Welcome aboard the SS Jeremiah
Saturday May 27th | Saturday Artists | Friday May 26th | Spirits
This Memorial Day weekend, the energy of the Xingolati community will board the SS Jeremiah at Pier 45 in San Francisco. The event will have three unique pieces. Friday evening will be a gathering of the minds. There will be forums for discussion and collaboration. Saturday evening will be a two-part celebration. Beginning with the sunset onboard the SS Jeremiah, we will serve you or' devours, fine wines, and fabulous ales. The lights of San Francisco will illuminate the ship as we dawn our finest apparel. This will be an ornate affair; a waltz with the past, celebrating what the future will bring. Finally, we will shake loose our corsets and top hats into the early morning with an after party ripe with break beats and circus freaks.
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Saturday May 27th complimentary wine and beverage
Saturday evening reads like a fantastic tale filled with gypsies, mariachi schools, arranged marriages, and burlesque troupes. Simultaneously beautiful and intriguing, rich with an exotic flare that goes far and beyond what one would expect. There will be three performance areas with performance art, live music, dj's and best of all complimentary beer and wine.
Women in corsets and stiletto heels are just part of the equation. Joining us for a stylistic European hopscotch will be DeVotchka. DeVotchKa's blend of gypsy instrumentation (accordion, bouzouki, and violin), mariachi horns, and flamenco guitar is perfectly suited for burlesque's vintage spectacle. With a powerful, quivering tenor and rakish leading-man speaks of the travails of a lovelorn urban castoff. He frequently paints in Southwestern shades with twangy electric guitar or adds brassy Mexicali tones on trumpet. That vivid evocation of place underlies the band's music. Deep in the stoic history of the SS Jeremiah draped in crushed velvet with DeVotchka you will feel transported.
The drummer was raised by Lithuanian polka musicians and studied mariachi horns. The bass player was in a traveling Civil War recreationist band. The singer came from parents - a Sicilian and a gypsy - whose marriage was arranged. He's toured relentlessly with classically trained musicians. The artists' influences are as varied as Eastern folk music, South American music, and North American folk and punk.
Crossing the line~ The Ritual
Performed by the Vau de Vire Society featuring Dr. Madd Vibe (Angelo Moore of Fishbone)
Directed by Mike Gaines.
On this the 27th of May you have been summoned here to our majesty's ship the SS Jeremiah. On this day, you shall tender us an initiation in the mystic rites of passage of this community.
DJ Logic
DJ Logic has become one of the most in-demand session turntablists on the planet. Doing his own thing with his own style, Logic has a unique place in this new-world DJ order. Says Logic, "every good DJ has his or her thing that makes them unique. I like to think my thing is playing live music with real musicians, being part of a band and being a good listener."
LOOP!STATION
Robin Coomer and Sam Bass. One woman, one man, one voice, one cello, multiple layered 'loops' hand tooled and shaped into lovely, cascading, provocative orchestral compositions with an immediate soul-rocking palpability.
Shake your Booty
We are happy to have our good friend Mopo, Random Rab and others spinning the booty shaking dance party aboard the SS Jeremiah. More artists to be announced!
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The After Party Baby ~ 12 Midnight- 6 am
After you've rocked Prelude Du Xingolati on the battleship, get ready for an all-night dance fest featuring SF's nu school all-stars of dance and electronic music hosted by Lowpro Lounge. This late night rage-a-thon is going to take place in the brand new mega-club TEMPLE, a true fusion of eastern and western styles. Bejeweled with south-east asian art, cutting edge plasma screens, fiber optics, and giant dance floors... it must be seen to be believed. Guiding this multimedia experience will be DJ Dream Team members Laird and Smoove, a second set by DJ Logic, LA superstar edIT, SF breaks heros BLVD, and Lowpro operators J.Tonal, James Christopher and Audio Angel. Also
performing: international sensation Mochipet, B.Smiley, and Majitope.
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Friday May 26th 7:00 pm- 11:00 pm
If the people lead, soon they will become leaders.
We are looking to extend the evening beyond panel discussions, breaking out into some larger action-directed collective brainstorming, where people get to hammer on specific questions and unearth ideas they have been sitting on. The vibe will include some down tempo chill ambience and perhaps some improb performance.
Who is Guy Grand...Keynote address: A look at what we have developed, who our community is and where we are going. We will look at the infrastructure of our community, our communication tools and how we can support each other in collaboration.
Forums and breakout sessions: There will be two primary focal points.
Artists, performers and entertainers: How can we be inclusive and support artists? How can we create opportunities for performers with Xingolati and beyond?
Culture and community. Toggling between the creative innovation of the underground and the financial reality of the mainstream; we are looking to create a space that is sustainable. How can we build events through art and entertainment that leave us with more than hangovers and depleted brain cells? We are looking to build events that nourish us and leave us with a new foundation that is a part of the mainstream.
Topics to consider
Artists & Performers
- Keeping track of new and tech innovationsThe role of grant-writing and event sponsorshipsCollaborating with writers/ poets/ copy-writersCross-pollinating beyond the knownDriving new fashion into the street
Community
- Architecture~Urban PlanningSustainability~ education, collaboration, actionRoles & ResponsibilitiesOnline communitiesVolume and Scalability through collaborationPositive attributes of the corporate structure
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