BEST PARTY EVER

Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanofblood/sets/72157625943413350/with/5403626798/

tomorrow! Hobo's Paradise

Swimming Cities and the Chicken Hut present
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN A Hobo's Paradise!
on January 29 at 169 Spencer St. (at Willoughby)
with live performances by THE WOES, Morgan O'Kane, Apocalypse Five & Dime, and Jackson Lynch, as well as lots of live banjo in the backroom boxcar lounge stage.

Come live the easy life off the fat of our good land with Swimming Cities at the Chicken Hut as we ramble all night with raucous, foot-stompin, soul-shaking, life-affirming, live tunes at the BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN, A Hobo's Paradise. Featuring a live free-to-enter banjo pick-off with hobo-rection-o-meter, a whiskey fountain (free until 10pm), cigarette trees, the biggest pot of slumgullion you ever did see, a first class box car lounge, lemonade springs, hobo awards, dumpster jumping for fabulous prizes and a late-night dirty dance floor with DJ Dirtyfinger. also featuring DJ Tinseltown
$10 at the door, 9pm-late

if you want to enter the banjo contest, e-mail theoceanofblood@gmail.com for details--free entry with banjo and two drink tickets to warm you up before you enter the boxcar stage. bottla whiskey prize!

Poppa Neutrino's Memorial

A magical night on the Gowanus canal, making and burning a junk raft in memory of Poppa Neutrino. All the best to all the wanderers and waterpeople out there...

More photos at: todseelie.com/poppaneutrinomemorial

NY Times Obit here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/us/28neutrino.html?src=twrhp

Alec Wilkinson on Neutrino here: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/01/postscript-poppa-neutrino.html

Poppa Neutrino 1933-2011

Our condolences go out to the Neutrino family at the passing of Poppa. And a big HOORAH! for the great raftman's life. Fair winds and following seas, Poppa.

"Inspired by a documentary he saw when he was twelve years old, in which Australian aborigines periodically burnt their homes and walked away naked, free to start a new life, he teaches triadic thinking and empowerment to people trapped by the concept of job and rent. Thus Poppa Neutrino builds his own homes out of discarded materials on free space (public waterways) and supports himself as a street musician."

HOBO'S PARADISE!

Swimming Cities and the Chicken Hut present
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN A Hobo's Paradise!
on January 29 at 169 Spencer St. (at Willoughby)
with live performances by THE WOES, Morgan O'Kane, Apocalypse Five & Dime, and Jackson Lynch, as well as lots of live banjo!

Come live the easy life off the fat of our good land with Swimming Cities at the Chicken Hut as we ramble all night with raucous, foot-stompin, soul-shaking, life-affirming, live tunes at the BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN, A Hobo's Paradise. Featuring a live free-to-enter banjo pick-off with hobo-rection-o-meter, a whiskey fountain (free until 10pm), cigarette trees, the biggest pot of slumgullion you ever did see, a first class box car lounge, lemonade springs, hobo awards, dumpster jumping for fabulous prizes and a late-night dirty dance floor with DJ Dirtyfinger.
$10 at the door, 9pm-late

WE ARE NOW TAKING OUR BOATS OUT OF THE WATER AND BREAKING THEM DOWN FOR SHIPPING. WE WILL SHIP AT THE END OF JAN IN A FORTY FOOT CONTAINER BOUND FOR THE PORT OF MUMBAI AND THEN OVERLAND TO FARRUKAHBAD. WE WILL BE HAVING A LARGE PARTY ON THE 29TH TO CELEBRATE AT THE CHICKEN HUT IN BROOKLYN "A HOBO'S PARADISE" JOIN OUR MAILING LIST FOR AN INVITE BY EMAILING US AT theoceanofblood@gmail.com

OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY

DJS
DIRTY FINGER (BLACKLABEL)
BARNEY ILLER (RUBULAD)
JAMES STACHE
TINSELTOWN

At the 12,000 sf Gowanus Ballroom (www.gowanusballroom.com)
Friday, December 17, 9pm-late.

250 foot Cubicle Maze, BYOBoss shooting gallery, Secret Santa glory hole, video solitaire tournament, water cooler cocktail bar, team building drinking games, kiss the intern booth, Xerox your butt Christmas cards, office porn peep show, office appliance abuse therapy, business suit bonfire, The Madagascar Institute's 360 degree swing ride, and homemade snow cannons!

