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tfabris ([personal profile] tfabris) wrote2010-07-18 01:02 pm

What a weekend!

Friday and Saturday night were just absolutely magical. Thanks, everyone, who came and shared these two very special events with us. Our friend [livejournal.com profile] damiana_swan has beautifully captured the scene and the energy from Friday night, the light and the colors were just perfect, and we loved playing for you all. Marian Call sang so hard, she swallowed a bug. And of course new album release by Sooj OMG awesome.

Saturday was a huge amount of fun, with a completely different but equally special kind of energy. First of all, John's sound work was perfect, because the stage was huge and had four returns and the house had its own mains, so it meant we could have a proper four-monitor mix on the stage. That, plus the schedule being such that it allowed us a second "tweak" sound check right before we started, meant that we could hear ourselves play super well. It was like butter. The other fun was that [livejournal.com profile] tereshkova2001 came as one of the "two by two hands of blue" agents from Firefly, and it turns out that the emcee for the night ([livejournal.com profile] cheyennewright, the colorist for Girl Genius), was also dressed as one. So naturally, Torrey got to participate in the events and look menacing beside him the whole night. Cheyenne was charming and funny ("all the nutrition you deserve") and we were honored to be part of the evening's proceedings with him.

I was particularly proud of the prop I made for Torrey at the last minute. I spent the one free hour I had on Saturday morning, just before going to MOHAI, cobbling it together from stuff around the house. (Watch Ariel if you want to get the reference.)

Sooj is now a cartoon. Awesome.

Marian Call is playing at Wootstock San Diego, OMGWTFBBQ. My worlds, they shrink yet again. Molly, I'm sure you and Marian will get along well; make sure to seek each other out. Marian was instructed to deliver you a big hug from me, make sure you collect on it.

And as if that weren't enough, in just a couple of weeks, we'll be playing at Faerieworlds! Everyone pray to your gods and goddesses that it's not as hot as last year. But don't pray too hard, because rain would be equally as bad.

Edit: Bonus link: 8-bit Dark Side of the Moon. "On the Run" sounds identical, go figure.

[identity profile] althenesanguis.livejournal.com 2010-07-18 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish I could have been there! Where's my transporter room when I need it? Glad to hear everything went well!

And that prop is absolutely made of awesome :D

~Rhaevyn Fae

[identity profile] slantiness.livejournal.com 2010-07-18 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally excited for faerieworlds, yeah-eah. So excited.

Hope you guys had a musical magical fantastic weekend!
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[identity profile] technoshaman.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, you, that cartoon was AWESOME! Just sayin'...

[identity profile] slantiness.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
omg thank you!!
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[identity profile] technoshaman.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
ok, how DID you put that prop together?? Enquiring geeks want to know... :)

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Gel pens, dremel off the logos.

UV LED's and a couple of button batteries, electrical taped together, throwie-style.

Cap the ends with a couple of shiny metal things I had lying around (one of them is a smooth nut of some kind, the other is a tiny condenser microphone head from Radio shack). Hot glue in place.

Central body is two oval shaped pieces of CATV/Antenna cable mounting gasket bits that I happened to have lying around, screwed together with a single bolt for stability, then wrapped in gaffer tape.

Gel pen bodies and the bolt happened to plug exactly into the antenna mounting gasket's holes. No glue needed.

Total time: 1 hour.

Admittedly not a very accurate rendition, but good enough for the costume and pretty decent for an hour.

[identity profile] scifantasy.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
When you talked about Sooj as a cartoon, I thought of this (http://www.arpeggiothecomic.com/episode1.htm). But then, my mind remembers weird shit.

[identity profile] slantiness.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, it makes sense! I think that qualifies as cartoon too! Cartooning, right?

[identity profile] coat-of-brown.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
as a browncoat I have to say,

that prop...?

it frightens me!

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Good! Means I did a good job.

[identity profile] heavy-horse.livejournal.com 2010-07-20 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Friday night was the first time I heard Uplift and I was moved. I poked around and I haven't been able to find the guitar tab for this song. Any suggestions? Thank you.

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2010-07-20 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Contact me privately.

[identity profile] jw1776.livejournal.com 2010-07-20 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Shop Fun. Shop Blue Sun.

Great shows!