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7th Annual Art-Outside Festival

M_tron — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:12:40 +0000

Mark your calendars! ArcAttack will be performing at the 7th annual Art-Outside festival.
The Festival begins on October 7th and ends on the 9th.

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Our bucket list just got shorter.

M_tron — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:43:05 +0000

Growing up as a child I had unrealistic goals for myself that I assumed would just never happen.

1. Be in a rock band extravaganza.
2. Be a ninja.
3. Be in a video game.

Most people would feel lucky if they accomplished one of these goals, but today we at ArcAttack are pleased to say our list is two thirds completed.

Don’t worry about having to dodge any shoryuken at our shows just yet.

New Facebook Fanpage!

M_tron — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:31:39 +0000

Bad news and good news. The bad news is that our Arcattack face book page has hit its friend limit. The good news is we’ve just started an official ArcAttack Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/ArcAttack/183126608415462

Come join our brand new, user limitless fan page !!!!

Fourth of July Cedar Park Show

M_tron — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:53:52 +0000

It’s been a dry summer down here in Texas, and unfortunately the lack of moisture comes with an almost state wide burn ban. With the fourth of July coming up during a burn ban, most counties have banned fireworks for fear of brush fires.

Sad news indeed. Unless of course you live near Cedar Park Tx.

There wont be any fireworks, but come check out Plan B: ArcAttack!

Festivities Start at 4pm.
ArcAttack starts at 9:30pm and will be going until about 10:30.

Bring out your patriotism and especially bring out your best dance moves because we will be bringing out our Faraday cage!!!!!

Further Event Info Here

University of Dallas Knows how to dance.

M_tron — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:04:53 +0000

When we first decided to build the Faraday cage, we really didn’t know how the audience would react. “Surely they will be too afraid to partake!”, we said. We were so very wrong. At the first debut of the cage, we had so many people clambering to get picked, and unfortunately hadn’t developed a solid system for choosing ~~victims~~ participants. Honestly we still don’t. At DragonCon, someone even tried to bribe Joe in order to gain access. Tony and I eventually decided that, to be completely fair and unbiased, we would barter. Jokes for cage access! So far it’s my favorite system for getting volunteers.

Although not afraid to get into the cage, most people, when actually given the opportunity to get inside the cage, tend to stand there in awe. University of Dallas is another story altogether. At this show particularly, the focus of the cage segment of our show shifted from our Tesla coils, to a cage dance off between rivaling students. If there is anything I’m one hundred percent behind it’s a dance off. Hats off to you UD and your wicked dope step game, and thanks for having us!

McCallum High School RAWKS

M_tron — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:53:16 +0000

Last week on Wednesday, ArcAttack had the pleasure of performing at our first high school gig.

I remember being in high school and forced to go to countless boring assemblies where some performer would do his best to relate to us youngsters and trick us into learning valuable lessons with the power of infotainment. Usually they were along the lines of why drugs are bad, you shouldn’t drink and drive, the dangers of huffing gasoline and other things that fall in the “DON’T DO THIS” category. That was all well and good, but I always thought the subject matter to be a bit grim and depressing. Our message is a bit more positive: Science is bloody awesome!

I was pretty nervous at first and thought the kids weren’t going to enjoy it and act as I did during my high school assemblies, which usually meant me sneaking out my gameboy and being grateful for the fact that I was out of class for an hour. Luckily, they seemed to enjoy the show and the atmosphere seemed more like a rock show than anything else.

The peak moment of my entertainment was when Mr. Wright, one of the masterminds behind the whole assembly, hopped into the Faraday-cage and busted out some wicked dance moves. And by wicked, I mean wicked for a high school science teacher. The response from the crowed sounded more as if Justin Timberlake had just sang one of his sexy songs, rather than a science teacher trying to get a chuckle from his students.

So here’s to you, Mr. Wright! Thank you for “bringin’ science back”, and thank you Claire Austin of McCallum High School for setting up this show!

ArcAttack Electrifies Austin!

M_tron — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:47:00 +0000

ArcAttack is pleased to announce that we will be doing our part to entertain Austin during Spring Break! We have a series of outdoor shows scheduled during the next couple weeks in conjunction with SXSW Interactive and Texas Rock Fest.

Our first installation is with the SXSW Interactive. We are very pleased to be a part of Dorkbot once again this year!
SxSW @ Brush Sq. Park
dorkbot13 @ SXSW – March 8, 6:00 pm, Brush Square Park, across from Austin Convention Center
Co-sponsored by Make Magazine, SXSW Interactive, Amaze Entertainment and the International Game Developers Association of Austin

http://www.dorkbotaustin.org/meetings/dorkbot13

In addition, we have an extended engagement with Texas Rock Fest. Mark your calendars for this series of FREE shows. We will be lighting up the night Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Tell everybody you know because we have a special surprise in store!!!!

Stay tuned for an update for our upcoming European tour!