Open bar 9-10pm; free shots 3-3:30 a.m.
55 Ninth St, Gowanus, Brooklyn. Smith-9th stop on the G or F.
21+

$10 at the door before 11pm $20 after.
$15 with the following: advance RSVP to theoceanofblood@gmail.com, costume, secret santa gift, groups of 5+ from the same office with business cards, benefits card + resume

Bring YOUR office party to OUR OFFICE PARTY
www.weareswimmingcities.org

photos from the great indoors

Thanks everyone for a great party! Here's a link to a flickr set. Please send any photos you want to share to theoceanofblood@gmail.com

THE GREAT INDOORS at GOWANUS BALLROOM

FRIDAY, 11/26, Gowanus Ballroom, 69 9th Street, Brooklyn. F or G to Smith/9th St.

It\'s wilder than the outdoors. Work off your Thanksgiving love handles with Swimming Cities in a 12,000-square-foot indoor adventureland!

Zip lines, hot dog skeet shooting, heated pool, non-conventional exercise machines, croquet, ping pong, dirty uncle pony rides, stationary bike smoothie stand, maple bacon infused liquor

9pm-10pm open bar. 3-3:30am free shots.

DJs Uproot Andy, Dirtyfinger, Smallchange and Burdel Dali.

$15 cover, $10 with costume or Thanksgiving leftovers, $5 before 11pm.

Dress: \"hunting casual.\"

- chances to win fabulous prizes including private tattoo consultations & art by markmarkmarkmark

- costume suggestions include: feral child, gym teachers, silk robes with bandoleros, anything spandex, weekend lumberjacks, TR, ghillie suits, urban sewer crocodile hunter, wild game, civil war reenactment, girls gone noodling (google search that one)

- if you missed our radial launch, come see our boats on the gowanus canal at the event!

HEY EVERYBODY WE DID IT
THE RADIAL
IS IN THE WATER

THE BLESSING OF THE FLEET

Hello friends,
We are having a small event this weekend at the end of 2nd st. on the Gowanus testing out the finished radial.
love,
Swimming Cities

CHARIOTS OF FIRE

chariots of fire from Sara Kinney on Vimeo.

Check out the final cut of the Maker Faire chariot races video by Sara Kinney & Marin Tockman! Speed, Danger, & Sabotage!

WE MADE OUR KICKSTARTER GOAL!!!

A huge huge thanks to everybody who helped us reach our Kickstarter goal! We successfully closed today at $6,000!

Swimming Cities of the Ocean of Blood gives you: The Asses' Revenge at Boutique Studios



Dance to DJ Dirtyfinger and friends or come take a swing at Meghan Keys' revenge pinata with you in the donkey mask taking it all out on a captured hipster pinata wacker! then take a break to stargaze on the roof and enjoy roaming cocktail service.

9pm-4am, Saturday, October 23
$5 cover, $2 PBRs

21 and over. no leaving...until the Ass is Avenged!!!
1089 Broadway, corner of Dodworth
(Above the old Bodega space.)
JMZ to Myrtle, L to Morgan

In other great news, the Death Pong fundraiser raised enough to buy our bottom paint...

Isn't it beautiful? We only get to keep one set, though.

DEATH PONG AND MORE

Thanks To the Death Pongers!

For all of you who could make it to our Last Outdoor Ping Pong Death Match BBQ of the Summer this past weekend - that was an awesome BBQ! Thanks! Serious ping pong magic happened the other night, videos to come. We raised $550 on Sunday, all of which will buy us six very important cans of bottom paint for the boat hulls! Those three boats stacked in the shop are just waiting for the order to come in.


[It's a layer cake of boats!]

And HUGE thanks to everybody who donated and supported our KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN!
We're in the final hours and with 101 backers, we are only $435 away from our goal! Thanks to all 101! Please help us make the last hours count and push past our goal! It's all or nothing so our last hours are crucial.

For new and old friends, check out the Make zine blog post by Nick Normal, On the Gowanus We are Swimming Cities:
"New York City is a city of islands (save the Bronx, which is attached to the mainland), and as such, we are >surrounded by water and can only access the boroughs via bridges and tunnels. But for a city of islands, the waterways are not interacted with on a usual basis. Subways that magically appear inside the boundary of each borough are the primary form of transport, and even visits to area beaches are very specific and localized. A large portion of the water surrounding the city — in its rivers and docks — ebbs and flows without awareness.
Swimming Cities seeks to change all of that, both in the Gowanus and on the Ganges, with their art-experiential boats and projects."

In celebration (or bail-out) of our Kickstarter campaign, we are preparing a dance party next Saturday, Oct 23 (1089 Broadway, corner of Dodworth, $5 cover, $2 PBRs). And Pinatas by Llaves Design! Come! And better, yet, if you donate at the $50 level on our Kickstarter, you can get entry for two + two drinks each to this event, PLUS a double bonus entry + PBR each. Yea!

Contact us at our new Google Voice number (917) 740-0863, or send us an e-mail to theoceanofblood@gmail.com. You can also e-mail us to join our mailing list and receive our events newsletters. Thanks!

