Boiler Bar and Golden Mean on Boing Boing!
Big thanks to Xeni, Eddie and Aaron!
Boing Boing story about our last Boiler Bar Event
This Weekend May 30, 31st at Maker Faire
Our Next Event June 20th: Dorkbot 7 Year Party
Dorkbot 7 year Anniversary Party June 20th
Dorkbot 7 year Anniversary Party June 20th
Presenting:
Greg Solberg & Keith Johnson
How to bake an electric cupcake, Tesla Roster, and the Marriage Wrecker.
Greg Solberg’s Bio: Greg has an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and thirty years of programming experience. Fifteen years ago he got involved with electric vehicles. Encouraged by a complete lack of knowledge on the subject he took on the task of converting his Honda Del Sol to electric propulsion. Four years later the Del Sol was running. Since then he has created a number of amusing electric art car vehicles (Electric Couch, Pink Bunny Slippers, and Cupcake Cars). Currently he has landed his dream job at Tesla Motors where he spends much of his time extracting the last little bits of performance out of the Tesla’s AC induction motor drive.
Keith Johnson’s Bio: At Stanford University, Keith wrestles with thorny issues around preserving very-long-term access to digital information-from esoteric research data to the digital photographs we’re all making now. For fun, he tinkers with anything mechanical or electronic, especially cars. Five years ago, encouraged and assisted by Greg Solberg, Lisa Pongrace, and his wife Merrilee Proffitt, he built two electric cupcake cars. Last year, inspired to create something a bit bigger, he built a full-size, air-suspended, electric-powered, robotic horse- drawn carriage (without the horse) decorated briefly as an industrial- age Cinderella’s Pumpkin Carriage. Though the carriage fared well on the rough Playa, the pumpkin shell disintegrated, and the carriage found its name, the “Marriage Wrecker.”
Jon Sarriugarte
One or more of the following topics:
The Giant Iron Snail Car the Golden Mean
1928 Hogan Tesla Coil
Powertool Drag Racing
Volt-Aged Whiskey
Bio: Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, Jon made the trip out to California to create the metal furniture company Form & Reform in 1987. He has studied and worked as a blacksmith/ fabricator for over 25 years. He co-owns the Kraftworks building in West Oakland that houses over 20 industrial craftsmen and performance artists. Not content to “merely” excel at work, Jon also believes in plain old fun. His entries in the Power Tool Drag Races have been featured on the Discovery Channel, and his work on Vortex generators were featured on the History Channel. He continues to be active in the Bay Area art group, Survival Research Laboratories. Two years Jon and his wife Kyrsten Mate founded the Boiler Bar Theater. This Oilpunk group built an entire bar from a turn of the century oil town and along with a bevy of stage talent, has taken the show on the road as far away as Texas. The Golden Mean is the newest addition mixing Jules Verne and Dr Doolittle in a hot rod car from the past.
Mike Winter
Interrogation by Robot
Recently he created robots that hug, laugh,
interrogate, party, make up stories, remove free will and buy beer. Currently he is working on Artificial Personality projects. He will be talking about interrogation by robot, there will be a short video.
Bio: Michael Winter is co-founder of Stupid Fun Club, a Berkeley based think tank. Before that, he founded three successful technology companies. More importantly, he won the first Robot Wars with his flipper robot, X1.
Omega Recoil
Wireless Power Transmission: How did Nikola Tesla do it? By Omega Recoil
In the late 1800s Nikola Tesla began experimenting with transmitting power wirelessly via the earth’s crust and the ionosphere. He invented what we now know as the Tesla Coil; this device was capable of generating extremely high voltages, and was the pre-curser to radio transmission. What was Tesla doing? How was he doing it? Does wireless power work? The Omega Recoil team have been re-creating some of Tesla’s wireless power experiments, with interesting results.
Our presentation will include videos of our Tesla Coils running and power being transmitted wirelessly.
Bio: Omega Recoil is a team of Scientists, builders, engineers, showmen and industrial artists that have created extremely large sparks in the San Francisco Bay area since 1999. The members of the group began work with: Pyrokenetics, Dr. Megavolt, Flaming Lotus Girls, SRL, Firefall, SimNuke, and Acme Muffineering. Omega Recoil is the intersection where Mad Science meets Art and Education.
Plus more! After the speakers each of these topics will be presented in larger than life demos!
Details
June 20th 2009, 8pm-2am 2600 Magnolia at 26th street in West Oakland Map Enter through the Parking Lot Gate $10 donation to support the Boiler Bar As always at the Boiler Bar: DJ’s, & ravers are welcome to talk and learn.
Maker Faire May 30-31st San Mateo CA
The Boiler Bar & Theater are gearing up for Maker Faire next week and looking forward to seeing everyone!
We are bringing the Boiler Bar, Boiler Bar Stage, and the Giant Iron Snail Car the Golden Mean.
Look for us near Oaks Hall behind the Mouse Trap
Show times for the Boiler Bar are: 1:30, 3:30, 7pm Sat. & 1:15, 4:15 Sunday
Wonderful photo’s from our last show by Taboo
Omega Recoil at the Dorkbot Seven Year Anniversary Party
Dorkbot Seven Year Anniversary Party at the Boiler Bar June 20th
A night of learning, making, & sharing of Electrical Science & Art!
Wireless Power Transmission: How did Nikola Tesla do it? By Omega Recoil
In the late 1800s Nikola Tesla began experimenting with transmitting power wirelessly via the earth’s crust and the ionosphere. He invented what we now know as the Tesla Coil; this device was capable of generating extremely high voltages, and was the pre-curser to radio transmission. What was Tesla doing? How was he doing it? Does wireless power work? The Omega Recoil team have been re-creating some of Tesla’s wireless power experiments, with interesting results.
