30
October
2006
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13:28 PM
America/Los_Angeles

Kultur Shock: Hello! ween Part 2

By Maria Mouk for Silicon Valley Watcher

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Halloween has yet to arrive, but Tuesday(October 31st) will be costume number 3 for many. I do feel an extended vacation in the air and am only glad to prolong liberating moments such as these... costumes, parties, and more costumes.

If you're hoping to avoid the crowds of Halloween in the Castro, head over to see BatBoy the Musical, at the School of the Arts Theater. It'll having you smiling at worst. :)

Seems like mischievious Halloween spirits spread far and wide... even to the art world where pranksters have "decorated", (no serious damage, I'd say) Dan Das Mann and Karen Cusolito’s “Passage” sculpture on San Francisco’s Embarcadero at Pier 14. This incident follows another recent “bong & lighter prank”.

If 10 tons of steel can get seasonally adorned, you can find inspiration enough to attend one of the happenings on Hallow's eve.

eagle3.jpgThe Extra Action Marching Band has returned to perform (after an extended hiatus:( ) at their big “Scary Halloween Bash" (12 Galaxies in San Francisco). They will be performing Black Sabbath’s First Album which is sure to get you roaring. Sour Mash Hug Band and Live Human open the show.

Alternately, hit the DNA Lounge, for their Halloween Extravaganza, with the musical talents of Rosin Coven, burlesquin of Creepshow Peepshow, Living Dead Girlz, a ton of DJ's, and a $1000 costume contest.


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I also suggest stopping by the Manifesto Gathering fundraiser at Obscura Digital for local flavor with an extended cause.  El Papachango, Shawna, Adam Ohana, Boreta, Kitty-D, Abai, Freek Factory's Haj, and Mozaic will be repping with promised surprises. The event is a fundraiser for an intended gathering December 5th thru December 12th on the Finca Otra Vista Farm, on the Nicoya Peninsula, in MalPais, Costa Rica. (sigh) Heaven.

Raise the bar on what you'd normally do. We are human. Engage the exploration of our potential. Happy frollicking!


 


[diggrz refers to the nomadic lifestyle offered by mobile digital technologies and gadgets - creating a "nomadig" culture. The diggrz name is also a tip-of-the-hat to some of the ideas of the Diggers, a democratic group that arose in 1649, out of the English revolution .


The Diggers were a radical group that cultivated and protected common lands, and sought to create egalitarian, self-sustaining communities. The Diggers would have found  kindred spirits in today's software engineer culture,  and the focus on creating  commonly owned technologies through egalitarian open source community projects. - Tom Foremski]

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