Story of Radical Entitlement

[Fire_Moose]

Re-re-posted from the AZ list:


A fun story from the Alternative Energy Zone camp list:


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Heidi W <mountaingrrl@...>
Date: Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:21 AM


On the other hand, playing with radically-self-entitled people
on-playa can be fun!

While I'm an AEZ groupie and live solar 24/7, I run Iron Rose and
being placed next to an incredibly-cramped camp, we gifted them
20x200' so they could expand and be comfier. We had the extra room,
anyway. Still, their sparkle ponies routinely and repetitively parked
SUV's in our very nicely decorated (and marked) front yard (the spot
for our Mutant Vehicle, mainly.) Most kindly moved once we found
them, but one stayed - and stayed - and stayed. And stayed.
Being camp's Fearless Leader, I got grumpy - then really grumpy - then
downright cranky... and then, all that grumpy just went away! Instead
of seeing the interloping SUV as an eyesore and an interference,
suddenly a blank canvas appeared.

Grabbing a nearby camp-hippy (all the campmates were sleeping) we took
some clean white fabric and wrapped the SUV vertically, Cristo-style
until it was completely covered! Then we wove tan fabric
horizontally, making a basketweave.

We were on the last 5 feet of basketweaving, when (after a day and a
half of looking for them unsuccessfully) the 20-something (male) owner
showed up. "Uh, what are you doing?"
"We're wrapping this car. Looks GREAT, doesn't it!!"
The fella stands there, watching us quizically, drinking his coffee,
then turns and disappears back into the neighboring camp.
A young lady storms out... "WHAT are you DOING?"
"We're wrapping this car. It was left here for us! Looks Great,
doesn't it! We're doing a basketweave with the white and tan fabric.
It's turning out so nicely!"
"That's MY car!"
"Awesome!! We love it! Best Thing EVER! It looks Terrific!"
"Will you stop?! That's my car! I only put it here to pack up."
"For 36 hours? No, No, it's Art! We're almost done! This is the
Best Thing EVER!" (and we mean it!)
She stands confused for a minute, then walks away.
He comes back and watches, pulling on the fabric a little to test how
well-wrapped it is and walks around the car with a little smile on his
face.
We tell him that we used the cleanest fabric against his paint, and
scissors would probably be fastest to get it off, but to wait a
second, 'cause we're almost done and we need to find a camera.
He nods, waits for a bit watching, then turns and disappears into the
neighboring camp.

We finish (and it really DOES look terrific!!) As we walk back with a
camera, she pulls as much off the car as she can (which isn't much as
we did a really nice job) and we delightfully say, "Art is Transient!
Rip it OFF!", snapping photos as we go. He Grins Really Large and
takes time to pose for us with scissors artfully displayed so we can
grab a few photos of him and the car, before he cuts off the
wrappings, obviously enjoying himself.
A minute later, the car is free and they drive it into their camp,
lock it, and wander back off into the playa.

It was a terrific Lot of fun, made the interloper (okay, one of them)
laugh a little, gave me something creative to do with that extra
fabric, and it got the car moved.
I LOVE Playa-dipity!
(Now I wanna sew up car-cozies and wait for cars to park in our campspace!)

Heidi
(That other-other One with the sewing machine.)

[EmilyD]

Re-re-posted from the AZ list:


A fun story from the Alternative Energy Zone camp list:


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Heidi W <mountaingrrl>
Date: Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:21 AM


On the other hand, playing with radically-self-entitled people
on-playa can be fun!

While I'm an AEZ groupie and live solar 24/7, I run Iron Rose and
being placed next to an incredibly-cramped camp, we gifted them
20x200' so they could expand and be comfier. We had the extra room,
anyway. Still, their sparkle ponies routinely and repetitively parked
SUV's in our very nicely decorated (and marked) front yard (the spot
for our Mutant Vehicle, mainly.) Most kindly moved once we found
them, but one stayed - and stayed - and stayed. And stayed.
Being camp's Fearless Leader, I got grumpy - then really grumpy - then
downright cranky... and then, all that grumpy just went away! Instead
of seeing the interloping SUV as an eyesore and an interference,
suddenly a blank canvas appeared.

Grabbing a nearby camp-hippy (all the campmates were sleeping) we took
some clean white fabric and wrapped the SUV vertically, Cristo-style
until it was completely covered! Then we wove tan fabric
horizontally, making a basketweave.

We were on the last 5 feet of basketweaving, when (after a day and a
half of looking for them unsuccessfully) the 20-something (male) owner
showed up. "Uh, what are you doing?"
"We're wrapping this car. Looks GREAT, doesn't it!!"
The fella stands there, watching us quizically, drinking his coffee,
then turns and disappears back into the neighboring camp.
A young lady storms out... "WHAT are you DOING?"
"We're wrapping this car. It was left here for us! Looks Great,
doesn't it! We're doing a basketweave with the white and tan fabric.
It's turning out so nicely!"
"That's MY car!"
"Awesome!! We love it! Best Thing EVER! It looks Terrific!"
"Will you stop?! That's my car! I only put it here to pack up."
"For 36 hours? No, No, it's Art! We're almost done! This is the
Best Thing EVER!" (and we mean it!)
She stands confused for a minute, then walks away.
He comes back and watches, pulling on the fabric a little to test how
well-wrapped it is and walks around the car with a little smile on his
face.
We tell him that we used the cleanest fabric against his paint, and
scissors would probably be fastest to get it off, but to wait a
second, 'cause we're almost done and we need to find a camera.
He nods, waits for a bit watching, then turns and disappears into the
neighboring camp.

