A big thanks to everyone who made Blast! [2] a big success including Molly and Mary Corey for lending their beautiful home for our second fundraiser and all the performers and MCs:
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 Raymond Pettibon w/Dan Edwards, Neil Kemp, Tom Thomas, Ed Boswell and Marilyn |
 Carla Bozulich and Goliath Birdeater |
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 Mike Kelley |
 Julie Lequin |
Courtney Stricklin and Bree-Ann Yenalavitch |  David Hatcher |
Much appreiation to the artists who lent their work and created playlists for the the iPod Shuffle raffle: Sean Duffy, Dave Muller, Mungo Thomson, Marnie Weber and John Baldessari, Mike Kelley, Stephen Prina, Carl Stone, Diana Thater, Stephen Vitiello.
A big congratulations to our iPod raffle winners Wendy Brandow, Maya De Leon, Paiza Luz Bermudez-Silverman, Jorden McSpadden, Valenta deRegil and Jesse Gillan (pictured here w/ Mike Kelley and David Hatcher).
And thanks to the numerous folks who lent a hand - the Blast! organizing committee (Renee Petropoulos, Joe Potts, David Schafer, Santos Vasquez, Cindy Bernard), Molly and Mary Corey, Amoeba Music, Hollywood especially Ilene Barg and Marc Weinstein, Chris Shearer, Kate Foley, Bay Cities Italian Deli, Santa Monica, Gelsons of Silver Lake, Potts Plumbing, Trader Joes of Silver Lake, Trader Joes of West Hollywood, Silver Lake Wine, Pauline Stella Sanchez, Linda Nishio, Haruko Tanaka, Joy Silverman, Tara Kozubach, Cameron Fraser, John Kuhl, Takeshi Kishi, Jesse Gillan, Dain Blodorn, Colin Blodorn, George Stubbs, Marya Alford, Tom Recchion and Hedi El Kholti.
 Kate Foley and our drink specialist, Chris Shearer |  SASSAS board members Renee Petropoulos and Carole Ann Klonarides |
Proceeds from Blast! [2] benefit our summer concert series, sound. SASSAS has a great season planned including the premiere of Petra Haden Sings 'The Who Sell Out' and an acoustic performance by Stephen Prina at the Ford Amphitheater on July 1st. Plus, at the Schindler House, a rare Los Angeles concert by Kelan Philip Cohran (AACM co-founder and one time member of Sun Ra's Arkestra) on July 30th and two evenings featuring Scores Composed for the Moving Image with Tom Recchion, Michael Webster, Mark Wheaton and George Lockwood on August 26th and 27th. For further information on sound. visit www.soundnet.org.
It's not too late to become a member and contribute to SASSAS at the $50 level and receive soundCd no. 1 or soundCd no. 2 plus discounts to sound. events including Blast!, sound. at the Schindler House and sound. at the Ford Ampitheatre.
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is supported in part through grants from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the City of West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission and Subito, the quick advancement grant program of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Composers Forum. Additional support for Blast! [2] received from Amoeba Music, Bay Cities Italian Deli and Trader Joes, West Hollywood.
Photos on this page by Mike Watt, Santos Vasquez, Jesse Gillian, Jennifer West and Pauline Stella Sanchez.
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