Nextyear Party!
In 2008 we threw the first ever NEXTYEAR party with our collegues at HBL. The following year we held the NEXTYEAR party at Hazardfactory. So, this new years 09-2010, we rang in the new year with 400 close personal friends, or at least people held close and personally, and made the Merry.
Historically this has involved demolishing and detonating automobiles, street theatre, the Titanium Sporkestra marching band, fire cannons, burning Christmas trees, The fire department, the popo, and always, always, always with the flaming tetherball.
This year HBL set up some fantastic and far far far over the top lighting, Djs, and boozes, and a photo boot that automatically uploaded. Radness and badness.
Hazardfactory set up a little show with a two person fire breathing Dragon puppet, a hapless victim in a fire resistant proximity suit, and a couple of hand held flamethrowers.
We also developed a fun little system that allows partygoers to play with fire by scooping up a handfull of flammable gas and igniting it. This proved to be great fun, as the photos attest.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/espressobuzz/sets/72157622990131319/show/with/4234716930/
I’m sure someone will ask me whether this is safe. I am not sure why they would ask me that, but someone always does.
Congrats to Katja and Craig Ackerman for deciding to get engaged while saturated with white gas (external) and alcohol (internal). We wish you all the best and promise to excercise an almost modicum of restraint if we get invited to anything.
Happy New Years to one and all.
I hope to post a new youtube segment within a day or two. Yes it’s about working with fire, and it’s not pyromania, it’s a profession.
R
http://www.flickr.com/photos/espressobuzz/sets/72157622990131319/
I tried to insert some media here, but you can click above if you want to peruse Hanks’ excellent photos.