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New Stuff
First Frickin' Fridays
mikl-em will have the last word at the final FFF
mikl-em, co-founder of Laughing Squid's own Tentacle Sessions, will be presenting the final installement of his series First Frickin' Fridays. The last FFF will take place on Friday, October 3rd at 21 Grand in Oakland and will feature Tom Koch (aka Univac). Here are photos from FFF #7 from 8/1/03 featuring Bucky Sinister and Ralph Carney.
Yuri Lane
Yuri Lane's "From Tel Aviv to Ramallah"
Human Beatbox, Yuri Lane, returns to San Francisco to present his amazing performance "From Tel Aviv to Ramallah" at Spanganga, September 19th through October 19th, 2003.
Burning Man Decompression
Steven Raspa and Peter Doty
in a rapid state of decompression
Burning Man Decompression 03, the 4th annual Heat the Street Faire, will take place on Sunday, October 12, 2003 on Indiana Street and in Club Cocomo in San Francisco. Here are photos from Decompression 02.
ArtCar Fest
Snorky in the San Jose sunshine
For the last 8 years Harrod Blank, Philo Northrup and an amazing crew have been organizing ArtCar Fest, the largest gathering of art cars on the West Coast. Here are photos from ArtCar Fest 2003 at the San Jose Museum of Art.
SXIP + The Evolution Control Committee
SXIP at The Odeon, June 2003
The Evolution Control Committee's tradeMark Gunderson
demonstrates the wonders of The Thimbletron
Here are photos of SXIP and The Evolution Control Committee from their 9/20/03 show at The Odeon Bar in San Francisco.
SEEMEN
Marci Bravo testing Monkey On Your Back
Kal Spelletich of SEEMEN has been busy working on new machines in his shop and recently returned from some successful shows NYC. Here are photos from a 8/15/03 test run of Kal's latest creation, "Monkey On Your Back", which was recently included in "The Art of Machines" show at RX Gallery on 8/21/03.
San Francisco Liberation Radio
John Hell explaining that cops in fact do fear pimp turf wars
San Francisco Liberation Radio is a microradio station serving the San Francisco Bay Area at 93.7 FM and the world through their online stream. Here are photos from the 8/18/03 broadcast of John Hell's "The Cops Fear Pimp Turf War Show". Tune in and help support micro radio.
Cyclecide Bike Rodeo
Jay Brummel and his fire-belching Chupacabra
Cyclecide Bike Rodeo is traveling the West this summer in the Tour de Fat Tire Beer. Here are photos from their pre-tour fundraiser on August 3rd at Pound SF in San Francisco. In April 2003, the SF Cyclecide crew, with Jarico Reese at the helm of the bus, shepherded the Doggie Diner Dog Heads across the US for the Laughing Squid: NYC show at CB's Gallery in Manhattan and then joined forces with The Madagascar Institute
the next day for a massive bike rodeo in Brooklyn.
Cory McAbee
Cory McAbee recently returned to San Francisco with his legendary band The Billy Nayer Show for a couple of wonderful shows at Cafe du Nord. His amazing and bizarre film The American Astronaut screened at the The Red Vic. If you have a chance in the future, try to see either or both. We give it our ten tentacles up. Cory delivered an amazing peformance at Laughing Squid: NYC on 4/26/03.
QBOX & The Box Shop
the tiki god protects all who enter The Box Shop
QBOX, an organziation that promotes and produces events that feature mechanical, kinetic and electronic art, finally has a place to call its home: The Box Shop. Located in beautiful Hunter's Point, San Francisco, The Box Shop has been around for a few years in various forms and is now going to fullfill its destiny as a gallery and machine shop for QBOX artists. Here are photos from QBOX's Box Shop Open House which took place on 8/7/03.
The Billboard Liberation Front
Agitprop masters The Billboard Liberation Front have struck twice in a row in the summer of 2003. First with the The Sappho Collection on 7/14/03 and then on 8/1/03 with Lawsuits: The American Dream.
Ask Dr. Hal
Dr. Hal has all of the answers to your questions
Our beloved Hal Robins (aka Dr. Howland Owll) was featured in the July 30-August 5 edition of The SF Weekly. Hal (along with KROB and Chicken John) can be seen each Wednesday in the amazing "Ask Dr. Hal" show at The Odeon Bar in San Francisco. Ask him any question and for $1 he will supply the answer and then some. Here are photos from the 7/30/03 session.
Life Size Game of Mouse Trap
Mark Perez is building a better mouse trap
Mark Perez and his talented crew is hard at work building a life size version of the classic game Mouse Trap. If all goes according to plan, the it will be ready in time for the Holiday season. Stay tuned for more info and in the mean time, check out the photos from the Mouse Trap Benefit that was held at The Barn in Hunters Point, San Francisco on 7/26/03.
Comic-Com 2003
Attaboy getting excited
about a potential sticker sale
Laughing Squid, Attaboy's Yumfactory, Gobler Toys, Annie Owens and mikl-em shared booth 1333 at Comic-Con in San Diego 7/16/03-7/20/03. Here's photographic evidence of their participation. WARNING! Real live geeks in their natural habitat.
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