AND WE WERE OFF!

THE SEND OFF FROM NEW YORK! We got a flat in the trailer and got stuck in brooklyn for a day. Had to drive to delaware today to get trailer parts. Just welded the axles and we're good. We're leaving in an hour.

AND AWAY WE GO!

harrison, george and shawn i front of the bus & trailer at our build space. kevin, callie and chicken john in back. we leave at 10am! check in on antlers & the miss rockaway armada here and here. there will be riverblogging if i have anything to do with it.

BENEFIT FOR RIGHTRIDES!!!

Hello all RightRides and HollaBack NYC are joining forces for a co-benefit next Thursday, July 27th at Galapagos in Williamsburg at the Mixtape party! HollaBack NYC empowers New Yorkers to holla back at street harassers by taking a picture of them and posting it online. RightRides reduces the risk of assault by providing a free, late night ride home - we've also recently launched a Safe Walk program for anyone who doesn't want to walk alone. What's better than a benefit for two awesome grassroots orgs? FUN MUSIC + NO COVER! We'll be passing around a donation jar, please help out and give what you can. We need your support to keep our communities safe! Here are all the details: Thursday, July 27th Benefit for RightRides and HollaBack NYC Mixtape @ Galapagos 70 North 6th Street bet. Wythe and Kent - L train to Bedford Ave 10 pm! FREE! Donations so greatly appreciated! Music by: Barnacle Bill Party Machine (DJ Duo) http://hollabacknyc.blogspot.com/ http://www.RightRides.org http://www.galapagosartspace.com Please invite your friends, spread the word and hope to see you there!

I WANNA WANNA BE A PAAAART OF SOMETHING....

(pic of swoon piece by tod seelie from our build space) thank you so much!!! japanther we love you! thanks to all the bands who showed up and rocked and thanks so so much to everyone who came out to wish us well on the river! it was a slammin brooklyn night. i'll miss you all so much!

FAREWELL MISS ROCKAWAY ROCK SHOW!!

***PLEASE REPOST!! OUR FAREWELL SHOW BEFORE WE FLOAT DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI!!*** Come say goodbye to the Miss Rockaway Armada (send off party)! The Miss Rockaway Armada is a group of 25 artists, adventurers and intrepids from across the country getting ready to travel down the Mississippi River this summer on rafts made of scrap wood. Running biodiesel, waste vegetable oil, wind, and solar power, we'll give art workshops, performances, and collect oral histories along the way. So we are throwing a show to raise funds for the project and to say goodbye to all our friends for a while. The website for the project is missrockaway.org (look for articles in the Village Voice and NY Times about it soon. We know this is really really short notice, but we'd really appreciate it if you would come and help spread the word about the show, it's gonna be a good one! Send Miss Rockaway Down The River send off party +--- Japanther +--- Aa +--- The Goddamn Rattlesnake & Poor Boy Johnson +--- (Special Guest) Europa Night Club in Greenpoint 98-104 Meserole Ave., (corner of Manhattan Ave.) Brooklyn, NY Wednesday July 19th 9pm, $5

SEND ANTLERS DOWN THE RIVER! ROCK SHOW WEDNESDAY!!!

Hey Friends, I've been completely incommunicado of late because I've been working my ass off on this boat! Wednesday please come to our send-off party!! I'm gonna miss you so much! Come say goodbye to us! XO Antlers Send Miss Rockaway Down The River :::send off party::: +--- Japanther +--- Aa +--- Matt & Kim +--- O'Death Europa Night Club in Greenpoint 98-104 Meserole Ave., (corner of Manhattan Ave.) Brooklyn, NY Wednesday July 19th 9pm, $7 *UPDATE: So Matt & Kim and O'Death have had to cancel. Any Brooklyn bands out there up to the task? Wanna play at a weird nightclub in Greenpoint? Drop [tod, sucka@suckapants.com] a line.

AUCTION WAS A SMASH!

