May 27th - 17:00 PDT

[paul]

All talk of a meetup aside, I think what is actually happening here is probably that the song from the video clip played at the festival earlier is going to be played on NPR or something and then released on the website. I reckon the map is just of where the video was filmed, see graphic on bocpages.

A is the drive-in theater.
B is the gas station.
C is the area covered in the tweet regarding May 27th 2013.

hmmm. creating this much excitement over a simple reveal to the shooting locations which were already established by some of the sharp locals on this forum? i hope thats not it. especially since i am currently getting packed for the 6 hour drive.

[kennychiwa147]

oh god i am so excited. any of you who are also planning on going, feel free to pm me to trade numbers or direct message me on twitter @kennychiwa147

<3

[Helicoid]

I think you guys have persuaded me to save my jupiter. I know how valuable it actually is but it is the only real way I would be able to raise that kind of money right now. All of my money is tied up in a business venture right now. Hopefully its just a new vid or a listening party. ill be kicking my own ass for years to come if its a live show. i've always said ill sell my soul to see them live.

hang on to your soul Helicoid. i'm bringing my rig ... if there's a show and they are cool, it will get recorded - video and audio. whatever happens, i will post as soon as i get back. despite you wanting it NOT to happen if you aren't there (and i can understand) - please everyone, pray it DOES happen ... cuz it would just be the most insane thing in a decade and, well, i'll be shooting it!

Thank you soo much for your reassurance. I really needed it. Despite my selfishness i really do hope there is a show tomorrow. Better get full 1080p hd for me seeing as how traveling there wont be an option!! If you do go plz send me the vid! I'll return the favor any way I can.

[jf]

Sorry, I originally posted this in the wrong topic. Here it is.

I just want to post my 2¢ about the upcoming May27th event.

WeHadNormality mentioned the fact that there is a drive-in theater located nearby. Most drive-in theaters broadcast the audio of the movies through the airwaves, using low power AM/FM transmitters. People simply need to tune-in using their car radio.

That concept totally fits the "numbers station" campaign. BoC could simply broadcast the album using the theater's transmitters.

It's only a theory, but if you're going to drive there tomorrow, I strongly suggest that you bring:
- a camera
- lots of water
- a AM/FM radio receiver with a tape recorder

[WeHadNormality]

there is a drive-in theater located nearby.

and it's called Skyline...

[paul]

I think you guys have persuaded me to save my jupiter. I know how valuable it actually is but it is the only real way I would be able to raise that kind of money right now. All of my money is tied up in a business venture right now. Hopefully its just a new vid or a listening party. ill be kicking my own ass for years to come if its a live show. i've always said ill sell my soul to see them live.

hang on to your soul Helicoid. i'm bringing my rig ... if there's a show and they are cool, it will get recorded - video and audio. whatever happens, i will post as soon as i get back. despite you wanting it NOT to happen if you aren't there (and i can understand) - please everyone, pray it DOES happen ... cuz it would just be the most insane thing in a decade and, well, i'll be shooting it!

Thank you soo much for your reassurance. I really needed it. Despite my selfishness i really do hope there is a show tomorrow. Better get full 1080p hd for me seeing as how traveling there wont be an option!! If you do go plz send me the vid! I'll return the favor any way I can.

its all good mate. 1080p to be sure (wish i had a mark III but my mark II will fit the bill)! if this was say, after July (when the new Black Magic 4K cinema camera arrives at my doorstep) i'd say 1080p shmeneightypee. but they haven't yet shipped the 4K cameras ... so 1080p it shall be my friend! still, whatever happens i plan to capture it (if they are cool with cameras).

[salamander]

A massive good luck to everyone making the trip. Really hope it ends up being worth it for you all.

[WeHadNormality]

Has anyone mentioned that there's a huge decommissioned solar power plant in this area? Would kind of fit into what we know of the possible themes of TH.

Info from wiki:

The worlds first commercial solar power plants, SEGS I (built in 1984) and SEGS II (built in 1985) of the SEGS network are located in Daggett.

Daggett was also home to a unique solar thermal energy plant named Solar One, a pilot project which was operational from 1982 to 1986. The plant used mirror-like heliostats to aim sunlight at a collecting sphere located on a solar power tower (a type of solar furnace), through which oil flowed.

During calibration of the power plant's thousands of heliostats, a ball of glowing light was sometimes seen in the nearby area. This effect was caused by the heliostats focusing sunlight onto a specific point. As the intensity of the light increased, it reflected off dust in the desert air. This phenomenon was sometimes seen by passersby on the nearby highways 40 and 15.

[Licolnshire Poacher]

AHEM.


That graphic is I-15 and Delores Lake - east of Yermo.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Yermo+ ... tates&z=14

Get there. Someone.

Wow, you located the exact area on a Google Map in under 5 min? I know you said earlier that you were combing the area of Yermo for landmarks, but that is super impressive. Will you be going?

[BoA2013]

AHEM.


That graphic is I-15 and Delores Lake - east of Yermo.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Yermo+ ... tates&z=14

Get there. Someone.

Wow, you located the exact area on a Google Map in under 5 min? I know you said earlier that you were combing the area of Yermo for landmarks, but that is super impressive. Will you be going?

Ill be there. Driving 6 1/2 hours ill be leaving my home in 5. Cannot wait. Avid fan for many years

[Licolnshire Poacher]

i'm seriously considering pawning my Jupiter-6 to get a plane ride there. Would only be worth it if it was a live show. If its just a listening party I can wait for my vinyl. Not sure I want to risk it.

