Comments on: 1975 Artists' Soapbox Derby http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-957441 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-957441 I'm not sure where it was held but my guess is those roads are in McLaren Park. I’m not sure where it was held but my guess is those roads are in McLaren Park.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-701201 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-701201 Hey anyone wanna do this with pinewood derby cars in LA? Hey anyone wanna do this with pinewood derby cars in LA?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-701970 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-701970 Is that the same David Best of Burnign Man Temples fame? Is that the same David Best of Burnign Man Temples fame?

]]> By: lakata http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-701238 lakata Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-701238 I'm pretty sure I met the guy that built the Banana car, in 1997 on the way back from Burning Man (at a rest stop on Hwy 80). The guy told us that he built the car for some silly race a long time ago and decided to bring it out of storage to this crazy party in the desert! Where else could you reuse a car like that? (besides the Berkeley Art Car parade of course :) I’m pretty sure I met the guy that built the Banana car, in 1997 on the way back from Burning Man (at a rest stop on Hwy 80). The guy told us that he built the car for some silly race a long time ago and decided to bring it out of storage to this crazy party in the desert! Where else could you reuse a car like that? (besides the Berkeley Art Car parade of course :)

]]> By: lakata http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-701243 lakata Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-701243 Yeah, Terry Axelson is the originator of the Banana Car, which is the same one that went to Burning Man AND the Art Car Festival in Berkeley: http://www.artcarfest.com/vehicles/banana.html Yeah, Terry Axelson is the originator of the Banana Car, which is the same one that went to Burning Man AND the Art Car Festival in Berkeley:

http://www.artcarfest.com/vehicles/banana.html

]]> By: ndp http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-700991 ndp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-700991 These machines seem like the forerunners of the Kinetic Sculpture Race machines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_sculpture_race These machines seem like the forerunners of the Kinetic Sculpture Race machines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_sculpture_race

]]> By: snsr http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-701760 snsr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-701760 Awesome Awesome

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-700745 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-700745 That made me cry.... That made me cry….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-700752 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-700752 Penis car: 0:45 Penis car: 0:45

]]> By: HPHovercraft http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-700763 HPHovercraft Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-700763 "Move off the pavement, or I'll tell everyone you dyed your hair..." I wasn't in any particularly dire need of a belly laugh this afternoon, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. “Move off the pavement, or I’ll tell everyone you dyed your hair…”

I wasn’t in any particularly dire need of a belly laugh this afternoon, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-700799 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-700799 Curious if anyone knows/remembers where the event was held? Am not recognizing from any of the early shots... Curious if anyone knows/remembers where the event was held? Am not recognizing from any of the early shots…

]]> By: kentkb http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-700823 kentkb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-700823 San Francisco has always been a DiY Make this City. Remember when we made that Gold Rush? Real fun movie, we should do it again. San Francisco has always been a DiY Make this City. Remember when we made that Gold Rush?
Real fun movie, we should do it again.

]]> By: a former student http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-700824 a former student Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-700824 Don't know where the cars went, but Amanda Pope teaches at USC Cinema/Television (and she is awesome). So great to see some of her early work! Don’t know where the cars went, but Amanda Pope teaches at USC Cinema/Television (and she is awesome). So great to see some of her early work!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/29/1975-artists-soapbox.html#comment-701103 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-701103 I could swear I saw the Banana one just last year at the Art Car Parade in berkeley. I could swear I saw the Banana one just last year at the Art Car Parade in berkeley.

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