Trash on the Black Rock Playa

Like Burning Man back in the day, back when we started going in '93. The infinite desert, explosives, and bone-shaking trash percussion. Including a performance at the burning of the desert town of Dismal.

Our camp out on the open playa


Sometimes, accidentally propane cylinders fell into our fire


Playing around in the junk at the shooting range








Fire Practice




Performance at Dismal before the town tragically burnt to the ground

As Hank said:

it was great to see all of you, and to meet even more wonderful people.
so sweet, so short.

I'd like to meet again. What are you doing in around 360 days?
same place, same time?

More photos on Flickr

Long-Haul Infoshop 15th Birthday Party in Berkeley

Long-Haul Infoshop 15th Birthday 3124 Shattuck Ave	Friday Aug 8th 8pm Berkeley, CA
The Long Haul has served as a resource center and community space for radical grassroots activists for 15 years. Trash Orchestra will be there to help celebrate. Vegan birthday cake, music, dancing, refreshments, and a general good time. Starts immediately after the Berkeley Critical Mass ride. Website.

Come join us as we help celebrate this long-running awesome radical project.

Wes

Trash Orchestra at Fire Arts Festival

Photography by Insurgent Photo insurgentphoto[at]yahoo.com

Flag


Gazing


Lounging


Canstrament


Cuddly Kitten Time


On Stage


Full Stage


The Nicest Guy You'll Ever Meet


Ladies and Gentlemen!


Introduction


"Found With a Match in Her Hand"


Monkey Boy


100% Mustache


Sharing Instruments


Circus Waltz


Flaming Drumsticks


Disarming Smile


Fire Staff


"Things! Break! Down!"


Trash Pile


Extinguishing the Orchestra


So Long Folks

The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival Friday July 11th

Join us as we light ourselves and maybe others on fire at the Crucible's Fire Arts Festival in West Oakland on July 11th. The festival runs Wednesday to Saturday. We're opening on Friday night. We're unsure looking at this photo if this stage is really big or grand enough for us. Catch us at this performance while we are still playing small, intimate gigs.

Fire Arts Festival Kirkham Street and 5th Street	Friday July 11th 8pm Oakland, CA
The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival celebrates creativity through fire and light with a spectacular open-air exhibition of interactive fire art, performance and the largest collection of outdoor fire sculpture on the West Coast. Website.

Fire Arts Festival website and tickets: http://www.thecrucible.org/fireartsfestival/

Return to Modesto!

Report back from Modesto DIY Fest from Wingnut Willy:

The night ended with Trash Orchestra performance in Modesto's center plaza downtown.

Again (1 year later), Santa Cruz folks took the public into the trash orchestrated post apocalyptic vision quest! Smashing on car hubcaps, plastic buckets, symbols & kicking over garbage cans, followed by a Trash Orchestrated Dogpile, set the public's mood on fire!

The end of Orchestra ( too late coppers...WE'RE DONE!) resulted in a debate between Modesto police & one T.O. member, with police claiming there were complaints from local merchants (who later denied it adamantly. But police just seemed more interested in trying to prove they were arrogantly right & boasting their authority -- but whats new?!

Again, from Modesto police, "We're not impressed. "

Santa Cruz LGBT Pride Parade

Trash Orchestra joins the annual pride parade, a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, intersex and questioning community. Come support your queer friends, family, and neighbors.

The Santa Cruz LGBT Pride Parade 2008 will gather at Pacific Avenue and Cathcart Street at 10 am on Sunday, June 1, and will step off at 11 am.

The Festival happens directly after the parade in San Lorenzo Park. Attendance will likely be over 5,000. This year the festival starts at NOON and goes to 6PM on June 1st, 2008. The festival will have a Stage with performers of all types.

Your Support Helps Fight Tyranny

In March, we returned from a trip into the Great White North, a fabulous 1500-mile voyage to Seattle, via Eugene and Portland. Check out the harrowing and titillating details of our journey right here on the Trash Orchestra Blog.

It included 12 performances in 5 days, in Eugene, Portland, and Seattle. It included an anti-war student walkout march in Portland and a street takeover in Georgetown, Seattle. We made connections up and down the coast and at Honk Fest West, across the country.

The trip cost the band about a thousand dollars. Would you be willing to kick-in $100 to help with the journey? Trash Orchestra is a grassroots shoestring endeavor. Your cash will help fight tyranny.

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