[Moonbase-discuss] Re: Yuri's Night SF - details

[Benjamin Tinker]

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of course I meant booze
-BenT

Shimmer Kid 808 wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> Yuri's Night in San Francisco is starting to come
> together!  I'd like to thank Sam for intro, and take
> this chance to let everyone know what we have planned.
>  We've got a venue, a band line-up, a lot of visual
> media on-hand, and a bunch of folks committed to
> making this event as memorable as possible.  We are
> going to need some help in the coming months with
> various aspects, but I wanted to send out an
> announcement e-mail so that everybody's can get an
> idea of what we've got planned.
>
> We are going to hold the event at a large warehouse
> space called the Blue Maguey, located at 590 Minnesota
> St (at 18th St).  This building is owned and operated
> by the head of Rodent Records, Elton Ridge, a fellow
> musician and space enthusiast, and I don't think we
> could ask for a better host.  Being the owner of the
> space, Elton is handling a lot of the logistics of
> set-up, including designing the stage, securing our
> Internet connection, dealing w/the sound system and
> power supplies, etc.  I'm dealing more with the
> community outreach/PR stuff, the entertainment
> schedule, and the pro-space groups and their
> materials.  Here's what we have arranged so far.
>
> - Venue:  as I said, this is a warehouse space, we're
> planning on being able to accomodate a few hundred
> people.  A stage is being designed by Elton and will
> need to be assembled, built, and painted the week of
> April 6th, just prior to the show.  We are planning on
> working every evening that week up until the show to
> get this done, and any extra man-(or woman!)power that
> we can get to get this done would be much appreciated.
>  Contact me if you're interested in doing some
> hammering and painting and I can give you further
> details.  We will have beer available for those over
> 21.  The space will be arranged with the semi-circular
> stage in one corner, tables for the pro-space info,
> the "bar", and the bands' merchandise will be set-up
> along the far wall, and projectors and lights will be
> spaced appropriately throughout the rest of the venue.
>
> - Entertainment: The evening will be emceed by Andy
> Peters, and will feature 3 bands (my band the Shimmer
> Kids Underpop Association, the Chantigs, and the Cubby
> Creatures).  The band sets will be broken up with
> other activities, including two short 16mm film
> screenings (the longest being a 14-minute 1972 NASA
> doc on the Apollo 16 mission), a costume contest (win
> a lifetime's supply of Tang! Or at least several
> months' worth...), a short speech/presentation from
> astrophysicist Jerry Whalen from Livermore, and of
> course some of Andy's own irrepressible schtick.  In
> addition to this, we will have several TVs with VCRs,
> several 16mm and 8mm projectors, and a bunch of slide
> projectors on-hand to provide all sorts of visuals.
> We already have an extensive library of space-related
> footage at our disposal.
>
> - Time: Doors will open at 8pm.  As it is now, we have
> things scheduled to end at midnight, but things will
> likely run over if everyone's having a good time.
>
> - Admission: Elton and I agreed we'd like to keep this
> event free and open to the public.  *However* we are
> planning to encourage (and enable) attendees to donate
> money to Yuri's Night-related space
> charities/organizations (as well as purchase band
> merchandise, naturally).
>
> - Webcasting: Please contact Dave Dunstan
> (dave@underpop.org) for info on our Web-presence.
> Dave is coordinating our set-up with Elton and with
> Yuri's Night Digital Team guru Ed "Zig" Chester.
>
> - Pro-space materials/organizations: This is where we
> currently need the most work.  I have contacted a few
> organizations (X-Prize, Space Adventures, the
> Planetary Society) and have received a few
> handouts/publications we can have on-hand.  I have
> contacted the Mars Society about attending and
> providing some info on their activities.  I would like
> to have a lot more organizations involved, if anyone
> is at all interested in having a table, or even just
> attending, please let me know and we will work with
> you.
>
> PR/Promotions: I have contacted the East Bay Express,
> the SF Weekly and the Bay Guardian about including us
> in their event listings.  With any luck, we may
> actually get a write-up from one of them.  I will also
> be posting announcements to the Squidlist and
> Bourgeouis magazine, and of course through the Yuri's
> Night site.  If anyone has any further media contacts
> we can exploit to get the word out about this event,
> please let me know.
>
> I think that's about it for now.  Please contact me
> with any thoughts/questions/outspoken opinions, etc.
>
> Thanks!
> Josh
> "Naturally as our telescopes become more powerful, the
> universe must expand in order to escape them."
> http://www.underpop.org
>
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