Planet Earth, Your 80s Dance Camp comes to Burning Man!

Patamon · Post by **Patamon** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:22 am

For those out there who want a break from the unch...unch..unch.. "The system is down... the system is down..."

Planet Earth, a new camp this year, will be bringing you the best 80s New Wave, Goth, Industrial, Synth and 80s hits to dance to on the playa!

If any of you caught the "80s nights" at Doctor Letaudries Freakshow in 2007 and 2008, you're going to love Planet Earth. Same crew, same great tunes, videos, and DJ's, plus more!

Every night, from 8pm onwards, we'll have a sub-theme... they are....
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Sunday Night at Midnight, August 30th. -- PLANET EARTH DEBUT --
Theme: 80s hits, New Wave, Synth, and videos.

Monday, August 31st. -- CLUB BEYOND --
Theme: 80's to 90's.

Tuesday, September 1st. -- BEST OF NEW WAVE --
Theme: New Wave hits

Wednesday, September 2nd. -- CLUB GOTH --
Theme: Goth / Industrial

Thursday, September 3rd. -- THE BIG 5 --
Theme: Featuring Hits from Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, New Order, The Cure and the Smiths.

Friday, Septmeber 4th. -- FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS --
Theme: 80's Hits, with a Focus on the Big Videos from the 80's.

Saturday, September 5th (Burn Night) -- BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE --
Theme: Pretty much anything goes, all 80's. This night may go until Sunrise.
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We'll also be playing more chill tunes during the day.

If you're a fan of the 80's, swing on by, you can't miss us. We're the camp with the huge 32ft long "PLANET EARTH" wall.

Once we get placed, look for our street address on this thread.

JezebelinHell · Post by **JezebelinHell** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:49 pm

Do you have your placement yet? I know it puts me in the minority at Burning Man, but techno makes me wanna punch babies. There seem to be less and less places to escape it each year.

303jewels · Post by **303jewels** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:05 pm

Planet Earth is a great name for an 80's camp.

I love 80's synths - big and fat slabs of bass. Far superior to the latest 'machines. And were used back then far more 'groovily'.

Patamon · Post by **Patamon** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:32 pm

JezebelinHell..."Do you have your placement yet?"

Not yet, Theme Camp placement won't be announced for awhile, in past years it was around early August. Once we know our location I'll post it to this thread.

Patamon · Post by **Patamon** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:36 pm

Some of what you'll hear at Planet Earth:

Duran Duran (of course)
Depeche Mode
The Cure
The Smiths
Erasure
New Order
Joy Division
Adam Ant
Billy Idol
The Cult
B-52's
Flock of Seagulls
Siouxsie
Tears for Fears
Sisters of Mercy
Heavy 17
Talking Heads
Dead or Alive
Tones on Tail
OMD
Echo and the Bunnyman
Pet Shop boys
Front 242

And hundreds of others of your favorite 80s bands and dance tunes.

We also have a library of over (200) 80s videos we'll be playing from time to time as well, especially Friday night when the theme is "Friday night Videos".

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:00 pm

JezebelinHell wrote:I know it puts me in the minority at Burning Man, but techno makes me wanna punch babies.

Well, it doesn't have much of a following on this board. At least not a vocal one. We gots them sceered.

dj_john69 · Post by **dj_john69** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:07 pm

Great idea. I'll be by there on Thursday for sure

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:12 pm

Damn fine idea. I'll be there or you can choke me with my skinny tie.

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:52 pm

I love you. It is comforting to know there's a place I can go to escape the techno.

303jewels · Post by **303jewels** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:22 pm

Though......
The B.52's - '53 miles west of venus' is Techno (in a blissfull, funky, dreamlike 'Model 500' kinda way).

X

Pet Shop Boys can be excrutiatingly 'danceable' .....too.!

Barbados or the Burn this year.?????? !!!!!!!

Quite sure your camp will have a fantastic little atmosphere. Nice one.

XX

303jewels · Post by **303jewels** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:49 pm

Fuck!......Just noticed Front 242 on your playlist too.

Longshot! But, I dont suppose you are going to broaden our minds with other EBM/New Beat???????

Shit.....that would really put the cherry on the top of your already delectable cake.

THAT WOULD BE A TRULY UNIQUE HARDCORE 80's 'MIX' demonstrating the funky sluttyness, acidity and debauchery of that era. That would sound sooooooo good if done well. Thinking Adam and the Ants and Lords of Acid now.......Hmmmmm, its doable. Fuck!!!!!!

OMG.......Hey, anyone out there who 'knows' Belgium New Beat, do you see how outrageous this could be? .....Blondie and Tragic Error. Billy Idol and Ro Moron......tough little mixes but, reckon it could rip a dancefloor in two in 'that way'....... Thats not a genre' !!!

Evolution this year right?

80's camp.Thankyou.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:30 pm

I think it would "more in the spirity of Burningman" (puke) if someone was to collect all the weird vinyl, cassette tapes and whatever of garage band auditions and the like. Too Crappy for Real Life camp.

Yes, it's a doacracy and my suggesting it means I get to do it. Sorry, I'm just not that into the whole thing; although I would think it was cool if someone did it.

303jewels · Post by **303jewels** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:48 pm

Zsa Zsa Laboum - Something Scary.

What thing?

She screamed for more!

Darling come here!

Take me round the world one more time!

Join in the chant.

I am not an atomic playboy.

Know the artists?

Acid, New Beat, Fuck it!, retro........Fun

Booby bar - if you're lucky!

dragonpilot · Post by **dragonpilot** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:03 pm

Patamon wrote:For those out there who want a break from the unch...unch..unch.. "The system is down... the system is down..."

