Survival Research Laboratories

SRL was created in the year 1978 by Mark Pauline.SRL ws the founder of industrial performing arts. The SRL headquarters are located in Petaluma Ca. SRL makes shows about what the world would look like if it were devistated by robots and machines. About 1 to 2 robots are created per year. Because of cost they are hard to get completed. They are made by scientists who make industrial machines only they are programed to do something different. They are made to fight and hit eachother by remote control. No one buys these machines so they are stored and worked on in his spare time when he is'nt busy working and paying the mortgage. Stu Walker is a 6 legged robot that is controlled by a guinea pig. Currently the spine robot is in the making. The flame whistle boeing is a jet engine combined with a flame throwing whistle. It sounds like a picolo pete to the audience. Humans do not act in these shows and the purpose is to demonstrate tools and techniques. They are theatrical and act out military and science technology. I saw a giant chicken robot in a fight video with a punching robot. The shows are dangerous and contain alot of special effects. I tried to find out ticket information but was'nt able to find anything out. The last show was staged in October 2010 at the Sonora County Museum from 3pm-5pm and was free to the public. The show featured two new robots. Spine and a Baseball Bat machine. People who create the machines say this is all about doing what needs to be done and not about being childish. Some people see these creations as toys but they are'nt because they weigh tons and cost 60k and up.    

London punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne is a British fashion designer born in 1941. Her styles are punk and new wave fashion and very high priced. People were tired of the hippie, torn look and needed a new trend. When she was a young school girl her family did'nt give her much spending money so instead of clothes she would buy a yard of fabric and a pair of shoes. She made all her school clothes. There was'nt anything that she could'nt make herself. She used razor blades, safety pins, spikes, and chains along with outrageous hair and makeup to make her fashion statement. She was'nt really interested in designing until she met Malcom Mclarn of the Sex Pistols. She helped him design his clothes and when they decided to marry she made the wedding dress she wore. Together they made a name "Red Label" and began opening boutiques. Vivienne has flaming red long hair and when asked to appear in the movie "Sex in the City" she said no but gave Carrie Bradshaw a wedding gown to marry Big in. Vivienne is interested in bigger roles in television. She is currently struggling to start her own show called "Get a Life". She loves frilly dresses but says that those are only for girls with curls. She says that plain clothing will not make you more stunning but more of a clone and why would you want to be that. Her clothes are for people who want to be freakishly beautiful goddess's. She is currently doing everything she can to find out how to save the enviorment. People are only a generation away from being endangered species. She said to stop buying clothes because this is enviormentally harmful and thinks that the art and cinema of now are boring, not real, and lying. She says that we need to be more real and aware.  

Kelly Osborne wearing Vivienne Westwood