an ill-advised cross-breeding of hip hop and traditional new orleans jazz punctuated by cirkus hijinx resulted in the Mutate or Die experiment, which travelled between California,Oregon, and Washington in july....two buses powered by recycled vegetable oil transported 15 performers and technicians to a variety of venues around the west coast which ended up at the Autonomous Mutant Festival in august. Read the Mole's personal account of the project here. Also check the gallery for extensive photo documentation including pre-tour bus renovation/veg conversion....