Planet Earth, a new camp this year, will be bringing you the best 80s New

When I saw 80's in the title I immediately thought "All right! Disco!" Then I remembered that was the 70's...*sob*

303jewels · Post by **303jewels** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:38 pm

Disco not 'disco'.
Philadelphia.....80's.....disco.

But thats kinda underground........

80's camp.........still seductive.

RedHeaven · Post by **RedHeaven** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:05 pm

I just got GOOSEBUMPS! I will definitely be by more than once I am sure. I absolutely adore every band mentioned. One of the things I love about Bman is how it brings me back to the 80s, but its good to know theres a devoted camp for this very purpose!!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:42 pm

So, what planet had my 80s dance camp strayed to? We had a pretty serious search on Venus, but didn't find it. So good of you to return it. I was so worried.

StevenGoodman · Post by **StevenGoodman** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:33 am

Crypto,

You aren't (really) old enough to remember the real 80s! and the closest thing to an 80s dance camp at BM is Verboten, and they are not really an 80s camp?

Now, I have tons of 80s (and 90s) dance music on MP3s, and videos' hopefully they will all be on my "new" iPod for BM. And I would be happy to help out nice 80s camps!

Martini Steve

Patamon · Post by **Patamon** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:05 am

For those of you on Facebook, Planet Earth now has a group on there:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group ... 1427727731

Here you can track the pre-building of the camp (in lovely Sacramento), as well as news on DJ's, themes, placement, Photo's and so on.

Also once we're placed, I'll be posting the address on this thread as well.

- Patamon

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:53 am

StevenGoodman wrote:Crypto,

You aren't (really) old enough to remember the real 80s!

Oh, how sweet of you to lie to me like that. Warms the cockles of my middle-aged heart.
*blows a kiss*

Patamon · Post by **Patamon** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:55 am

Here is the DJ List & Lineup for Planet Earth this year, we start evey night at 8pm and go on until roughly 3am.

-- PLANET EARTH DEBUT --
Sunday Night at Midnight, August 30th.
Theme: 80s hits, New Wave, Synth, and videos.
DJ's: Xfile
Note: Might be a slow night as Burinng Man doesn't start until Midnight, we'll see how this goes, Music will be all 80s, from New Wave to Pop Hits and Videos.

-- CLUB BEYOND --
Monday, August 31st, 8pm - 3am.
Theme: 80's to 90's.
DJ's: Xfile, Willow and Trey.

-- BEST OF NEW WAVE --
Tuesday, September 1st, 8pm - 3am.
Theme: New Wave hits
DJ's: Xfile, Melting Girl & Sparkle.

-- CLUB GOTH --
Wednesday, September 2nd, 8pm - 3am.
Theme: Goth / Industrial
DJ's: Melting Girl, Marci & Trey

-- THE BIG 5 --
Thursday, September 3rd, 8pm - 3am.
Theme: Featuring Hits from Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, New Order, The Cure and the Smiths.
DJ's: Xfile, Sparkle & Marci

-- FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS --
Friday, Septmeber 4th, 8pm - 3am.
Theme: 80's Hits, with a Focus on the Big Videos from the 80's.
DJ's: Xfile, AJ & Peter.

-- BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE --
Saturday, September 5th (Burn Night) 8pm - Sunrise
Theme: Pretty much anything goes, all 80's. This night may go until Sunrise.
DJ's: Xfile & The Gang. (DJ's will be coming in and out all night)

Next up, camp location. We hope know in about another week or two where we'll be. It will be posted on this thread as soon as we get the news.

Patamon · Post by **Patamon** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:23 am

Well as everyone knows Placement is out!

You'll find Planet Earth on the 9:00 Plaza, right next to Coolaid Oasis on the corner of the Plaza and Biology, across the street from Above-The-Limit.

Come join us every night starting at 8pm to get your 80's dance moves on.

Skinny ties, dayglo, or crusty playaware, it's all welcome!

Patamon · Post by **Patamon** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:31 am

This will be the last message before the event as we're getting all packed up and ready to go.

One small change: DJ Trey won't be able to spin Monday night, so it will be just Willow and Xfile on Monday.

Looking forward to seeing you 80s music fans on the playa!

We'll be right on the 9-oclock plaza, on the corner of Biology on the 8:30 - 9:00 section. You can't miss us, we have a 40ft long wall that says "Planet Earth", along with Music Videos, lights and of course, 80s dance music.

See you soon!

- Patamon

Patamon · Post by **Patamon** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:54 pm

I want to thank everyone who came out to Planet Earth this year on the 9:00 Plaza.

We had a great first year on the playa, above and beyond expectations!

We hope to see you again next year for another year of 80s dance tunes!

- Patamon / Xfile

carabiner · Post by **carabiner** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:06 pm

[quote="Patamon"]I want to thank everyone who came out to Planet Earth this year on the 9:00 Plaza.

We had a great first year on the playa, above and beyond expectations!

We hope to see you again next year for another year of 80s dance tunes!
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Patamon,

Thank you and your crew for providing fresh and different music on the playa! My camp came by and danced our butt off two or three times during the week, and we were much appreciative to hear something besides the unTZ unTZ unTZ.

The New Wave evening was pretty entertaining, but as my partner William told me, even in the 80s, they couldn't dance to a few of the tunes we heard (just a little bit too slow).

I'm already looking forward to next year!

Planet Earth, Your 80s Dance Camp comes to Burning Man!

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