News & Events

Upcoming events:

Saturday June 17 2006: Weirderland Auction & Talent vs. No-Talent Show @ Smashlabs

Please read the announcements below for more information on events.

From: isa <lists@psymbiote.org>
Subject: [Gigsville] RSVP for the Weirderland Hare Raiser!

Once upon a time, further down the rabbit hole:
What: The Weirderland Hare Raiser!
Date: Saturday June 17th 2006
Time: Doors open 7pm/ Main Event ~8:30/ Wind down ~3am
Where: SmashLabs! 1714 Albion St, LA
Cost: $6 in advance/ $9 at the door
All proceeds go to benefit the White Rabbit & Cheshire Cat Mutant Vehicle Projects.
More info & all our Grand Plans: http://aliceinweirderland.com/rabbit
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FEATURING
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Live Music: Man and the Motorcar
DJs: Wolfie (Hipgenesis) / Brian Seed (Moontribe) / Jude Roshi (Moontribe)
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Talent vs. No-Talent Show
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Got talent? Who cares? Show us whatever you've got & let us decide. The audience will vote with their dollars, and prizes will be awarded for most talent, most no-talent, and most ambiguous act.
Performance slots will be limited, sign up now online: http://aliceinweirderland.com/rabbit/talent-not.html or by email to lists AT psymbiote DOT org.
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Silent Auction & Live Slave/Date/LapDance Auctions
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For your bidding pleasure, all manner of treats: from custom fur to grabbag porn collections, aerial lessons to bubble baths....
All silent auctions will close at 1am. All auctions must be paid by the end of the event. We'll take cash, check, or credit card via a PayPal terminal.
Want to bid but can't attend? Watch this space for more info about proxy bidding.
You can still contribute goods and services, or yourself, by signing up via this web page: http://aliceinweirderland.com/rabbit/auction.html
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Plus:
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~ Gourmet Food by Anita Bergmann, chef de cuisine at Kinara Spa
~ Cash Bar, including Specialty Fine Wine & Goddamn Scotch Tasting
~ Experimental Alice video mix by Hippy Steve, before the main events
~ Live Oilgraphing by Kevin Rolly, with final work to be auctioned
~ Costumes encouraged! Bunny suits, Alice characters, or other surreal creatures....
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YOU MUST RSVP:
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To keep this a safe space for jackassery, it is a guestlist only event. You do not need to pay in advance (though it's cheaper if you do), but you must put yourself on the guestlist.
Space is limited and we do expect the event to sell out. We encourage you to RSVP as soon as possible via one of the methods below.
1. PayPal $6 per ticket to seminalrabbit at infodiva dot com.
Please put your name(s) in the notes area for the guest list. If
you can, add about $.50 per ticket to cover the transaction fees.
2. Send an email to seminalrabbit at infodiva dot com with names
and numbers for the guest list. Pay $9/ticket (cash or check) at
the door.
3. Find Laura at Barbara's restaurant @ the Brewery on Thursday
June 15th, 8pm-10pm, and pay her $6/tix cash or check.
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$6 PRESALE PAYPAL DEADLINE: Friday June 16th 11:00 pm (the day before the event)
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EMAIL RSVP DEADLINE: Saturday June 17th 11:00 am (day of the event, means you'll pay $9 at the door)
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**Notes on community safety**
Please include your real name with your payment or RSVP. If you invite friends who are not known to the community, we appreciate if you RSVP for them or send us email vouching for them.
Photography will be limited to a very small number of official photographers. If you'd like to apply for a photo pass contact lists AT psymbiote DOT org, otherwise please leave your camera at home.

