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SATURDAY - Batty's Hippodrome, Victorian circus extravaganza

2006-10-25T07:21:08Z

SATURDAY 10/28:
BATTY'S HIPPODROME PRESENTS
Thee 999 Eyes Ov Endless Dream
CoRE suspension
A Dictionary of Blood Theater
The Alberta Clown House
and still more

at Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th
$15 21 and over

Our house circus troupe, portraying the true-life Victorian circus of ringmaster William Batty, acts as a framing device for traveling circus troupes from all around the country. This month, we receive a visit from the last genuine traveling freakshow in the United States – Thee 999 Eyes Ov Endless Dream – who are being tailed from city to city by a film crew from The National Geographic Channel.
Arrive early for the second in Rale Sidebottom’s series of macabre puppet shows, A Dictionary of Blood Theater.
And stay late as the narrative turns grislier and we splatter the stage with the skin-crawling theatrical mutilations of CoRE.

Truly a show for the ages, from the creator and castmembers of Societas Insomnia and Cicuri Curajul –The Fireninja, Leapin’ Louie Lichtenstein, The Clown House, Aubrey Birdwell, Noah Mickens, and STILL MORE luminaries of the circus stage to be announced.
Witness the birth of a tradition.

9pm-1am
$15

THEE 999 EYES OV ENDLESS DREAM
www.999eyes.com
Lost in time, hidden in the dark corners and in the dusty shelves of old book stores, in the basements of libraries and museums, lies the fabulous, fantastical history of the carnival sideshow - a time when the malformed were glamorized as part of a traveling caravan and not locked up in institutions. A time when there was a place and venue for amazing performers to come together in a gypsy caravan style and change the atmosphere of the town around them - reminding people there is another way of life and relieving people of their daily routines - reminding them of the power of magic and imagination. The roots of radical artistic movements of today are deeply intertwined with the carnival sideshows of the past…
We acknowledge our carnival sideshow roots to empower our communities with alluring, inventive, and fearless displays of imagination and dream! Our carnival sideshow not only provides a place for roving gypsy carnival performers and “human curiosities” to express their art but also provides an environment which revives and highlights the great performers and “freaks” of the past – and their true life stories! Using olde-tyme music, puppets, story telling as well as classic carnival sideshow acts and performance we create a world that taps into profound emotion, reminding the AUDIENCE of the actualization of the living dream. At the same time, this gives the “human curiosities” of the modern age a venue to be appreciated once again - this is our mission.
Our collaborative carnival art troupe is co-created with many fabulous idividuals - musicians, sideshow artists, clowns, writers, experts - each of which works on their routines, props, banners, and costumes in their locale. Each on its own is amazing, and together, we form our carnival ov dreams. We tour selectively, displaying our “History of the FREAKSHOW” museum installation, with a real life modern day freakshow and sideshow for our openings. With all ages kid-themed shows(dream shows) as well as adult-themed “nightmare” performances, our carnival sideshow does well at what we aim to do. We’re recreating the world one carnival at a time – awakening the collective subconscious.
The psyche is never laid so bear as when entering the world ov dream… Our demons and dreamers are assembled in an ever evolving Multi-Form Cabinet containing enough skeletons to squeeze the tears and fears ov even the coldest heart… For we all have dreams, and we all have nightmares… When we enter into the waking dream of beauty and art in life, we realize how real our dreams really are. Staring at our hands, we consider all that they can accomplish, for good or ill. We present our WAKING DREAMS and NIGHTMARES for your perusal… as an actual, real, living, modern day museum ov oddities style freakshow is paraded before your awe-inspired eyes! With a musical background ranging from Old-tyme gypsy jug band to eldritch accordion “eville” puppet madness… all this and more can become available for the entertainment and horror ov THE AUDIENCE, which has the opportunity to sign on the dotted line (in blood) and sell their soul for a glimpse into another world ov phantasmagoric dream!

CORE
www.wearecore.com
Among the founding suspension performers on Earth, up from Los Angeles and Houston for a visit to Cascadia.
"It is our intent to create original and physically demanding works of theatre by blending the practice of modern performance art with ancient rituals of body suspension.
We in CoRE have suspended our own concept of physical limitation, pierced the heart of our fears, and transcended the boundaries of social convention in order to further the understanding of the corporeal and spiritual being. Suspension acts combined with traditional performance art and theatre provide us with a new outlet for artistic expression that enables the audience to join us on our emotional journey. By pushing our own boundaries in life and art, we inspire others to explore their own."

THE ALBERTA CLOWN HOUSE
www.clownhouse.org
A nationally-revered waystation for traveling clown society, led by Dingo Dizmal and Caffeine Enema Jones and featuring at one time or another every punk clown worth his or her salt.

