Posted: October 21st, 2010 | Author: Blackbox Squeezebeard | Filed under: Show announcements and recaps | Tags: Blackberry Wood, Critical Mass, Grandview Legion, Hallowe'en, Little Woo, Revelry Society, Timothy Wisdom, Velofusion, Veloween | 1 Comment »
What are you doing after this?
How about this?
Witches, warlocks and other Hallowe’en creatures that bump in the night, lend me your ear(wig)s! Our night to celebrate the powers of light and (mostly) the dark is nigh upon us! The cursedly Creaking Planks will begin the evening, after which Little Woo will alter the fabric of the space-time continuum, transporting us to “The Silent Kingdom” with shades of puppets.
The heresy of the Blackberry Woods will lead us into a Bacchanalian trance of dance madness, and the wizard known only as Timothy Wisdom will weave enchantments of endless motion until the late hours. Potions will be drunk and demon’s gate spells will be cast.
The party rolls at the Grandview Legion Hall upstairs at 2205 Commercial Drive; admission is $10, or $8 if you arrive as part of Critical Mass. The carriages turn back into pumpkins at 2 am.
Posted: May 22nd, 2008 | Author: Blackbox Squeezebeard | Filed under: Show announcements and recaps | Tags: ANZA Hall, Critical Mass, Free Geek Vancouver, Mexican wrestling, Miss Bliss, Timothy Wisdom, Velofusion, Wonderbeard Trio | 1 Comment »
In the run-up to Bike Month, aka “June” to the uninitiated, the month of May in these parts always features a pirate-themed Critical Mass (”Critical Mast”) group bicycle ride (– they’re not blocking traffic, they ARRRR traffic!) … And who better to play its monthly “Velofusion” afterparty than Vancouver’s pre-eminent pirate band?
Further contributing to our “good fit” for this long-considered show, proceeds raised through tonight’s celebrations will go to benefit Free Geek Vancouver, the Portland-emmigrated free software e-waste solution who we’re considered the “house band” of (experts, after all, in the field of salvaging further use from old trash.) Though the particulars are still technically up in the air, if this month’s installment is anything like its predecessors, there is likely a $10 admission ($5 for Critical Mass participants) and the bill is very likely to contain some DJ-fueled dancing madness (oho, Timothy Wisdom!) spilling out on to the ANZA Club floor… so get ready to strap on your pegs and patches and prepare to shiver timbers and discover booty as we make you walk the Plank!
(As a special bonus, click on the thumbnail for the general Critical Mass poster. It’s really quite charmingly whimsical! Also on tap now: FreeGeek’s own poster for the event! A bit more explicit and inclusive than ours — but they knew more than we did 
Also a special greeting and thanks to our friends in Portland for a thrilling moustache party weekend! Cheers also to the folks at Bex’s crashed BBQ — two kegs of homebrew and a Balkan band make up for any license taken with the +1s.
