News

June 28 2002

Today is the big day!
Everything is going smoothly, and we can't wait to see you all at the venue tonight!

Some tickets are still available at the door:
One day passes are available at the door for each separate night for $100 CDN (cash).
Three day passes are available at the door for $250 CDN (cash).

You can also still buy tickets at Siren for the event.

So come on down and be a part of this amazing event.
Viva synthpop!

June 6 2002

There is only 3 weeks left and there is still so much to do. Things are moving along at a super crazy pace. This is the part where I give up sleep for the next 25 days. I think now would be a good time to start drinking coffee. Here are updates as to what is going on.

1. (Torontonians) Grab the latest 'Eye' and 'Now' magazine and check out the SGtW ad! 'Now' is page 51 I think, and Eye is page 55ish (colour ad. Sweet!). The Eye ad will run for the next 3 weeks.
2. I have mailed out the first batch of flyers to helpers all over Canada and the US. The cost of mailing the postcards was way more expensive than actually printing them. I will be mailing a second batch on Monday June 10. Thanks to everyone who volunteered to help out.
3. I just finished producing the CFNY radio spot with Chris Carpino's sound engineering powers. We used 'Dead Stars' from Covenant as the background music while myself and Andy (from Die Roboter & Bang Elekronika) did the voice over. It is cool with lots of vocoder effects. CFNY won't know what hit them. Ha! If you want to download it in MP3 format and hear it for yourself click here. http://www.djlazarus.com/sgtwradioad.mp3 (192kps)
4. The DJ schedule is still on the way. Who would have thought that it would be more troubling than organizing the band schedule. Sheesh.
5. I just hired the security team for the festival. Ouch in the pocket book. 10 security persons will be keeping your bad asses in line all weekend.
6. I am now sorting out the hotel rooms for the bands. I had booked a large block of rooms 4 months ago at two hotels and now I have to figure out the actual room arrangements.
7. I have started designing the merchandise for SGtW. You will be seeing these items: t-shirts (a few designs), Baby-t's, a coffee mug, and a metal pin. Other items I am toying with but am not sure of the demand: Hockey jersey, hooded sweat shirt, hat/cap, tie, poster, bumper sticker, and panties (for real).
8. I will be hiring the caterer next week who will be feeding the crew and bands. I shudder to think of the cost of feeding a bunch of hungry Europeans.
9. My tech crew is mostly built now. We have a stage manager to kick ass, a head lighting tech to light the way, and a head sound tech to make everyone sound great.
10. The Palais Royale is going through many renovations currently. They now have new french doors leading to the lake, a renovated office space upstairs, a new roof thing, and many more planned over the summer. What else will be completed in the next few weeks is a mystery to me.
11. Free ticket contests will be run by several media outlets in the coming weeks. A separate email will be sent out about this.
12. The vendors market will be organized this weekend. Only vendors with music related products will be at SGtW due to limited space.
13. More songs have been uploaded to 'SGtW Radio'.
    Join the 'roll call' for your chance to win a free SGtW t-shirt.(now at 177 people)