Thanks to everyone who came out to Laughing Squid Lucky 13, I can’t think of a better way to have celebrated my birthday and 13 great years of Laughing Squid.
Here are a few photos I shot during the setup of the party.
I also shot a few short videos of Extra Action Marching Band, our surprise special guest that close out the party with a bang.
Here’s StickerGiant.com’s video of David “Cappy” Capurro doing his “War Pigs” Yo-Yo act.
Andrew Mager also shot video of Cappy from another angle.
More Coverage:
- Julian Cash (Light Painting Photos)
- SF Weekly’s All Shook Down (Gretchen Robinette)
- k0re
We would like to thank everyone who help make this event such a great success, including our host and stage manager $teven Ra$pa and assistant stage manager Katy Bell, the folks from Mule Design Studio who brought you Battle Decks, Doctor Popular and Drown Radio with special guest MC Slutsky, the Yo-Yo King David Capurro, Mr. Lucky & The Cocktail Party (featuring Ralph Carney), Mr. Lonesome and The Bluebelles, The Cottontails, Allison Lovejoy, The Church of Frank Sinatra, Stilt Dancers, Super Gigi, Bianca Smut Shack, Chapek the Robot Bartender & R2-D2 courtesy of RoboGames, “Chassis” by Al Honig & Jonathan Foote, SWARM Orbs, “The ChakraTron” by gaspo, TCHO, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Long Now Foundation, Noonaco!, Light Painting by Supersnail, John Law & Doggie Diner Dog Heads and our surprise guest The Extra Action Marching Band for the best end to an event that we’ve ever had.
Also a big thanks to our wonderful venue CELLspace with the great support of Dave Sholl, Josh McDermott and their crew. Our amazing door team Lori Dorn, Simone Davalos (who also helped with the front gallery and robot wrangling), Rick Abruzzo, Mutual Aid Response Services (MARS), sound equipment by Justin Katz (Paradox Media), guest bartender Flash, the great posters designed by Adam Koford, John Fischer (StickerGiant.com) for printing color stickers for the party and our special guests Char Rohrer, Howard Dorn, Chip Beale, Jason Laskodi, Michael Biven and David Klass.
photos by Lane Hartwell, Mitch Aidelbaum, Steve Rhodes & Scott Beale.
Here Are A Few Related Posts You Might Enjoy:
- Laughing Squid Lucky 13 Light Painting Photos by Julian Cash
- Monochrom & Laughing Squid Drinkup at Lucky 13 in San Francisco
- Laughing Squid Lucky 13 Poster by Adam Koford
- Laughing Squid Web Hosting Party Wrap-Up
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Really great time Scott – thank you for sharing your birthday with all of us. I only wish I could have stayed longer to enjoy the whole evening. Here’s to many more years of your success and happiness! cheers
…and I missed it all.
There’s always next time. I went through all of the photos this morning. I was able to hit the “blogger bungalow” last night and have some drinks with V. and friends.
Just keep me in the loop of anything you’re attending so I can follow you around all stalker – like :)
Fantastic times indeed! Congrats on initiating another year in such splendor.
Had a great evening at the party Scott – it was especially cool as I got to connect with my former college roommate (Kent State) Ralph Carney – he still blows a mean sax! We hadn’t seen each other in over 30 years! Put up the new LS stickers on my locker on the Rock – you should come out and visit sometime!
Thanks for throwing such a great party, Scott! Happy Birthday and here’s to another 13 years of Laughing Squid!
Scott, as usual, great event. Thanks for exposing me to CELLspace. I felt right at home (maybe because I live to close). I always thought that place was a dance studio or something.
Now I have been here a year, so I can be prepared for events before they happen. I took a bunch of stickers and have been posting them around the city, and CNET.
Thanks for hosting this. It was great to see everybody out. All of the crazy antics on stage are my favorite. Keep it cultural!
Had a great time at the party, Scott. Thanks for letting me be a part of it & happy birthday too.
How did you manage to have Charlie Manson released to play the drums?
Thanks for having us for another fantastic party!
While the crowd was thick, we still found room to get down up high during Mr. Lucky’s set. Happy birthday… Here’s to many, many more!