The Last Outdoor Ping Pong Death Match BBQ of the Summer!

Some recent shots of Swimming Cities activity--the Mayor of Mau Mau Island, bow hinges welded on to our freshly de-barnacled boat, and last but not least... GRINDER!

Come join us tomorrow for:

The Last Outdoor Ping Pong Death Match BBQ of the Summer!

This Sunday, the Bushwick Ping Pong Palace presents two outdoor pong tables, multiple games, all levels welcome, CASH PRIZE for tournament winners! Party to benefit Swimming Cities India raft project (weareswimmingcities.org) starts SUNDAY October 17th at 2pm at 11 Locust St, Bushwick. No cover, dress in your ping pong BBQ best. Crazy Jackass pulled pork sandwiches, $2 PBRs, margarita tornado, film screening, DJ, indoor/outdoor seating, SUNNY skies predicted! Come catch your final rays before the Darkness settles.


Sunday, October 17th
2pm on...
Bushwick Ping Pong Palace
11 Locust Street, Apt #1B
Brooklyn, NY 11206
JMZ Myrtle stop. L Morgan stop. G train to Broadway.

Also, don't forget! Please help us to finish the boats and see them to India! We have five days left and interest or donations of any size are greatly appreciated. We are 75% to our goal of %5,750. Thanks for all your support so far! Please spread the word to friends and family:

live from the gowanus canal!

we are removing malignant marine life from our boats at serett metalworks! barnacles, tube worms, and the gowanus canal are actually eating away at our stainless steel pontoons! incredible!

if you are in the brooklyn area and would like to visit our build site, call 917-740-0863 to find out our schedule. we work here more days than we don't so you are likely to find us here, right by the smith & 9th st stop. you can come hang out, paint, take pictures, share cake, and see our boats in progress (almost there!)

love,
swimming cities

p.s. superfund superfun!

to support us from the comfort of an environment not overrun by dead barnacles, go here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swimmingcities/swimming-cities-traverse-the-ganges-2011-finish-th/posts/34093

Please help us keep going on kickstarter

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swimmingcities/swimming-cities-traverse-the-ganges-2011-finish-th

Our giant fish was returned to its home on the Gowanus canal in response to overwhelming pressure from animal rights groups. I was going to eat it. It made it all the way to the unveiling of JERKO the gowanus vacuum, a water purifying houseboat. There was great music and all manner of boat ruckus.

CATCH AND RELEASER

NYFA, MAKER FAIRE, KICKSTARTER

Hey all, LOTS OF GREAT NEWS

We just got fiscal sponsorship through New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), which means we now have 501(c)(3) status through them. AWESOME!


MAKER FAIRE was a blast--we got blue ribbons for BEST IN SHOW at Madagascar Institute's Chariot Race and EDITOR'S CHOICE from Make. Our radial of boats was assembled for the first time and lots of fun was had by all.



flickr for more pictures
press-wallstreetjournal nytimes brooklyneagle

OMG WE ARE TIRED. AND OUT OF MONEY. PLEASE HELP SUPPORT THE PROJECT THROUGH KICKSTARTER SO WE CAN KEEP GOING AND GET TO INDIA.


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SWIMMING CITIES WINS AQUABATTLE

OUR BOAT BELLE TOOK A ROAD TRIP  DOWN TO VIRGINIA FOR AQUABATTLE HOSTED BY THE CUTTHROATS AND THE HELLS SATANS, A BUILD AND BATTLE YOUR HOME MADE BOAT EVENT ON THE JAMES RIVER. 

Its been a long two weeks. With the help of an amazing and dedicated crew we managed to build four boats in two weeks completing our radial formation. the boats took their maiden voyage to govenors island and made a (brief) appearance at the Figment festival. Libations we drank. Cities were swam in. See more photos of the build at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanofblood

Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. We love you all!

HEY CHECK OUT THE LAUGHING SQUID ARTICLE ON OUR LAST EVENT

THE DUTCHKILLS WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE

http://laughingsquid.com/the-ocean-of-blood-on-newtown-creek/

SEE MORE PHOTOS OF OUR LAST EVENT, THE SPRING BREAK MASSACRE AT THE GOWANUS HOTEL BALLROOM THROUGH THE 'PHOTOS' LINK ON OUR WEB SITE.

 THANK YOU SERETT METAL WORKS, MADAGASCAR INSTITUTE, RYAN O'CONNOR,IRIS LASN,LOURA MCMILLAN, AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED SO HARD TO PULL IT OFF.

WATCH THIS BEAUTIFULL MOVIE 8 VIDEO OF THE BOAT LAUNCH
SHOT BY MARIN TOCKMAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlaRxG21wN4