatical, sophical sketch comedy and/or improv that will occur whenever and wherever we damn feel like it.

This is, of course, a logistical nightmare of the first order. Therefore! Any actor committed to this project (or committed to another asylum) must also agree to camp together with the other Dream Vendors (camp location unknown at this time). The purpose for this is two-fold: First, cat-herding on playa time is a fucking come down and I am not willing to subject myself or any other sentient being to this task. (On the other hand, if you would like to do this and you are NOT a sentient being...) Second, it will give us an opportunity to rehearse, to improv, to break bread together, to drink and to generally stew into a cohesive troupe.

Who's in? What day do you plan to arrive on the Playa?

Please contact me ASAP. I will only do this if we reach critical mass, which I figure is about 2 dozen actors. Less than that and we're not likely to make this happen. If we don't reach critical mass, let's say 24 actors by May 24th, then I'll scratch the project.

So email me right now!! Really, right now!! Really, what are you waiting for?
DreamVendors @ noisesoff .com
Send my your name, playa name, alien name, email addy, underwear size, phone number, what day you plan to arrive and the registration number of your secret decoder ring.

Your faithful bard,
Ivan, the Bad Elf

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Black & Light Ball this Friday!!

2008-05-02T02:18:03Z

Who's going?? Don't forget to RSVP! (its technically a private event).

details here:

http://wiki.disorient.info/

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ALCHEMY! crafty artsy participatory funtimes in sF this saturday

2008-04-21T22:16:28Z

this is our second attempt at this art event. last year went off :) come join us this weekend!

Saturday, April 26th, 9pm-2am
CELLspace (2050 Bryant, in San Francisco)
$15 entrance; full bar available

www.false-profit.com/2008/04/26/alchemy/

San Francisco – Activity erupted the floor of the Stock Exchange and the Artsy Index soared as False Profit, LLC and Missing Piece announced the second incarnation of Alchemy. This flood of activity, however, was not the usual buying and selling.

Several men in business casual were spotted making origami while a large circle of traders watched a walk-off between representatives from several Fortune 500s. Easels sprouted up in the atrium while fortunes built on towers of Legos rose and fell. One bewildered Exchange administrator was heard shouting, “Ok. Who here brought the arc welder?!” It was the most activity the Exchange has ever seen.

“My mind is melting like a Dali clock,” observed one trader, overwhelmed by the unprecedented rise in the Artsy Index. “So I guess that’s what I’ll be painting at Alchemy.”

When asked to describe Alchemy, Stephanie Tholand, Lead Structural Engineer at False Profit, LLC offered this explanation: “It’s really a collaboration built atop a series of collaborations which are themselves collaborations. I assure you, it’s quite unstable and vulnerable to unexpected quakes of artistry.”

Some people are indeed expecting the unexpected: “I’ve heard the Missing Piece fashion show is basically magic,” said an anonymous source from deep within the fashion industry.

Both False Profit, LLC and Missing Piece declined to comment on the details of Alchemy, citing the impossibility of predicting what the attendees will do.

Alchemy, an interactive art event, is commencing on April 26th at
CELLspace in San Francisco and a great flurry of artiness is expected.

--------------------------------------------------

featuring...

-Styles of Magic fashion show by Missing Piece @ 10pm
-Phantoccino, a magic show by Keith Boudreau
-Art Gallery by Will Chase Arts
-Alchemical Afforestation, an interactive steel sculpture by Shira Loa -Digital Paint Mash-Up by Dangermarc
-Pyrocardium, a heartbeat-powered candelabra by False Profit Labs
-Web of (de)Construction, a live textile piece by Medium Reality
-Identity Tapestry by Mary Corey March
-Flame Tree Building Workshop by False Profit Labs
-Phoenix Aviary, a reactive video installation
-Writing Photos, an intersection of writing and photography
-Altered Paintings, reworking thrift-store finds
-Interactive Lights & Magnets, Photo Booth, Lego Robots, origami, and more.

http://www.false-profit.com/2008/04/26/alchemy/

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A Cavallo Fundraiser Party - This Saturday, March 29!

2008-04-03T04:21:12Z

Hey Disorienters, this is a bash we're throwing this weekend at our shop. Should be good times...hope you can make it...
~karen/brokenbear

A Cavallo presents:

Dinosaurs and Astronauts
A fundraiser to get the carousel back out to the desert
Saturday, March 29
9PM to 5AM

A Cavallo celebrates the spasm of weirdness before it all fell apart –
mutant farm animal/dinosaur clones, the New Astronaut Movement
(everyone was doing it), and hyper-frivolity in anticipation of the
coming global clustermess!

With go-go volcanoes! Faulty space capsules! Turkeydactyls and other
beta crossbreeds! Music of many Freakuencies! And a dash of Warp
Factor!

Bands:
Les Sans Culottes
Project Jenny Project Jan
Stumblebum Brass Band
Dynasty Electric
Hannah Gypsy with DJ Mikio
Ricky Duran

Acts:
Stilts and Trapeze by Anya and Kae of Ladycircus
Projections by VJ Terri Ferrari
Go-go-go dancing by Karine and Lady L
Belly manipulation by Deirdre

DJs
Douggie Style
Jomai
Friar Tuck
And Art After Midnight DJs Chris Alker, Sushi Steve, and DJ 5'-5"
taking turns while they shave their heads!

ALSO:
Evolutionary Fashion show: Genus Homo - Then and After (winners win a thing!)
And
A mass extinction after midnight!