I can't believe we pulled it off! scale model on a pedestal & giant swoon flag the Banksys Dennis McNett's big wolf Thanks to everyone for being so goddamn amazing. This thing took a hell of a lot of work and everyone came through so much. all pics by adam nguyen from his flickr set

THURSDAY!!! THE BIG AUCTION!!!

PLEASE COME!!! EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

SEND OUR HOPES DOWN THE RIVER The Miss Rockaway Armada Art Auction

New York (July 6, 2006) - The Miss Rockaway Armada will host a benefit silent art auction in New York City called Send Our Hopes Down the River on the evening of July 13th, 2006 at 7pm at the Holasek-Weir Projects. The group is calling on artists and art enthusiasts for their support to send this scrap-raft flotilla down the Mississippi River in July and August. Funds are needed for motors, fuel, nautical equipment and transportation. The silent auction will feature work from dozens of artists, including: * Banksy * Shepard Fairey * Swoon * ESPO * Faile * The Barnstormers * Blek Le Rat * Logan Hicks * Chris Stain * WK * Leon Reid (Darius Jones) * Eine * Dennis Mcnett * Matthew Modine The Armada project was conceived by street artist Swoon, and is now being built and organized by a collective of 25 artists, performers and activists from New York, San Francisco and Seattle. The Armada enjoys support from the Holasek-Weir Projects, the Wooster Collective and the Barnstormers art collective, who will donate a larger-than-life sound system sculpture that will float down the river. Send Our Hopes Down the River is presented in collaboration with Emergency Arts and Conjunction Arts, two organizations dedicated to promoting art with a social conscience. The event will feature a life-sized pontoon raft-stage, a skeptics’ raffle, performances by members of the Miss Rockaway Armada crew, and some exciting surprises. Select items can be previewed on woostercollective.com preceding the benefit. Bidding ends promptly at 9pm. The Miss Rockaway Armada includes members of the Toyshop Collective, Visual Resistance, The Amateurs, The Floating Neutrinos, The Infernal Noise Brigade, The Madagascar Institute and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra. This July they will converge in Minneapolis to construct a flotilla of rafts that will journey down the Mississippi River. The group is creating a mobile cultural center that embodies their search for creative and sustainable ways of living. www.missrockaway.org For information on this event and The Miss Rockaway Armada, contact A’yen Tran ayen[@]missrockaway.org. The Holasek-Weir Projects is located at 547 W. 21st near 11th Ave. in Chelsea.

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WHERE THE FUCK IS ANTLERS?

BUILDING AN ARK, CLEARLY. WE ARE FLOATING THIS DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI IN TWO WEEKS! Here's the scale model. And guess what I'm about to leak to you: next thursday is a giant art silent benefit art auction to send us down the Mississippi. It's the slamminest all-star line-up I could've dreamed of. You are invited. (Did I mention Banksy, Swoon, ESPO, Shepard Fairey, The Barnstormers, Blek Le Rat, Leon Reid (Darius Jones), Dennis McNett and dozens more?) Now show some love to the Miss Rockaway Armada!

CELEBRATING YOUR BROOKLYN-DEPENDENCE

====> TUESDAY 7/4 @ 330 MELROSE ST - ROOFTOP! <==== :: A BENEFIT FOR COMMON GROUND :: BBQ from 12-10pm diy art & festivities from 12-4pm bands from 4-10pm $8-12 sliding scale :: Japanther :::: Parts & Labor :::::: Matt & Kim :::::::: Pterodactyl :::::::::: Battleship ---> Oakland :::::::::::: Knyfe Hyts ---> current & ex Ex Models :::::::::::::: The Deathset ---> Australia :::::::::::::::: Necking :: art and projections by Union Docs [ 330 MELROSE ST - ROOFTOP! ] 330 Melrose St @ Wilson Ave | Bushwick, Brooklyn L to Morgan | 12pm to 10pm - bands @ 4pm | all ages [ curated by Joe Kremer ]