One Year...

Wow, its only been a year since my Intersections Residency at UH. It seems like so long ago. I guess 2008 was an intense and eventful year all around. The loss of a parent and the birth of a child can skew ones perception of time.

I checked back one year and saw that I had posted about going to the beach with the kawabata family, and seeing whales playing in the ocean. Those were magical and memorable times. I hope that our daughter Kaelani will have an opportunity to experience this for herself one day with her parents.

I plan to instill in her a deep appreciation and value for all things karaoke. To anyone out there whom might catch this, thanks for sharing in the amazing norae process.

Wed. Jan. 28 hours changed...

Hey folks, the Shanty will be open from 6pm to 10pm on Wed. Jan. 28th instead of the previously posted hours. Thanks and hope for a mild warm up!
-hapa9

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

hey folks we had some unfortunate electrical difficulties.
but we should be good as gold on wednesday. sorry for any disappointment today.

happy shanty going.

Norae bang shanty togethor.

Word YO!!!!
Norae shanty is up and we are ready to for the big opening weekend. wahooooo@!!!!!!!!

BIG THANKS to........BEN,KURT,JOSE, and as always the man that helps make any of this possible... MIKE HOYT the master of shanty-ness oh and to david for towing the shanty to her home for the next few weeks. ohs mys goodnessesesesesesese...

excited.. for the JAN 17 opening.. come one come all and sings us some tunes luvs.

Norae Bang Shanty 2009 OUT ON THE ICE SOON>>>!!!!!!

NORAE BANG SHANTY TIMES::::

WEDNESDAY 3pm-9pm

FRIDAY 3pm-9pm

SATURDAY 12pm-6pm

SUNDAY 12pm-6pm

We set up the Norae on Sat, Jan 10th. IN the morning. we should be up and running before the 17th..
WE WILL BE DOING MANY PRIVATE PARTIES THIS YEAR!!!! SEE BELOW

If you would like to schedule a private karoake party for you and your loved ones, or co-workers, or friends...!!!!!! These are the Requirements:

-Three hour Party for $75 dollars (suggested Donation) this covers gas, propane, our time......battery power.

-Shanty fits a max of 10 People.... we cannot be having wild parties out on the Ice so we pretty much have to stick to 10 people!!!! Unless it is during the day time and we have scheduled your party at that time.

-Some suggested nights and times are:

• Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday....Evenings...
• Times.....7-10pm
  afternoon times can be arranged but you must contact us for arrangment.
• Contact to set up your private party..(612)-423-3747

You wont want to miss your opportunity to do this.. Get a bunch of people to pitch in and come have the Private karoake party of Your Winter dreams.......

Taffi and I (HOMERr) have just finished some minor shopping for the shanty construction. We got some darling candles for the evenings of song in the shanty and delightful screws to hold the shanty togethor... how exciting...!!!!!!!!

WE LOVE SCREWS THAT HOLD THINGS TOGETHOR>!

we are also busy developing our t-shirts which will be done by local artist and stylist MISSY (visit this lady at REWIND cause its to die.. for ) and of course buttons Provided by the lovely JENNY>> and from what I have heard Missy has done the t-shirt design well, and its so terminally cool that most of the world will die when they purchase one. Not to mention the fact that in like two years it will be a collectors item because of our ultimate coolness and Minneapolis famous stardom..!!!!!
We also have new songs that we will be purchasing (legally) and some updated PR material that is sure to make your skin glow and eyes water with delight.
For reals you are gonna want one of our posters cause its just the cutest!!! and sure to go down in art shanty poster history.

There will be five artists this year out in our shanty. Each artist will provide at least five Small pieces that will be featured and displayed weekly on one of our superstar shanty walls.... Were working on a installation for the outside of the shanty but thats in the works for the current moment.
More info onthe way....!!!!!!

*****LOVES AND HUGS!!

TERMINAL COOLNESS

Art Shanty season approaching fast!

Dear Ice House Karaoke enthusiasts,

The 2009 season of the ArtShantyProjects is a few weeks away. We should have sufficient ice to get our shacks out onto Medicine Lake.

This year I will not be participating in much ASP, Norae action but rest assured the Norae Shanty will continue to rock throughout the 5 week exhibit. Thanks in most part to this years super KJ team of Jesse Siegel and Taffi Vagilante.

Enjoy the project and hopefully I'll make it out for a few songs.
best,
Mike

Projects Dates January 17th through February 14th.

Bringing down the house...

I got a sweet call from J-Ham as I was getting on I35 heading south toward home after a long week of work. It was news, rather sad news, that they were assembling yesterday evening (Hawaii time) to strike the Norae Shanty. J-Ham was curious as to what would be a good send off song as they were planning to sing karaoke outside while taking the shanty down. It was a sweet and sad way to hear it was going down.

I could not come up with a good song other than the songs that are always sung in the Norae Shanty (love shack, bohemian rhapsody,etc.) so I threw out The Smiths as I knew Gabe from Papa Lucks would appreciate that. We had a few good Smiths "Rock Blocks" during my short run in HI. I heard from J-Ham that she and Jeff both showed up with their Rock Block shirts on, pretty sweet!

After we hung up I quickly texted back that there should definitely be some Prince, preferably Purple Rain.

Lets hope it all came down easily and nobody got hurt by falling speakers or sharp corrugated metal. To all my HI peeps, I'll be singing one for you tonight. Please send pictures!

-hapa9

UnConvention installation

During the Unconvention at Peavey Plaza, Art Shanty Projects and Kulture Klub Collaborative will install a shanty base-camp for various public arts activities. These activities will respond to the unconvention themes of non-partisan intersection of participatory media and participatory democracy by inviting artists and youth experiencing homelessness to engage the public in workshops and presentations including; free workshops where the public creates personalized stenciled lawn signs and flags, as well as letter pressed playbills, guerrilla cinema projections of videos created by homeless teens, Auto ethnographic guided tours led by artist and youth.

There are shirts available...

Yes friends, we have shirts once again. My dear friend Paul at Elpis Enterprises helped me print another round of shirts in sm, med, lg, xl. They are printed on gilden 5000 cotton t-shirts and the price is $15 each. email if interested because the are going to go quick!

Carry on, carry on...

Thanks for a great residency. This clip says it all...
-hapa9