November 12, 2012, 4:40 pm
Posted by: Kara

Start your engines! This year we are doing something a little different—and a little awesome. Since the driving does not officially start until 9 p.m. PST, we are kicking the drive off with an opening lap … of ENTERTAINMENT!

Join the Desert Bus team as we live stream from the Moonbase and from remote locations across North America, featuring special performers John Anealio and The Doubleclicks for an event before the event. The Opening Lap starts at 7:30 p.m. PST and drives us right up to our official 9 p.m. start.

Singer-songwriter John Anealio will entertain us with geek inspired music from the world of comics, Dungeons and Dragons, and so much more, streaming live from New Jersey.

John Anealio

John Anealio
Credit: Bruce F. Press Photography

Nerd-folk duo The Doubleclicks, streaming from Portland, Oregon, will perform their humorous geek-flavored music. Mixed in between our talented performances, we will be showing a behind-the-scenes tour of the Moonbase and what it takes to put on an epic event like Desert Bus for Hope.

The Doubleclicks

The Doublecicks
Credit: Cahoots Photography/Min McGregor

6 Comments on “The Opening Lap – Desert Bus Kick Off!”

  1. This looks awesome. Friday is going to be fun.

    By Stoffern - November 12th, 2012 5:19 pm
  2. Hooray! Glad to see the triumphant return of the pre-show. I’m still sad that we never did get a Bradley Rains & Friends concert, maybe next year?

    By Chemistring - November 12th, 2012 7:40 pm
  3. So sorry I’m gonna miss this! Is there any chance Desert Bus 6 will be archived in a better capacity than previous years?

    By Darknezz - November 12th, 2012 9:56 pm
  4. Darknezz: The entirety of DB5 is archived. What better capacity is there than that?

    http://www.youtube.com/user/DesertBusArchive/videos?flow=grid&view=1

    Also, if you want to save it yourself to watch while offline: http://fugiman.com/De5ertBus.torrent

    By Admiral Memo - November 13th, 2012 1:14 am
  5. For a true opening lap it should start at 1 P.M. and end at 9

    By General Michi - November 13th, 2012 4:32 am
  6. damn you guys for starting at 4am UK time. Normally i wouldn’t mind but i have to be in work at 6, do i dare just stay up the whole night anyways…?

    By Lee - November 13th, 2012 11:29 am
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