on my fridge rests a flyer from 2005 (see above), the first of two planetarium shows spearheaded by morgan tanner and a motley crew of west coast space/music/visuals people... both were unique events, organic, and very home spun w/ handmade and hand delivered tickets, no sponsors... just creativity. supported by locals (and international visitors) strictly for the love, the taurus incident featured original compositions ("incidental music") and live performances (from jamie clay and CDN free jazz legend paul plimley) based on a vinyl release that the planetarium had issued back in the early 1970s (as well as a well received contemporary video piece by the stunt man and aurora dominici, see below), and visuals from vancouver media/music man john tanner. the second event, planetarium 2010, showcased live performances by transmolecular and BCVCO, visuals by the poppy family's craig mccaw (along w/ yours truly on the technics 1200s spinning original 60s-80s psychedelic and electronic albums/singles). definitely a cosmic night!@#$%!!! it was great to see harold (featuring the voice of CDN icon bill reiter at the taurus incident), the star zeiss projector, turning us all into awestruck children again...
*here is a link to a georgia straight article profiling planetarium 2010!@#$%!!! share the land??? still working on it... hold tight!!! as for the five year gap between the shows? guess we're due for another in 2015. it'll be here before you know it. i hope the planetarium survives that long. it's an underused analog facility in this increasingly digital age...
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