Re: protection

[Michael Clark <mcl451@airmail.net>]

I'm sure BM is a very big deal, but I just have to laugh!

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At 02:19 PM 6/4/02 -0700, you wrote:
>protecting gear at bm.
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>there will be playa in and on something no matter what
>you do but you can minimize it a lot and then air it
>all out when you get home.
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>last year i played with an rc-20 but this year i have a
>repeater with other goodies so it's a more intense
>concern for me cuz of the fucking cost if things go
>wrong.
>i'm imagining a very clear plastic bag with two holes
>for venting in and out with a nice filtered very well
>placed fan.  it would have to be pliable to access the
>controls or have gloves attached like a sandblasting
>booth.  or get an actual small portable sandblasting
>booth.  i just saw one at harbor freight for around a
>hundred.  seems kind of high but so is all the stuff
>i'm protecting. 
>at night that might not even be necessary as long as
>it's not too windy.  if it's really windy just don't do
>it.    
>it's a festival worth alot in cutting edge value.  not
>many places are there where 30,000 people are casting
>space for hypercreativity.  it's the living womb and
>you make of it what you let and relet.  
>it's turning into a light/sound spiritual transcursion.
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>playing inside spaces that are well built for blocking
>the wind and playa helps.  some structures achieve this
>very hard task.  
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>bed sheets wrapped round and around did well.
>be sure and shake'em clean often.  
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>the alkali is hungry for your circuitry.
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>plastic boxes with holes cut out for cables did well.  
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>one big wind  b l a s t   of powdery playa and it will
>at least be externally covered.  
>and soon internally.
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>lot's of compressed air afterwards.
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>be smart and then when you relize you weren't don't
>give a fuck cuz of how much fun it is.
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>tim
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