BASFA Meeting #1537 Monday, January 27, 2020 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Held at Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
Called to order at 20:01 with 16 people in attendance. A party jar was established (lots to Daves) Secretary Report The minutes of meeting #1536 were were posted online and accepted as: Hopefully not contagious. Treasurer Report Meeting #1537 Regular Jar: 2.25 | $15,614.94 Party Jar: 2.50 | $317.80 Vice President Report Nothing fannish to report No president report Committee Report Sports Committee The deposit for the Friday, July 31 San Jose Giants Harry Potter night has been made. I have currently seven people interested. $59/person. Check or cash in person or send to PayPal at ba...@p4tt.com No new business Announcements John Friday, March 13 Hubba Hubba revue will be having it’s 5th Sci-Fi show: Space Station 2020 at the DNA lounge in SF Seated $30, balcony $25, gen admin $20 dnalounge.com/tickets/hubbahubbarevue/ Dianne Astonomy On Tap at Uproar Brewing Company 7:30pm this Wednesday. eKevin The Torchwood4 Cabal will be hosting the party at Gallifrey. The theme was inspired by Peter Davison - Milliway’s! Room 110 on Friday night. 21+ Ken Legion of Rassilon this Friday. Orphan 55 and Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror. 7:30 p.m. at the Denny’s on Bascom Ave near the Pruneyard. lor.club Allegiance will be starting off Palo Alto Player’s 90th season in the fall. Tickets are currently available as part of the season subscription. paplayers.org Reviews Fred SJ Museum of Art has an interesting display of Tommy Smith inspired artwork. Highly recommend (second level). There’s also, in the old section, San Jose and SJSU Athletics displays. Diane Thursday was Planetary Robotics event. Speakers were great. Fantastically interesting people. www.meetup.com/Silicon-Valley-Space-Startups-Satellites/events/266831017/ John Weathering With You (movie) by Makoto Shinkai. Light romcom mixed with magical realism. Young boy falls in love with a girl who can control the weather. Visually gorgeous. Not a deep story. Highly recommend. The Black Ships (book) by A G Claymore. Billed as an alien invasion novel. Roughly near future. Aliens invade a Mars colony. Military SF thriller, not deep but engaging. “Free or Cheap” on Kindle. Now onto second in the series. Lost in Space (netflix) S1 & 2. Enjoying the first season, but the second one really takes off. Characters are all developed, and you can now ride the freight train. Binged season 2 in three nights. Highly recommend it. Stephen Chasing the Moon by A. Lee Martinez. Very fun story about a young woman who moves to LA, but her closet is occupied by a demon. Went to MST3K Live on Thursday. Joel’s final tour. MST3K is 10 times more fun live! John: Sketchfest had a follow-on panel about their appearance at sketchfest. Andrew Cant say anything about Doctor Who without spoiling it. 2 episodes in a row really enjoyed (Tesla & Judoon) Aniara. Swedish Sci-Fi film. Passenger ship from Earth to Mars thrown off course. Linear but not classic three act structure. Based on a ‘50s epic poem. Addams Family (animated feature) If you like the Addams Family through all it’s incarnations, it’s for you. Captures the style of Charles Addams’ cartoons. Wackiness of the TV series. References to the best parts of the films. Kevin: Thought it would be just a time filler, but proved to be a different film than the beginning made it out to be. Never Surrender. Galaxy Quest documentary. Charming. A must for Galaxy Quest fans. Lisa: Saw the theatrical showing. Absolutely adored it. Muppet Guys Talking. Five Muppet performers talking. Color Out Of Space. Adaptation of Lovecraft. Really good adaptation. Deranged and twisted with Nicholas Cage at his Nicholas Caginess. Thunderbirds Are Go! Latest 3 episodes. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Latest season so far solid. Ken & Jerry A Dolls House Part 2. Ibsen’s characters, but not Ibsen. Little lighter than the original, but you don’t need to know the original (might be preferable!) Playing through Sunday. DaveG Saturday went to Skecthfest in San Franciso to see Rob Paulson & Maurice Lamarch (Pinky & The Brain) in a 2-hour interview. Pinky & The Brain may be coming back (narf!) Auction Meeting was adjourned at 21:00 and the rumor was: David Clark is fondle worthy.
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