Garments: Modern cave dweller, space tourist, porkasaurus, astro-biker
gang member, genetic nightmare, paleo-body-mod (scales/horns/crests
are in!), spaceline stewardess, New Amphibian, andro-sexbot,
extra-terrestrial bureaucrat

Credits: $15

Coordinates: 199 Van Brunt St. (between Seabring and Bowne)
B61 bus stops right in front of the shop (connect from ACF Jay St./Borough Hall)

Electro-gravitic Transport Module – docks at Smith/9th St. F train
stop, and runs from 9:00-3:00.

Cool-ass illustration and other stuff at acavallo.org

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NOHCOLOUR PRESENTS The Wearable Art Challenge

2008-04-03T01:12:10Z

This challenge is open to everyone in our community and those outside to spur their creativity and self-expression in the form of wearable art.

You have 3 months to build your looks.
All participants of the challenge will be featured in a fashion show at Disorient's Compressor party July 11th, 2008 at Club Exit, Brooklyn, NY

There will be prizes for winners and honorable mentions in each category.

Please visit Disorient's wiki to see the rules and guidelines for the challenge:
http://wiki.disorient.info/index.php?title=NOHCOLOUR_PRESENTS_The_Wearable_Art_Challenge

If you have any questions about the challenge, please feel free to contact me. And spread the word! All are welcome to participate

Good luck!
miyo

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Mayday in Tompkins Square Park!!

2008-03-30T16:31:45Z

THE MAYDAY FESTIVAL
Sunday April 27st, 2008—2-6 PM
Tompkins Square Park—East Village—NYC
Free—Rain or Shine

Featuring music by;
Hip Hop Legend GRANDMASTER CAZ {Cold Crush Brothers}
LENNY DEE {Industrial Strenght} Tekno
ARROW CHROME {Blackkat/Disorient} House-n-breaks
JASON BK {Blackkat} Tekno
DJ BALLS {Disorient} Trance
HUNGRY MARCH BAND—Live 10 Piece March Band
Plus surprise guests…

Plus info tables, speakers, art and big bad beautiful YOU basking in the sun and music!!

ARTIST CALL-- We are inviting Theme Camps, Circus performers, artists, performance artists, vendors, political organizations, body-painters, acrobats, clowns, break-dancers, etc. to come, bring props, bring costumes, bring energy and PARTICIPATE!

A little background…

The Mayday Festival (AKA the 22th Annual Squatters Mayday Celebration) is held yearly in Tompkins Square Park as commemoration of Anarchist founded, international workers holiday, Mayday. The holiday is broadly celebrated in Europe as a commemoration of workers rights, the 8 hour workday, and the anarchist martyrs who died in Chicago the bring about those rights. Mayday also has significance as the ancient pagan celebration of fertility and the coming of spring.

For us here in New York, The Mayday Festival is a celebration of the vibrancy of our neighborhood, our city, and a celebration of our counter-cultural communities. It is also a salute to the victorious squatters of the Lower East Side who have transformed the radical dream, “Housing is a Human Right”, into 11 buildings of legal, tenant-controlled, affordable housing.

The Mayday Festival is a time for our communities to come together, to celebrate, to plot, to inspire. Let the cheers of Mayday’s crowd be heard throughout the city--Arts and Culture are ALIVE and well in New York!!

The Mayday Event, which has attracted crowds of several thousand people in the past, has been hosted for the last 9 years by local party collective and arts organization, Blackkat (www.blackkat.org).

Past guests include; Afrika Bamabaataa, DJ Red Alert, Frankie Bones, Lenny Dee, Carlos Soulslinger, Jazzy J and many more.

PEACE OUT!!

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Roommate Search 2008: Squid in search of NY Home

2008-03-25T19:28:41Z

Hey all! I'm finally moving back to NY (from Philly) !! And am in search of an apartment to share with some like-minded freaks. If anyone has a room available or wants to join up and find a place together, please message me or email me at squiddiehoops@gmail.com

Looking to move: May 1st; Will put money down for April if it's the right place:)
Preferably: Brooklyn
About me: 26yo former teacher who bartends and hoops professionally. Silly, loud, active, and goofy. I sing and dance a lot and love improv. I used to live in NY so I know the area well.

Thanks!!!

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Big Ups!!

2008-03-21T21:19:57Z

Thank You disorient for all of you hard work & good vibes putting together a great event @ Exit the other night :) Yay. Thank you for distributing the music around as best you could (different dj styles etc). Thank you thank you :)

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DISORIENT MEETING THIS SUNDAY

2008-03-16T18:21:07Z

Again, for those of you not on the puddle ...

There will be a camp meeting to discuss summer projects, on playa projects, etc. this SUNDAY March 16th, 4pm.

Location is still uncertain, but check back. We've had one very nice offer of a hostess (thanks Suz!)
Anyone in Manhattan able to host a meeting?

We're hoping it can be a potluck! But we need a bit more organization. Help!

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LepreCon08 Point of Contact

2008-03-14T16:08:28Z

Hi Friends...

If any of you lovely people want to join in on the LC'08 Shenanigan's, here is what you need to do...

Paddy has set up a text notification thing to keep you updated while he's on the move.....

To join the LC08 SMS List, visit www.broadtexter.com/LepreCon08 and fill out the online form.
Your Account : LepreCon
Your Broadtexter Number: 646-662-3101
Your Broadtexter Page: www.broadtexter.com/LepreCon08

Slainte!

~Paddy O'Playa

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Di8ORIENT presents GlamTech!!!

2008-03-14T01:26:46Z

di8orient is having a party to celebrate the advent of Glamorous Technology (GlamTech).

We welcome all y'all to get yer freak on and celebrate the coming of blinky and spring.

If you happen to be in the vicinity of Brooklyn, the event is taking place at the fabulous club Exit in Greenpoint.

