I was contacted by the fine folks at NewMindSpace to see if I'd be willing to play at a different kind of event - a robot-themed dress-up party held on the Vancouver SkyTrain transit system! I really had to think about that one - pretty much anyone I mentioned it to told me I'd be insane, that we'd all be arrested, that the police would confiscate my gear, or it'd all get broken or stolen. Plus, I would have to setup in record time - five minutes or less - and play without a soundcheck!
Well, to their credit, the NewMindSpace folks had cleared the event with SkyTrain authorities, and we had almost no hassle - about 400 people showed up, dressed in all manner of robot costumes and apparel, and we prepared for a massive robot SkyTrain invasion! Unfortunately, the SkyTrain that showed up to take us on our voyage was the "old" style, with individual cars, instead of the new type where it's all one long car joined by accordion sections. That sucked, I ended up playing for one carful of people instead of six - but it was still fun. At one point it was so packed in that car that people were crowd surfing, and the whole car was bouncing up and down so much I thought it might leave the tracks!
