Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 08:56:21 -0800
To: [penguin palace] at [tamu.edu]
From: Penguin Palace <[p--gu--o] at [connectnet.com]>
Subject: COMICS-PRO: APE and Raving in San Jose

(Joyce Kolb's web page is http://www.penguinpalace.com/)

I had a very very very weird weekend last week.. after flipflopping
travelling schedules and rides to San Jose.. I made it to APE (alternative
Press expo).. flown up there by a raver friend named Omar. 
    APE was incredible.. i was kinda sick that morning but i made it
through the day. I got to meet some of yew comics-pro people again like
chad (october black), lance and mike (twist and shout), and see people i
haven't talked to since july at the SD ComiCon. Turl, missed ya up there,
sorry.
    if you do indy comics, i *highly* recommend this convention. It's the
pure opposite of the Vegas Con.. and about the same size room/vender wise.
I missed the panels this time.. wanted to speak at them but it was too late
by the time I was goin. 
    There were a lot of people who attended APE, and a lot of comics being
bought (at a con? imagine that).. so that was pretty cool to see. Lots of
happy interesting people to talk to.. plus because it was up in northern
CA, the weather wasn't incredibly annoying and there was lots of stuff to
do =) the people who put it together did an awesome job and it was really a
fun and productive event.
    One really cool thing that happened was the toon character from too
much coffee man and the APE mascot happened to be near the burrito booth
and someone was strumming away at this little guitar that looked like it
came outta loony tunes, and the characters started dancing. the
anti-gravity room people taped it, too =) it was hilarious.
    That night i didn't go to the APE party by Brenner, but I had a chance
to experience an all-house rave with a san fransisco flavor. It was called
Cloud House, put on by Cloud Factory. INCREDIBLE vibe.. wow.. the people
there were really incredibly friendly.. following the sf myth. =) You can
be a total stranger and start introducing yourself.. and by the end of the
night have friends from all over.. it's rad. The chill rooms there were
really nice.. we're talkin about people piled on top of each other on
couches and beanbags and literal chains of massaging. Free bottled water,
as much as you can drink, was also readily available.
    I usually don't like house cuz a lot of the stuff ive heard has too
many rap-hiphop elements.. but these DJS were really good. Jon Howard spun,
and so did DJ Lee. didn't catch any other names. Jon Howard's spinning
somewhere in San Diego real soon, so go check him out. The music was really
energizing.. I guess there's just been a steady stream of trance parties up
there, so the ravers were all hyped up for a change of style. 
    As for location, sf has been having major problems with raves since new
years. The cops are now under the orders that "if it looks like a rave,
bust it." Cloud house was in the middle of downtown somewhere.. i think san
jose. It was three stories up and the map-point got moved a few times. When
we got to the map point, it was in a weird place: the dmv. <g> The party
went on all night.. =)
    If you have a chance to go up there, check out the san fransisco scene.
It's soooo very different than down here.. it's really hard to spell out
the differences, since it's emotional. Just go... chances are, everythign
youve heard about it was right.
	-pinguino

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