Hello, Goodbye to Jake's Club Resort

My little birdie was right! Mark it on your calendar; Nov 9, 2010! The boys are continuing on to the most appropriate place to be in Second Life! San Francisco, California; home of Golden Gate Bridge, Union Square, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf, SOMA, North Beach and beautiful Golden Gate park. I say hurrah! Here is Jake's latest missive about the move (please note that I only placed slurls for Moderate rating locations):



"Top DJ Syriana Paine to bring the Jake's spirit to San Francisco. The parties and people you've come to love will be settling in to a new home starting Tuesday, November 9, 2010. 

Syri, Jake, Rocky, along with some new and returning faces, will continue to bring you the hottest parties on Second Life. Our commitment to excellence has not changed.

The locations may be different, some of the familiar faces may be missed, but you can count on a drama free, fun atmosphere, where you (our family) can come relax and be yourself.

In addition to our regular line up of parties, we are proud to announce the opening of  B&W Photography's Pride and Diversity collection. This collection will celebrate the diversity in our community and showcase the talents of Brady Rowell and Wesley Arbenlow.

Home is where the heart is, and when you're with us in San Francisco, you WILL BE at home!!!


****Tuesday, November 9, 2010****
Syri's Tuesday Golden Gate Time Warp
9:00pm to 11:00 pm SLT

􀀁  Golden Gate Beach Club : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Golden%20Gate/116/178/31 (Moderate)

Join us for the hottest music from decades past. Syri will kick things off  in San Francisco with a set made up of your favorite 90's girl groups.

We'll have trivia with $500 in prizes. The person who answers the most questions correctly will be able to pick next week's time warp theme.

Come as you are and lets have some fun!!!

****Wednesday, November 10, 2010****
Hump Day with Rocky in the Slot
6:00 to 8:00 pm SLT

􀀃  Folsom (Adult sim)

Join our naughty DJ Rocky at the Slot to blow off some midweek steam. Sexy, frisky, fun is what you can count on at this addition to the former Jake's line up.

Plain and simple, the hottest avi, voted on by his/her peers will walk away with $500 linden.


**** Thursday, November 11, 2010****
Syri's Castro Street Strip down
8:00pm to 11:00 pm SLT

􀀂  Over the Top : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Castro/212/135/40 (Moderate)

Time to join your friends over on Castro Street to kick off the weekend like only we can.

Let DJ Syriana Paine, Jake and the one and only "Boys" make the stress (and clothes) melt away. Good music, great people, good fun, what more can you ask for? Hope to see you there.

$500 prize for hottest undies.

****Saturday, November 13, 2010***
Miss Syri's Sexy Saloon Party
9:00 PM to 1:00 AM SLT

􀀀  Trajik LM (Adult sim)

Why don't you come on up and see us for some western style fun in San Francisco. Miss Syri and "The Boys" will put the wild in wild wild west.

Hot chat, hot music, and hot bodies in western wear, what more could you ask for.

As always, $1,000 linden or more will be up for grabs for the best western costume in the saloon."




Submitted by JakeC Hotshot of Jake's Events for public distribution.
Info uploaded by raftwet jewell for this blog.
San Francisco skyline photo from Google images.


For more information about Jake's Club Resort events see Rocky's blog: 
http://jakesclubresort.blogspot.com

AMFORTE CLARITY Live Music

AMFORTE Clarity Live Music


AMFORTE CLARITY Live Music, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.














I really, really, really, really, really, really, really LOVE her voice.

AMFORTE Clarity sings covers and originals. Strong vocals with the right amount of angst that touches your heart...

...yah... she made me cry.


Venue: Galaxy Isle

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Ballet Pixelle presents AVATARA

Ballet Pixelle presents AVATARA


Ballet Pixelle presents AVATARA, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.



Ballet Pixelle 

presents~~~~~~~~


AVATARA


Final show: Aug 22, 2010 on Sunday
5pm SLT


http://slurl.com/secondlife/Quat/32/21/107



Finale party at Alien Lounge after show
w/ dj Frank Eizenhart
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Information:



BALLET PIXELLE™ PREMIERES "AVATARA"
A NEW ORIGINAL BALLET
Second Life -- Premiere Date: June 2010


Ballet Pixelle™ (formerly Second Life Ballet) will premiere its ninth  work “Avatara” in June 2010.  Ballet Pixelle™ is the first performing ballet company in the virtual global community Second Life.  Says the Company's founder, Inarra Saarinen, “As artistic director of the Company since its inception, I have enormous pride in Ballet Pixelle™.  Our goal is to investigate and explore the interaction and intersection of physical and virtual dance.  We are excited to celebrate the future of dance.  We are dancing into the digital future!”

