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Where to take my son?

Gonna have my son this weekend but I cant think of where would be a fun place to take him (hes 3). Anyone know of any fun places a Dad can take his boy to (fairs, play places, etc.)? Thanks!

hot tub group release (berkeley)

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Reply to: pers-116894823@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-12-08, 10:51PM PST


Let's keep this simple. I have a hot tub on Euclid. I am having a group release party on December 28th. Everybody is welcome (last time was all men which was fun but I would really like to get some women this time). Here's how it works:
Five people get into my 400 gallon redwood hot tub. The temperature is a challenging 125 degrees. After a few minutes, everybody "evacuates." (voids their bowels in the tub). We see what "floats to the surface." This "letting go" stage is followed by a "coming together" stage in which each person helps the person to their left reach satisfaction (handsex). Simple and wonderful.

Some ground rules:
1)No footwear of any kind in the tub! Leave your flip flops on the deck!
2)Do not go into the house.
3)Scents are okay but please, NO GREASY HAIR PRODUCTS.
4)Please refrain from smoking.
5)Once everybody is in the tub, its silent time. No talking until everybody is out.
6)If you do not like what is "going down" (or coming up) step out of the tub. You do not need to make it everybody elses problem.
7)Please commit before showing up. Don't come out to the backyard, check out the "scene" and then decide to leave. This disrupts the experience for everybody.
Please no laughing or frivolity. Its not that it has to be "dead serious" but we don't want it to turn into a joke. For many people a group release party is a vulnerable psychosexual experience and your laughter can be shaming.
9)PLEASE NO LOUD TALKING AFTER THE SESSION. MY NEIGHBORS HAVE COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE THREATENED TO CALL THE POLICE.
10) If you are over two hundred pounds it is fine, but please let me know in advance.
11)PLEASE NO DIABETICS, PREGNANT WOMEN OR PEOPLE WITH HEALTH CONDITIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY A LONG AND UNUSUALLY HIGH TEMPERATURE HOT TUB SITUATION.
12)NO DRUGS OF ANY KIND!!!!
13)Please make sure that you have eaten well and NOT EXCRETED FOR AT LEAST TWELVE HOURS before coming.
14)No food in the hot tub or on the deck. If you must eat, finish your food in your car.
15)You can park directly out front or along the street. PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY. If parking is limited park on POPLAR st.
16)Do not turn on the airration jets under any circumstances. This makes the party impossible to clean up afterwards and also disrupts the atmosphere in the tub.
17)Please show up on time for the session. The orientation period is extremely important and helps to insure that the party will be a success for all participants.
18)NO CAMERAS OF ANY KIND INCLUDING CAMERA PHONES. For many, the session is a "discreet" experience and respect for individual privacy concerns is of utmost importance.
19)If you have a health concern which you believe may be transmittable through personal waste material please wait for at least two weeks after the matter has cleared up before attending a session.
20)You are welcome to bring a friend PROVIDED I KNOW IN ADVANCE. Please do not show up with an extra participant.
Thank you for your interest and contact me if you wish to participate.

The Epsilon Rising wrote:Seeking Exceptional Visionary Guitarist
Reply to: comm-135484501@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-02-20, 12:10PM PST


Revolution.

We are a power and finesse vocalist/harmonica player/songwriter and a bassist/keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist seeking a guitarist of equal caliber (Jimmy Page) for an original and touring band. We will be touring Europe beginnning April 2006.

I boast real finances to be used for a solid project/partnership. As a vocalist and harmonica player, I have few equals. (Though I also play some guitar, usaully in open tunings for delta blues derivative music, and some percussion, I'm a vocalist.) The bassist, in his sphere, bass/keyboard/mandolin/etc. is equally as authoritative.

I speak from the fire and strike heavy with of the sword, in a chorus championing people long oppressed and long suffering. Music is the gift from God to definitively pronounce our uprising and redemption. This means the poor, the meek, and the oppressed.

The name of this band is: The Epsilon Rising.

I'm seeking a guitarist/songwriter!!! who has already explored other instrumentations such as the eukelalee, mandolin, banjo, ect. Additionally, you know your sound effects and explore them as creatively as your songwriting creating atmospheric sounds and sophisticated arrangements! --- Acoustic and electric, standard and open tunings rock/blues/bluegrass/punk/old country/classical/bossa nova/punk/reggae/etc. is a must and only the tip of the iceberg as of the songs that we will create. Whether originals, traditionals, covers, rearrangements -- there are no limitations or rules in our methodology. Simply put, we are seeking the guitarist who believes that he has the potential to be the best ever, and it is his life ambition to realize that end.

We are interested in continuing to write classic songs that we can call our favorites, to be hyper-jammed out live, with exceptional stage presence. After written and recorded, our songs will still constantly evolve in the live set. We seek the guitarist that takes us to the rock higher and vice-versa, we WILL inspire and expect the same from you. Though we desire someone in a similar age bracket, 21 - 29, for similarities in life focus (music first), come one, come all. Again, we will be touring Europe starting April 2006, so any "issues" (girlfriend, school, family, fear) will not work in this situation. You must feel that pursuing music in this way is your destiny. In fact, if you feel that the words that I'm writing are somehow your own ideas, that's what we're talking about.