A DICTIONARY OF BLOOD THEATER
"In a sense, there is no true, "real" theatre, only a black Cadillac crushing life and squeezing the heart out of us, one act at a time. It is appropriate then, that we cry, and mourn crushed lives, appropriate to watch as well as to perform. Why puppets? Because, by branch and root, from head to foot, there is not, nor art there be, anything so deep so sad so fun so thought-provoking so shamelessly despised so unrehearsed and prized as the beautiful blank darkness that descends upon you as the flesh is opened to let another story bleed forth.
The first installation of our new show Local man claims to have seen god but can't give an account of what he saw (Decipher that!) opens October 27 and runs throught the next two nights at the Someday lounge in Portland Oregon, moving to other venues down the west coast through October and November. This program deals with the erosion of sanity in the modern world. It is a puppetry program, including live actors and found objects, trash and treasures paraded before you eyes."
www.somedaylounge.com/perform..._theater

LEAPIN' LOUIE LICHTENSTEIN
www.comedytricks.com
Leapin' Louie performs a high energy comedy show featuring cowboy tricks, juggling, acrobatics, music and what-not. He inflames audiences to laughter and wild applause everywhere he plays and that’s a lot of wheres because he has appeared at corporate events, festivals, fairs, schools, etc., in twenty-one different nations.
Say it in one breath for a true feeling of jet lagged exhilaration. Leapin' Louie Lichtenstein has knocked them alive in:
USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Morocco, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Japan.
Whoa! Take a breath.

AUBREY BIRDWELL
www.somedaylounge.com/perform...irdwell/
Aubrey Birdwell is a prodigous young gypsy accordionist notorious in all corners of Portland. His work with Cicuri Curajul and Mirumir; and his solo work both with traditional and modified accordions; has distinguished him as one of the most skilled and innovative players in this city. He presents the incidental music for this evening, including a mix of traditional romany songs and his own compositions.

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Singer wants to jam with you

2006-10-17T22:29:07Z

Classically trained tenor with 20 years in off-B'way theater doing experimental performance looking for people to play with.

Sang last weekend with Mothers Anger at Burning Man San Francisco Decom, improvised white-boy raga at Hookahdome up on the playa, love Noh-style vocalization and working with electronic musicians... also play keyboards and computers.

Blue Fire
bluefire@greyotter.com

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"Hope and Fear" and The Web of Dreams

2006-10-12T18:35:37Z

Sacred geometry, universal energy, IBVA experiments linked with real time video, the opportunity to study yourself and others in a lucid REM state with state of the art equipment, recorded experiences, thousands of lights, music and more create “The Web Of Dreams”! An Interactive art piece symbolizing the connection of all things and how what you choose affects everything. It is designed to generate life-changing breakthroughs!
Allow yourself while in the Web to work through your fear and be inspired to make new empowering choices that create more hope for your future! Those who choose to be wrapped and suspended in the Web may discover that resistance creates the persistence of fear but acceptance allows for the disappearance of fear. Shed your fixed beliefs and ways of being while inside the Web and step into a new world of increased hope and possibility!
The web will offer up personal truths, it will offer up hope and dreams, it will offer a true reflection of how what you choose (hope or fear) affects the outcome of your future in a clear representation in the present moment.
“The Web of Dreams” will be placed 1300ft from the man at 1:30. We will have 2 scheduled events on Tuesday and Thursday from 10 pm to midnight. The first, spider races, two people are attached at the torso creating one eight legged spider. They then have to work together to make it to the other side of the Web. The second event is Bumper bubbles. One of ten fans will fill your personal bubble with air and after it is sealed you will then bounce, bump and run into the other participates in their personal bubbles.
We got a late start on this idea but we know, with some help from the community, we can still pull it off (no fear only hope). We have most everything we need but if the opportunity to assist others in breaking through their fear and gaining more hope and possibility inspires you we invite you to become a part of the “Web Team” and help in anyway you can. We are looking for people to fill volunteer shifts, donate money (we still need over $1,000) or any supplies we still need please contact me on Tribe or directly:
CLAYTON AND TERRY ALLRED
801-523-7094
For more info on the “Web Of Dreams” or to donate few dollars today(every little bit will help)by Pay Pal check out the web site at: http://webofdreams.home.comcast.net/
I truly look forward to the most amazing experience on the Playa with you and may all of your fears serve you in the end to achieve all your hopes!
Love,
Clayton

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Pope and Queer BM '06 theme

2006-07-17T15:54:51Z

I dunno. It just seems like there is waaaaay too much room for abuse of this theme title.

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Ravers are funny

2006-03-06T18:23:29Z

http://www.ishkur.com/articles/trancecracker.php

PLUR, dude.

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Grope and Leer 2006 Past Present and Future

2005-12-20T19:28:35Z

Borg 3 can get on board with this one, I would bet.

It's the truth anyway.

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LANGUAGE OF DESTRUKTION tomorrow, Portland: The Red King, Nequaquam Vacuum, etc.

2005-11-26T05:19:54Z

http://www.2gyrlz.org/calendar/ELfest05/26NOV.htm

Tomorrow night, Saturday the 26th, is The Language of Destruktion, with The Red King, Nequaquam Vacuum, Synchronicity Frequency, Cliche Au Lait, Hail and Kiss the Goat, Sati Fyre, The TV Smasher, and The Blender of Death.

Nequaquam Vacuum, playing our last Portland show for a few months, invites all attendees to bring along any items you might like to have destroyed in a musical/performance context. Anything at all, so long as you don't need us to get it back to you. Just bring your destroyables along to the show and hand them over to a member of the NV crew, and we guarantee their absolute destruction during our closing set.

