{"id":46155,"date":"2020-04-11T18:12:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T08:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=46155"},"modified":"2020-04-12T17:00:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T07:00:44","slug":"a-tribute-to-black-star-1996-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=46155","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute To Black Star (1996 — 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sad but true.<\/p>\n

After almost 25 years of service, the Black Star PA Collective has dissolved.<\/p>\n

The Black Star PA Collective (BSC) has recently announced that they’re winding-up as a collective. For 24 years, BSC provided audio for the activist and underground music communities of Melbourne. To compile a definitive list would be impossible, but some of the events they provided sound production for included the Friends of the Earth<\/a> annual ball and Such is Life<\/a> punk festival, fundraisers for the Goongerah Environment Centre<\/a> (GECO), and numerous gigs at the Pink Palace<\/a>, Black Goat and other DIY venues.<\/p>\n

BSC also provided sound for many rallies and protest actions, both big and small. These included S11<\/a> (the protests in Melbourne in September 2000 against the ruling-class summit known as the World Economic Forum), May Days, refugee solidarity events (including the infamous ‘Woomera Breakout’<\/a>), the enormous anti-war rally of February 2003<\/a>, anti-racist and anti-fascist protests, and numerous other events organised by local anarchist and socialist groups.<\/p>\n

BSC’s remaining equipment is being sold and the proceeds donated to various worthy causes around town. A portion is also being donated to the Solidarity Sound System Collective<\/a>, ensuring that the good vibes and righteous anger BSC helped fuel over many years carries on into the future …<\/p>\n

A sincere and heartfelt thank you to BSC for all its efforts over the years — you rock!<\/em><\/p>\n