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Kent Wang
Dec 11th, 2007, 01:58am
Howdy,

I'm the head of a psytrance music promotion group called Squid Collective (http://www.squidcollective.com), in Austin, Texas. We organize parties where we have djs play a form of electronic music known as psychedelic trance.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2336/1511000581_6194b17bc3.jpg

For our first party we built a squid to hang over the dancefloor. The deco theme was "An Aquatic Adventure" and we had various other aquatic elements like jellyfish and puffer fish. Photos on our website (http://www.squidcollective.com/aquatic/photos.php). I thought you might be interested in seeing this.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2076/2083081329_4fa2554b98.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2065/2083865842_96c7ff2dd5.jpg

I'm also interested in ideas for squid and cephalopod-related deco elements that we can build. We're trying to keep the budget under $200. The squid only cost about $150 in materials.

monty
Dec 11th, 2007, 03:11am
pretty awesome...

Nancy
Dec 11th, 2007, 04:25pm
Yes, imaginative!

Nancy

erich orser
Dec 11th, 2007, 10:07pm
I've long wanted to do the squid equivalent of a Chinese parade dragon, with folks way out in front holding sticks aloft to make the tentacles dance around individually.

pipsquek
Dec 11th, 2007, 10:25pm
I've long wanted to do the squid equivalent of a Chinese parade dragon, with folks way out in front holding sticks aloft to make the tentacles dance around individually.

OH! OH! Pick me pick me. Can I be the hectocotylus??

Man, that would take some serious rehearsal.

monty
Dec 11th, 2007, 11:09pm
Yeah, a lot of the dragon-dance stuff relies on it being one long thing, so there would have to be a lot more choreography to avoid getting tied in knots...

Tintenfisch
Dec 12th, 2007, 03:17pm
OH! OH! Pick me pick me. Can I be the hectocotylus??


:roflmao:

So... you aspire to be a squid's... no, nevermind. Whatever floats your boat. :smile:

:sink:

Kent Wang
Dec 14th, 2007, 12:43am
After our successful party we had a congratulatory squid dinner:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2197/2110327660_541988fb16_m.jpg (http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2110327660&size=l)
Squid salad

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2242/2110328066_bab2df7a9d_m.jpg (http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2110328066&context=photostream&size=l)
Fettucine a la Artifakt (tomato sauce with anchovy) with squid

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2157/2110328632_880acd4977_m.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/kentwang/2110328632/in/photostream/)
Squid stir fry

If only there was a squid dessert...

erich orser
Dec 14th, 2007, 02:12am
looks delicious! Those poor, fast-breeding squid. Was there a curry dipping sauce?