2012-01-18

[personal profile] ron_newman2012-01-18 12:48 am

What parties were shut down?

I heard that Barfleet was shut down because of non-Arisia members in adjacent rooms who (probably justifiably) complained about noise.

Did the hotel shut down any other parties? (The 'suspects/elbows' party shut down early due to norovirus, so that doesn't count.)

Writeup of Arisia

There's a very nice writeup of the con by the silent film organist (but not a fan), Jeff Rapsis, on his blog:

It was perhaps the most improbable silent film screening I've done yet: Buster Keaton's Civil War epic 'The General' (1927) as part of a massive annual science fiction and fantasy convention at Boston's Westin Hotel.
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I said sure, not quite understanding what an unusual event this is. What was Buster's Civil War epic doing at a sci-fi/fantasy convention? It was primarily a matter of print availability, it seems, but the more I think about it afterwards, the more it makes sense. All silent film is a fantasy of sorts, and early railroad locomotives were the high tech monsters of their time, an original expression of the "Steampunk" mindset.
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Picture request

I was wondering if anyone got good photos of my daughter, who was around wearing a black and silver Dalek dress. If you did and would be willing to share I'd love copies!