Looking forward to dancing with you all!

much love,

Ocean

- - -
Disorient presents: GLAMTECH

Friday March 14, 2008 - 10PM-5AM
@ Club Exit,
147 Greenpoint Ave. Brooklyn, NY
718-349-6969

featuring:
SUNDER (Sub Swara, NYC)
JEFF MISSION (Beatfix, Boston)
FRIAR TUCK (Disorient, NYC)
BEENJAMMIN' (Gnome, NYC)
DJ BALLS (Disorient, BRC)

Limited $9 pre-sale tickets available -->
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/30479
Door tickets: $10 in GLAMTECH attire, $20 without

Body painting by Lowroad.
Installations by Miyong, Behind-the-Glass cell & AKAirways

GLAMTECH is the style of Disorient.
GLAMTECH is pink and orange and goes blink in the night.
Take a deep breath of GLAMTECH.
Feel your mind and your energy depart from your body and electrify the dance
floor.

Proceeds support Disorient camp at Burning Man.

www.disorient.com

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Container Storage on the Playa

2008-03-10T20:31:40Z

I need your help to settle a bet.

I think there's a real need and desire for container storage out on the playa. My wife isn't so sure.

Seems to me that there are a lot of folks who go to Burning Man like we do... have a few boxes full of BM gear, clothes, playa bikes and camp infrastructure that make the trek out to the playa, get dusty, get boxed back up (and sometimes cleaned up), and come all the way home, not to be touched again until it's time to go back out. Seems like a waste of resources, time and space to me. Isn't there a way to simplify this process?

Here's the basic idea: we drop a container at your camp, which you fill up with all your dusty Burning Man gear, then we come pick it up for you and store it until next year's burn, when it's waiting for you when you get back on playa. Variations on this theme include container size (one size for camps of 3-4 people, the other those 20' shipping containers for big theme camps), use of containers during the festival as kitchens or shelter, transport of containers from or to your home, perhaps stored for a year or two in between. We could store your bike for you for the year, so all you have to do is pack 4 to a car (plus food) and just show up. Storing art cars is another possibility, although most likely a bit further down the road. You get the idea.

If you already think this is a great idea, you can stop reading and jump to this quick survey (takes four minutes, eight tops if you're ADD like me):

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=14sPO_2f3lEHo1H7TpcTT7_2fQ_3d_3d

To set this up as a business (not profit-centric, keeping to BM principles, but still a business) will require a serious investment of time and money on our part, with no guarantee of participants. If I send out a bunch of emails/posts like this one, and get practically no response, it will seem like a pretty obvious sign. Similarly, if all the interest comes when everyone's packing up on Sunday after the burn, we won't have been able to plan for it. So we need to know: would something like this be of interest to you, and if so, can you take 4-8 minutes to tell me so, and how, and why? Or if there is someone you think might be interested in using a service like this, can you forward this to them and encourage them to respond in the next day or two? The link again:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=14sPO_2f3lEHo1H7TpcTT7_2fQ_3d_3d

We are not soliciting for sales leads or trying to get anybody to commit to anything right now. Obviously, if you want to sign up for more information down the road, we'd be happy to get your email address. All we're trying to do is see if this is an idea worth pursuing, and perhaps more than that, that the people actually interested can get it together to notify us that they would make use of such a service. Think of it more like a psychology experiment than market research.

Feel free to email me directly, too, at massive (at) gamblersruin (dot) com

Help me make my wife a believer

Massive

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Dusty! Tonight! Be There!

2008-02-29T19:04:03Z

Invitation link:

http://option3.biz/dustys_invite.html

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Does anyone know Elsie? Or LC?

2008-02-26T07:22:13Z

i met her at Burning Man and she was from New York but I can't find her. Anyone have some direction to give me???

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Download the New DJ mix, 'Switchcraft' by Orion!

2008-02-19T18:07:03Z

Switchcraft

the new DJ mix by Orion is now available for immediate FREE download from:

http://orion.podomatic.com

'Switchcraft' is my first real DJ mix in almost two years. It contains two co-produced tracks and one self-produced track, in addition to the core collection of juicy new tracks blended with some classic gems you might recognize if you've heard me spin in the last couple years.

Switchcraft (DJ Mix) Tracklisting:

01. ‘Who’s Afraid Of Detroit’ (Stanton Warriors Remix) – Claude Vonstroke
02. ‘About that Time’ (Viro & Rob Analyze Remix) – iLS
03. ‘I Dance U’ (Strider Remix) – Darftphunk & SlackShot
04. ‘Poppa Large’ (Spiral Blaster Remix) – Ultramagnetic Mcs
05. ‘Apollo’ (General MIDI’s Apollo 8 Mix) – Way Out West
06. ‘Get Down feat. Laurie Pierre’ – orion & LB3
07. ‘The 10/40 Window’ – Simon Paul
08. ‘Breakin’ – orion
09. ‘Groovers N Shakers’ – Paradox 3000
10. ‘Some Kinda Funky Shit’ – JDS
11. ‘Loneliness’ (Cut & Run Remix) – Tomcraft
12. ‘Boom!’ (Breakfastaz Remix) – Aquasky Masterblaster
13. ‘Dr. Dub’ – Plump DJs

Orion Keyser is Dee Jay Orion

http://www.myspace.com/deejayorion

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WHERE ARE TOM AND ARIEL??

2008-02-16T14:44:28Z

Hi,

Hate to use this beautiful site for my personal sounding board but i need to reach out to Disorient to find two very dear friends that I have lost touch with from Disorient tribe. They are Israeli's by the name of Tom (Sparrow) and Ariel (Amazing trance DJ, psuedoname unknown) and i gave them a hitch from SF to BM last year.

