Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 9pm-9am: With three interactive fire projects from False Profit Labs, a small musical gathering on Tuesday night (Dr. Toast at dawn on Wednesday), and the same placement as years past (4:30 & Esplanade), False Profit is ready to explore new frontiers of radical corporate self-expression on the playa. See you out there! (Below: FP Tuesday 2007)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 6pm-ish: The camp with the unwieldy yet oh-so-apt name is hosting a toast-themed happy hour, and yours truly is providing the soundtrack! William tells me, “I have created a screen print of toast popping out of a toaster which we will apply onto peoples clothes, we will serve toast, give toasts and offer treats toasted in various ways.” And Marty says, “We’re in the midst of preparations and and we’re all really psyched for the Wednesday happy hour. We’ve already starting spreading the word and we’re thinking about starting your set around dusk, or maybe even a little earlier — like somewhere in the 6pm - 9pm time frame. You can spin for however long you want, and then there will probably be another DJ coming on. We’ll wrap things up and roll out into the night around 11 or 12. I don’t really ever wear a watch out there so these are all rough time estimates.”
Friday, August 30, 2008 @ 8pm: The Flaming Lotus Girls have outdone themselves again this year and created “Mutopia” - a fiery garden of metal made of cast aluminium, steel, copper, flame, and light, featuring 13 independent seed pods with computer-controlled propane flame effects. On the Friday night before the man burns, the Girls will host a fireworks show in front of Mutopia (located at 4:30 and Esplanade), and Dr. Toast has the honor of providing the soundtrack! After the fireworks there will be an intermission to clear the debris, then an all-night party.
Friday, August 15, 2008, 9pm - 3am - TMC Presents: CONCOCTION, featuring 3 floors of the finest entertainment, connection, & community in the city…. A night of the best “eclectronica” (midtempo, breaks, house & techno), world beats, and live music. Plus a plush chill space/salon & live interactive art. Requested Dresscode: Formal, Innovative, & Original. Featuring: Live music, DJs, live art, and a chill space/salon. Front Room: Mozaic (Nexus, Raindance), Alxndr (False Profit, DownLow), DJ Sean Bollin (www.sean-bollin.com), nex (Gratitude), Pym (www.iampym.com), DJ Damien (The Community). Upstairs: World Beats with DJ Felina (djfelina.com) & DJ Goyo & Live Music by Ian Rhett, Mokai, & Scott Simmons. Downstairs - Chill Space & Salon: Dr. Toast (False Profit), DJ Aquaman (Gratitude, Rhythm Society), Snow Leopard (Gratitude, Rhythm Society), DJ Fuzzmeister (Mystic Temple of Bliss, Afthonia, Openly). Decor by Fuzzy Philippe & Live Interactive Art by Ross Holzman & The Create Peace Project. Pair of tickets: $20 online / $30 door. All proceeds benefit the Men’s Circle Fund.
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 - False Profit, LLC’s annual Life Quality Enhancement product, Priceless, was scheduled for release in Belden this coming weekend but has been recalled due to uncontained pre-apocalyptic wildfire. Insiders at the company are reporting that Priceless is now set for release later this summer. In response, False Profit’s Research and Development Brigade worked frantically for two days to develop a replacement product. False Profit’s first response to the statewide catastrophe, called EVAC!, is set to be unveiled at a warehouse location in San Francisco on Saturday, July 5th, 2008.
Friday, July 25 through Sunday, July 27 - Dr. Toast plays a special set by the pond on Friday night at the 12th annual Friends and Family campout in Mendocino County, CA. Comfy chill space, firelight and more. Camp & Sons is a beautiful retreat, complete with a communal kitchen, a pond, orchards, three hot tubs (two of which are wood-fired), a well-maintained lawn area for lounging, beautiful gardens, outdoor showers, and much more. Hope to see you there!
For the July 4th weekend, come join Dr. Toast on the beautiful Feather River in Belden, CA for the 3rd annual Priceless campout. Dr. Toast will be joined by such musical luminaries as Chris de Luca vs Phon.o, Tom Burbank, Vibesquad, Deru, and many others. Activities for the weekend will include a Dr. Seuss birthday party, merit badges, a flame tree workshop, hand percussion workshop, 4th of July bbq, free Sunday breakfast, and more! Additional info available at priceless.false-profit.com UPDATE: due to forest fires in California, Priceless is being rescheduled to September 26-28, 2008.
Friday, June 20 - Sunday, June 22, 2008 - “Three day forest adventure on a 300 acre private campground * dancing * swimming * camping * hiking * learning * laughing * celebrating life. Dance all night under stars, giant redwooods, swim and rock the pool party by day, learn something new at the visionary forums. Music by Benga & Skream * Lawgiverz * Bassbin Twins * Nyxyss (Haj -Subswara & Hannah Thiem) * EPROM * An-Ten-Nae * The Phat Conductor * Mozaic * Little John * Kitty-D * Majitope * Mancub * Mr Rodgers * Aaron JAE * Digital Honey * Mr. Projectile * Shawna * Laura * EL *Timonkey * Rob Monroy * Dr. Toast * Dov *Audiovoid * and much, much more.” Dr. Toast plays on Friday evening! Tickets, Event Info.
Sunday, June 1, 2008, noon-8pm: Come get all toasty in the summer sun at Spring Training, at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland! Bring your snacks and your sunscreen and explore the pathways, meadows and reflecting pools. Then get your groove on at the dancefloor in front of the waterfall. Also featuring Alxndr (False Profit, DownLow), benchun (False Profit), DJJD (False Profit), Dov (Muti Music), F’kir (elderfae.net), Obi-J (False Profit), Rhythmystic (Rhythm Society). Price: free, brought to you by False Profit, LLC. Map: Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, CA
This Thursday, April 24th, 2008: Two DJs, one bus, one mobile soundsystem, cake, champagne! From Alxndr: “It’s hard to believe we launched this mobile adventure called Transported a year ago now. We do appreciate the support and your willingness to try new things. And we’re very excited to ask you to join us for our birthday party! We’ve asked a couple old friends to help us celebrate this Thursday: Dr. Toast & Piotron. We’ll be supplying plenty of champagne and birthday cake so don’t miss out. Note that we will NO LONGER be meeting at The Rite Spot. We are meeting at Shine for check-in at 7:30pm and our bus leaves at 8pm. We will return you there at 11:30pm.”
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased here:
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/33896
