Ta-Da!

Ta-Da!,
originally uploaded by deafmute.

Since there are no pictures of me, here's a picture of me. I don't have a flightsuit on because I have some DIGNITY.

Don't worry, you can trust me in space. I'm a professional.

Our Heroes

Our Heroes,
originally uploaded by deafmute.

Charlie and Ben, practicing their zero-g faces.

The Rocking-Horse Winner

The Rocking-Horse Winner,
originally uploaded by deafmute.

I met up with Charlie and Ben later at a BBQ, and this is what Charlie was doing. Over and over and over.

This is what a man who successfully handed out flyers looks like.

Space a-go-go

My attempt to hand out flyers last night was largely a failure, due to the awful rain. I managed to leave a stack at AKA records, though. Hopefully some people will see "Space Party" and have their interest sufficiently piqued.

Charlie and Ben, however, seem to have had way better luck. Not only did they buy astronaut jumpsuits, but they went to clubs and bars all over the city and handed out flyers while dancing.

The buzz here for this party is like a beehive. This is going to be monumental.

Hopefully this weekend we can get some decorating done. The time is really fucking nigh.

Flyers

Charlie and I went to Kinko's today and copied about 1000 flyers for the space party. Look out for us in old city on this horrible, grey, dreary, soul-crushing first friday. There probably won't be anyone there to give them too, but whatever.

MAKE ROCKET GO NOW

MAKE ROCKET GO NOW,
originally uploaded by deafmute.

This will be blasting off on Saturday, June 18th, no doubt destroying most of the neighborhood.

Be a part of the magic.

interior

Fakehouse,
originally uploaded by deafmute.

Imagine, moons and stars all over the walls, lanterns hanging from the ceiling, billiard balls painted to look like planets, christmas lights. It can all be true, and only for $7.

Balcony

Balcony,
originally uploaded by deafmute.

That balcony will have fabric over it with a starscape (and probably other things) rear-projected onto it. It will also serve as a staging area for our numerous vignettes.

This is less a party and more a ride, an experience.

Spaceship Screens

Fakehouse,
originally uploaded by deafmute.

Our first projector will be showing stock footage of space missions, scenes from space movies, and a visualization Charlie cooked up of our solar system where the planets pulse to the music. Our second projector (that's right) will be rear projected onto a sheet we'll be stretching out to the left of the main screen, and will show the Fakehouse's progress on its moon mission.

It begins.

Went to the Fakehouse with Charlie today. We didn't get too much done, but dropped off some cardboard, bribed the occupants with beer (an important step), and came up with some really incredible ideas.

Whatever ya'll are thinking about this party, multiply that by about 1 billion.

This party will be even better than that.

We decided to line the stairs with glow in the dark stars and light it with a blacklight. We have a CD of space sounds we're going to play in the entranceway (which will, of course, be lined with fabric lit from behind with pulsating colored lights.

Went to (nightmarish) Wal-Mart and got some stars, then over to Home Depot to price out some material (light fixtures, pvc piping, etc). We hoping that maybe 20 feet of pvc pipe will allow us to slowly fill the entrance area with smoke (from our smoke machine, of course).

We're T-minus 18 days from the launch date.