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Blip Festival 2011 - prelude to a massive hangover.

Update: This show begins at 5 PM with the first act going on at 5:30 PM SHARP. This is because we have a lot of performers and we don't want to conflict with the After Party which opens at midnight around the corner.

Maybe people should wear Minusbaby blue so we recognize each other.

Those exhibits both do look pretty cool (incidentally, I DJ'd the opening week of the M.A.D. with Paris doing video.)

I was suggesting the move to the Met first and foremost as a place for us all to meet and chat and socialize indoors and away from the rain, rather than as a genuine art-appreciation museum trip (although that comes as an added bonus.) It is pay what you want and it is a bit more conducive to group visits (bigger museum, wider variety of exhibits, larger halls to walk in, fewer snobs.) The M.A.D. is very small and the MOMA, like many modern art museums, has its galleries laid out with lots of walls and corners and separate rooms, rather than the old-fashioned giant-hall-filled-with-sculptures-and-paintings layout which I think would work better for a social visit of this type. The Met also has a more relaxed atmosphere - you can walk through it and enjoy the experience without stopping to inspect every piece. And nobody is going to shush us at the Met but we would get a lot of dirty looks for talking too much at the MOMA. I often go to the Met by myself or with friends to just walk and talk. It's not quite as easy to have a stroll through a museum filled with more conceptual work without paying close attention to the exhibits. I generally find that modern and contemporary museums are best enjoyed when you have the time and desire for reading and discussion. As an alternate to a relaxing picnic meet-and-greet I still move we go to the Met.

But I do want to see those other exhibits at some other point.

And I think wearing some kind of identifying item is a good idea. But name tags are kind of goofy. Any simpler suggestions?

MOMA IS FUCKING EXPENSIVE

Shit! It does say it's raining all week. That sucks. Well - if it isn't raining we'll still have a picnic.

I feel bad for all the people from out of town who want to go sightseeing.

And that's a FEDERAL law.