Guerrilla DJing party with Sixteen Synchronized Boomboxes!

[garylachance]

My friends and I recently realized a dream we'd had for some time now, creating the first ever "Decentralized Dance Party" using our high-powered FM transmitter and sixteen Party People, each equipped with a boombox!
It was a great time- check it out!
http://www.vimeo.com/6391619

 

[turbomustang84]

it looks like you had a great time .congrats or conga rats

 

[hemiguy2006]

Holy Cow that looks like a BLAST.
Reminds me of beach partys in NYC back in the 80s.
only not as many boxes.
Oh BTW welcome TO BOOMBOXERY

 

[bill]

yeah i tried something like that only it wasnt as much fun.
walking through whalley with nwa straight out of compton playing didnt get very many happy people gathering about .
3rd beach is pretty nice vibe for boomboxes tho. good stuff.

 

[Fatdog]

Looks like a raucously good time was had!

Welcome aboard.

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Looks like a raucously good time was had!

Welcome aboard.

Oh Bobby-Raucous- now that's rightous!!!
Very nice!!

 

[THAFUZZ]

Welcome aboard. Interesting concept.

 

[garylachance]

Hey guys,
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Seems like a great community here!
I'll try and get some pics up soon of our collection.. nothing too amazing, as they're mostly for utilitarian purposes, but we've come across a few pretty cool/unique boomboxes this summer and are really starting to get into the culture / history of it all.
We'll also be posting more photos and videos on our blog of past and present boombox-fueled adventures we've had over the years.. would it be worth also posting some of them here?
Is there a place on this site for that sort of thing?

 

[garylachance]

Holy Cow that looks like a BLAST.
Reminds me of beach partys in NYC back in the 80s.
only not as many boxes.
Oh BTW welcome TO BOOMBOXERY

Cool!
Did you guys also use transmitters?
We're hoping to double the number of boomboxes every time, though it's going to be quite a challenge!

 

[THAFUZZ]

We just all tuned our boxes into the same radio station that was mixing on Fridays & Saturdays.

 

[monchito]

 

[Gluecifer]

Phenomonal!!

Well done!



Rock On.

 

[alvinm]

The footage had that "Cloverfield" feel to it.....Wish we had gatherings like that....

 

[jaetee]

By the end of that video I was laughing my a$$ off and having fun with you..!!! Hilariously good time!

"we need to hear an 80's classic!"
"it's only 90's"
"put on van halen right now, please"

Back in the pre-transmitter days, we would often link boxes with RCA cables and listen to mixtapes.

So, how many D-Cells did you kill that night?

(This is subject to happen at a beach in Florida soon....!)

 

[71spud]

I could see the different points in the night where the buzz started to wear off...

(I have to admit I almost didn't get past the first part of the video... some of you guys need to pull your pants up and put a shirt on.... It reminded me of an episode of "COPS")

 

[jameswp67]

Great Vid Gary! Great to see some of my former radios getting the workout they deserve! Glad you joined btw! You are doing great things for Canadian boomboxery! Represent

 

[ford93]

Welcome Garylachance glad to see the next generation keeping the Boombox era alive!!

Nice vid. you guys are lucky, back in the dayz in N.Y.C. we never carried Camcorders we only carried a 40, Jamaican Cig. and a Boombox.

I had a girlfriend aka: Shorty 140 back then that used to Freestyle Break Dance she was badddd asssss!!!

 

[Patron]

Great video man, thanks for sharing the good times.
by the way what transmitter did you used? it worked very good.

 

[Radio raheem]

exellent welcome aboard

 

[garylachance]

Wow it's great to hear all of your stories and positive feedback!
To answer a few questions/comments:

-unfortunately, we have no decent radio stations here in Vancouver.. I can't begin to imagine how cool 80's radio in NYC must have been!

-It took about 130 D batteries (mercury free) to power our fleet of boomboxes, but at 50c apiece, it wasn't insanely expensive. And they were actually decent batteries, and should last for another couple of parties we're hoping!

-We have a link on our website http://www.decentralizeddanceparty.com to the transmitter we use (the WW FM Transmitter).
If you scroll down a few clicks you can see the blue banner ad for it on the right hand side.. it's a great, reasonably-priced, battery-powered transmitter and if you click the link on our site before buying we'll get a small commission, which would really help to offset our battery costs!

If any of you guys can recommend a good place to find more boomboxes in the Vancouver, BC area or have any to donate, we're always looking for more and will put them to good use!