Saturday 26 November
Language of Destruktion
Sabala's 4811 SE Hawthorne

Show @ 9 pm
$5 - $15 | Full Bar 21+
Mobility Device Accessible

Indeed.

In this, the penultimate evening of the Fourth Annual EnterActive Language Festival; an avenging mob of musicians, performance artists, and mechanical engineers let slip their long-suppressed nihilist urges in an explosive evening of harrowing destruction. Those of you who have pondered the deeper meaning of "EnterActive" are well-advised to attend. And to bring goggles, as there may be a bit of a mess.
FEATURING Music By:
THE RED KING, NEQUAQUAM VACUUM, and SYNCHRONICITY FREQUENCY
Performances By:
MICAH PERRY, HAIL & KISS THE GOAT, and SATI FIRE
And Engines of Destruction:
ALEX LILY'S TV SMASHER
and JONAS NASH'S BLENDER OF DEATH

The Red King is the neo-classical/black metal performance project of Johann Cleereman, also known for his participation in the highly mysterious nomadic clan Corpus Corax. The Red King combines a composer's musical precision with a deep ritual commitment to his alchemic stage process, which often leads to acts of self-mutilation and the consumption of dangerous chemicals during the course of performing his soul-bearing song cycles. My friend Scott drank a goblet of his blood once, and he couldn't stand or speak for about sixteen hours.
Nequaquam Vacuum is a free post-asiatic ensemble who usually build instruments out of scrap metal and found objects. I say "usually" because tonight they will instead be destroying scrap metal and found objects, but still musically. The Vacuum is elated to have founding member Tyler Armstrong back in the fold, having performed their last few shows with the Golden Age trio of Armstrong/McAlister/Mickens as well as members of the rotating cast who have played with the latter two since the literal disappearance of the former (it turned out he was in Turkey). Tonight's guests include Nolon Ashley, Rale Sidebottom, and multi-instrumentalist "Infamous Dangerous Psychopath".
Synchronicity Frequency is the industrial solo effort of Ryan Olsen, who this evening will be creatively DJ-ing the heaviest of metal.
CLICHE AU LAIT (PDX) is a performance Art group operated by JO CASE AND Micah Perry. Since its inception in 2000. One of their intentions is to allow viewers a transcendent experience with art not signified by static objects alone. CLICHE AU LAIT offers opportunities to intervene, predict, or participate. The resulting cooperative creation process affords participants entrance into the actual realm of the art, RATHER THAN OBSERVING SOMEONE ELSES EXPERIENCE OF ART.
Hail and Kiss the Goat present: War Pigs, excerpts from an unfinished musical.
Hail and Kiss the Goat is at the cross roads of Butoh, German industrial improv, Heavy Metal and political satire.
Short and sweet, this performance version of War Pigs is as poignant as the day Black Sabbath penned it.
Sati Fire are a ritual dance troupe headed by Tamara Yeskel and Zenia Brar, who have performed together since 2002 as part of the Pan-Zen Konspiracy Nettwyrk.
Alex Lily's TV Smasher is a large and dangerous machine designed to destroy television sets.
Jonas Nash's Blender of Death is an immense and even-more-dangerous machine built from lawnmower blades and a Volkswagen engine, dedicated to the destruction of works of art.
Ka-Boom, y'all.
5000. - N.

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Portland - LANGUAGE OF PAN-ZEN

2005-11-17T01:51:10Z

LANGUAGE OF PAN-ZEN
Friday 18 November
Holocene 1001 SE Morrison
Door @ 8:30, Show @ 9 pm
$5 - $15 admission
with DJ DONNA SUMMER, MICRO-RITMIA, TRY MY CABBAGE, RUDEMENT, SOMETHING'S BURNING, DIRTY PANDA, SYNCHRONICITY FREQUENCY, TO-KA-GE, and MURK VISUALS

Each year, the EnterActive Language Festival sets aside one night to invite the most creative electronic musicians in our community and beyond to help us shake the hardness off our asses in an evening of wild, sweaty dance music (in an experimental vein, of course).
This year's guests of honor are:
WFMU's legendary Jason Forrest (aka DJ DONNA SUMMER), returning from an extended stay in Germany to show off his East Coast inspiration;
and, from Mexico, Zorn collaborators and electronic maestrae MICRO-RITMIA performing a live set along with Bay area pianist Thollem Mcdonas.
On the local tip, further dance party action and ambient backroom swirls will be provided by the steadfast soldiers of the Pan-Zen Konspiracy Nettwyrk, including the world premiere of Billy Neenos' new solo project SOMETHING'S BURNING.

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Catch & Release

2005-09-27T06:31:01Z

The playa is not a safe place. Somewhere out there, there could be a trap, just waiting fo you.

You'll see.

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The Trap

2005-09-11T09:57:00Z

The Trap was the most genius idea I've ever seen come from our motley crew.

Thanx Skip and everyone.

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borg 3 purpose

2005-08-17T18:00:17Z

Does the borg 3 really have to do anything?

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BORG3 in yer blog?

