Posts Tagged ‘star wars’
Monday, November 14th, 2011
From The Stark Insider (“All things West Coast”) comes news of a 12-foot tall, 10-foot wide Santa Yoda made out of LEGO bricks. It will go up in Union Square starting Friday, November 18th,* 2011.
Get the deets at LEGOSantaYoda.Com. (No, I’m not joking, I’m srsly.)
Click on me you will. Expanding I am.
All the deets:
“LEGO Master Builders Construct 12-foot Tall by 10-foot Wide Santa Yoda out of LEGO bricks
WHAT: Inspired by the LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, this three-day community build where families help LEGO Master Builders to create a 12-foot tall by 10-foot wide LEGO Star Wars™ Santa Yoda made entirely of LEGO bricks to kick-off a countdown to the holidays found at www.LEGOSantaYoda.com. Building event supports the local Bay Area Boys & Girls Club, and consumer engagement via the web site donates LEGO toys to the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program.
WHEN: Friday, November 18th to Sunday, November 20th 10am-6pm daily (or until completed)
WHERE: Union Square (next to the Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square), San Francisco”
(This would seem to be a more honest way of promoting LEGO than lying about a viral video ala the LEGO Indiana Jones game people.)
See you there!
*You know, it seems like Santa Yoda goes up earlier each year…
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
[UPDATE: Appears as if the City Family actually fought back against the revelers with water trucks. So much for the "zero tolerance" edict from Police Chief Greg Suhr. Anyway, look for Halloween in the Castro 2012 to be twice as big. You'll see...]
To review, here’s the official word from San Francisco’s Gay Goebbels, “City Family” Minister of Propaganda David Perry, about Halloween in the Castro 2011:
“THERE WILL BE NO HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION IN THE CASTRO in 2011″
“…Staying Home for Halloween is the ‘in’ thing to do…”
And here’s the same message from a local media outfit, you know, the one owned by gay-hating, evolution-unbelieving Republican Philip Anschutz:
“Halloween bash in San Francisco’s Castro won’t rise from dead this year”
But nevertheless, cool people got dressed up and headed to the Castro last night (pants not necessarily required), just like back in the day.
Like these people waiting for the 24 Divisadero bus yesterday evening:
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Actually, the Castro was hopping. Via Owenchristoff:
“Fun Halloween! Castro was a zoo. Glad to be back in the quiet Richmond dist.”
Bay Citizen writer Scott James brought it all home for us last night:
“Official party? Nope. Who cares. Crowds converging now on San Francisco’s Castro for Halloween”
And there’s this, from NilesHD:
“Although there’s no official San Francisco Halloween anymore in the Castro, that’s where most people go to celebrate Halloween !!”
Now the way to explain this is by noting that the City Family doesn’t really benefit from people going to the Castro district on Halloween, so it suppresses turnout by lying to people.
Simply.
(If Halloween were an event that the City Family cared about, then things would be much different. It’d be more like the sitch with the America’s Cup 2013, you know, Rich People Like Boats, so it’s full speed ahead with AC13. Oh well.)
Now what’s this, is it the campaign of, speak of the Devil, quasi-City Family member David Chiu on the streets of the Castro last night?
Yep:
And they weren’t alone, of course:
Via Luxomedia
Happy Halloween 2011, San Francisco.
See you next year!
Tags: 2011, 2012, America's Cup 2013, bay area, board, busy, california, castro, castro halloween, city family, cops, costumes, crowds, David Chiu, david perry, district, dpw, drunk, ed lee, Examiner, fight, Gay, gun, halloween, halloween in the castro, home for halloween, HomeforHalloween, kids, knife, Mayor, Minister of Propaganda, nimby, nimbys, party, Philip Anschutz, police, president, San Francisco, San Francisco Examiner, SFPD, sidewalks, spray, sprayed, star wars, supervisors, trucks, water, website, zero tolerance
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Per Senator Leland Yee:
“History has shown that Wookies always stand with the people, even for #SFMayor!…Thanks @ChiubaccaSF and @DavidChiu“
Indeed:
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Game theory would have Dennis Herrera inside that Chewie suit…
Tags: 2011, bay area, board, california, chewey, Chiubacca, David Chiu, DavidChiu, dennis herrera, History Has Shown That Wookies Always Stand With The People, leland yee, photo, president, Ranked Choice Voting, rcv, San Francisco, Senator, Senator Leland Yee, star wars, Supervisor, supervisors, twitter, wookie, wookies, wooky
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Friday, March 18th, 2011
Here it is, from famous David Yu.
Make a wish:
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Tags: 2011, bay area, california, jedi, Knight, lucas, Lucasfilms, presidio, San Francisco, star wars, statue, yoda
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Have you taken the fam to Zeum, San Francisco’s Hands-on, Multimedia Arts and Technology Museum for Kids, down in the SoMA? Well then, take a listen to Executive Director Audrey or Associate Director of Marketing Joy.
Now, check it:
“Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum teams with Lucasfilm Ltd. to present Star Wars: The Clone Wars Weekend from Saturday, September 11, 2010 to Sunday September 12, 2010. The weekend-long event offers kids and families the opportunity to connect the Cartoon Network’s popular animated series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars with Zeum’s signature multimedia arts and technology experiences.”