The less limits you have, the better. Regarding image, the longer the hair, the better. If you believe in revolution through music, and you have your place to prove in the world of musical giants, then this is the opportunity you have been seeking. Ethnicity is encouraged as we are dealing with the reality of God and all man, not just modern white materialistic, celebrity craving "reality", but truly, the counter culture of human reality.

However, be you black, asian, white, latin, indian, etc, if you have the soul (backed by musical recordings), the spirit of music, then it's game as music is color blind; an auric utopia.

This band hails from the mystics and spiritual, exploring dark and light, as we know that Christ is the Forever King at all cross roads, and the that the people are the poor and downtrodden. We view ourselves as champions of that cause, the representation of liberation in the hearts of the people.

I'm not interested in an e-mail or phone liasons as experience tells us that it produces very little. I'm interested in music. As such, we are providing four recordings on the web site that we would like you to listen to gain a perspective of how we are approaching music. For the recording called "Waves", please record a guitar overdub(s) that would give us insight into what you would naturally add to a song that we are working on. For the recordings "Joy" and "My Baby", please record a separate (not overdubbed) guitar track of two to three minutes for each. This will give us an idea of how you will be able to pick up on some of the many ideas that we will be pursuing and thus, you will be required to learn. Finally, provide us with one or two or more of your original works that you would like to present to be worked on in this band. From this we will be able to get a gauge of your songwriting and creativity. Low quality recordings are fine. Make the recordings happen with whatever means you have. If we feel the musical space that you are in is a match, then we will arrange for couple of sessions with you here in Sacramento, Los Angeles, New York, or Boston. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL WITHOUT INCLUDING THE MUSIC REQUESTED ABOVE. IF YOU WISH TO FIRST SEND YOUR ORIGINAL MUSIC THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE IN THIS BAND, AND THEN THE LEARNED RECORDINGS AND OVERDUBS OF OUR MUSIC, THAT IS OK. We also ask for a picture because if you are afraid that your image won't go over well, you are probably right. No offense, a TOURING musician does not have these insecurities and can not in order to be successful at conveying the imagery that we wish to convey. Keep in mind, the music comes first.

double read this!!!! some don't seem to be getting this part of the ad ---This is for serious, DISCIPLINED, dedicated musicians only. Come with the expectations of working, critiquing, being critiqued, long songwriting sessions, use of white boards and notes, discussing theory, long recording sessions, playing out often, being in a bus often, and awful lot of practing and rehearsing, frustrations, communicating, success and fun!!! I mentioned practicing because we plan to continuosly push our limits, and being satisfied with the level we are at is complacency, and not a part of this band.

Again, we self critique and explore many variations of our music and covers. What we do not do is compromise our music in order to avoid dissagreements or tension and just "move on". This is a way of life, my life, the bassist life, and in this band, we struggle with the music until we are all satisfied. Please be in the same mindset and have experience working in this manner. If you can not take constructed criticism, or give it, if you can not focus in on the same song for days and weeks as it evolves, then this band situation is not for you.

I will mention that this is not a "straight-edge band" nor "pro drug" band. We do weed smoke weed, and explore to our personal comfort levels and I have a slight preference for guitarist who does also, because I find it opens otherwise closed creative avenues for myself and most others I've known; but I have worked with musicians in the past who were "straight-edge" and reached the point, and the bottom line remains it's all about the music --- game recognizes game. YOUR RECORDINGS should speak for themselves.

Again, in your e-mail response please send a link to your music or attach them as files. Additionally, please include a photo. We have links to some of our developing music at:


http://www.theepsilonrising.com


I must stress that this band has no singular "style", as others have failed to grasp the concept that as musicians we play music. The unifying standard is that the music we produce is consistently classic. The sound sketches here are indicative of different expressions on different days. All of which we wish to develop.

We are currently located in Sacramento, the best city for true musical development and musicianship that I've lived in: Los Angeles, New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle inclusive. If we move past stage one of the audition, we will work out transportation and shelter for some on site jams.

For the guitarist that we select, we will provide a plane ticket to Europe, and a weekly living advance as we prepare in Europe for our European tour. Housing in Europe (initially Portugal or England on arrival then finally Eastern Europe for our 2-3 month band development period) will also be included. This is, in fact, the opportunity for actualization of the musical dream for the guitarist in our image and mindset.

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to stand amongst giants:

led zeppelin - pink floyd - nirvana - radiohead - pearl jam (pre no code) - the doors - debussy - the velvet underground - the beatles (post revolver) - rage against the machine - charlie patton - bach - robert johnson - jimi hendrix and the experience - the guess who - alice in chains (dirt and beyond) - james brown (early) - the flaming lips - beethoven - blind melon ( later ) - bob marley - jeff buckley- regina spektor - bjork - hawkwind - tori amos - the greatful dead (early) - credence clearwater revival

may we go forward.

Maurice wrote:OK, I'm listening to The Epsilon Rising's "Waves." I strongly encourage other people to do so, as well--it's really quite...unique.

The Epsilon Rising wrote: Ethnicity is encouraged...

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:

The Epsilon Rising wrote: Ethnicity is encouraged...