2005-07-21T18:12:39Z

So... as one of the founding members of BORG3 and an occasional payer-attentioner to what's going on with my baby: I hear whispers of a nasty blog about the biz, specifically about the volume of dirty, stinky emails that are generated from the list.

So, of course, I'm violently curious to read it and laugh at the big baby who can't figure out how to unsubscribe and is clearly not BORG3 material.

Somebody fill me in... in the meantime, I'll be drunk.

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Borg KommuniKation

2005-07-20T00:10:01Z

Hallo! As part of my personal attempt to takeover the world, I am working to create more friction between the borgs... for all our benefit, of course!

Specifically, I applied for a Borg2 Art Grant of $1500 for the Borg3 Beer Drinking Fund.

It isn't up yet - quite soon. I have to get them the last of the information. So then I propose that we start shouting really loud on all the lists that everyone should vote for Borg3!

The grant info will be at www.globalhijack.org - working on that right now.

:-b

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Why cook? -Nature made it perfect!

2005-07-13T17:36:42Z

joelparker.wholefoodfarmacy.com

Order your prepared, natural, organic, raw, low-impact packaged foods today for an enlivened burn. This food will release you back onto the world at large with all of the healing that 8 days of eating the food humans were meant to eat. You'll have more free time to hike the camps, without the need to return home for food preparation.

NO CLEAN-UP!!!

Need I say more? If you are interested in the easiest way to eat on the playa visit joelparker.wholefoodfarmacy.com

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Last Day to Register to Vote for My Cirkus

2005-06-20T05:08:49Z

From the Desk of Noah Mickens, Ringmaster:

Friends of 999 Eyes Ov Endless Dream (http://999eyes.tribe.net),
today is your last chance to register to vote for this year's BORG2
Grant.

And this, in turn, will allow you to vote for our cirkus to receive this
grant.

Which will, in turn, put us in the running for as much as $5000 in
tender succulent grant money for our Burning Man show.

See instructions below, and thank you.

5000. - N.

The BORG2 Bullhorn (B2B): Extra, 5/31/05

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BORG2 Info: http://www.BORG2.org
BORG2 Discussion: http://BORG2.tribe.net
BORG2 Email List and Voter Registration
http://saucer.spaceship.com/mailman/listinfo/bep
BORG2 Art Fund Donations: http://www.BORG2.org/Donate.html
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VOTING REGISTRATION DEADLINE LOOMS

A quick reminder. Register by midnight TONIGHT (May 31st,
2005) to
participate in BORG2's upcoming art grant elections. If you're
getting
this note in your email, and the sending address is
<frankenspock at
yepmail.net>, you're ALREADY REGISTERED. No further action
is
necessary, and you will be sent further instructions when it
comes time
to actually vote (June 2-4).

If you're reading this some other way -- on a website, post in
tribe.net, excerpted in someone else's email -- you need to
register by
midnight tonight in order to participate.

To sign up for the mailing list, follow these easy steps

- Sign up here: http://saucer.spaceship.com/mailman/listinfo/bep

- You will receive a confirmation email at the address you used
to
subscribe to the mailing list

- Click on the link in the message. Follow the insructions on the
page
to confirm your subscription

Only after confirming your subscription will you be in the BORG2
mailing list. Once you start receiving the Bullhorn, you are done.

And now, a FAQ-in-miniature from the loquacious Kiko Amound:

-Why do I need to sign up for the mailing list in order to vote?

Two reasons, the most important of which is that we believe in
informed
voters; informed voters get (and hopefully read) the Bullhorn and
know
what's going on instead of just parachuting into the election and
voting for whoever their friend/lover/neighbor/dealer/pet told them
to
vote for. The second reason is that we use the list for
authenticating
voters.

-I joined the list but never received the list confirmation e-mail.
What do I do?

Check the e-mail you used for signing up for the mailing list.
Make
sure it is not being forwarded somewhere else. Also, check your
spam
folder, the confirmation e-mail could be there.

-I receive the Bullhorn but don't get any e-mail. How come?

Do you receive the Bullhorn through Tribe or E-mail? You need to
be in
the E-MAIL LIST, not Tribe. Also, check your spam folder for
messages
from "Frankenstein Jones" containing the title "BORG2 Bullhorn"

Any further questions, please direct them to the email address
below.

-------------------------

Questions? Complaints? Unsolicited manuscripts? Push the
button and
TALK LOUDLY: Frankenstein Jones at
(b2bullhorn@fastmail.fm).

Got an event coming up or an announcement to make? Send
them in. We
can't guarantee everything submitted will appear in an issue of
the
b2b, however we will make every effort to accommodate your
sincere
desire to yell at the general public. PLEASE SEND ME
INFORMATION. I
can't do this without the people who read the thing.

You can also sign up for the tribe.net thingy at
http://BORG2.tribe.net, where we talk about all sorts of stuff
related
to BORG2. This is probably the quickest way to receive
information and
inform others on topics related to BORG2.

"Please get me off this list as quickly as possible."

Ejection seat button:
http://saucer.spaceship.com/mailman/listinfo/bep

Go down the page until you see the part that begins with "To
unsubscribe". Enter your email address and that should
effectively get
you out of the loop. You will no longer be eligible to take part in
future BORG2 votes after you take this step, although you are
welcome
to re-subscribe at any time.