We finish (and it really DOES look terrific!!) As we walk back with a
camera, she pulls as much off the car as she can (which isn't much as
we did a really nice job) and we delightfully say, "Art is Transient!
Rip it OFF!", snapping photos as we go. He Grins Really Large and
takes time to pose for us with scissors artfully displayed so we can
grab a few photos of him and the car, before he cuts off the
wrappings, obviously enjoying himself.
A minute later, the car is free and they drive it into their camp,
lock it, and wander back off into the playa.

It was a terrific Lot of fun, made the interloper (okay, one of them)
laugh a little, gave me something creative to do with that extra
fabric, and it got the car moved.
I LOVE Playa-dipity!
(Now I wanna sew up car-cozies and wait for cars to park in our campspace!)

Heidi
(That other-other One with the sewing machine.)

Hhahahah FireMoose, HILARIOUS! I'd love to see photos of this wrap. Here's another option you may want to pass along to Heidi:

[mars]

Yes yes! Post the photos!

[Teo del Fuego]

true playa-ingenuity at work! Any suggesions for handling the ass hat who cranks up the large sound system at 8 am for no apparent reason?

[EmilyD]

true playa-ingenuity at work! Any suggesions for handling the ass hat who cranks up the large sound system at 8 am for no apparent reason?

THIS was my only real complaint. I want to know how to deal with it too. Some kind of Star Trek electronic disruptor gun would be mighty handy.

[Lassen Forge]

Aluminum (or magnesium) dust in a suspension of salt water accidentally spilled on ones amp board does wonders...

Not that I would ever do that, of course... :twisted:

[Fire_Moose]

Electro Magnetic Pulse

[EmilyD]

You know it really is kind of ironic that there isn't more of a focus on live music at this creative event. I suppose djs think they're creative, and certainly lots of people love to dance to their spinnings but wouldn't encouraging live musicians and de-emphasizing regurgitated pop/rap music be more inventive?

[Eric]

wouldn't encouraging live musicians and de-emphasizing regurgitated pop/rap music be more inventive?

Set up a venue & sound system for them, they will come. There are lots of musicians out there with their instruments, looking for places to play. Lots of them are really good (lots of them suck just as bad as a crappy techno DJ)

Fandango had an amazing live Irish band (Culann's Hounds) play on Wednesday, and on their second song the Comfort & Joy "Attack of the Fembots Bar Crawl" showed up. Crazy ass drag queens dancing Irish jigs to a live band in the Esplanades only dive bar.

Live music makes for the best moments.

[mudpuppy000]

wouldn't encouraging live musicians and de-emphasizing regurgitated pop/rap music be more inventive?

Set up a venue & sound system for them, they will come. There are lots of musicians out there with their instruments, looking for places to play. Lots of them are really good (lots of them suck just as bad as a crappy techno DJ)

Fandango had an amazing live Irish band (Culann's Hounds) play on Wednesday, and on their second song the Comfort & Joy "Attack of the Fembots Bar Crawl" showed up. Crazy ass drag queens dancing Irish jigs to a live band in the Esplanades only dive bar.

Live music makes for the best moments.

I saw a couple of cool acts too but both were completely random. Mutaytor on the esplanade and some band playing at their camp on one of the back streets. They had an R/C car that they drove up to spectators with chips and guacamole on it.

[The Chinese]

Aluminum (or magnesium) dust in a suspension of salt water accidentally spilled on ones amp board does wonders...

Not that I would ever do that, of course...

That would be a very bad thing to do, and while I understand your complaints, this could cost someone their life. Please don't recommend this kind of thing, because some asshat won't see the humor in it and actually try it, and could kill someone. 99% of the systems in BRC are NOT grounded correctly, thus making the human being touching the system be the most effective conduit to ground. when they go to grab that amp, Zap.

Don't mean to be too uptight, but There's folks around that aren't so smart, dig?

[Artemis]

I saw a couple of cool acts too but both were completely random. Mutaytor on the esplanade and some band playing at their camp on one of the back streets. They had an R/C car that they drove up to spectators with chips and guacamole on it.

That's super cool!

[mudpuppy000]

I saw a couple of cool acts too but both were completely random. Mutaytor on the esplanade and some band playing at their camp on one of the back streets. They had an R/C car that they drove up to spectators with chips and guacamole on it.

That's super cool!

I know, I thought it was awesome, and quite tasty.

[EmilyD]

wouldn't encouraging live musicians and de-emphasizing regurgitated pop/rap music be more inventive?

Set up a venue & sound system for them, they will come. There are lots of musicians out there with their instruments, looking for places to play. Lots of them are really good (lots of them suck just as bad as a crappy techno DJ)

Fandango had an amazing live Irish band (Culann's Hounds) play on Wednesday, and on their second song the Comfort & Joy "Attack of the Fembots Bar Crawl" showed up. Crazy ass drag queens dancing Irish jigs to a live band in the Esplanades only dive bar.

Live music makes for the best moments.

Actually I loved the guy who set up a small amp and played his electric guitar on 6:00 and D. His rock and roll was such a relief from the innane, throbbing we were subject to 24/7. Here's a video I took if you missed him:

[EmilyD]

I saw a couple of cool acts too but both were completely random. Mutaytor on the esplanade and some band playing at their camp on one of the back streets. They had an R/C car that they drove up to spectators with chips and guacamole on it.

That's super cool!

I know, I thought it was awesome, and quite tasty. :D

What a great way to draw in an audience!!! ;-)