Before there was Second Life, there were avatars...

Avatāra (Sanskrit for "descent") refers to a deliberate descent of a deity from heaven to earth, and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation", but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation".  Isn't that what it would be if a virtual being became a physical being?  And if a physical being became a virtual being...

A real, physical dancer wonders what it would be like to exist in a virtual world where she could move past her physical bodily limits --- without regard to her joints and muscles.  And without physics limits -- to hover and fly at will.  Is there such a place?   Can she visit?  What a memory to hold!

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Members of Ballet Pixelle™ come together from all over the world, Japan, Europe, and North America.  Animations are created by Inarra Saarinen and put into dance phrases.  There are no artifical synchronizing devices and the dancers truly perform dancing with each other and the music.  Each performance is truly live and unique, and takes advantage of the characteristics of Second Life to extend the art of the ballet in new directions. “Avatara” is the ninth and newest ballet in the Ballet Pixelle™ (formerly Second Life Ballet) repertoire.  Come see it and participate in this innovative artform.

Performances take place on Sundays at 5:00pm SLT at the Ballet Pixelle Theatre
Come early because seats fill quickly.

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For More Information

For more information on Ballet Pixelle™, search for the group "Ballet Pixelle" in Second Life and join the group to receive notices of all performances, auditions, newsletters, and other news and invitations.  There is also a Subscribe Service in the theatre which allows you to receive notices.

Web site is: www.balletpixelle.org
MySpace page: myspace.com/balletpixelle
Facebook as Ballet Pixelle

Machinimas (videos) and information on previous ballets, information on auditions, current Company members bios and photos, newsletters, press and reviews, etc are available on these sites.

For Ballet Pixelle™ work done under the name Second Life Ballet you can search YouTube for Second Life Ballet or see the www.balletpixelle.org website.

Written by Inarra Saarinen for Ballet Pixelle in Second Life
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Umbrellas, Winner of Peoples Choice at UWA Art and Design Challenge

"Umbrellas" by Nishi Mip shown at UWA Art and Design Challenge


Umbrellas, Winner of People's Choice at UWA Art and Design Competition, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.










University of Western Australia just held their UWA 3D Art and Design competition. Allowing the people to choose their favorite artists and giving them awards, UWA encourages artists in Second Life to create digitally what can only be done here.


My very favorite was Nishi Mip's works. Her "Umbrellas" was the People's Choice 1st Place Award, but I also loved her other piece with the robots housed inside a strange orange cubicle of programmed lights. What a remarkable artist she is!


Another favorite was Uby Ifu's "Tristan Areless" avatar. Amazingly real, as real as an avatar can be; the piece made me smile.














With the arts suffering world wide from a lack of government and consumer support due to economic woes, I was glad to see that education and UWA step in to support the artists here.















Thank you to UWA for their wonderful art and design competition. Here is the notecard info that you can collect at the show. To the left of the voting wall, you will find a click and receive board for a notecard full of information. Here is what it says:
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(Scroll to bottom of card for list of entries as shown on vote board)
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How To Vote

1. You have up to 3 votes to give.
2. Only one vote per item on the board (you cannot give one item more than one vote).
3. Touch the item for which you would like to vote. The board will tell you alone in chat and in a blue confirmation menu which item it is you are voting for.
4. Click YES if it is the correct item, or NO if you wish to change your mind/have touched the wrong item.
5. You have 60 seconds to respond before the confirmation menu times out.
6. The board will confirm in chat which item you have voted for and how many votes you have cast. As you get the chance to confirm or declien a vote no discussion of "misplaced votes" will be entered into.
6. You can vote only for a maximum of 3 items.

If the board appears to be down or you cannot find the image of the piece you would like to vote for please send a notecard with the artist and title of the work/s to JayJay Zifanwe.

If you have any queries about the voting system please contact quadrapop Lane by IM and notecard.

