Archive for the 'Swing State '08 Tour' Category

We made it to DC!!!

January 30, 2009

random people huddling over a vent to keep warm

While we were driving thousands of miles all over 5 states on our crazy tour we ketp saying we have to get a ticket to the inauguration. We needed this go full circle. There was one other too, be on Oprah. Who wouldn’t want to meet Oprah.
How [...]

Happy Obama Day! Berkeley, CA 11/05/08

November 5, 2008

Last night we played the final show of our tour at the ‘Silicon Valley for Obama’ election night celebration. Approximately 1,500 volunteers attended this event held in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. These volunteers, like so many that we met all across the western swing states, are the ones who did the [...]

VIVA Las Vegas! 10/30/08

November 3, 2008

Every city presents its own unique challenge. In Reno, the cops told us that the video projection was illegal even after we turned the sound system off, which is complete BS but it led us to invent tagging (thanks Kai)! And most everywhere else, it is hard to find people out at night downtown simply [...]

Our boldest tag ever – Phoenix, AZ 10/29/08

October 31, 2008

We left Albuquerque late on Wednesday, so we didn’t make it in time for our Scottsdale show and decided to just tag the Arizona state capitol building instead. We did a drive by and couldn’t find a clear line of sight through the trees to the front of the building, and the tall executive tower [...]

Hello, Salt Lake City!

October 23, 2008

After spending a few hours working in the architecturally stunning SLC public library, we rolled a few blocks down the road looking for dinner. At the corner of 5th and 2nd we saw Cannella’s Restaurant and Lounge and felt the vibe. The tall hunky waiter was wearing an Obama button, so we gave him an [...]

Bye Reno!

October 23, 2008

It turns out that tagging is the perfect thing to do after the local authorities have kindly asked us to stop disturbing the peace with our groovin’ Obama-tunes (check our Obamaramatour playlist on YouTube, by the way). However, we are unaware of any laws that restrict the projection of light onto building surfaces. Its no [...]

MORE Video TAGs for the hell of it RENO, NV 10/19/08

October 20, 2008

Sorry for the dates getting little mixed up, Carson City actually happened before our first tag, not that it rally fricken matters.The Carson City vibe was so cool we couldn’t turn in for the night and that’s what led to trying out the VIDEO TAG! one of our supporters KAI Ichikawa said we should hit [...]

Carson City, NV 10/18/08

October 20, 2008

The Lovely and Talented Stephanie!Adandon Hotel became the screen for tonights show!

Carson City is the state capitol with a small town vibe about 40 minutes south of Reno. We thought we’d head out and see what they had to offer for the night last night. The “TAGS” you see from last night came after we [...]

Video tagging, Reno NV, 10/18/08

October 19, 2008

We invented ‘video tagging’ last night – no audio, just an 80 foot high ephemeral image appearing on the side of a building. After a few minutes we hear people reacting – exclaiming in surprise, hooting and shouting. And then silently it disappears. We shot this image up on the Silver Legacy dome and the [...]

Reno Street Action 10/17/08

October 18, 2008

So we set up in our scouted spot, tons of people check us out, we handed out flyers to help rally volunteers and we made some cool connections with the local Deputy Field Organizers. Lindsey and Jessica are on the road for Obama too, its amazing how many people there are volunteering here for the [...]