“Zeum will feature interactive The Clone Wars-themed activities, costumes, workshops, exhibits and lightsaber activities. Visitors of all ages can train with Jedi Mastersand learn how to wield a glowing lightsaber. In the Animators Studio, children and families can create untold stories of a galaxy far, far away by building clay models or using Hasbro action figures to bring the adventure to life. Inspired fans can also write a script, mix a soundtrack and direct their own Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode using Zeum’s green screen special effects.
Other highlights include photo opportunities with Star Wars: The Clone Wars characters and special guests.
All the deets, after the jump.
(more…)
Tags: 2010, arts, Audrey Yamamoto, bay area, california, children, clones wars, daniels, Executive Director, George, Hands-on, Joy wong, kids, lucas, lucasfilm, Multimedia, museum, San Francisco, september, star wars, technology, Zeum
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The Rockridge Trader Joe ‘s at 5727 College Ave is now using this giant model of the giant container cranes of the Port of Oakland to symbolize the City of Oakland.
Well played, Rockridge TJ’s.
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Tags: Alameda, at-at, california, chinese, container, county, cranes, giant, grocery, Oakland, port, rockridge, star wars, store, symbols, trader joes
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
The busy Port of Oakland has more international shipping containers than you can imagine.
That keeps the Star Wars AT-AT-looking container cranes busy all the time.
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Tags: at-at, Blue, california, container, crane, george lucas, metal, Oakland, orange, port, red, ship, Shipping, shipping container, star trek, star wars, white
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Famed five-star Yelp-rated Coronet Theatre at 3575 Geary near Palm Avenue in the Inner Richmond district done closed down with a final showing of Million Dollar Baby on March 17, 2005. Did people camp out for ages to be first in line for a Star Wars movie premier back in the day? Oh yes. But that’s all history now.
These days, straight-out-of-Hayward Peck and Hiller is laying concrete For The Future, which will take form of a building from the Institute on Aging for housing seniors. We shall take a look-see, non?
The mise-en-scene. Click to expand:
Let’s take a peek up there at The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love. This tower crane operator sits and stands to make everything work.
Rebar sailing above Geary Boulevard. Mind the spilled motor oil…
Burly construction workers are on hand to protect the Porta-Potties from the One Who Shant Be Named:
And here’s what it will all look like, if you can see past the chain link and graffiti:
It’s too bad we lost the Coronet, but just try filling a 1300-seat one-screen theater in this Day and Age.
Get ready for the Inner Richmond, seniors!
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Coronet, Coronet the Great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all bay areans have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her projection, and the kings of Hollywood have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the Earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
It’s the Marin County Civic Center as designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Check it:
Portions of the science fiction films THX 1138 (1969) and Gattaca (1997) were shot on location in the Marin Center. In addition, the buildings (especially those in the fairgrounds) served as a direct inspiration to those of the planet Naboo in the Star Wars films.
This building is perhaps best known these days as the location of one of the offices of Senator Carole Migden. Here’s what it looks like from above.
As seen from the the 101 freeway from the north. Click to expand.
“The long horizontal buildings gracefully link the crowns of three separate hills. The circular theme is evident throughout the complex. Materials throughout the Civic Center are simple. Floors are custom-colored composition tile. Walkways and stairs are terrazzo, and partitions are sheet rock. The barrel-arched roof is of pre-cast concrete. The roof is a blue that blends with the sky. Walls are sand beige. Basic construction is pre-cast, pre-stressed floor systems with combined steel and concrete vertical supports. Exterior balconies run down the outsides of both buildings. The decorative arches create a sense of rhythm, and are made of cement stucco on metal laths.
“Gold spheres outline the entire interior and exterior rooflines. They create the effect of rhythmic unity and exemplify the Oriental influence Wright displayed in his work. They have been likened to raindrops and called, by some, a string of pearls.
Tags: civic center, fairgrounds, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gattaca, geroge lucas, marin, Marin Center, Marin County, Martian Embassy, Naboo, san rafael, star wars, THX 1138
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Full-service public relations and public affairs consultancy Hill and Knowltonannounced today that former vice president Al Gore, upon his death, will be encased in carbonite and then buried. This type of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) was only made possible this year through the use of nanotechnology.
Until recently this was our understanding of carbonite, made famous in Star Wars V – The Empire Strikes Back:
“By the rules of chemical nomenclature, the formula for a “carbonite anion” would be CO22-, which is thought to be an impossible formation (methanoate being preferentially formed instead).”
Impossible no longer.
Artist’s conception of the former vice president encased in the densest form of carbon known to man:
Just one treatment of this double carbon material will take the equivalent of 1200 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. The only downside will be the expense of a slightly oversized coffin. The upside is that Al Gore, Jr. will be the most severely carbon negative person in recorded history.
A relieved Hill & Knowlton spokesperson confided to one reporter that this announcement will lay to rest the controversy over the greenhouse emissions of Al Gore’s house, for some reason an issue of almost daily concern to the D.C.-based House of Flack.
If only Han Solo were alive to see this day…
Tags: al, carbon, carbonite, change, climate, dioxide, electricity, global warming, gore, han solo, hill, house, Jr, knowlton, manbearpig, negative, neutral, nobel, prize, senate, Senator, sequestration, star wars, tennessee, vice president
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