Our presentation will include videos of our Tesla Coils running and power being transmitted wirelessly.
Bio:
Omega Recoil is a team of Scientists, builders, engineers, showmen and industrial artists that have created extremely large sparks in the San Francisco Bay area since 1999. The members of the group began work with: Pyrokenetics, Dr. Megavolt, Flaming Lotus Girls, SRL, Firefall, SimNuke, and Acme Muffineering. Omega Recoil is the intersection where Mad Science meets Art and Education.
Also presenting: Mike Winter cofounder of SFC,llc. will be speaking about his cyborg arm. Jon SarriugarteOne or more of the following topics: The Giant Iron Snail Car the Golden Mean 1928 Hogan Tesla Coil Powertool Drag Racing Volt-Aged Whiskey
Plus more! After the speakers each of these topics will be presented in larger than life demos!
Details
June 20th 2009, 7pm-2am 2600 Magnolia at 26th street in West Oakland Map Enter through the Parking Lot Gate $10-20 donation to support the Boiler Bar As always at the Boiler Bar: DJ’s, & ravers are welcome to talk and learn.
Post May Day
Wow!
I had such a wonderful time! My only regret was not being able to visit with more friends. I really want to thank all of the wonderful crew and volunteers that helped make it possible.
Send me your pictures!
Upcoming shows:
Robo Games Party June 12th
Dorkbot 7 Year Anniversary Party at Our shop June 20
Pride Parade June 27th With the Golden Mean
Please sign up for the Golden Mean Fan Club on Facebook for future updates to our events.
“Warm cotton candy, straightjacket burlesque, the best pickles EVER http://www.nickandkivas.com, nail forging, steam cars to tesla roadsters….I have *blisters* from trying to see it all., and I didn’t even stay for the fireworks!” …….Liisa Pine Schoonmaker
May Day Party this coming Saturday
Neopagans unite for the International Workers Day Celebration of
May 2nd 2009
The Boiler Bar presents:
May 2nd 8pm till the flowers wilt.
Featuring Snake Charming, CanCan Girls, Belly, Glass, Fire & May Pole Dancing, Burlesques, Balancing Acts, Old Timey Music by:The Boiler Bar Performers
Denzel
TanzeeMareeshka Solimeno Gibson Pearl Mitara Holly Volatile Miss Opportunity
Plus:
Room for cream; Jodi Waseca & JD Limelight Sister Kate Phat ManDee One Man BanjoAnd:
Dance Around the May PoleGods and Goddesses dress in your best May outfit and be Crowned May Queen and King Break from the Toil of your Labour to wait in the Soup Line Talk about the State of the Union
Drink handmade Hooch from the Boiler Bar See May Spring Forth in Flaming Aerial Spectacles Touch the Golden Mean the Giant Iron Snail Car Delight in the Simplicity of Fire and Sand Shocked by the smoothness of our Drinks
Yell Mayday in a crowd
With:
Black Smithing by Shawn Lovell
Art cars
Please let us know if you want to bring your car too!
The Golden Mean
Neverwas L B & O Trolley
The Marriage WreckerDetails
May 2nd 2009, 8pm-2am 2600 Magnolia at 26th street in West Oakland Map Enter through the Parking Lot Gate $10-20 donation to support the Golden Mean & Boiler Bar Theater
Thanks to Lagunitas for sponsoring this event!
Please Note: DJ’s and Ravers are welcome to talk
Bring Your own cup, spoon and bowl, or a wasteful red plastic one will be provided.
Geek Dad- Wired talks about the Boiler Bar
Geekdad an article from Wired about the Boiler Bar
I love the idea of a flame shooting bar in everyone’s backyard!
This video was shot by Geeks are Sexy at Austin Maker Fair at Kyrsten’s 40th Birthday party (that why we have the silly hats on)
I mention Oilpunk in this video to explain our aesthetics. I’ve been asked a few times what I mean by this, so I put together a short paragraph to explain how I see our look and the influence to our work.
Oilpunk: is Punk, Hot Rod, Geek, Blue Collar, and Maker Culture mixed together with the Petroleum Golden Age of the last century. It’s the intersection of petroleum products, art, and science. It harkens back to a time when hard work, combustion engines and industry shaped us, yet it speaks to the future. It’s taking the castoffs of modern industrial culture and objects from the last decade to reuse today. Dirty, greasy, sweaty, it’s a work hard, play hard style.
Beer Circus at Lagunitas
The Boiler Bar & Theater
Ta Dah
Wow that was a hoot! Great performers EVERYWHERE. You couldn’t spill your beer without hitting some amazing talent.
Big hand goes out to Tony and crew at Lagunitas for hosting such a fun free event!
more:
Daring & Darling Burlesque
The Serpent Queen
Slack Rope Balancing
Circassian Dancing Beauties
Dancing on Glass
Can Can Girls
Fire Breathing Vaudeville
Old Timey Music
ANd Much Much More For more info see: <a href=”http://www.oilpunk.com”>www.oilpunk.com</a> for bookings call 510 444 7007
boilerbar@oilpunk.com
Lagunitas Beer Circus Feb 8th
San Fransisco Beer Week
SF Beer Week Starts the first week of Feb. and we are bring out the the Boiler Bar, theater, dancing girls, and the snail art car, the Golden Mean, to the Lagunitas Beer Circus Feb 8th.
This is a free event, but you must RSVP directly to Lagunitas (707 769 4495) now to reserve a ticket. This will be sold out fast, so act soon if you plan to attend.
Update
This event is sold out, sorry.
The Boiler Bar and Theater
