The Rock-afire Explosion screening in LA

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I am going to be DJing at the screening of the documentary 'The Rock-afire Explosion' movie on Nov 5 @ the Cinefamily located at the Silent Movie Theater 611 N. Fairfax Ave in LA. I am also bringing a hand full of my arcade games from my collection to be played after the movie! Cinefamily will also be screening Thrash's Rock-afire music videos -- plus we'll be recreating Showbiz Pizza for one night only on our back patio, complete with a gallery of vintage arcade machines.

Click on the link below to buy tickets and for information.

http://www.cinefamily.org/calendar/thursday.html#rock

Hope to see you there!!!
 
Sending out the last reminder about the screening of 'The Rock-afire Explosion' movie this Thursday at the Cinefamily in LA. I will also be there DJing before and after the movie. I will be bringing a few of my arcade games too that will be set up in the patio with pizza to eat. Fun starts at 7:30pm.

http://www.cinefamily.org/calendar/thursday.html#rock

In the early '80s, kids all over the country dragged their parents to Showbiz Pizza (created by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell) for the rides, games, and the animatronic rock band The Rock-afire Explosion. Created by 23-year-old prodigy Aaron Fechter, The Rock-afire Explosion amazed children and adults alike before being mysteriously pulled from showrooms and replaced by the now popular Chuck-E-Cheese in the early nineties. Still profoundly affected by his experience at Showbiz Pizza, small-town disc-jockey Chris Thrash sought out Fechter nearly twenty years later and purchased a full Rock-afire band of his own. After some clever modding on Thrash's part, the band was once again performing for millions, this time on YouTube, to the likes of Lil Wayne and MGMT! The Rock-afire Explosion reveals how Thrash revived this fallen robotic gem, alongside the heart-wrenching rise and fall of Fechter's former 300-employee, $20 million-per-year venture. After the film, we'll be screening Thrash's Rock-afire music videos -- plus we'll be recreating Showbiz Pizza for one night only on our back patio, complete with a gallery of vintage arcade consoles! As well, DJ Sysop (from KSPC's "The Retro Video Game Music Show") will be spinning both before and after the film! For more info on The Rock-Afire Explosion, visit the offical website!

See you there!!
 
What kind of music are you spinning, Steve?

What games are you bringing?

I'm going to try to check it out.

-Jason
 
What kind of music are you spinning, Steve?

What games are you bringing?

I'm going to try to check it out.

-Jason

It will be the music that I play on my radio show which is video game music. I play mostly newer stuff but throw in some 8-bit gems as well. It's mostly from the NES era with the 8-bit music but also play some chiptunes like 8-bit weapon, DJ remixes and cover bands.

The games I'll be bringing is mostly common stuff. Tron, Burgertime, Marble Madness, Galaxian, jungle Hunt, Circus Charlie, Asteroids Deluxe, Milipede and a few others. It should be fun so try to make it if you can.
 
Sounds great--I've got a 99-song playlist on my iTunes called "8-Bit Overload" with lots of in-game music, 8-Bit Weapon, Tony Fox NYC, Ambassadors of Funk, the Kraftwerk 8-bit covers album, etc.

I used to DJ too (mostly college stations--gothic & industrial mostly, some swing dances, etc.).

Where/when can I listen to your show?

Thanks,
-Jason

PS--what would it take to get you to bring your Robotron? =D
 
My radio show is called The Video Game Music show and it's on Fridays from 4 - 6PM on a college radio station KSPC 88.7FM in Claremont. If you don't live close enough to the station, you can listen to the live webcast at www.Kspc.org

my Robo is on the fritz so that will have to stay home :-(
 
I should (hopefully) be able to pick that station up here in Pasadena--I have this Fri off & have a reminder in my phone to listen in.


Well, I guess I'll still try to show up to the movie even though your Robotron isn't showing up... =(

-Jason
 
The event was great. The movie was decent, but not amazing. The sold-out audience added much fun: laughing, booing, awwwwing, etc. Steve spun some good music before & after.

He brought a pile of games--I didn't manage to get high scores on *all* of them...just half of them or so... :] Other attendees were all a-buzz over the games--they were giddy. I can't remember the last time I played around non-gamers--on some of my better efforts, I had a small audience who would cheer upon a victory & go "ooohhhh" on a loss. Hilarious.


Marble Madness (5th place)
Crystal Castles (average high score)
Track & Field (I suck)
Turkey Shoot (didn't play)
Galaxian (a few points short of the hi)
Centipede (I suck...colors disappeared on certain waves--made bullets or score invisible...weird..)
Tron (hi, I think)
Burgertime (hi, I think)

I might've missed one other machine--I forget...

Oh, and FREEE BEEEER!!!

And decent pizza afterward. Great little event.

I hear they're doing a repeat showing next Thursday, but their website seems to imply otherwise...? http://www.cinefamily.org/calendar/thursday.html#rewind


Thanks,
-Jason
 
I had a blast DJing this event. Everyone seemed to enjoy the arcade games a lot. I will be back DJing again this Thursday at the Cinefamily for a night of showing old video clips of old technology. I'm may be providing some of my clips that I recorded when I was a kid so this should lots of fun.
 
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