The Swallow-a-Bicycle party fundraiser is tomorrow night at the Palamino! It’s going to be a blast, with bands, video, a graffiti wall and a party priest.

I have mentioned before on the blog but i will repeat that we enjoy throwing parties for the fun of it but also for the community building aspect. We like the idea of bringing people together and meeting new people.

As for Last Night, I did a quick email interview with Wil Knoll for a web magazine getdown.ca. i am going to repost it here.

wil’s questions:

1) What’s the costume? Sandwich board? Bathrobe? BDSM slave? Tux?

2) You guys have thrown some sucsessful parties. What’s the key in planning?

3) Why the end of the world, is this thematic with your coming season?

4) When the moment comes what do you hope to be doing when we all turn to dust?

my answers:
1) Costume:
Personally i am going the tux route. i think if it was the end of the world and i was by myself or just a few people i would wear my ripped jeans and my joel plaskett tshirt. However for an end of the world party I want to go black tie and so i am going with the tuxedo. Like any good party by the end it might not be fully intact so that when the world really came to an end the outfit would be more of a disheveled tuxedo.

2) The key in planning… well in the planning stages certainly picking a day that does not conflict with other cool fun things. Picking a venue that fits your party or a party that fits your Venue. It’s important to find ways to communicate your own excitement about the party and what helps with that is having a theme or idea behind it that you are genuinely excited by. In this case ‘End of the World’ party is something we think is effing cool and fun.

At the party itself i think Mark and I both value making real connections. We like to meet new people and make them feel welcome. We genuinely enjoy our own parties and we like to communicate that to the people who come. We like to make them feel open and included. We have fun, our friends have fun, we like to talk and dance and meet new people.

3) Why ‘End of the World’? It was my idea, i just know that it is what i would actually do if it was the end of the world, i.e. throw a party. Pretty much that would be the biggest party ever wouldn’t it? I guess some people might want to be alone or curl up but i would want to be with the people i love celebrating art, dancing, love and music. It just seem like it would give a party a unique feel. It is not thematic with our season just something we thought it would be fun to do.

4) Partying – with my friends. hanging in my back yard looking at the stars – with my friends. hugging my friends. finishing a delicious meal – with my friends. hopefully smiling and laughing and dancing – with my friends.