Friday, November 28, 2008

boston bazaar bizarre: coming up real quick-like



Boston Bazaar Bizarre
Sunday December 7, 2008
12 pm-7pm
@ The Castle at Park Plaza
101 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
$1 Admission

The Boston branch of this nationally renowned craft fair will take place on December 7th 2008 from Noon to 7 pm at the Park Plaza Castle in Boston. With the DIY/handmade phenomenon at its peak, check out the event that started it all. Shoppers can expect to find the crème de la crème of indie goods: handbags, pottery, letterpress stationary, silk-screened t-shirts, baby clothes, body products and more!

Bazaar Bizarre began in 2001 in the Boston-area as a hodge-podge of friends and acquaintances cobbling together their handcrafted DIY wares to sell and staging an offbeat entertainment extravaganza. In 2004 the Bazaar Bizarre spread to Los Angeles, Cleveland and in 2006 Make took the group under their wing to include the Bazaar Bizarre as part of the Maker Faire in the San Mateo and Austin. Bazaar Bizarre Boston will offer attendees an opportunity to purchase handmade goods, groove to djs, and enjoy local food.

Shop Sustainably, Shop Indie
Bazaar Bizarre Boston (BBB) will feature 140+ indie crafters and designers from across the country. The event will also serve as a networking opportunity for indie designers and businesses from New England and the beyond. Past Bazaar Bizarre vendors have included My Paper Crane, Craftster, My Favorite Mirror, Art School Dropout and Skunkadelia. View the entire vendor list at http://bazaarbizarre.org/boston_stuff/vendorlist.html

Indie Music, Handmade Nation and Food!
Holiday grooving DJs will be providing entertainment throughout the day, and as always you can catch Holiday Thereminist Extraordinaire, Jonnie Spaceman. Words cannot describe the love and goodwill of the people for Jonnie Spaceman, a stalwart feature of the Boston Bazaar Bizarre. With his inimitable theremin stylings, Mr. Spaceman has redefined for the ages both "indie rock" and "Christmas Carol." .

Handmade Nation documents a movement of artists, crafters and designers that recognize a marriage between historical techniques, punk and DIY ethos while being influenced by traditional handiwork, modern aesthetics, politics, feminism, and art. Fueled by the common thread of creating, Handmade Nation explores a burgeoning art community that is based on creativity, determination and networking. Check out Handmade Nation's table for a screening of a 20 clip from the movie.

At least 3 food vendors will be providing all sorts of snacks and food to help fuel our shoppers. Petsi Pies, Snacks, Crackers and Pop, and Mr. Puppovich's Odd Beverages & Uncommon Delights will be providing fuel throughout the day to help you keep on track with shopping!

If You Support Bazaar Bizarre Boston, You Support…
Community * Sustainability * Small Business * Artists and Craftsmen

Brought to you by the 2008 Boston Bazaar Bizarre organizers: Alison Gordon (www.homeofthesampler.com), Jen Ferreira (www.saint9.com), Marissa Falco (www.marissaland.com), Megan Kelliher, Sarah Coyne (www.eggagogo.com), and Stacie Slotnick (www.thecritique.org).

happenings, dudes

Baixa and Guatemala City played WMBR's Pipeline! the other night. You can download the podcast here. The recording was a lot of fun and DJ Jeff Breeze was a lot of fun to talk to afterwards [the interview isn't part of the podcast, unfortunately, but it's still a great listen]!

Baixa will be spinning records at Mass Market as DJ Braindance, so look for that Sunday, December 14th!

Monday, November 17, 2008

mass market 3 vendors!

Mass Market has chosen vendors for market #3!

Here You Go:

Amocro Art
Armageddon Shop
Apple Scruffs
atomsatwork accessories
Beasted
Boomerangs
Bruce and Sasha
Chris Strunk
Chris Villon
Compound 440R - Somerville Music Collective
CoupCoup Designs
DISTRO.Y
Docs & Gams
Electrical Outfits
Fraske Designs
Good Vintage Collectibles
Grimaldi Baez
Happy Animal
Hot Lunch
IceCreamPeople.org
IDYLLICLAND
Katherine's Cupcakes
Little Flower Boston
Local Band Table
LOL MUNCHIES
Lucy Parsons Center
MASS.production
Matt Saunders by Nellie!
Mister Reusch
MUM
Muschi Designs & Tarot Readings
North Bennet Street School Bindery
Olaria Studio
OnYourSleeve
Oops
Outside the Lines Studio
Pagent
Papercut Zine Library
Pop Gun Press
Shut Up Clothing
Sibling Rivalry
Slop-Pop
Steve Fournier
Taterprint Records
Truth Serum Productions
Unmapped Boston
Vagabond Jewelry
Vaya Bags
Wonderland Q

Yeahhhhh! Czech it out.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

LAST CALL FOR MASS MARKET 3 VENDORS: APPLICATION DEADLINE NOVEMBER 15TH!

Today, dudes! Be sure to get your apps in. Have them e-postmarked by midnight Saturday night, and be sure to let us know if you have any questions at all!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

baixa 2nite!

Baixa [+ me] will be playing at the Milky Way tonight with Uke of Spaces Corners [Maine], Helen Keller [Philadelphia], and Ritalin at 9 pm and it's FREEEEEE. You should come because you probably have tomorrow off and what else are you doing?

mass market 3 application deadline november 15th!

The Mass Market 3 application deadline is approaching quickly, so be sure to get in touch! We'll be making decisions the following day, so you'll be in the know as soon as November 16th!

To apply, please send the following info [along with 3 photos of your work] to mass.craft.market@gmail.com:

Name:
Craft/Business Name:
Email:
Website:
What you're selling:
If you're hoping to share a table with someone, who would that be?
Have you participated in other craft/vendor markets in the past?

Sunday, December 14th
@ MassArt's Pozen Center
12 pm - 6 pm
$1 Admission
All Ages


Mass Market is a DIY flea market where record distros, local bands, button makers, bookbinders, artists, clothing designers, djs, vegan and vegetarian bakers, and many others come together for a day of swapping, sharing, selling and buying art.

Presented by Lindsay Metivier, co-produced by Brian Butler/Urban Monsters and Athena Moore/Apple Scruffs.

Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions at all! Check the Mass Market blog for news and updates.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

thumbs & things

Due to an unfortunate digital accident, Baixa + 1 had to back out of the Whitehaus Halloween show this weekend. While at school on Friday, I accidentally cut out a big old piece of thumb and was rendered fairly useless.



No stitches, but they had to cauterize the wound to stop the bleeding [which hurts just about as bad as you're imagining] and give me a tetanus shot. Hurrah! We DID still get costumed to go out and were marveled at by adults and children alike.



THE GOOD NEWS IS that Baixa's playing another show a week from today at the Milky Way and will, provided my hand is on the mend, include me [and probably masks]. 9 pm, FREE!

In other news, Baixa has slated the Dirty Flow from the Hyper-Extended Hustle Muscle album release date for January 26th, 2009. Get psyched!