Blast! [5] - a benefit to support sound. and SASSAS

Blast! [5] - a benefit to support sound. at the Schindler House and SASSAS - The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound Sunday, May 18, 2008, 4-8pm At the home of 33 1/3 club member Abby Sher in Pacific Palisades (directions provided with ticket purchase) http://www.sassas.org/blast/ Blast! [5] is hosted by Johanna Went and features performances by Ariel Pink, Dick Slessig and the New Energy Encounter Group with DJs Languis and T. Kelly Mason Plus a silent art auction of works by Judie Bamber, Bjorn Copeland, Meg Cranston, Aaron Curry, Roy Dowell, Karl Haendel, C. Taft Green, Patrick Hill, Louise Lawler, JP Munroe, Steve Roden and more! General admission: $75.00 SASSAS members $50; students with valid ID $30.00 (student tickets are limited) SASSTER BLASTER event ticket: $300 - Your choice of 1 of 4 iPod Shuffles each programmed with a unique playlist by a member of Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley). This ticket also includes a one-year SASSAS membership. $1000 for full set. Purchase a SASSAS membership and get a generous discount on tickets! **New and renewing members at the $50 level receive one discounted ticket to Blast! [5] **Renew for $75 and get two discounted tickets to Blast! [5], a $50 value! Tickets: http://www.sassas.org/contribute/ Proceeds from Blast! [5] fund the sound. series which this year includes our first-ever free concert event. SASSAS is excited to be working with the musician and DJ collective dublab on "Tonalism," presented as a part of "Glow," a dusk-to-dawn festival sponsored by the City of Santa Monica. Join us this summer for live sets from Albert Ortega, Steve Roden, Unrecognizable Now and White Rainbow plus dublab djs and video projections by Jessica Bronson, Cal Crawford and Jennifer West among others in the historic Looff Hippodrome carousel building on the Santa Monica Pier. And this Sunday, spend the afternoon sipping campari and enjoying great food and music while making "Tonalism" and other fun SASSAS events possible. The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that serves as a catalyst for the creation, presentation and recognition of experimental art and sound practices in the Greater Los Angeles area. Programs include sound. at the Schindler House; sound. at the REDCAT; sound. workshops; soundNet.org, an online concert archive; and soundNet recordings, CD compilations drawn from sound. concerts. SASSAS is supported in part through grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the City of West Hollywood Arts Commission, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Additional support for Blast! [5] received from Amoeba Music, Campari, Fiji water, Frey Vineyards, Honest Tea and Pink Cloud Events. Board of Directors: Cindy Bernard, Jeremy Drake, Tom Leeser, Gregory Lenczycki, Jorge Martin, Renee Petropoulos, Joe Potts, Gabie Strong, Tom Watson Advisory Board: Ann Goldstein, Renee Green, Danny Gromfin, Mike Kelley, Carol Ann Klonarides, Tom Recchion, David Schafer, Carl Stone, Mark Wheaton, Christopher Williams