Tango Echo

Lost & Found

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:38:04 +0000

Dear Loyal Tango Echo Readers, Tango Echo is proud to announce the launch of a new weekly column called "Lost & Found." Contributor John Flagler has been researching long forgotten accounts of greatness to offer our readers educational and interesting content that digs up people, books, theories, and an array of other subjects that have become lost in history books. While education remains a primary reason for this column, we also hope the topics provide inspiration in the lives of our readers, with a promise to you that we’ll try to always keep the emphasis on important topics with themes relevant to today’s society. With so much going on in today’s world we feel that it’s our civil duty to offer a column such as this, that emphasizes the goodness in the world and beauty human kind has to offer. Thank you all so much for your readership. John Flagler & Tango Echo

Move: Day 5

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:46:48 +0000

The equipment necessary for rebuilding the TE crew's bumper cars and building whatever else we'll be making for the big fun on Saturday came over to the new location today. Much of it is heavy and with every horizontal surface slick with rain, there were some exciting moments. We also learned what happens when a fork lift drives into an 8 foot fluorescent bulb. Unfortunately, it was a day of hard work, and we do not have any pictures to share from Day 5. There will be more updates when we resume our move next week. For now, it's time for bumper cars.

Move: Day 4

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:16:07 +0000

Tango Echo is getting a new home. We, and the metal shop of our pals, TE Motorworks, are moving to our very own building. In North Philadelphia. Four long days into our move and the new shop is finally beginning to come together. We finished wiring today and made our last / most recent / best attempt at removing the awful / stupid / hazardous clay dust left behind by the previous tenants. Sometime around nightfall, truckloads of equipment began to arrive. Meanwhile, Kate added some color to the walls of our office and began to plan the layout. Tomorrow will be our last big day to get everything in place before we go back to business as usual, with a film crew scheduled to arrive on Thursday. Packing up our provisional headquarters. !http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2500/3925699960_ccb2bb9f50_m.jpg! A wood paneled office means we have arrived. !http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2658/3924914363_b112473638_m.jpg! Our colorful office. !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/3925700226_723cae1f89_m.jpg! The forklift will be hard to return. Very hard. !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/3925700940_962ac389cd_m.jpg! All alone for the first time in years, the lathe looks lonely. !http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/3924914989_74fed86a8f_m.jpg! Check back tomorrow for updates from Day 5 of the move.

TANGO ECHO @ THE VIRGIN MOBILE FREEFEST 2009

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:19:57 +0000

VIRGIN MOBILE FREEFEST 2009 Are you a cool kid? Probably not. So we’re gonna do you a solid and tell you where all the cool kids are going to be on August 30: Columbia, Maryland. The Virgin Mobile Free Fest will be thrown into high gear and primed to kick music lovers in the teeth with a swarm of those bands you like: Weezer, Jet, Public Enemy, Franz Ferdinand, and Blink 182, just to name five of them. From 11am to 10pm, a plethora of music-givers will be spouting their well-endowed tunes all over the Merriweather Post Pavilion. But here’s the real attraction: Tango Echo will be applying itself to this music festival in the form of a bad-ass booth. All day long, we’ll be accosting passersby with bumper cars, pirate cannon and something called a “TV Monster.” What is it? Drop by and find out, if you’ve got the guts. With all of this topnotch monkey business, it sure seems like someone’s got to lose. Must be wreaking havoc on the environment, right? Big festival, tons of people, stomping the life out of whatever’s growing green nearby… You couldn’t be more wrong. Virgin Mobile is firing up the green machine in an effort to minimalize the festival’s environmental impact. Bring a water bottle and refill it at any of the water stations located on the grounds. All food and organic waste will be composted locally. All paper used at the festival is 100% recycled, including the toilet paper. Solar panels and B99 diesel will be the power sources of the day. Any unclean energy utilized for the event will be paid for through donations of clean energy from Virgin Mobile to communities via the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. You can even bring your recycling with you and they’ll take care of it. Seriously, if you have any respect for your home planet at all, you’ll be standing in the Merriweather Post Pavilion that Sunday. And don’t forget to get yourself over to the Tango Echo booth for mayhem of all different sorts. So if you enjoy great music, Tango Echo, bumper cars, and a 7500 lbs, 15 ft. chicken, do yourself a favor: Get to the Merriweather Pavilion in Columbia, MD on August 30. It’s a day you’ll regret not being a part of. And you know it. The last remaining Free Fest Tickets are on sale today through Ticketmaster. Get 'em while their hot, and pirate cannon will be sure to cool you off at the fest!

Writers

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:39:07 +0000

Do you like what you see on this site? Tango Echo is looking for more writers and researchers to join our growing team. If this seems like something you'd like to do, get in touch with "kat@tango-echo.com":mailto:kat@tango-echo.com . If the work we're doing with Tango Echo Films is more your style, then get in touch with "vlm@tango-echo.com":mailto:vlm@tango-echo.com .