BASCon (con)/2004
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| Name: | BASCon 2004 |
| Dates: | November 7-9, 2004 |
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| Focus: | slash |
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| URL: | http://bascon.org |
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BASCon 2004 was subtitled: "Time for a Little Fourplay"
Programming
The 2004 program guide can be found on Fanlore in PDF format (NOTE: the front cover cites the wrong year): File:2003_Program_guide_small.pdf.
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Convention Reports
- bittermint's Con Report, Part I: Friday; archive link; Con Report Part II: Saturday; archive link (November 9, 10, 2004)
- dawnwind's Bascon con report; archive link (November 9, 2004)
- diluvian's Most of my weekend at BASCon; archive link; The rest of my weekend at BASCon; archive link (November 8, 12, 2004)
- hannahrorlove's My BASCon Report; archive link (November 9, 2004)
- joey112's Bascon the aftermath; archive link (November 7, 2004)
- keri's Bascon con report; archive link (November 8, 2004)
- Morgan Dawn's convention report; archive link (November 8, 2004)
- permetaform's Stuff from my BAScon report (includes review of the vid show) (deadlink) (November 8, 2004)
Vid Show
In 2004, Morgan Dawn began curating the Bascon vid show. It was her first time programming for a vid show and she had only a few weeks notice to find submissions and author the show DVDs.
First Half
- Multiple Fandoms - Gay Bar by przed
- Fast & Furious - Stripped by gwyn_r
- QAF (US) - 66 by sisabet & Dawn
- Star Wars - Let’s Dance by Angel valarltd
- Multiple Fandoms - Dirty World by Diana Williams
- Equilibrium (Movie) - No Fear, No Hate, No Pain by przed
- Smallville - Why by Kanzeyori/permetaform
- Multiple Fandoms - Amazed by Angel/valarltd
- Multiple Fandoms - Wild West Show by Recycled Media Station
- Multiple Fandoms - Redneck Woman by Recycled Media Station
- Starsky & Hutch by Gangsta Paradise (Valley of the Shadow) by Kassidy Rae
- Jeremiah - Because I Told You So by Killashandra
- Withnail and I (Movie) - The Fear by przed
- Due South - Flying Home by Morgan Dawn
Second Half
- Alan Rickman Tribute - Too Sexy by Diana Williams
- Pirates of The Caribbean - Gravity by Kanzeyori/permetaform
- Sentinel - John Denver (Annie’s Song) by Mudd
- Pros - Little By Little by Lithium Doll
- 1984 (Movie) - Imagine by Mudd
- The Ring (Movie) - Lucky You by Kanzeyori/permetaform
- Star Trek: TOS - Falling In Love by Killashandra
- Teen Titans (Anime) by Bunny
- Jeremiah - I Am The Highway by Morgan Dawn
- LOTR - The Mountain by Melina & Shalott
- Goldeneye - This Is War by Lithium Doll
- Angel - Sex On Wheels Luminosity
- Oz - Pretty When You Cry by Lierdumoa
- Angel - My West Hollywood Lifestyle (Whatever) Luminosity & Sisabet
Vid Show reports
- przed's BASCon Vid Show, dated November 11, 2004 [1]
- kassidy62 talks about submitting her first vid to a vid show, dated November 9, 2004 [2]
Not the "Scary Con"
One of the issues circulating around the convention that year were rumors about the level of kink programming. The convention addressed the rumours directly in a post to the convention's Livejournal community:
"To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of our outrageousness have been greatly exaggerated! It has been brought to the concomm's attention *again* that some people have an erroneous perception of BASCon. While we're flattered that some people think we're so outré, it's hardly the truth. We do NOT have naked Jacuzzi parties at the hotel nor do we have public floggings in the hallways. Really!The BASCon concomm thinks folks are mixing up BASCon with Friscon. While some of us did volunteer at Friscon, and most of us joyfully attended many years of Friscon, we are not associated with Friscon in any way. We are an entirely different group of people who, *after* it was announced that Friscon was no more, decided to continue the fine tradition of a slash con in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Near the end of Friscon's run, there was a private flogging demo held in an attendee's hotel room, with real live consenting humans who acted as volunteers for the demo. Attendance was by invitation only, so only those who truly wanted to view this activity were present. This display was not public.
BASCon has in the past hosted one panel each on kink and BDSM in order to assist in the writing of more realistic slash fiction. These panels were always held at times when there were alternative activities. The BDSM panel has been led by people who have real experience with the lifestyle, and those who chose to attend these panels engage in open, adult discussion on those topics. At the panel, behind closed doors, with security at each door to prevent anyone from stumbling in inadvertently, there have been table displays of BDSM paraphernalia. However, no one was whipped or flogged. The Friscon hotel did have an outdoor Jacuzzi and may have had some unclothed participants. We don't know, but we heard the same rumors. If it did happen, this was due to the actions of the individuals and certainly not a sanctioned event of Friscon!
The Jacuzzi at Embassy Suites is indoors and brightly lit, right off the hotel atrium, in plain view of anyone walking to the back elevators. Believe us, if there were unclothed shenanigans involving BASCon attendees in the Jacuzzi, the hotel staff would have discussed this with us. This is a family hotel, with lots of children in attendance. We take security seriously and take many precautions to keep mundanes and children shielded from our activities and panel discussions.
The Embassy Suites Hotel in South San Francisco has welcomed our business for the third year in a row. They find us to be an easy event to host - BASCon is a quiet, well-run event for them, and our attendees are well-mannered guests.
In short, even though we do hold the con close to Halloween, we are not the "Scary Con." Please feel free to forward this to any of your friends or listmates or post to your LJ. We've heard these rumors repeatedly and would finally like to put them to rest. If you do hear these rumors, please feel free to contact us, or suggest to the person who is spreading the rumors to contact us directly.
Thanks for your help.
The BASCon Concomm.