Does anyone know where they are? I have found Sparrow on tribe but he has not been on in ages, have not been able to locate Ariel. All leads would be appreciated!!!

Kisses love light
Xxlost

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Entheocentric Salon Friday 2.15.08

2008-02-14T18:16:07Z

Friday February 15, 2008

8pm-10pm
Alex Grey and Allyson Grey on love and relationships.

Live Painting:
Alex & Allyson Grey
Sharon Fulcher
Gizem Bacaz
Zachariah Gregory

Body Painting:
Amy Angeles

Music:
Pedro
Alien Ambassador
Zachariah
DJ Luis

Environment Deco:
Phantomime

www.cosm.org
542 West 27th Street
NYC 10001 4th Floor

$20

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Salon of Visionaries, Microcosm Gallery

2008-02-09T22:16:11Z

February 7, 2008- March 29, 2008

MicroCoSm Gallery Presents "Salon of Visionaries", a show of iris giclee prints of some of visionary art's living masters. The term iris giclee describes a contemporary category of printmaking in which signed limited edition fine art prints of archival quality are produced from digital source using ink-jet printing.

The collection of prints are affordable, framed and ready to hang! Great opportunity to begin a collection, or complete one.

Artists:
Paul Laffoley
Mars-1
Robert Venosa
Martina Hoffmann
Carey Thompson
Luke Brown
Robin Larsen
Mikio Kennedy
Michele Wortman
Alex Grey
Allyson Grey
and more...

Microcosm Gallery is open Tue-Sat 11-6
542 West 27th Street, NYC 4th Floor
212-594-8841
contact Gizem Bacaz, manager@microcosmgallery.com
more info: http://www.microcosmgallery.com
or, http://www.cosm.org

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Excursion Collective: SHANGRILA on Sat. Feb. 9th NYC

2008-02-04T03:15:20Z

The EXCURSION COLLECTIVE presents:
http://excursionny.com

xx EXCURSION: 003 : SHANGRILA xx
Saturday Feb. 9th @ Supreme Trading, Williamsburg BK

A project expressing a trip outside our everyday world. Each event themes around an excursion to a
different time or place.This experience sets itself apart with its own full and over the top-sound, energy and visuals.

Musical Performamces by:

JefrTale - (Root Society, Area 33 SiriusRadio, Boston)
3L3TRONIC - (Excursion, Disorient, NYC)
Gusto - (Excursion, NYC)
Medley - (Geishaz, Ortofon, Miami)

Visuals by:
Full Stealth + Crew

Urban Grit+Glam Fashion show by:
Wheylan

Tribal belly dance performance by:
Sera+crew

Surround Sound by:
NYC SOUND and LIGHT

Inflatable structures by:
AK Airways

Art Installations by:
Alyona Mindlin
David Ort
Elizabeth Sciorejones
Briscoe Savoy
Lowroad
Sterling Ely

This is a theme event so definitly bring yourself in costume! although costume is not required Ideas will be on the website.

Costume Ideas ///
WEVE LANDED STYLE -
go wild with your shiniest, grimiest, dessert wardrobe. Black-light sensitive, glitter, and faux fur trim

THE JOURNEY -
post-apocolyptic dessert attire, winter bio-wear

http://excursionny.com

Advance tickets for sale -
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/27227

$7 advance tickets, $10 tickets, $15 at the door

Supreme Trading NY
213 n 8th st
Brooklyn, NY 11211
http://supremetradingny.com

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Download DJ Orion NYE 2008 Party mix! (FREE MUSIC)

2008-01-16T20:36:24Z

The First Hour of 2008, Brooklyn, NYC

Dee Jay Orion
deejay orion
DJ orion

http://orion.podomatic.com

This is how I spent my New Years Eve, so whether you didn't hear about it, couldn't make it, or you have fond memories of that night, one hour of my DJ set has been immortalized in Podland.

Its not my most precise mixtape ever, but its a live party, all vinyl DJ set and the vibe is undeniable.

The quality of the download is greater than the quality of the internet playback, so its recommended that you either download from the website, or subscribe to the podcast via itunes.

Here is the link to subscribe with itunes:
itpc://orion.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

Thanks to everyone who made this possible.

peace, orion

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Have you fallen in love online? - Documentary seeking interviewees

2008-01-13T05:37:53Z

Have you met someone online with whom you fell in love or began to fall in love before you ever met in person?

I’m producing a half-hour radio documentary that in part seeks to explore how the Internet is changing the ways we fall in love. I’m searching for individuals who met online—whether through a dating site or through Tribe, MySpace, Facebook, etc.—and fell or began to fall in love through online correspondence and/or chatting before meeting in person. I’m interested in interviewing individuals and couples from both current and past relationships that started online.

I will need to record the conversation, as the project is for radio. My intention is to pitch the documentary in whole or in part to national and local NPR programs, and I have received initial interest from several venues.

Talk to me.

Best regards,
Aaron Scott
ads2144@columbia.edu

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NYE w the Freeks, DJ Manny, Sera & 28th Day

2008-01-04T22:32:44Z

Gonna keep this brief 'cuz I'm afraid there are going to be too few tickets to go around anyhow, but:

Come spend New Years Eve on the heated, tented, Sequoia Emmanuelle decorated rooftop of Grand Space with your furry cousins at Freek Factory and their host's from 28th Day. Haj, Spiro w Kara and myself on Freek duty. BlackLight as our Dionysic Master of Ceremonies. A Freek Factory Live set. Sera & Solstice repazentin the way that they put NYC on the world tribal bellydancing map. DJ Manny, Kush Arora and Alien Ambassador (Marisa of CoSM) guest shredding and a whole other lineup of international psytrance artists downstairs.

http://www.28thday.com/events/actuate/

(pssst - There is a post on the Puddle concerning this that interested Disorienters should check out)

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Rock This on New Years Eve!!