IMAGINE ART ENTRIES
http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/65/140/250

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July Round Imagine & Flagship Challenges
Winner's Announcement
6am SLT Sunday  8th August  2010 @ UWA Art & Design Platform
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Imagine Entries - July
List is (mostly) in alphabetical order by artist first name -
Top Row
001 1Earthling Rang - VJ Central Video Art
002 1Earthling Rang - Magical Video Art
003 Abdullah Yazimoto - Sacred, Danish
004 Abstract Baroque - Et in arcadia ego
005 Alizarin Goldflake - Hephaistia Paper Lanterns on a Line
006 Alizarin Goldflake - Immersive Art_Summers Halloween
007 Asmita Duranjaya - Piece (or Peace?) of Nature
008 Betty Tureand - Lolipop
009 Bignorrs Barbos - Welcome to the Machine
010 Bryn Oh - 26 Tines
011 Corcosman Voom - Jump
012 Daco Monday - incontro (meeting)
013 Daco Monday - E LA LUCE...FU
014 Emilin Nakamori - Dangling Chain Demonstrator
015 Flora Nordenskiold - Culmination
016 Flora Nordenskiold - Displaced
017 FreeWee Ling - Guitarzan
018 Fuschia Nightfire - magic wind
019 Gingered Alsop - The Chamber
020 Giovanna Cerise - sirio
Second Row
021 Gleman Jun - Dream
022 Gleman Jun - Both myself
023 Gumby Roffo - Community -Glass
024 Gwen Difference - Wild Horses
025 Herick Straaf - Cubico
026 Herick Straaf - Anodyne
027 Ichiko Miles - Space Needle
028 Ivy Lane - Love Flows
029 Ivy Lane - HotPink Susan Chair
030 Jaydn Firehawk - Mothership
031 jeri Rahja - Whimsy of the Sl Flower
032 Jesse Keyes - Toxic World
033 Jimmy Debruyere - Slow Morning Totem
034 Joe Rozenblum - I am
035 Josina Burgess - In Darkness You Can Always Find Light
036 Kicca Igaly - Profile
037 Kicca Igaly - Orchestral conductor
038 Kyra Roxan & GeeJAnn Blackadder - MICROCOSM.
039 kyra Roxan - Eternity
040 Lea Supermarine - LS - Neural Nonsense
Third Row
041 luciella  lutrova - escultura con bailarina
042 luciella  lutrova - Flowers swimming
043 Magggnnus Woodget - FriendMe Chair 1.0
044 Marcus Inkpen - Know Thyself
045 Maya Paris - Drift
046 Miso Susanowa - The Fool
047 Miso Susanowa - Raindance
048 nehema Yif - Phoenix Rising
049 nessuno myoo - The Mechanical Knight
050 nessuno myoo - The spirit of Mechanical Angel
051 Nish Mip - OVERLOAD
052 Noke Yuizta - Xibalba
053 Oberon Onmura - Overflow
054 Oxil Zane - Into The Vortex
055 pao Homewood - Truth of Earth
056 Patch Thibaud - Cloud Theatre
057 Patrich Merlin - UFO Rainbow divine light vehicle
058 Penumbra Carter - July Entry
059 Petra Weksler - Drops of Happiness
060 Pixi Cosmos - SLice of Tranquility
Fourth Row
061 Pol Jarvinen - herbes 258
062 pravda Core - The Vampire Heritage
063 pravda Core - Minotaur's Wrath
064 Rose Borchovski - Lessons in Democracy
065 Sabrinaa Nightfire - Broken Bowls Flowers
066 SaveMe Oh - Laugh & Die
067 Selavy Oh - The Empty Chair (Identity Chair)
068 Silene Christen - Red Tapes on Stone Dancers
069 soror Nishi - The Happy Tree
070 Takni Miklos - 12 Roses - Touch Me Not
071 Takni Miklos - chatmorpher
072 Teal Freenote - Growing Pains
073 Tolsen Decycla - A new life
074 Tolsen Decycla - New Beginning
075 Ub Yifu - Tristan Careless
076 Wizard Gynoid - Nested Stellated Dodecas sans faces
077 Yabusaka Loon - Life
078 Zola Zhun -  Black and White Swamp
079 Jester Jyraffe - kazoo
080 Jester Jyraffe - turtle


OWNER of UWA Commercial Land group:::
Jayjay Zifanwe

University of Western Australia
Achieving International Excellence

Artemesia
Living with Art

The UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge
People's Choice
3 votes to cast.
Winner was Nishi Mip for People's Choice "Umbellas"

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raftwet jewell of WETLands Group, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.