Frankenstein Jones, Reading Is Fundamental
Office of the People Without Offices
http://www.BORG2.org

Mahalo.

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Damn greeters

2005-05-31T02:32:24Z

http://www.thechump.com/greetings.swf?name=BORG%203

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BORG2 wants my beer

2005-05-21T21:13:49Z

and my burrito. I might share a burrito with them, but they cant have my beer!!!

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NEED YER HELP WITH A SMALL SOAK PROJECT...

2005-05-13T16:06:00Z

OK... remember driving into burning man, bumper to bumper, up to the front gates? Remember those crazy road-signs they had on the side of the road all along the way up to the gate? Some had funny phrases, nonsensical sayings or statistics about the playa, etc. etc. You get the idea. http://portland.tribe.net/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/tribe?page=1&currentoffset=0&parentid=e135a0c3-3b59-4f74-a6b3-3db276bfc5ef&sortby&rows&r=10288

Anyway, most of those signs on the way into Burning Man came from submissions from the black rock community. So, in keeping with that same spirit... Would ya all like 'ta help me out with a similar project for our SOAK?
___________________________________________

Please send me your submissions, off-list, privately!!!!!!!!!
___________________________________________

I'm sure you whack-jobs can come up with some pretty witty fo-shizzle. I will be accepting these submissions over the next week or so. I would like to keep most of them short & sweet, but would consider just about anything, no matter how long or how little sense it makes. I NEED YOUR INPUT! However... Plz understand that, while cleverly worded and wickedly wacky humor will be appreciated, anything of a risqué or blatantly sexual nature will have to be somewhat censored as children might see these signs too. (We don't want some poor fool having to deal with, "Daddy, what does butt sex mean?")

I will sort through them all and pick the best 15 or so. If your idea is used, you will receive a generous 25 minute long blow-job from several of the SOAK planning comity folks so do your best folks! (Well... OK, not really. But I'm trying to inspire you freaks.)

-Curty

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Descisions on patchouli.

2005-05-02T06:15:38Z

Hi there!

I'm new to Burning Man and I want to 'fit in' like everyone else. Since you are the official arm of the Burning Man organization, I was wondering if you could help me out.

I wasn't planning on taking a shower the entire time I was there, so my spiritual advisor advised me to bring some soul-cleaning aromatherapy. So the quesion is whether I should bring Green Mountain Organic patchoulli made by the Peace/Love commune in Eugene, the Xarab Puxana Indian patchoulli made by children personally blessed by his holiness Dali Lama, or a handmade version grown on pesticide free/herbicide free/genetically unaltered/love soil that I have spent at least 200 hours meditating upon.

I would also like to gift it to anyone smelling as bad as I do. I haven't found anyone to give it to yet, but I'm hoping Burning Man will give me an opportunity to spread my love.

So what do you think? Can I get funding too?

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HACKS...

2005-05-01T09:30:46Z

Who the fly'en fuck are these pillow-bight'en MO-FO's?
__________________

BorgThree.tribe.net
__________________

We need to REPRESENT!

p.s. Thanx Kat!

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BORG3 on BORG1

2005-04-02T01:49:04Z

http://www.burningman.com

"BORG1 and BORG2 have announced plans to join forces, logically adding up to BORG3. BORG3 has retaliated, announcing its intention to file a lawsuit in federal court for trademark violations. "We're on this like white on rice," said a BORG3 spokesperson."

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BORGVERSE PEACE SYMBOL SMACKDOWN: the event

2005-03-29T21:46:24Z

Yo. Brothers and sisters. Can't we all just get along? OK, well, maybe not . . .

Words have gone to and fro, between he and she, about this and that. But things still seem as messy and muddled as when we all first stepped onto this big dusty stage.

With this in mind, the borg4 thinks it's high time to grab the mic and announce:

THE BORGVERSE PEACE SYMBOL SMACKDOWN

Here's the gig . . .

Borg2, borg3 and borg4 (the artists, spectators and ravers respectively) clearly have some issues to work out. We people of PLUR aren't much for conflict, but given the current impasse, we think it has sadly become time for a direct physical fight. Well, not really a beat the crap out of each other fleshy sort of fight. More like a thoughtful physical confrontation- maybe even a nice snuggly one at that.

What? Yea, I know. Ok, check this.

The borg4 proposes a co-produced conflagration and fundraiser held in a large space, with a GIGANTIC PEACE SYMBOL painted on the floor, dividing the place and energy space into thirds. Each camp sets up there wares and woes in their third of the pie, and does their thing in rotation throughout the evening, at 30 minute intervals.

We start at 10:00PM with borg2 providing 30 minutes of snotty artistic excess, of whatever form and volume they can still manage. Then 30 minutes of intense and focused drunken spectating by borg3. Then 30 minutes of wicked and wrighteous raving by borg4. Round and round the peace symbol it goes. Where it stops, nobody knows.