2008-01-04T04:55:58Z

Winkel & Balktick present...
A Good Olde Fashioned Future
New Year's Eve 2008

http://WinkelLittleStar.Com

10pm til noon! Dinner & breakfast served!
OPEN BAR 10-11 & 3-3:30 PLUS champagne toast at midnight!

Please attend in time travel attire! Bottles of bubbly for the best costumes!

Unbeknownst to all but a select few, Professor Winkel & Count Balktick have been toiling away in their secret laboratory for the past 11 months, perfecting a time machine the likes of which the worlde has not yet seen. In a ramshackle workshop, deep within the steamy bowels of a Brooklyn trash handling facility, they've managed to assemble the very first time machine capable of transporting its users to fantastic & fanciful realms where past & future collide in a spectacular orgy of chronological alchemy.

Your presence is requested as they unveil their creation on New Year's Eve Two Thousand and Eight. The time machine will be set in motion at midnight. Dinner and breakfast will be served. Please attend in costume! (Victorian chimney sweep, Abraham Lincoln, medieval wench, 1930s robot, Marty McFly, spaceman, HAL, pharoah, sheik, hyperevolved humanoids, Mad Max, etc.)

To celebrate this monumental occasion, the following entertainers have been recruited from all regions of the space-time continuum to share visions of the ancient past and distant future:

-Sink into a quantum haze with live music-
Olde-timey boxcar hobo anthems by Shanimal and the Cardiac Arrest
Lunar lounge orchestra with the experimental instruments of Isac Zal
Ribald tales of time travel debauchery by Jessica Delfino
Time warp soul rock by Tommy Mokas & Jenda Wight
Stagecoach and bandit sing-a-long with Mickey Western & Tom Beale

-Future primitive DJ sounds by-
D_Juice (electro disco)
Arrow Chrome (high energy house-influenced breaks-n-electro bass)
Been Jammin' (soulful house)
Reza (delightilicious shiny beats)
Zemi 17 (minimal techno)

-Activities-
Fanciful face painting by Kostume Kult
Epic jousting tournament with Gnome Camp
Timeless massage by Spatch
ManPeg Video motion machine by Jason Weston, Iain Melvin and Sandra Cordero
Meet A Time Traveller video conference uplink with a party in Boston
Antique video game lounge
3D Stereoscopic photo booth by Winkel
Scandalous den of tobacco delights by Hookah Mike
Marvelous morsels by Meki & Lola

-Art-
Inifinite art installations and decor by David Bengali, Hali Vik Gemini & Scoprio and Dave Schor
Inflatables by Anakin Koenig
Olfactory immersion by ethnobotanist Nat B.
Zeppelin by Remus Pop
3D photo booth by Winkel
Screenprinting of the ages by Peripheral Media Projects

-Performance-
Warped time travel spectacles by the House of Yes
Historical pre-enactment fire spinning by Sparkwerks2000
Olde fashioned wrasslin' match between Lady of the Past & Lady of the Future
Fabulous futuristic fashion show by Wheylan

-Space & Time-
10pm til at least noon! Dinner & breakfast will be served.
OPEN BAR 10-11 & 3-3:30 PLUS champagne toast at midnight.

Featuring three spaces in a gorgeous private loft in Long Island City with breathtaking views of the city & sunrise.

37-06 36th st
Long Island City, Queens

G,R,V to 36th St
N,W to 39th Ave

Advance tickets available NOW at http://WinkelLittleStar.com
First tier $25 advance tickets (ALMOST SOLD OUT)
Second tier advance - $30 (400 available)
Tickets may be available at the door - $35
After 5am - $20

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OT: FREE music for you to download today!

2008-01-03T20:00:26Z

Spiral Blaster proudly presents:

Trigger Happy (live analog mix)

I'm not really good at long, flowery, and well worded fanciful promotional e-mails that take the reader on a voyage of the soul, but right now I wish that I was. I feel like a moron, I mean, I don't even have a theme, it ought to have been about the magickal spirits from the realm of the fairies, there ought to be some good ways to adapt a costume to the theme, you know, some way to make a sexy costume that has furry leg warmers, arm warmers, and wings, yet says (cut and paste the appropriate theme) all over it. For me it has been about solving problems, technical problems, compositional problems, performance problems.. I mean, after we invented the instrument, we had to figure out how to play it. Sadly, the problem with problems is that unless Janis Joplin has them, they aren't very sexy.

So anyway, Spiral Blaster has got some more FREE music for you all, 100% original, 100% live electronics, and NO LAPTOP computers. This has taken all of our combined wits, pocket change, time, and emotional stability to create this music, and its yours for free either by downloading directly from our podcast page:

http://spiralblaster.podomatic.com

or by subscribing to our podcast on itunes:

itpc://spiralblaster.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

Thank you,

Orion & Stefan from Spiral Blaster
http://www.myspace.com/spiralblaster

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New Years Day... waffles!

2008-01-02T18:12:31Z

soo

has location been determined?

ill be in the apple
and looking to see as many smiling faces as possible
=D

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DIS8RIENT 8 secret password

2007-12-31T22:20:18Z

Hey, friends of Disorient:
Just a last note to say we hope to see ALL of you at our fantastic afterparty (and french toast breakfast!) tonight (well, really, tomorrow!!)

It starts at 4am and goes unitl 4pm -- the bar will be serving all day -- and breakfast is at 8AM. Awesome DJs, great people, great vibe, and we hope a great start to a great year!

