protection

["timothy crowe" <seemso@directvinternet.com>]

protecting gear at bm.



there will be playa in and on something no matter what
you do but you can minimize it a lot and then air it
all out when you get home.

last year i played with an rc-20 but this year i have a
repeater with other goodies so it's a more intense
concern for me cuz of the fucking cost if things go
wrong.
i'm imagining a very clear plastic bag with two holes
for venting in and out with a nice filtered very well
placed fan.  it would have to be pliable to access the
controls or have gloves attached like a sandblasting
booth.  or get an actual small portable sandblasting
booth.  i just saw one at harbor freight for around a
hundred.  seems kind of high but so is all the stuff
i'm protecting. 
at night that might not even be necessary as long as
it's not too windy.  if it's really windy just don't do
it.    
it's a festival worth alot in cutting edge value.  not
many places are there where 30,000 people are casting
space for hypercreativity.  it's the living womb and
you make of it what you let and relet.  
it's turning into a light/sound spiritual transcursion.

playing inside spaces that are well built for blocking
the wind and playa helps.  some structures achieve this
very hard task.  

bed sheets wrapped round and around did well.
be sure and shake'em clean often.  

the alkali is hungry for your circuitry.

plastic boxes with holes cut out for cables did well.  


one big wind  b l a s t   of powdery playa and it will
at least be externally covered.  
and soon internally.

lot's of compressed air afterwards.

be smart and then when you relize you weren't don't
give a fuck cuz of how much fun it is.

tim