(exceptionally crossposted, apologies for multiples)
so, we've been digging into the planning of the white rabbit fundraiser, the brainstorms are flying and it's getting silly, i mean, exciting. very exciting.
there's a few preliminary things i wanted to go over on all the lists, but after this point, most discussion will take place on the weirderland list-- so if you want to be involved in the planning and are not already signed on, do so by going to:
http://lists.topica.com/lists/weirderland
if you have problems subscribing contact: doc AT docsloft DOT com. yeah, topica's been a bit screwy.
so here's the low down on the hare raising event:
1. concept:
the idea is a "talent vs. no-talent show" and a series of auctions, plus fine wine & goddamn scotch tasting, gourmet eats & bake sale, and whatever other jackassery we can come up with to part you and your bucks for a good cause. there will be plenty of opportunity for low-commitment participation by contributing your talents, non-talents, and/or auction items (did someone say lap dance from MattShaw?) we'll be posting more info soon on how you too can get your jackass on.
2. venue:
SmashLabs has been graciously offered up, though there will be limited space. we expect to make this an RSVP/guest list only event.
3. date:
mark your calendars for SATURDAY JUNE 17th! as far as we've been able to figure, it's the only date soon enough that has no major community conflicts-- but if we're wrong and you want to shout at someone, shout at me.
4. seed funds
a few people have offered just straight up donations to the project, and for this we'll be setting up a donations web page-- i'll let you know when it goes live. we are also considering a pre-event auction of custom fur ponchos by Doc, and Millie and Laura have tossed out the possibility of "Get Porked for the Bunny: A BBQ Fundraiser for the DocProject" at Villa Vulva. watch this space for more info soon!
5. crew:
we've got a nice little team growing, with a lot of energy and dedication for the project, but we'll need a bit of assistance to pull it all off. i've heard a lot of enthusiastic rumblings-- so please step up if you think you can offer anything (yes anything!) most crews will need only about a 5-10 hour commitment, but just tell us what you can take on. we've made a list of tasks/teams that we think will make it all come together. Heidi is heading up the auction, Belinda graphic design, and ScottV clean up crew. Millie, Laura, and i will fill in the blanks for any team where no lead steps up. so if you want to lead or just assist, match your skills / interests / energies to the list:
talent show
auction
stage/lighting/sound tech
music/entertainment
event promotion/copy writing
food
bar
set up crew
clean up crew
graphic design & signage
decorations
plus we need one of each:
account manager
stage manager
so let us know what you're up for-- organizers and minions equally welcome. tell us your area(s) of interest, what kind of time you could commit, and when (before, during, and/or after the event). just drop an email to me & Laura:
isa AT psymbiote DOT org, lsmart1 AT adelphia DOT net
you can also direct to us any comments, questions, suggestions, or just words of support. i'm sure we have no idea what we've gotten ourselves into, but we're pretty excited about it. thanks for all the love you've put out to the weirderland projects, which makes this all seem so very doable, even from out here in the stix.
feel free to pass this message on to other villains and FrOGs who might not be on these lists.
xx
isa

From: Taras Mural <lsmart1@adelphia.net>
Subject: [Gigsville] Pork-a-Bunny Party, Saturday May 13, 2006
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:28:01 -0700

Pork-a-Bunny Party, Saturday May 13, 2006
We're late! We're late! We need $8,000-$10,000 to fund the White Rabbit art car and, well, we need to get moving on it. What better way than with pork? And beer? Lots and lots of beer!
You know you love piggy goodness. You know you love bunnies. You know you love cock-lovin' lesbians firing up a grill. So, due to popular demand, Milly is going to whip up a batch of the secret sauce and start marinating.
It's time for the "Pork-a-Bunny" Party
Save the date: Saturday May 13, 2006 5pm-whenever
Venue: The fabulous Villa Vulva in beautiful Highland Park.
$15 gets you a meal and beer for as long as it lasts.
$10 gets you a meal.
But wait! There's more! We'll have a cash bar for those of you who want something a little harder. We mean alcohol you gutter minds!
But wait! There's more! We'll be auctioning off a couple of very choice items to get your appetite whetted for a bigger auction in June.
But wait! There's more! We'll also have entertainment. And fire! Did I mention fire?!? We'll have that too. Nudity is optional. Porcine or bunny related costumes encouraged.
We need to know how much food to prepare. That means:
YOU MUST RSVP BY MAY 10.
ADVANCE PAYMENT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
YOUR ADVANCE PAYMENT IS YOUR RSVP.
Otherwise you'll have to pay much more at the door. You will also need to grovel singing like Porky Pig while wearing a pink snout and furry ears before you gain admittance. We mean it.
Worst of all, there just might not be enough food left for you.
TO RSVP:
Paypal seminalrabbit at infodiva dot com.
OR cash or check made out to Laura Smart and sent to:
Pork-a-Bunny
219 N. Avenue 66
Los Angeles, CA 90042
All proceeds go towards funding the White Rabbit art car.
You couldn't possibly have more fun for this price on a Saturday night.
Do please come.
Thank you for your patronage of the arts, much love!
Laura

The White Rabbit is a Doc's Loft Project. Made in Gigsville.