Here's more good news: come by any time, bring your friends, and say ORANGE JUICE to get $20 off the door price (you didn't think we'd forget to give you a password, did you? we like passwords!)

Have a great time tonight -- kiss a lot of people at midnight -- and we'll see you on the other side!!!

DISORIENT PRESENTS

8: The Official Afterparty* of New Years Eve
*and French Toast Breakfast
Libation
137 Ludlow St. (Rivington/Stanton), LES
4AM - 4PM, JAN 1st, 2008

$40 admission
$20 with password: ORANGE JUICE
includes breakfast at 8

DJs: Manny, Arrow, Friar Tuck, 3L3Tronic and More!!!

love,

The Disorient Crew

PS: remember that our friends are throwing two other amazing parties tonight -- in case you need something to do before 4am!

28thday and Freek Factory present
Actuate NYE @ Grand Space
with only the very best progressive DJ's in NYC
GRANDSPACE
778 Bergen St, Brooklyn
9PM to 8AM
$65 presale | $75 door before 11pm | $85 after
(awesome trance and breaks and bellydancing!)

Rubulad Presents: The Iridescent Ball
10pm to 6am(?)
Rubulad Home Base: 338 Flushing Ave., bet. Classon & Taaffee
L train to Bedford Avenue > B61 bus on Driggs to Flushing Ave (10
mins) > left under BQE > Rubulad's on your right just past the gas
station *OR* J / M / Z to Marcy Ave > walk along BQE > left under BQE
$20 before 11:00, in costume, or way late, $25 otherwise.
(funk and breaks and costumes and bands and legendary craziness!)

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2 party bus tickets for sale!

2007-12-30T18:15:13Z

the party bus is **sold out** but i have two tickets if you want 'em!

here are the stops:

Pre Party - Stefan & Avi's Apartment

New Years Celebration - The Good Old Future (a huge Artist Warehouse party on the Edge of Long Island City) http://winkellittlestar.com/

Next Party - The Danger's New Lost City - (Monte Carlo / Mullion Rogue Theme Underground Party in East Williamsburg) - http://thedanger.com/

Next Event - Moby, Frankie Bones & Kudu @ Studio B (A normal hipster venue that we are going to SPICE up with our Costumes, Performance & Verve) http://www.clubstudiob.com/

Photo Opportunity - Either a skyline shot of Manhattan from DUMBO or Time Square we will see what we have time for?

Last Party - Disorient @ Libation on the Lower East Side (Burner After-hours event) http://wiki.disorient.info/index.php?title=Image:Di8orient_eflyer_v1.1.jpg

$120 per ticket is what they charged and what we paid, so that's what we want...

have a ball, baby!
dragonfly 420

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Seeking 2 party bus tickets

2007-12-30T03:16:01Z

Hi all, I'm in town and would love to cruise with you beauties! Anyone have two tickets for the bus they aren't using? Will pay full price of course.

xoxo

Enthusiadam (aka Sputnik II)

:)

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SEQUOIA Line Trunk Show in East Village on Sunday, Dec 30th

2007-12-27T06:58:01Z

Greetings Dear Ones,

I Hope your having a great holiday season!
Sequoia and I are here in New York doing some photoshoots and decor for the New Years Eve party at Grand Space!
We're hoping to catch up and see friends over the next few weeks that we're here.

The trunk show will be at Steffan's place this Sunday, Dec. 30th from 3-7 PM
346 E. 18th St, Apt. LA. between 1st and 2nd ave.
Call Gita at 415-867-5547 for more info.

For those that haven't seen the designs check www.sequoiaemmanuelle.com
Go to the portfolio and hit clothing to see the styles. Or just scroll back through my tribe pics.

We'll also have the designs available during the NYE Acutate party on the rooftop. Info@ www.28thday.com/events/actuate/
and on Jan. 6th from 12-4 at Grand Space before "Church" with Haj and Mikio!
Grand Space
778 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Hope to see you soon!
Happy New Years!
Love,
Gita and Sequoia

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Ky's Birthday!

2007-12-01T05:47:20Z

feliz cumpleaños, amigo!

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New works by Alex Grey TILL DEC 31ST!!!!!

2007-11-29T19:29:25Z

For immediate release
Gallery Manager: Gizem Bacaz
Email: manager@microcosmgallery.com
ph: 212-591-8841

"Net of Being"
New works by Alex Grey
November 10 – December 31
Opening - November 10, 2007 6 - 9pm

On exhibit at MicroCoSM Gallery are Grey's major new paintings including “Holy Family,” and "Net of Being," a fifteen-foot long oil painting introduced to millions by the rock band TOOL. After years of labor, this epic work is on view along with drawings that led to its creation. Related to Grey's series of painted and sculpted "universal beings," begun in 1999, the "Net of Being" portrays an endless perspective of column-like four-faced Godheads. Each head is composed of a fiery grid of eyes and galaxies linked with similar heads in an endless mesh, implying a realm of boundless interconnectedness. A new topology of Being and infinite awareness is mapped by this omni-directional web. Grey states that this visionary realm was visited during an entheogenic (psychedelic) ayahuasca journey he ex-
perienced in 2002. Small sculptural details of the Net of Being are also on view. “Net of Being” was featured on the cover of TOOL’s recent “10,000 Days” album, and the CD package won a 2007 Grammy Award.

Also on exhibit are models of the future Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, architecture designed by Alex Grey. The
entryway pavilion on the ground level is a wheel of 12 Godhead columns similar to those portrayed in the
painting "Net of Being." In the space between the heads nestle smaller replicas of the large domed Chapel.
Smaller Godheads and Chapel shapes repeat fractally, reaching tiny proportions that harmonically relate
to the overall pattern of the building. From every point of view on the grounds of this domed circular struc-
ture, observers witness two profiles mirroring each other, created by the outline of the building and implying
two giant celestial faces. The message encoded in the building is, “When beings come together in Oneness,
they create sacred space.”

