Wow, thanks for getting on this so quickly!
So may I infer from the foregoing that we can do it on the 19th in the ballroom? I just need to get back on the promotion pony as soon as possible, first undoing the promotion I did from before 924 Gilman pulled the rug out. I've updated the Facebook event page with your location, but really need the big thumbs-up.
I really want to bring the hacker/maker people in this year, and doing it in the Ballroom I think will be GREAT for that. Also, former music venue, so there is still that synergy, also kinda full circle for me because I was still employed by Nady when he lost the use permit the first time around.
Jenny,
As for being interviewed about the early days of Nady's use of The Omni as a venue (which started out great and turned crappy; I have some quite insider insight on how that happened), I would love to, and I'm still in touch with some former (and even current) employees who might be interested in giving their insight as well. The former head sound guy still lives in his apartment at the 1145 65th Street location, for instance. Mr. Pete, who is a really sweet guy.
It was sad to watch the wonderfully eclectic bookings turn to pay-for-play metal. I was there on the nights when Neil Young and Thomas Dolby did tracking for possible inclusion on live albums, when Branford Marsalis played, Red Hot Chili Peppers (pre-superstardom), Motorhead, Blue Oyster Cult, Voice Farm; really a great mix of stuff.
So hoping to hear back soon. I am psyched! Hoping I can get on serious promotion this weekend.
Cheers,
Erik
On 1/26/2017 8:26 PM, robb wrote:
hi Lynn,i think the swap meet requested the 19th
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Lynn Howe <lynn.howe@gmail.com> wrote:
Awesome Orchestra has withdrawn their request for the Omni Ballroom for Feb 20 so that date is now available.
Sent from my iPhoneCheers,Looks like a rad event!Just a quick date clarification for the lists - a quick peek at the /occupy/ backend shows a pending event request for Awesome Orchestra on MONDAY the 20th, but Sunday the 19th looks free and I see Erik's event request there :)Erik, some folks at the Omni are also putting together an oral history of the building, in part as research needed to get Omni's conditional use permit reinstated with the city (who lost the prior CUP in 1989). Would you be interested in doing an interview with me about your memories of the club in the 80s?
Jenny
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Jake <jake@spaz.org> wrote:
Hi Erik!!!!!! so nice to hear from you!
I would love for you to have the event at Omni!! we have a booking system and
here's a link. I just looked at the calendar for you (which is the first step)
and it looks to me like February 19th is clear!!!!!!! That's assuming you want
the main ballroom, which i think would be awesome.
https://omnicommons.org/occupy
don't worry about the second tuesday thing.. just say that Jake from Sudoroom
wants to sponsor this event and that we want to reserve the ballroom for that
date. As soon as your request comes in, i'll push to get it confirmed.
I'm assuming we can collect donations of some kind to give to the Omni for use
of the space? Just whatever is normal for an event like this at Gilman i
guess. That's one of the questions on the form you'll see at the above link.
Also, sudoroom will be able to supply a lot of cool electronic STUFF for the
tables, so i think people who come to this will be very pleased.
-jake
note: sudoroom constantly has a big e-waste pile, and if you think the event
will add to the unwanted electronics pile, we should plan for someone to take a
truck to Universal Waste in Fruitvale after the event to clear it all out.
On Wed, 25 Jan 2017, Erik Miller wrote:
Jake,
I hope you have been well. Mitch Altman gave me this email address, and I
have been trying to reach you over the past couple of years using what I
think must be out-of-date contact information.
I wanted to ask about how Sudo Room is doing and all that, but Mitch says
it’s thriving. I’ve been to the website a couple of times and was amazed and
amused to find out that (according to the website anyway) you are in the old
Omni building. I worked for Nady Systems from 1986 to 1991, right during the
time when it was a thriving venue for at first a pretty cool eclectic mix,
and then later, pay-to-play hair metal.
Anyway, 924 Gilman told me that the traditional 3rd Sunday in February would
be fine, and I printed up a pile of handbills and started to go around
promoting the event, an event page on Facebook that got really good
attention, and my first physical stop being Ace Monster Toys’ open house
night. I really want to lay into the “DIY Electronics” part this year, as we
have attracted plenty of the “Musicians” part in the past couple of them and
I want to balance it out and get back to the kind of thing where you and
Mitch met, get the maker/hardware hacker/tinkerers interested. I have a
variety of surplus components to give away, a bit of redistribution that I
figured you would like.
Anyway, right after my visit to Ace, Gilman’s booker told me that the day
they had promised had been taken for an event that the landlord (The Caning
Shop) was doing, and suggested February 26th, the following Sunday.
Now they are telling me that there’s something going on that day and how
about Saturday the 25th?
It’s just a month away at this point and I need to be able to promote it with
a definite date, and I would like a Sunday.
My question: is there enough space for it at Sudo Room, and would you be
interested in hosting the event this year? It would be on Sunday the 19th
(the original date) or Sunday the 26th.
Please let me know yea or nay ASAP, as our time frame to promote the event is
ever narrowing.
Cheers,
Erik Miller
Euthymia Electronics
510-872-9458
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