[sudo-discuss] [omni-booking] FEB 19th in Ballroom: Musicians and DIY Electronics Swap Meet

Fri Jan 27 10:55:58 PST 2017

big thumbs up to ya!

can't wait to hear those stories & hopefully video record them :)

let me know if you have any a/v needs/wants.

this is gonna be great!
~r

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Erik Miller <emiller at eutronics.us> wrote:

> 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 at 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 Awesome Orchestra has withdrawn their request for the Omni Ballroom for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 iPhone
>>
>> On Jan 26, 2017, at 10:08 AM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Looks like a rad event!
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jenny
>>
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>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Jake <jake at 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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