Somehow survived the madness that was South By Southwest and Snow Crown 2012, delivering two very different Parties to two very different latitudes and filming it allllllll for a hilarious TV pilot. Click the photos below to be fantastically transported to both.
SXSW:
SNOW CROWN:
Big thanks to Giftiki and 365 Sports for inviting us out, and everyone involved for two more amazing nights. This brings us to a grand total of 40 successful DDPs in a row!
We’re heading back to Austin for another DDP on March 10th for South By Southwest. It’s going to be WILD. Click the pic below for all the details:
We’ve also just posted all the updated details and tour dates for Party Safari USA #2! Click the pic below to be magically transported to the tour page:
Also!
It began as many dreams do; a pile of boomboxes and a prayer…
Our sights were set on uncharted territory- the United States Of America. And with #Occupy actions breaking out in all the cities we were headed for, the authorities were on high alert. What would happen when we invaded their streets was anyone’s guess…
On Christmas eve, wearing Christmas sweaters, we crossed the border without incident.
Over the next 39 days, we traversed nearly 15,000km, delivering nine crazy Parties to eight major American cities, enjoying countless adventures with countless new friends.
(CLICK THIS PIC FOR DEADLY SHAKEWEIGHT ACTION)
We did not get deported, arrested, shot, or even bothered by anyone. On many nights, we actually GAINED boomboxes. The police were cool everywhere we went. Time after time, America proved to be a generous, respectful and helpful nation. The kids were alright.
These two Heroines even put their lives on the line, driving 60 hrs through the snow to deliver 50 boomboxes to New York City to save the Party. Unbelievable.
The following photos showcase a few of the moments we created and shared with thousands of the finest human beings to ever walk the earth. Big thanks to all who came out and supported the Party Revolution from coast to coast!
It all ended much as it began; a weird pile of junk in a location.
But this weird junkpile won’t remain dormant for long. Secret DDPs are scheduled for Toronto on February 15th, Austin on March 10th, and Calgary on March 17th!
And another American tour is scheduled for May, as long as y’all can get it together and start supporting the Kickstarters. (which all expire in a few days). SPREAD THE WORD!
XOXOXOXO
T&G
Boulder- Apr. 1, Lawrence- Apr. 4, Minneapolis- Apr. 7, Madison- Apr. 9, Chicago- Apr. 12, Detroit- Apr. 14, Asheville- Apr. 17, Charleston- Apr. 19, Richmond- Apr. 23, Washington- Apr. 25, Pittsburgh- Apr. 27, Boston- Apr. 30, New York City- May 3
(CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL PARTY SAFARI PRESS RELEASE)
This will be funded via Kickstarter and your support is required to make it happen. Kickstarter donation pages other info can be found on the Party Safari tour page.
Please get in touch if you’d like to sponsor Party Safari USA. Over 30,000 have already signed up to the 20 selected cities with zero promotion. We are discussing TV deals. Huge visibility. A 100% positive undertaking. The kids love us. We have great hair. Etc, etc. etc. Contact is HERE.
We need as many people as possible to please show up with THEIR OWN BOOMBOXES. Keep searching for them at garage sales and thrift stores. There’s hundreds of sick vintage ones on Ebay for cheap also. Selection+Preparation info is HERE.
We’ll also be recruiting Ten Elite Partiers in each city to round out our Elite Banana Task Force. All ten will be equipped with banana suits in order to help us prepare the boomboxes, facilitate the madness and other Elite Party Tasks. Want in? Email us.
Get yourself a suit / sexy secretary getup ASAP. Dress code is Strictly Business!
Check out the Party Manifesto and get ready to Party our way into the history books.
Love,
T&G
Seattle- Dec. 26, Portland- Dec. 28, LA- Dec. 31, Phoenix- Jan. 4, Austin- Jan. 7,
NYC- Jan. 21, San Fran- Jan. 25, Portland- Jan. 28
(CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL PARTY SAFARI PRESS RELEASE)
This will be funded via Kickstarter and your support is required to make it happen. Kickstarter donation pages other info can be found on the Party Safari tour page.
Please get in touch if you’d like to sponsor Party Safari USA. Over 30,000 have already signed up to the 20 selected cities with zero promotion. We are discussing TV deals. Huge visibility. A 100% positive undertaking. The kids love us. We have great hair. Etc, etc. etc. Contact is HERE.
We need as many people as possible to please show up with THEIR OWN BOOMBOXES. Keep searching for them at garage sales and thrift stores. There’s hundreds of sick vintage ones on Ebay for cheap also. Selection+Preparation info is HERE.
We’ll also be recruiting Ten Elite Partiers in each city to round out our Elite Banana Task Force. All ten will be equipped with banana suits in order to help us prepare the boomboxes, facilitate the madness and other Elite Party Tasks. Want in? Email us.
Get yourself a suit / sexy secretary getup ASAP. Dress code is Strictly Business!
Check out the Party Manifesto and get ready to Party our way into the history books.
Love,
T&G
Even though it was -10 below and snowing, a couple thousand people showed up and got wild with us on Saturday night in Saskatoon…
Big thanks to the Saskatoon police for ensuring everything went smoothly.
And we survived another death-defying hellride home through the mountains (the drive from Vancouver to Saskatoon and back is 3200km- almost one tenth the circumference of earth).
Big thanks to everyone who came out and supported the cause!
The only downside was that we lost 100 stereos that night, an all time low 🙁
We have created THIS EVENT PAGE in order to help recover them. Please spread the word and help us sustain the Party Revolution!
A photo essay of the entire adventure is located HERE.
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.
Gary recently shared the Decentralized Sound System (DSS) with Occupy Vancouver:
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 scalable, completely portable and can also be rigged to broadcast silently through headphones when noise regulations are an issue. All of the equipment is compact, inexpensive and readily available. And it can communicate twice as fast as the human microphone. For these reasons, it is believed that Decentralized Sound Systems would be a great asset to the Occupy movement.
And so this video was created. And so it is hoped that you will share it with anyone related to the Occupy movement and/or anyone who could use a DSS to better communicate/have more fun.
Get in touch HERE if you’d like more info on how to create your own DSS or discuss the topics covered in the video above. A PDF of The Future Will Not Be Centralized is available HERE.
Gary is also currently working very hard to get all the content back up on the brand new Decentralized Community website. For the moment it is unfortunately unimpressive…
In the near future, we’ll be releasing a step-by-step guide detailing how to create your own rock solid DSS and use it to throw life-changing Parties and/or aid world-changing social movements.
We’ve also just released the full Party Safari 2011 video, which is a great demonstration of the DSS’s ability to create good times for thousands of people:
We’ve also released an Indiegogo fundraising page so we can hopefully throw Saskatoon the Halloween Party they were promised. Due to unfortunate time constraints, it can’t be held until November 5th. But that is Gary’s birthday, so it’s all good, right?
ALSO! The American Party Safari is still definitely going ahead. All info 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
It’s too bad that Facebook deleted our fbook page and all the Party event pages midway through the Kickstarter and destroyed our fundraising efforts but that is life.
In spite of it all, we still managed to raise over $3000 (which will now be automatically refunded to all donors). Huge thanks to everyone who supported the cause.
Have no fear, the Party Revolution will live on, stronger than before, and many mind-blowing developments are on the immediate horizon, so STAY TUNED!
NOTE: one or two Canadian events may still be salvaged!
NOTE: USA Party Safari dates have NOT been cancelled!