But stop it will. And where it stops is at 1am, after 30 minutes of simultaneous, Arting, Spectating and Raving by all three borgs. Whoever has attracted the most people to physically occupy their third of the pie by 1AM wins the big kahuna. Whomever ends up with the least in their pie slice at 1AM is banned from the Porta-Johns at the event this year. And whomever finds themselves in second will be heckled shamelessly and assilimated by the UBERBORG.

But the masses might be open to manipulation and bribing you say? Musical borgs might not accurately reckon who, in fact, should be declared uber?

Well yes, peeps have suggested you might in fact be right. Borg4 is not really too sure about this whole voting thing. Maybe a more direct physical reckoning is in order. I believe all of us peaceniks here are above a direct physical fight, but we certainly are not above--- THE THUMBDERDOME.

Yes, the thumb wrestling version of the larger version. A mere 20 inches high, instead of 20 feet. We'll put it right at the center of the peace symbol, at the intersection of the 3 lines. Combatants from each borg can vie at thumbs in THE THUMBDERDOME all night, with a running tally of the outcome kept by inscrutable talliers of score. Claiming the title of UBERBORG will require a stacked victory in both pie slice population density as well as accumulated thumb wrestling tally at 1am. Yhou dig? Word . . .

More than a mere competition of borgs, THE BORGVERSE PEACE SYMBOL SMACKDOWN is also a fundraiser benefiting two borgs which are as of yet undetermined. We propose to split the gifts from the door and elsewhere 3 ways- 2 shares go to the borg declared UBER at 1am. 1 share to the runner up borg. And 0 shares to the vanquished borg. High risk and high reward are at hand for those who decide to play.

So borg2 and borg3, are you ready to enter the PEACE SYMBOL with borg4 for . . .

. . . THE BORGVERSE SMACKDOWN!!!!!???

MoonDoggie and Smokey, trying to bring the people together

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BORG 2 spies in tribe

2005-03-28T03:50:56Z

So it's no secret to anyone at this point that there's been a lot of heated discussion off-line about the presence of certain BORG 2 activists in this tribe.

I think it's to everyone's long term benefit, and to the lasting benefit of all manner of BORGs, to take this dialogue public. And on that note, let me be the first to say that I think we ought to welcome all BORG 2 members and their ilk and work with them on many fronts, including but not limited to, extorting, ooops, shit, . . . finding win-win scenarios for sharing in their art donation income stream.

PLUR to everyone.

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Somethings fishy here!

2005-03-09T05:16:37Z

http://portland.tribe.net/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/pcard?page=1&currentoffset=5&parentid=6bf72ec4-4607-4276-aa69-b881f814094a&sortby&rows&r=10288

Nuff said.

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BORG4 to fundraise next . . .

2005-02-23T07:25:58Z

Yo peeps!

I can't believe all the illin' going on here about the party people. We just want to spread the lovin' and the peace. Can't you all deal with a little lovin'? Maybe even some snugglin'? Maybe even some lower chakra mischief . . . :-)

So just to show you all that us hip shakers are bigger than your little art minds, the BORG4 will step up to shake out the next fundraiser in the service of that stuff you snottily call Art. So fuck you, we are going to have a RAVE in the name of the BORG2.

I think we will call it "1994". Hard acid house. Detroit sound. Back to the old school thump thump yo!

How's that?

To refresh, here is what we at the BORG4 are all about...

"We are the ravers. The people of PLUR. We are the fuzzy people who buy all the tickets so all you "artiste" types can get grants to make art to decorate our transcendental dance party. We are here to say thank you. And to encourage you to make more fabulous dance party decorations. We like 'em. and we want more. In fact, we demand more. If we don't get more, we are going to stop coming to the event to dance and go dance somewhere else."

Moon :-) :-) :-)

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BORG2 grant proposal to borg1

2005-02-17T19:52:31Z

The BORG2, respectfully requests . . .

mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php

j

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BORG 3 Fundraising event

2005-02-11T00:30:04Z

Join us as we take the donated $6.66 to the Portland Meadows Dog track and bet it all on a 15:1 in hopes of scoring more funds for our beer. Mind you, if you do join us, we're just going to take your money from you and call it part of our winnings. At least it'll be for a good cause - US!

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hi i'm new!

2005-02-09T14:40:56Z

hi everyone. i'm new: to this tribe, burning man, and tribe.net. i joined all the general burning man tribes that came up for my search, and now look forward to learning about you and the festival. has everyone here been? any advice for the new girl?
*smiles*

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Can't you folks get your act together?

2005-01-27T06:39:09Z

can't you folks get your act together?

you are making this "make your own borg" thing look like a real amateurish pursuit. not only does the BORG2 now have its own newsletter and FAQ (posted today) at this point, we are also having a real life event with real life candidates next week.

admitedly, you are much further out of the gate than those PLURistas in BORG4 (who can't even keep their website up), but you still have quite a ways to go before we can slap you squarely on the back and declare you a live birth.

i sent in my money. now where's my show, dammit !!??!!!

j

ps- to get the font right on your header photo, you need to use OCR A or B.

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look what Larry wrote.

2005-01-22T22:59:11Z

And soon, he's coming for us!

