Our Saskatoon DDP fundraiser was SUCCESSFUL, and the final Canadian Party date of Party Safari 2011 was booked for November 5th in Saskatoon.

Snow was forecast, so we grabbed 150 boomboxes, dressed sharp and headed East…

AFTER A DEATH-DEFYING 27-HOUR NONSTOP HELLRIDE THROUGH ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLIZZARDS, WE ARRIVED IN SASKATOON.

THE PARTY DROPS IN 6 HOURS- THE STARTING POINT IS HERE:

SNOW IS FORECAST AGAIN AND IT’S GONNA BE AT LEAST TEN BELOW.
GET READY FOR ANOTHER CRAZY COLD PARTY NIGHT IN CANADA.
THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE W ALL DETAILS IS HERE.

THIS is the Human Microphone:

“From its outset, Occupy Wall Street protestors have not been allowed to use any kind of electronic amplification devices. In being denied the use of bullhorns they have reverted to seemingly archaic means of mass communication, the so-called ‘human microphone.’ During any large group meetings, or even when someone in the Zuccoti Park camp has something they feel is important to say, they yell ‘mic check’ which is then echoed among the surrounding people with each subsequent sentence parsed into easily communicable segments. While the analog, and perhaps unifying, method of widespread communication has been moderately functional it has drawn some criticism for its inability to get across anything more than easily packaged information.”
-full article HERE

THIS is a Decentralized Sound System:

The DSS is extremely resilient and extremely effective and 20 boomboxes can easily transmit music or voice to a crowd of 500. It is infinitely scaleable, and can also be rigged to broadcast silently to portable radios with headphones when noise regulations are an issue. All the equipment required is portable, cheap and readily available.

For these reasons, I believe that Decentralized Sound Systems could be a great asset to the #Occupy movement…

Occupy Wall Street, and the greater #Occupy movement are decentralized, open-source protest movements, the first of their kind. With no clear leaders or explicit demands, they’ve been grossly misunderestimated, especially by the older generation.

But I believe very strongly that decentralization / open-source is the wave of the future and that this movement has the potential to steer Humanity in a very positive direction.

As such, the Decentralized Sound System will be brought out to the Occupy Vancouver rally tomorrow in order to demonstrate its communication capabilities, aid in the discussions, and play some Hot Tracks.

We need some help setting up. If you want to get involved, please contact asap!
Facebook event page HERE.

-Gary

After a week in limbo, our Facebook Page and all the event pages for our Party Safari 2011 Tour have finally been restored. The new Facebook URL is fb.com/theddp

Only 8 days remain on the Kickstarter fundraiser- please invite everyone you know to the event pages and encourage them to donate. The Party is in your hands.

T&G

While trying to change our Facebook page name from “Tom and Gary’s Dynamic Dance Party Delivery Service” to “Tom and Gary’s Decentralized Dance Party”, Facebook outright deleted the old one, and all the Party Safari 2011 events and information for both Canada and the USA along with it. Now we are just sitting here, emailing back and forth with them and waiting to see if they will fix it. If you know anyone on the inside, please let them know that this blunder is going to ruin our fundraising efforts and cancel the tour and make thousands of people very sad if it’s not fixed asap. Thanks.

Gary’s apartment is full to the brim with boomboxes, banana suits and beans.

Almost 350 boomboxes are ready to rock and roll. Once we get to 500 we will be equipped for Party Safari 2011- the Strictly Business Tour. All dates and details will be announced right here on Monday night!

In the meantime, start hitting up yard sales and Ebay to get your very own badass boombox to tune in to the Party Broadcast- it’s the only way to guarantee you will get one and the Party always needs MORE VOLUME.

We’re also planning to take the DDP to Burning Man and are on a mission for tickets (they just sold out) so please get in touch if you have any to sell or want to join us there for the first ever DDP in a desert. It’s going to be a very good time.

Party Hearty.
T&G