I saw big kids and small alike shooten for their bird! Man was fresh deep-fried turkey good!
I really want to thank everyone who worked, played, danced, sang, burned, talked, drank, and saw me smile. It was quite the night as these pictures show.
Ahhhh the Porch! it transform the parking lot into another place that was not West Oakland. Here it is with the The Easy Leaves making our feet tap!
Jodi lighting a cigarette to the sounds of JD’s banjo.
I watched and enjoyed EL RADIO FANTASTIQUE, Mykee Ramen and the Boiler Bar performers and was sorry I didn’t have my camera to capture what wonderful things were happening on our very little Boiler Bar stage.
And to top it all off CHP finally made it to the party a few hours after sunrise to take a turn at shooting the fire.
Next Saturday Noon to 10pm West Oakland’s new Steam Shop is the place to be!
Easy freeway access! First exit off the Bay Bridge. Easy parking. Bring those pumpkins you never got around to carving and chop them up in the Guillotine!
Come hungry and thirsty. Wait till you see what the merch crew has been putting together.
THIS JUST IN: We’ll be able to offer letters of donation on site for anyone seeking a tax write off!
Now is the time for steamdorks to unite!
2525 Mandela Parkway, Oakland
(Right across the street from the Brown Sugar Kitchen)
Come experience tons & tons of steam powered contrivances! Join us in celebration of our new STEAM HQ and our new Non-Profit status! Fun for the whole family!
Bring your pumpkins, have a steam stirred margarita!
Featuring:
-“Pappy” The mighty 15ton Steam Tractor from 1917
-“Hortense” the hot rod of Steam Traction Engines circa 1920
-The bone-crushing “Dingus”
-The Double Decker Sky Box
-Wicked water cannon
-The Golden Mean A Giant Iron Snail Car
-Our very own steam powered sewing machine
-***and introducing: The Gory Pumpkin Guillotine!***
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This post was written by Form & Reform on November 10, 2009 Comments Off on KSW ROLL OUT Nov 14th, 2009
With the holiday spirit upon us it’s time for a good old fashioned turkey shoot and hoedown. Times is hard and we know not all of you can afford a turkey this year, so drop your last dollar on us and hope your aim is as good as you say.
3 birds will go home to the best shots of the night.
Grand Prize, a Free Range Willie Bird Turkey!
A $108 value!
Best shot of the night wins this delicious bird! We will deep-fry it on the spot!
November 28th 2009, 8pm-2am2600 Magnolia at 26th street in West Oakland MapEnter through the Parking Lot Gate$10 donation to support the Golden Mean As always at the Boiler Bar: DJ’s, & ravers are welcome to talk and learn.
Emigrate To The First Church ofthe Buzzard
and Sell Yer Soul for the Promise of Strife, Agony,
and the Pursuit of Shame!!
A Mere $5 and a Helluvalotta Bureaucracy Gets
Yer Tarred Soul into See::
ZEEK SHECK
OMNIVOROUS SINSILLIUM
SHARKIFACE
ORHIMA
+++++
INTERNATIONAL FREAKOUT A GOGO DJ’S
<<<MARK GERGIS>>>BRACK ATTACK>>>BOBBY GANUSH>>
….@
THE FIRST CHURCH ofthe BUZZARD
2601 Adeline(enter on 26th st.) Oakland
9PM ……….$5.00
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This post was written by Form & Reform on October 27, 2009 Comments Off on Holloween in West Oakland
Great night in the Crucible’s new space for the Fire Arts Festival! Much more room to see things and fire art I’ve never seen before. Looking forward to the rest of the week. Wonderful to see so many kids lined up to shoot fire from the eyes of the snail car. Looks like I’m going to have to set up bigger tanks for the rest of the nights just to keep up!
20 Tons Of sand starts this Sat @ 4pm with swimming, art and the best line up of music and acts I’ve seen in a long time! Here are some shots of setup tonight.
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This post was written by Form & Reform on July 10, 2009 Comments Off on 20 Tons of Sand and lots of Work!
A relaxing 1920’s seaside spa that features entertainment by fellow
weekend travelers looking to cure a vice, take in the high voltage of the
Hogan’s therapeutic rays, or cure hysteria with West Oakland’s renown fresh
salt air.
The Boiler Bar Seaside Sanitarium and Medicine Show Performers:
Holly Volatile:
Escapes from a straightjacket; Sings of the malady that led to her incarceration; Celebrates by doing a fire filled burlesque strip tease
Tanzee:
A sea serpent queen who has come ashore with her serpents; Performs with fire on her fingers and flowers; Fan dancing by the seaside
Denzel:
Struts like a lady with a pastel of balloons to celebrate the seaside Sanitarium’s opening; Dances on top of glass; Charms all with her wayward gypsy dance
Mareeshka & Solimeno:
Performs a beach inspired Charleston; 2 Circassian beauties dance together, longing to escape; For kicks — a Can Can!
Jodi & J.D.:
Escaped monkey goes wild and eats chickens!; A hobo and her musician entertain before being carried off to the Sanitarium; A little doll decides dancing with fire is more fun
Lauren and Jon are our MCs extraordinaire. With the help of specially trained nurses, they also present the miracle health cure available only at the Boiler Bar Seaside Sanitarium — Hogan High Frequency Apparatus. This therapeutic device will demonstrate the ability to cure with high voltage.
