XXX-MASS III: Wholly Dazed: Saturday, Dec 22 -- Free Freak Family Holiday Party! (Seattle)

"A good party builds community."

-- Larry Harvey

XXX-MASS III: "Wholly Dazed" is _your_ FREE freak family holiday party, and you're all invited!

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XXX-MASS III: Wholly Dazed. Saturday, December 22, 10 PM until late late at the Transcendent Church of Bass, 920 Elliot Ave W. 21+ W/ID. FREE! Bring winter clothes for clothing drive. Help out if you can.

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# THE PHATTY #
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For those of you who weren't there in years past (and those of you who were & therefore can't remember!) here's how this all got started: in 2005 I had a Christmas party. It was off the hook. Hundreds of hot people. Awesome music, lots of extreme silliness. But there were two problems: The house, while not small, was not big enough to contain the party. And, of course, there was the neighbor issue...Let's just say that neighbors and sub-woofers don't mix well at 2 AM. or 4 AM or, um, 6 AM...

So we did it again at my new (smaller) house in 2006 but we kicked it up a notch: Hella DJs. All your peeps. Multiple chill spaces, bar, bodyworkers: the whole enchilada. Actually, too many enchiladas to fit in one pan....and all of those extra sexy enchiladas wandering around in the street (not to mention the subwoofers ) freaked out my new neighbors. It became clear that we couldn't have the xxx-mass party in a regular-sized house, or in a house that had neighbors.

Ladies and gentlemen, XXX-MASS has been saved! Saved, I tell you, by the Transcendent Church of Bass! Hear me now, brothers and sisters! XXX-MASS III: Wholly Dazed will be held on Saturday, December 22nd, from 10 PM until "late late late" at the burner-owned Transcendent Church of Bass at 920 Elliot Ave West. It's part warehouse, part groovy loft. It's big enough for ALL of us and it's not in a residential area. In short, we're gonna pump it up even fatter this year...

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# HOLY SHIT! #
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Did I mention that XXX-MASS is FREE? Fuck me, no way! Here's what we've got in store for y'all:

# Two rooms with quad Mackie systems packed with all your favorite DJs:

@ Michael Manahan!

@ Shape Shifter!

@ Nova!

@ Manos!

@ Skoi!

@ Jackass!

@ Hendrik!

@ Jesiah!

@ NaFun!

@ TeeDub!

@ Maybe even me!

@ More TBA!

# A full-on Burner Community Potluck dinner! Bring grub!

# A rockin' bar featuring holiday beverages concocted by dominatrix bartenders! Contact michael@superpod.com if you'd like to help!

# Massage & bodywork space- Contact Candace (candace.mcnaughton@gmail.com) if you would like to share some work.

# Not one but *two* padded chill spaces for your cuddlin' & wigglin' pleasure! Wanna help decorate? Mail me!

# The return of The Fuck Pit, sponsored by the Temple Whores!

# Therapy chihuahua, On-site legal representation, the "Please Squad", and a bunch of other stuff that may or may not happen depending on whether or not we (ie, you!) get it together in time.



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# WANNA HELP? #
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If you want to help please come to the PRODUCTION MEETING on Tuesday, Dec 18th at 7:30 down at the space. Write to either myself (michael@superpod.com) or Candace (candace.mcnaughton@gmail.com) and let us know that you want to help. Don't know how you'd like to help? No problem, we can set you up! We need all kinds of peeps!

@ DECORATORS AND DECORATIONS!! Want to stop by on Saturday and help make things trippy? Better yet, do you have: lights (xmas or rope), DJ lights, black lights, video projectors, fabrics, tapestries, other trippy shit? I have some but more is always better and too much is often perfect. I know that you have boxes of this stuff all over the place, so if you can please label it with your name and bring it by either Friday or Saturday.

@ DOOR PEOPLE: We need folks to watch the door for one hour shifts. Contact Candace (candace.mcnaughton@gmail.com) if you're able to help out.

@ PLEASE SQUAD: We need some polite, cheerful folks who can help us keep things on the level.

@ BARTENDERS! Yo! Bring order to alcohol-infused chaos! Dish it out!

@ Late night DJs: we might have some time for c-h-i-l-l DJs very late (or very early). Please contact me for more info.

@ CLEAN UP people -- oh god yah we're gonna need you on Sunday!

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XXX-MASS has always been free. But regretfully, booze, sound systems, lube, chihuahuas and lawyers do not grow on trees. Please help us out by contributing something that we need! If you can bring any of the below items we'd be, like, totally stoked.

@ BOOZE: Vodka! Rum! Tequila! You like it, you bring it! Wine! Red! White! Yes! If someone made spiced wine that would be awesome, too. Beer! You know you're gonna want it and I don't have any. You know I'm not bullshitting you. Please take booze donations to the bar.

@ CASH! Money. Green energy. Babylon system fucking capitalist pig evil paper shit. You know what I mean. Leave at the door or in the form of tips for bodyworkers, bartenders etc.

@ MIXERS and non-boozey stuff: Orange Juice, clear apple cider, cranberry juice, sodas like coke and 7UP, water, apple cider, lemonade,

@ FOOD! Full-on burner community potluck action! BRING FOODY BITS TO SHARE!!!

@ PAPER SHIT: Paper plates, cups, plastic forks, knives etc. There is no way that we can get through this without 'em...

@ CLOTHING DRIVE: We're going to do a clothing drive for a nearby homeless shelter. Bring your WINTER CLOTHES, they'll be greatly appreciated.

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# IMPORTANT PARTY INFO #
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@ The party is at The Transcendent Church of Bass is at 920 Elliott Ave W. Get to Denny, go west until it turns into Elliot. NOTE: Don't go to my house, my old house, or my old old house. It won't be as fun.

@ Park on Elliot, not in parking lots. Don't use the megaphone. Maintain. Cross at crosswalks. Remember: Cars are real.

@ Don't linger out on the street. Don't hang around out front. We wanna keep it chill. Well, we wanna make it look like it's chill from the outside, dig?

@ Smoke cigarettes outside in the covered smokin' space. OUT BACK. Cigarettes, yo. No smokey treats on the street.

@ Keep doors and windows closed. No jumping out the windows.

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# THE RULES #
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As I've been known to say, the rules suck, but they're for your own damn good. Here they are. Again.

@ XXX-MASS is 21+, you must have ID, we will be checking ID. Sorry, Kandy kids. This is a grown-up party.

@ We reserve the right to refuse entry to anyone for any reason. Or no reason.

@ People who are clueless, creepy, disrespectful or acting irresponsibly will not be tolerated and asked to leave.

@ If someone or something is making you uncomfortable (ie, creepy guys, sketchy scenes, thing that don't "look right") please let us know as soon as possible. However, please note: This is a grown-up party and if you're easily offended or freaked out it might be best to attend to your knitting or whatever.

@ Respect personal space and boundaries. Ask first. Always. Anything other than a 'yes' doesn't mean 'yes'. No always means no. If you don't understand this part, please don't come.


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The long and short of it all: Big party. Awesome space. All y'all's. Big boom boom boom. Pretty blinking lights. Bring stuff to share. Help us out as you're able. Have fun. Be cool.

Ho! Ho! Ho!


Michael








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# DIRECTIONS #
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Go west on Denny until it turns into Elliot. The Transcendent Church of Bass is at 920 Elliott Ave W.

Google map: tinyurl.com/26hhle

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# CONTACT #
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Please email michael@superpod.com or call 206 326 1775 if you'd like to help or have any questions!