January 20, 2005 - 11:01 AM new
From MM Larry speaks -18 Jan 2005

Greetings from San Francisco,

I guess I should point out to everyone that the Borg2 affair is
essentially a San Francisco phenomenon. If one were to subtract all
of the duplicated and triplicated entries and the emails that were
actually intended as protests of the original manifesto, all of
which appeared on the initial manifesto comment list (it allowed
very limited space for expression of opinion), the serious
participation in this project would probably reduce down by nearly
half, though this, too, is something of an understatement, since
many other folks weighed in with comments such as "Boo Yeah!" or
"Down with The MAN!". Conflict, or even the appearance of it is a
great attractor, especially on the Internet. A subsequent ad in a
local alt weekly listed all 1,000 of these entries as "votes". Even
a member of our LLC was listed as a supporter. All of this is
somewhat disingenuous. What I am gently suggesting here is that a
lot of smoke and many mirrors were at play in the creation of this
spectacle.

I wrote a reasoned reply to the original petition, and this resulted
in The Bet. All of this is in line with a long San Francisco
tradition of public farce and practical jokes, though I do believe
that some of the people now involved are in earnest and really do
want to contribute art to the event. This group is concluding
Internet-based elections for their Art Council tonight, and I've no
doubt a lot fun will be had at the Odeon Bar. I suppose I should
also point out that the invitation to our larger community to
participate in this election (which the JRS published under the
terms of this picturesque wager) was intentionally sent out (at
their request) the day AFTER voter registration ended.

We do intend to help the new organizers in any way we can. If they
persevere, they'll face stupendous challenges. We mean to keep
peace in our family, and we will encourage any kind of constructive
action. Who knows? Maybe, when all of this is over, Borg2 might
want to form a San Francisco regional, since none presently exists.
Some of these folks have lived in our shadow too long, and that's
probably half of the problem. But I would caution all of you about
publicizing this effort as if it were the "people's movement" it
might seem to be.

As of this writing, contributions to the Borg2 art fund are not
accounted for and are being held privately. I don't mean to suggest
that there is any fraud involved. If anything, the the primary
instigators of this drama have probably spent considerably more of
their own money than has been received in donations, and we've no
reason to suspect them of unethical designs. However, once an actual
council is constituted, our first question will concern fiduciary
responsibility. If the JRS is to continue to uphold our part in this
wager and publish announcements concerning future activities,
they'll need to invent some form of open and reliable accounting.
At this point, I would be very cautious about publishing anything on
your lists. It wouldn't be fair to artist groups who need support in
your home regions. I would suggest that you invest your effort in
helping these local artists to raise funds. In the meantime, we
will attempt to determine if anything serious will come of this. I
hope this helps to put things in perspective.

Larry

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Tonight is it- put your vote where your mouth is

2005-01-17T05:24:55Z

BORG2 Email List and Voter Registration( ends sunday (tonight)):
http://saucer.spaceship.com/mailman/listinfo/bep

BORG2 Info: http://www.BORG2.org

BORG2 Discussion: http://BORG2.tribe.net

BORG2 Art Fund Donations: http://www.BORG2.org/Donate.html

This is a quick note to remind all interested parties that the deadline to register to vote in the BORG2 elections is MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (PST). After midnight, anyone not signed up on this list WILL NOT be able to vote in the elections which begin Tuesday, Jan. 18th. If you are on this list, obviously, you ARE REGISTERED to vote, so this is a request to all to spread the word about the deadline, pass it on to any pertinent mailing lists you might be on, any blogs or journals you write, and just in general get the word out.

The URL to register:

http://saucer.spaceship.com/mailman/listinfo/bep

Thanks for helping to get the word out!

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Borg3 smell this

2005-01-16T18:20:35Z

http://www.borg3.org/Feces/

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All Your Booze Are Belong To Us.

2005-01-16T01:23:35Z

Tuck it!

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New Tribe - Smorgesborg

2005-01-13T07:31:53Z

No negative growth here. I know you want s'more borg. Let the game be infinate and tasty.

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/tribe/a0af3703-3ad2-44a5-84ff-1e668c392d85?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5Ba0af3703-3ad2-44a5-84ff-1e668c392d85%5D&r=10535

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New Tribe: BORG-1

2005-01-13T05:15:27Z

Now announcing:

BORG negative one... the antiBORG. What happens when BORG and antiBORG meet? A giant fiery explosion, that's what.

http://borg-1.tribe.net

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whos moderating dis dting

2005-01-10T19:01:00Z

whew.
dis is the port in dthe storm i was looking for.

can i get a "welcome home ,duuuude."

dthe b.s. is blowing hard out there.

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register your tits

2005-01-06T22:19:25Z

don't forget, the newest rule at burningman this year is all tits and dicks need to be registered. avoid the long lines, and pre-register by posting photos of your dick and/or tits to the photo section of the BORG3 tribe. a special promotional drawing will be held, and you could win a case of Ranier and two backstage passes to the burn! van halen will be headlining this year! this year! drawing to be held in early august of 05.

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who are i? where is this?

2005-01-05T19:18:13Z

Ever wake up in the middle of nowhere with marks on you body and you can't remember who you were?

Flashy lights in your eyes and powdery dust in you orfices?

