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A big thanks to everyone who made Blast! [3] a big success including Elyse and Stanley Grinstein for lending their beautiful home for our third fundraiser and all the performers:


Kristian Hoffman, Weba Garretson and Ann Magnuson

Mike Kelley (w/Mary Clare Stevens, Scott Benzel and Pilar and Beatrice Petropoulos-White)

Los Super Elegantes

DJ Kevin Hanley
Much appreciation to the artists who lent their work: John Cage with Joseph Beuys, Martin Kersels, Barbara Kruger, William Leavitt, Pat O'Neill, Jim Shaw, James Welling, a poster signed by Lou Harrison on the occasion of his 70th Birthday and to Dave Muller for creating our SASSTER BLASTER iPods!
Mike Kelley and Ann Magnuson


Thanks to the numerous folks who lent a hand - the Blast! organizing committee (Renee Petropoulos, Dave Muller, Joe Potts, Tom Leeser, Cindy Bernard, Mark Wheaton, Kathleen Johnson, Julie Lazar), Elyse and Stanley Grinstein, Campari especially Francey Gund, Amoeba Music, Hollywood especially Ilene Barg and Marc Weinstein, Catering by Lene, Finishing Studio especially Sino Wong, the John Cage Trust, Eva Soltes, Trader Joes of Silverlake, Wendy Furman, Jill Spector, Jeremy Drake, Haruko Tanaka, Carole Ann Klonarides, Trulee Grace Hall, Doug Barrett, Sabria Artel, Molly Butterfield, Kyle Leeser, Kelly Sears, Michelle Chong, Ian Henderson, Tom Sandoval, Mary Clare Stevens, Scott Benzel, Santos Vasquez, Jorge Martin, and Roger White.

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 events including Blast!, at the Schindler House and 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 the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts. Additional support for Blast! [3] received from Amoeba Music, Campari and Finishing Studio.


Photos on this page by Michelle Chong