Bristol Wireless News

D.R.O.I.D; a club: big and heavy. An extraordinary occasion featuring a stellar cast of 21st century dance music from top draw live guests, DJs and some virtual avatar stars.

The line-up includes:

• Luke Vibert: (Warp / Rephlex)
• Various Production dj (Deep dub / Spooky beats / Dubstep)
• Bass Clef (Dub / 2-step / Electronica)
• Vexkiddy (Experimental / Acoustic / Electronic)

D.R.O.I.D is an event to challenge our reality, what we perceive to be the here and now and what we think of as the future-distant.

D.R.O.I.D will take place simultaneously in the digitised world of Second Life and, as a consequence of this, across the known world. At the Trinity huge suspended, back-projected screens will show the audience the virtual world of Second Life.

The aim is for the two audiences, the physical and the digital, to come together, meet each other, interact, know each other. How many technophobes out there have never spoken to their virtual brothers and sisters? How many of the new wired generation have never left the confines of their virtual reality interfaces to interact with the rest of us? Greater understanding is what we seek, together we shall stand, shoulder to digitised shoulder.

The line up is blistering in the bass end with super high end tweaks – be it filthy house, dubstep-not-dubstep, mutant breaks, electro-techno of course Victorian Acid House.

Click here to get your (£6.75!) ticket now! (more on the door)

For more info click here for the DROID website.

If you must stay in then at least log on and join us in Second Life on the night.

Please forward this info to your networks. Why not download a poster to print out and stick in your window.

Earlier this week the first two of the cabinets for the lobby at St Werburghs Community Centre (news passim) arrived and we hope you agree they look very attractive indeed.

The cabinets feature a galvanised metal outer with a powder coat finish and the flat panel monitor kept safely away from sticky fingers behind a sheet of toughened glass. The cabinet front features 2 USB sockets for users to plug in portable storage devices, as well as being fully wired for sound with audio in and out sockets. In addition, the front can be unlocked for maintenance and servicing.

As you can see, the cabinet can either be mounted on a stand, placed on an ordinary desk and can even be bolted to the wall in extreme situations to render them less portable.

The new cabinets have already drawn admiring glances. Indeed our old friend Ron Corbett, warden of Princess Royal Gardens in Redfield, would like to get his hands on some too, since people keep stealing the thin clients from his sheltered accommodation scheme’s LTSP suite!