We're here for you.

http://portland.tribe.net/tribe/2786162a-5a3d-44ff-910c-48c94a7aab63?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B2786162a-5a3d-44ff-910c-48c94a7aab63%5D&r=10535

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fertilize the desert!

2005-01-05T19:17:15Z

poop on the playa!

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BACK TO THE BASICS

2005-01-05T09:09:41Z

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/tribe/81b361a8-7976-4964-9dc1-9ce3cd691b3c?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B81b361a8-7976-4964-9dc1-9ce3cd691b3c%5D&r=10535

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HI MATEO!! :D

2005-01-03T17:52:54Z

HI!! WHERE ARE YOU???

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BORG90210 Duh!

2005-01-03T02:20:52Z

Hey you guys should come join BORG90210 tribe.
We are bringing the beachhouse to the playa!

borg90210duh.tribe.net

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Pentaborg - Borg5

2005-01-03T00:28:59Z

Hi!

We endeavor to bring the spirituality AND the good times back to Burning Man!

The Pentaborg work hard, and yes, you still have to work, too.

Please join us, we don't know the truth from the light, but we can learn!

Thank you!

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/tribe/ea6b5416-1828-4b9b-830a-8ab8804bfa69?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5Bea6b5416-1828-4b9b-830a-8ab8804bfa69%5D&r=10535

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try and be

2004-12-31T18:13:58Z

somehting other than a joke

http://california.tribe.net/tribe/8c87d7d0-8a9e-44dc-ba12-4596e017727c?r=10535

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ATMs in Center Camp

2004-12-30T23:49:42Z

I think it's an idea whose time has come.

We can do 'em up Easter Island style, like the toilets in '02. That'll keep the 'artists' from bitching.

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playa pissing

2004-12-28T18:13:30Z

Has BORG 3 developed a formal position with respect to the ever-timely issue of playa pissing? This becomes all the more salient this year as BORG 3 attendees will no doubt flood the playa with beer, and then conceivably flood the playa again with their streams of playa piss? Perhaps we should designate certain playa piss free fire zones in convenient areas, marked off by duct-tape, or channels. Andy Goldsworthy, in fact, could be commissioned to create the sand channels with which to shape the flow and collection of playa piss. This issue should really be taken up at the next meeting.

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BORG3 Beer Fund: call for donations

2004-12-24T22:37:17Z

BORG3 is pleased to announce the BORG3 Beer Fund supporting drunks in OUR community. Please visit the BORG3 website (http://www.borg3.org) for more information, and click on the "Donate to the BORG3 Beer Fund" link.

Thank you. We sincerely appreciate your support in this valiant effort.

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Pimp My Art Car

2004-12-24T16:21:46Z

MTV could sponsor it. Whaddya think?

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New Fences Announced!

2004-12-24T16:13:50Z

In the wake of 911, and with all the Artists fleeing en mass, BORG1 (the Will Rogers Memorial Shotgun Toting Originals ORG), has announced the implementation of new and BETTER art this year. The old orange trash fence, being hardly any defense at all against terriorists, and obviously failing at keeping the artists contained, shall be replaced with new ten foot tall razor wire just surplused from the war the war over there over there. Now that's beautifool art!

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Nike Swoosh on the Man

2004-12-24T01:50:03Z

It has to happen.

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Pabst Blue Ribbon kegs

2004-12-24T01:46:52Z

I strongly request that at convienent locations throughout the city, that kegs of Pabst Blue Ribbon be setup. Fuck we have porta potties everywhere, why not keggers?

Critical tits from keg to keg?
X-(games) from keg to keg?
the possibilities are endless, until the beer runs out

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BORG 3 tickets

2004-12-23T19:52:40Z

I had already decided to buy my BORG 2005 tickets, and then this great BORG 2 art petition and accompanying call for $250,000 in support came out, and now the (even better) BORG 3 agenda.

Do I have to buy a ticket to all 3 of these events?

And assuming that the BORG 3 proposal for sponsorship and a co-marketing agreement with KOA and Budweiser get a green light, will this make my tickets cheaper or more expensive?

Is BORG 3 just another event-within-an-event, or will it be a spectacle unto itself? And if we buy BORG 3 tickets or donate to BORG 3, do we get to enter BORG 2 territory to watch a bunch of drunk white hillbillies play with their flamethrowers . . . ooops, I mean . . . watch real artists reclaim the playa for the new proletarian man?

And if I donate to any of these entities, do I get to shower in First Camp or use the special porta potties behind the Med tents?

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Fireworks restrictions LIFTED!

2004-12-23T19:30:49Z

You can help create your own art on the playa!
BORG3 has lifted the restrictions for fire safety!
Why should the Man be singled out for fireworks display?
This year, bring all your favorite illegal fireworks to BRC.
Put your vinyl and fur back on, get out your handy Muppet lighter, forget those silly goggles, hold tight to that fuse, and BURN BABY BURN!
We will be ecstatic to watch as you create your very own organic
playa briquette.
oooo, it's a weenie roast!

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borg3.org

2004-12-22T08:14:04Z

http://www.borg3.org/

the *rest* of the community speaks out.

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