What has been the setting of previous listening parties? Have they been at normal venue locations? If so, the fact that this event is being held in a little known, remote location hints that it's something more than just a listening party.

I wish I had access to TSA records to see if a one Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin have recently crossed the US boarder.

Previous listening parties have all been in major cities, NYC, Edinburgh, Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, etc. There has been no official BoC event in any place even close to this remote before.

Yeah but Daft Punk recently had a launch party in Wee Waa, Australia. Not sure if BoC would like to pull off the same trick a couple weeks later.

http://pitchfork.com/news/50786-watch-d ... australia/

The Daft Punk event was officially announced and confirmed weeks before it happened and coincided with a fairly major event already scheduled to occur in the area. The nature of the event (as a listening party, not a live show) was well-described. It's apples and oranges.

I simply wanted to highlight the fact that a remote location listening session was achievable, pointing to a recent case. That's all.

Daft Punk is a major commercial act. Nobody was expecting anything obscure from them (oh yeah, they wear helmets...). They market their music as a commercial product. No wonder why the nature of their launch party was massively advertised.

For the past weeks, BoC did the exact opposite. They used cryptic messages and very underground PR (not even sure if we can call it that way) techniques. We do understand that, in the past, they never had listening parties in non-major cities. But this whole campaign is so unique that it's totally legitimate to expect anything that could be "outside of the box".

My original post was simply to answer Turbo's question and highlight that a listening party in a location like this would be unprecedented for BoC.

Could it happen? It could... I'm a bit concerned that they are playing with fire for this, though. It is dangerous to raise expectations by posting something like this without being more upfront about what's going to happen. I mean, they know there are fans willing to go to extreme lengths, so could potentially backfire if it's the event ends up not being what people are hoping for.

damn fine point there. gonna go fill up my '95 Tacoma with 387,000 miles on it and drive at 19 miles per gallon for 6 hours tomorrow to go see ??? will cost a hell of a lot more than a good ticket to a show or a rare album but hey, thats the shit! is this not why we are here (are you not entertained!?!?)?

two days from now it will all be history but just like the good people who hustled to Shibuya square, they were part of something special. that works for me.

My brother and I flew out to Scotland for the Earlyburn, Redmoon-mystery in 2006. That was way crazier. Even though BOC didn't show, we got to hang out with some other great fans and someone was smart enough to come up with a good stereo and we played a Best of mix while we made a fire and camped out together. Worst case scenario, we get to do something similar at this location. It will feel like a little piece of history. I'm just glad I can just drive out this time, and not hop on a long flight

[Licolnshire Poacher]

I hope there is something waiting for all of those making the trip. I really do. If it's anything like previous trips, at the bare minimum you have the chance of meeting other die-hard fans.

I also hope it's something on-line that I can watch at 7pm my time.

Were you one of the ones at Earlyburn, Redmoon in 2006 as well?

[Weekend_Warrior]

and there's a Coke sign there too

So we have "Skyliner" and "Under The Coke Sign" all in one place? This is too sick for my brain to handle right now

[kelp]

Heh, amusing if they've been planning this ever since they put those names to those tracks around the time of TCH release

[Licolnshire Poacher]

The parking lot looks plenty big enough for a gathering. There's a big sign that could double up as a screen



and there's a Coke sign there too

OK, the "Skyline Drive-In" and Coke Sign are uncanny.
That gas station certainly looks like the one from the RFTD video. And the entrance to the Park's parking lot is certainly the place in the map image posted on WarpMedia. While there's plenty of parking and that billboard could be used as a screen, I wonder...

Wouldn't the drive-in theater be a more ideal and safer spot? Especially to project a new video? The Drive In is still active though, and shows features later in the evening. So 5pm, its not in use, but out there it isn't dark enough to show anything with a projector. Would have to be closer to 8pm. But also, the theater is further down the road and not on the map image that was shared with the date.

Maybe we listen to new music at the old water park and then go to the drive-in to see something new, or maybe they'll screen Deadly Harvest at the theater for us http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074380/

Maybe we'll just get a new clue when we're there.

[Licolnshire Poacher]

oh god i am so excited. any of you who are also planning on going, feel free to pm me to trade numbers or direct message me on twitter @kennychiwa147

<3

I'll be there. I joined this Meetup to better keep track of updates of those attending too:
http://www.meetup.com/SoCal-Boards-of-Canada/

[rainier]

Just joined. I will be going, I've been waiting 15 years for something, anything to do with BoCs local to me. We're probably all getting trolled, but whatever.

If anything I think it's far more likely we're misreading things and being overzealous rather than getting trolled. Why would anyone be that meanspirited? Like it might be funny to joke about "ha I bet we could get these crazy fans to drive to the desert" but it would be a serious dickbag move to actually do it.

[WeHadNormality]

OK, the "Skyline Drive-In" and Coke Sign are uncanny.

The Coke sign is very canny if you ask me.

[WeHadNormality]

Oh man, I wish I was over there. This whole area of CA looks an amazing place to go exploring and taking pics.

Found a good pic of the Coke sign and other sign together taken from around the parking lot.

[Twoist]

Like for Tokyo, Warp have given a time and a place, and it's not unreasonable to think something awesome will happen. To everyone heading to Barstow, have an amazing time tonight. Only wish I'd headed out to that part of the world this week and not two damned months ago!