The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, being designed to house a permanent collection of
Grey's paintings and sculpture, is itself a profoundly inspiring sculpture for a timeless body of artwork.
Best known for his paintings which “X-ray” multiple dimensions of reality, Alex Grey's visual meditations
on the nature of life and consciousness, have led to a world renowned career of exhibitions from the New Mu-
seum in NYC, to Tokyo, to Sao Paulo, a retrospective at Museum of Contemporary Arts San Diego, features
on Discovery Channel, Newsweek, Time, and album art for multi-platinum and Grammy award winning rock
bands such as Tool, Beastie Boys, and Nirvana. Because of his underground cult status in the psychedelic
world, his artwork is some of the most reproduced on sheets of blotter acid.

Alex Grey's art illuminates worlds of subtle energy and proposes new icons of trans-denominational spirituality. Along with his wife,
artist Allyson Grey, Alex co-founded the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, CoSM, located in Chelsea, open for three
years, as a testing ground for the alliance of divinity, creativity, and community.

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Happy Hour Food Drive

2007-11-25T03:23:37Z

At the upcoming happy hours at the Continental, I'll be hosting a food drive for the Food Bank of New York City. All of the food banks are running low on everything. This is a great time to take a look & see if you have anything from the list below that you'd like to bring by to donate.

As an added incentive, for every 3 items you bring, you'll get a raffle ticket. This will be good for a raffle that we'll draw for the big prize on the last happy hour of collection - Wednesday, December 12. Trigger has generously donated a $100 bar tab for the raffle! So, go through those cupboards and see what you've got.

Happy hours are 11/28, 12/5 and 12/12. Donations accepted from about 7 to about 10PM. You can collect a raffle ticket each week or multiple tickets in one happy hour, depending on how many items you bring for donation.

Also, if anyone has anything they'd like to donate for raffling off, please let me know - as anything to encourage people to donate is generously accepted. If you'd like to help me hand out raffle tickets/take donations, please let me know.

Thanks everyone - in advance - for your contribution! If you have any questions, please let me know. See below for what to donate...
~karen:)

MOST NEEDED FOODS
Foods collected from food drives help provide more than 250,000 hot, nutritious meals every day to people in New York City who turn to food assistance programs. The Food Bank needs a variety of canned, packaged and nonperishable foods - no perishables - to feed more people. The "most wanted" foods include:

Canned fish or meat
Tuna
Salmon
Spam
Ham
Powdered milk and infant formulas
Boxed meals
Pasta
Potatoes
Rice
Canned packaged meals
Macaroni and cheese
Chili
Stews
Meaty soups
Peanut butter (plastic jars only)
Canned vegetables and fruits
All sizes
All kinds
Cereals
Hot
Cold
Canned juices
Canned and packaged beans
Personal products
Toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss
Deodorant
Razors and razor blades
Facial and toilet tissue
Diapers
Feminine hygiene items

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thanks disorient

2007-11-23T18:56:19Z

just wanted to thank the disorient crowd for the hospitality on friday. my love julie and I were in town from Chicago and had a great time. maybe we'll see some of you in Chicago for an entheon event.

Cheers,
John

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Disorient presents ESCAPE VELOCITY (NYC): Friday, November 16, 2007

2007-11-21T17:07:30Z

Disorient presents

ESCAPE VELOCITY

Break free from the dust with Disorient!

L I N E U P___

JOHN DILL (Pickled House/Le Souk Sundays) - bumpin', pumpin' progressive house

MORGAN STONER (WonderBreaks) - slammin', jammin' NY breaks

SPIRAL BLASTER - tweakin', freakin' live techno PA

BEENJAMMIN - movin', groovin' soulful house

Twisted Video Art by JAYGO

Friday, November 16, 2007

10pm - late

Dress: Colorful/Escapist

Venue: LIBATION - 137 Ludlow (stanton/rivington) - VIP room

$20 Door, $10 with password

password: I LOVE MIDNIGHT

Escape Velocity is a fundraiser for Disorient, a Burning Man camp. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund's climate change program, in memory of our wonderful friend Big Nick

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Sub Swara 024::12.1-Year End Mashout w/Stereotyp, Maryanne Hobbs, Dhruva vs. Sharmaji

2007-11-14T23:14:45Z

We're closing the year out LARGE with SS 024! 2 of our favorite artists and ambassadors of bass weight are crossing the Atlantic and touching down at LOVE on a special SATURDAY EDITION to celebrate an amazing year of sound and community.

Behind Door #1…STEREOTYP!!!! We rinse his tracks all the time and it's about time that we get the bredren behind the decks. One of the tru pioneers of digi dancehall and next level dread bass is comin' thru and his track record is too epic to fit on this page…needless to say, his work on Kruder & Dorfmeister's G-Stone records, Klein Records, collabs with Al-Haca, Warrior Queen, Dub Club have been groundbreaking straight up and down. Get Ready…(www.myspace.com/stefanmoerth )

Behind Door #2…MARYANNE HOBBS!!! – The Radio 1 firebrand at the helm of the pioneering experimental electronic show (Tuesday nite >> Wednesday morning 2.00-4.00am) reppin' next generation dubstep, grime, drum&bass, hip-hop, techno, and radical electronic flavaz in every form (formerly known as the Breezeblock) is making her way from London to get up in the Dance. A luminary pushing the freshest underground sounds to the forefront, Mary Anne released a definitive underground compilation album in October 2006. 'Mary Anne Hobbs. Warrior Dubz features exclusive dubs from some of the most cutting edge artists operating on the UK underground scenes (Benga, DMZ, Burial, Loefah, The Bug, Amit, Kode 9 and more). She also featured Sub Swara's own Dhruva and Sharmaji in an epic soundclash vs. Skull Disco (Shackleton and Appleblim) on her show in 07. (www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/)

Speaking of which, Sharmaji (now an official Sub Swara resident -- much respect to Badman DS!) and Dhruva will be teaming up again for a tag team dub session in honor of MaryAnne's presence. A heap of original dubs ready to drop...

