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Conference rdvax::grateful

Title:	Take my advice, you'd be better off DEAD
Notice:	It's just a Box of Rain
Moderator:	RDVAX::LEVY::DEBESS

Created:	Wed Jan 02 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	580
Total number of notes:	60238

555.0. "Terrapin Station" by EVMS::OCTOBR::DEBESS (seeking all thats stil unsung) Mon Feb 03 1997 11:00

	what do y'all think about this idea that Hunter talks about in
	his journal?

	Debess



   Went to a "Terrapin Station" meeting this morning. Saw a presentation of
 a potential building plan. A festive 'Wall of Sound" display outside - two
 theaters, one with a floor revolving around a giant tube where holograms
 are projected onto fog, with concert footage & all kinds of visual effects
 devices on the walls. The larger theater will do for live concerts and
 events, and be the main attraction with full GD concerts being featured
 with multimedia, light shows and highly processed concert video. They say
 they can take a ratty video tape of a performance and make it sparkle with
 computer enhancement and projection techniques - even, I think they said,
 though I'd have to see to believe it - get a hologram effect. Candace was
 at the meeting and will most likely have a big hand in lighting concepts.
 She seems very intense and visionary about the project. There's to be a
 museum & display room - and a backstage room, replete with funky furniture
 and unmatched couches, where you can hang out before and between sets. Also
 a nightclub/restaurant affair with computer terminals where you can make
 your own composite CD's from the archives, a roof garden, a simulated
 parking lot with vendor space, and a Rhythm Devils room for spacing out and
 banging drums. 
 .
 .
 .
 He's [Weir] got an idea for building "Terrapin Stations" in
 several locations besides SF (New York, Tokyo, etc.) and linking them with
 ground connections (sattelite too slow) in order to do live performances
 with other musicians in those various locations, broadcasting the combined
 virtual band on a screen in each place simultaneously! That's the stuff!! I

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
555.1		SPECXN::BARNES		`Mon Feb 03 1997 11:42`	9
	sounds pretty grandiouse to me, maybe a little "too much"......but if they really want to and can get the dough, I think this organization can do it now...previously I would have said "They don't have their sh*t together enough to even attempt this." But I think "they" have all new goals now that Jerry is gone. I'd visit the place next time we area in San Fran. Maybe we'd get shot with the famous squirt gun....%^) rfb
555.2	that satellite delay time can be killer...	QUARRY::petert	rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty	`Mon Feb 03 1997 12:50`	6
	I see they are finally taking up on my "Virtual Phil" idea ;-) And ground connections are probably better. Fiber optics, all the way! PeterT
555.3		ALFA2::DWEST	i believe in chemo girl!	`Mon Feb 03 1997 14:21`	3
	sounds like a ballsy idea to me... :^) i'd check it out... da ve
555.4		OBSESS::BEAUPRE		`Mon Feb 03 1997 14:37`	2
	It sounds suspiciously like many of the late night conversations I was party to back in the mid 80's.
555.5		STAR::EVANS		`Mon Feb 03 1997 14:47`	11
	This is nothing new. One of the loudest shows I EVER went to was the simulcast of the Who's "last" concert. They had a BIG screen and a great sound system and the price was about half of the actual concert tickets. I'm a little surprised that something like this hasn't happened yet. I always thought that these would best be done in the better movie theaters where there are lots of seats and good sound systems. I don't think you need a special facility to do this. If they want something over the top, let them use an IMAX facility. Jim
555.6		QUARRY::petert	rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty	`Mon Feb 03 1997 15:36`	7
	They've done simulcasts of Dead shows before. The one in particular that I remember is the Radio City Music Hall show on Halloween back in, uh, 81? or some year near then. Mostly I remember it because we decided to skip the simulcast at the Orpheum, and only later did I hear it was a kick-ass show. Sigh... PeterT
555.7		SPECXN::BARNES		`Mon Feb 03 1997 16:11`	6
	re; They've done simulcasts of Dead shows before. VIDEO simulcasts ?????? never heard of one...only audio simulcasts. rfb
555.8		AWECIM::HANNAN	Beyond description...	`Mon Feb 03 1997 16:16`	6
	Sounds like something you'd see in Star Trek ;-) I like the idea of the holograms through the fog, with lots of effects. I'd be there! /Ken
555.9		ALFA2::DWEST	i believe in chemo girl!	`Mon Feb 03 1997 16:29`	6
	that's what i wa thinking Ken... sounds to me like a lot more than a simulcast, with holograms, light shows and other trippy effects... sounds like a cool way to try and keep the experience alive... da ve
555.10		QUARRY::petert	rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty	`Mon Feb 03 1997 16:39`	9
	Yep, video simulcasts. It's the one where Franken and Davis were hosting. I think it's available as one of the videos, Dead Ahead? Which may be from more than one show, but the halloween show was broadcast to various music halls around the country. Then of course you have the shoreline shows and the NYE's pay per view things, but that's a bit different ball game. PeterT
555.11		SPECXN::BARNES		`Mon Feb 03 1997 16:51`	4
	oh ya...i do remember hearing about the Franken and Davis one and now even rememebr seeing a new years one.....doohhh! rfb