I built my first sky waterfall on Bisque in 2007. The build has 
morphed many times and I placed the current version on RiverLand.




My inspiration was the sky waterfall at SL Botanical Gardens. 
The builder there has been my most favorite builder here in Second Life. 
Her region is one of the best on the grid.




My version is a bit psy and a nod to the incredible waterfalls that 
I have seen in real life. Only Mother Nature can create what I have 
seen and my pitiful attempts are just to pay homage to her.




I own WET Builders, WETLands Group, and both regions 
WETLands and RiverLand. As a builder, my focus 
is nature and water elements. Of course, this is Second Life, so I usually add a bit
of psy to the build, too.
 



All my lands on the mainland and the regions are open to the public. 
The only place that has barriers is my personal home. You are all 
welcome to everything else. Please enjoy!

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avatars xavier and raftwet in second life

THE A LIST! in Second Life : xavier and raftwet


avatars xavier and raftwet in second life, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.




We love Second Life and the virtual metaverse. Please enjoy our lives...


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See you in Second Life!
WETLands headquarters of THE A LIST!


Thank you to The Blue Room for the picture site.

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japan resort photo board

Japan Resort Photo Board at Events Area


japan resort photo board, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.




Saturday morning and I partied too hard last night. With a cup of tea and 
an apple bread, I sit down to visit my friends at Japan Resort.





There is always a great music stream or dj there playing disco, progressive, electro or anything in between.






This is a Japanese community that welcomes everyone from around the world. 
Languages of the planet can be heard on the dance floor. Woot!

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second life mixing with real life

So hard to believe that I have been on the Second Life grid this long. I still remember 2007 when I arrived on the color sims near the a popular sandbox. Building and creating my waterfalls... trying to mimic the world I really live in with the rivers, streams and natural places near my home. I have learned a lot here in Second Life. I learned how to build and though I am still a rudimentary scripter, it's amazing that I can even do that now!

My two regions have been so fun create. Like others, the passion we put into our land is the vision inside our heads. Some builders create fantastic fantasy worlds while others like me try to copy Mother Nature. It has brought a profound appreciation to the real world that I experience.



I am lucky. I travel, I see beautiful places on this earth and I try to bring that experience into the virtual world here. Without any fanfare, my regions are now in Second Life's showcase. I am so proud to have been chosen to be on that list. Look for WETLands in the Parks and Nature category; we are at #4 now. Wow! And, as a co-owner of THE A LIST! my actual land is actually on LL's list!

I have taken thousands of pictures and they are uploaded to my avatar,  rafee's flickr and koinup. I created several RAFTWET Jewell youtube by myself and with my friend,  Aoshi. And, the blogs... gawd, do I ever stop blogging? LOL! But, I needed something more.

A very good friend was on the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch videography team that finally won the Emmy. After a few years of being nominated, this death-defying team won this year. So, I talked to my friend and asked him if he would film a whitewater sequence in real life and incorporate my avatar rafting on WETLands. He was intrigued by the idea and enjoyed visiting both my land and SL.

Enjoy the video and then come on over to WETLands and try the rafts... or just bring a date and hang out in a natural park-like setting and just chill. There's an outdoor ballroom next to the bay area, both romantic and casual at the same time. Have fun!

art box an educational installation

raftwet jewell at Art Box


art box an educational installation, originally uploaded by rafeejewell.

I have many favorite places in Second Life. Some are brilliantly creative and others are simple, elegant and immersive.






Art Box is a favorite. This is a gallery of internationally famous art by well-known artists in our world history. These are the artworks that we most recognize.

Here, you can become part of the art. You can attach props and be a character in the work itself. This is a place that will put a smile on your face.






Art Box is set up so that you can snap great pictures of yourself while you are in the art... in the piece itself. So have fun!





If you go, try to spend at least 2 hours here. There is a lot to see and a lot to try out. And, bring friends. It's a wonderful place to share with those who love art.

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