Wild Wild West Fest

From Wild Wild West Fest Website:

WILD WILD WEST FEST is the home festival of the Tucson-Based Funk Rock Reggae Fusion Jam Band 8 MINUTES TO BURN.

The Thematic Question that guides festival activities is "What would the American West be like, if the days of the Wild Wild West had not been ended by an industrial revolution?"

All activities and events associated with the festival are interpretations of participants relative to this theme.

The history of The American Western Frontier "tells the story of the creation and defense of communities, the use of the land, the development of markets, and the formation of states. It is a tale of conquest, but also one of survival, persistence, and the merging of peoples and cultures that gave birth and continuing life to America. Through treaties with foreign nations and native tribes, political compromise, military conquest, establishment of law and order, building farms, ranches and towns, marking trails and digging mines, and pulling in great migrations of foreigners, the United States expanded from coast to coast fulfilling the dreams of Manifest Destiny."

Historian Frederick Jackson Turner theorized that the frontier was a process that transformed Europeans into a new people, the Americans, whose values focused on equality, democracy, and optimism, as well as individualism, self-reliance, and even violence. As the American frontier passed into history, the myths of the West in fiction and film took firm hold in the imagination of Americans and foreigners alike. America is exceptional in choosing its iconic self-image. "No other nation," says David Murdoch, "has taken a time and place from its past and produced a construct of the imagination equal to Americas creation of the West."

The myths of that time have translated into gun advancements, brothels, taverns, ranching, live stock breeding, resource trading, jails, apothecaries, traveling salesman, gypsy shows, circuses, blacksmiths, market trading places, hospitals, mineral assessors, post carriers, telegrams, precious gems, burlesque and much more and the goal of this festival is to capture that imagination in the artistry brought forth by participants.

FaR OuT PRINCIPLE I. THE FESTIVAL IS FOR THE MUSIC. Therefore, the music is the most important aspect of FaR OuT Festivals and relatively all musicians agree to be treated as equal channels and hence compensated equally for their gifts.

8 MINUTES TO BURN is a member of the FaR OuT Band&Fan Jam Network, which is a network of bands, festivals, and other events that prescribe to two basic principles put forth by FaR OuT Band&Fan Jam Founder, Jack Rice.

FaR OuT PRINICPLE II. THE FESTIVAL BRINGS THE BAND AND THEIR FANS CLOSER TOGETHER. Therefore, all bands agree to the same accommodations as their fans.

FaR OuT PRINCIPLE III: "Every Band and Every Fan Deserves Respect!"

8 MINUTES TO BURN incorporates these two principles along with other principles borrowed from other major festival communities such as the facilitation of the GIFTING and EXCHANGE ECONOMY, SUSTAINABILITY, RADICAL PARTICIPATION, RADICAL SELF-RELIANCE, and LEAVE NO TRACE to create the community atmosphere of participation for the Wild Wild West Fest.

To show their commitment to sustainability, 8 Minutes To Burn has chosen HARMONY AND HEALTH RANCH within THE TERRASANTE COMMUNITY as the official home of The WILD WILD WEST FEST. The Ranch is owned an operated by the HARMONY AND HEALTH FOUNDATION.

The mission of the TERRASANTE COMMUNITY is to discover, develop, and disseminate sustainable ways of designing and living in human villages, which minimize CO2 generation, beginning with locally appropriate solutions.

This mission views the TERRASANTE COMMUNITY as a laboratory and community resource for projects in solar and wind energy, electric and hybrid vehicle conversion, permaculture and local agriculture, cost / energy efficient and bioharmonic housing, community development, personal and social software for healthy community, etc.

The mission includes education and service with the intention to develop opportunities and manifest positive intentions for the highest and best good. They seek knowledgeable, skilled individuals and groups dedicated to the highest and best good for our living mother - planet earth -and her children for collaboration.