Plus, the Sub Swara live set will be in full force, comin' correct with a preview of the Sub Swara album (droppin' early 2008) and the sonics that span the spectrum of bass bin culture.

Like we said, LARGE!! See you up in the dance.

Nutshell:
Sub Swara 024 Year End Blowout

Saturday, December 1, 2007
Love
179 Macdougal @ West. 8th

Special Guests:

Stereotyp (Crunchtime, Klein, G-Stone)
Maryanne Hobbs (BBC Radio 1)

Dhruva vs. Sharmaji (Sub Swara/Lo-Motion)

Sub Swara Live w/ residents:
Dhruva
Sunder
Haj

Visuals – Pictureman & Skip Intro (Insomnia Projects)
$15 door
Limited guaranteed admission $10 advance tickets at www.musicislove.net, $10 reduced list until 1 AM at www.musicislove.net/reduced_guests.php

21+

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Brush Up on your Shakespeare!

2007-11-08T17:21:19Z

Good Morning My Fair Lords and Ladies,

Since we have entered "The Dark Side" of the calendar year, My Roomate and I have decided to turn our attention to all things literary. To this end, we will be instigating Shakespeare Movie Nights on Random Sundays at Random Locations through out the Winter Season. It's all very casual and rather intimate really. Here is the general concept.

Sometime on Sunday afternoons, us Shakespeare Nerds will gather to watch a film or two. It may be a real Shakespeare production, Hamlet, 12 Night, Midsummers Nights..., The Merchant... or it may be a modern remake of a Shakespearean plot, Scotland PA, "O", or even weirder more loosely related films, Prosperos Books, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead, Joan of Ark, Looking for Richard... Well something like that.

The purpose for doing this is to create space where our burner pals will gather, eat, drink, watch movies, and be merry... that's it. If people get inspired to read as a result, this would be awesome, but that's extra credit, so it's not required, and no one is checking. Besides, Shakespeare's plays were contemporary back in the day, and they were written to be viewed as a performance, not read as a novel, so we will, over the course of the winter, more than likely watch them all, perhaps more than once, so if such a thing suits your fancy, stay tuned to this thread for more details...

Brush Up on your Shakespeare Kidz, I promise, you will be glad you did.

Here is a puzzler for you before I go. Which of Shakespeare's plays closes with the protagonist saying the following line???

Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white;
And, being a winner, God give you good night!

~jj

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Decom 2007

2007-11-07T03:10:43Z

I posted pics. . . please feel free to leave comments, critiques, accolades, chocolate. . .
http://people.tribe.net/redheadstepkid/photos

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Sub Swara 023 Tomorrow!

2007-11-01T22:18:07Z

After a monstrous capacity-rockin' 2 year anniversary debut at Love with the Glitch Mob, the Sub Swara posse comes back in November with a night that touches all kinds of bass drenched territory. Hailing from RONI SIZE'S legendary REPRAZENT and FULL CYCLE crews, DJ SUV (V Recordings) will be joining Sub Swara on the wheels with his trademark spread of globally inflected organic junglist and dub sensibilities. Also sharing the stage will be E.L.F (a frequent collaborator with Tipper), straight from Maui, coming correct with his melodically saturated bass weight that's been turning heads nationwide throughout the year. And as always, the Sub Swara Crew will be comin' thru with the live soundsystem heat on LOVE's incredible sound rig.

Nutshell:
Sub Swara 023
@ LOVE
179 Macdougal Street @ W. 8th
10 PM-6 AM $10 advance and on Reduced List before 1AM/$15 door
$10 DISCOUNT ADVANCE TICKETS available at www.musicislove.net

Links, Sounds, Images & Connex:
www.subswara.com
www.musicislove.net
www.djsuv.net
www.myspace.com/subswara
www.myspace.com/dhruvamusic
www.myspace.com/freekusmaximus
www.myspace.com/juakali
www.myspace.com/bassocietymusic
www.foreignfamiliar.com
www.subswara.tribe.net

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DJ hardware/software

2007-11-01T14:44:10Z

calling all laptop DJs, what systems do you guys use?
I just got a MacBookPro and want to get some mixing software...
not sure what one to choose.

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Halloween!!!

2007-10-31T00:42:20Z

What's Disorient's plan for the Halloween Parade this year? Any theme?

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Disorient presents: DOUBLE RAINBOW (Fri. Oct. 12)

2007-10-19T20:31:57Z

Disorient presents: DOUBLE RAINBOW
The bling after the storm.

Libation, 137 Ludlow Str. New York City map 212-529-2153
Fri. Oct. 12, 2007 - 10:00PM until late

featuring
Wolf+Lamb (www.wolflambmusic.com)
Orion (Disorient)
FriarTuck (Disorient)
Rumble (Disorient)

$10 with password, $20 without.
Password is: Double Rainbow

Proceeds support Disorient camp at Burning Man

http://wiki.disorient.info/index.php?title=Parties#Disorient_presents:_DOUBLE_RAINBOW

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Maybe Baby

2007-10-03T18:17:24Z

Should i lunch all responsibilites and burn?

help.

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