According to wikiHow, the keys to throwing a successful party include inviting people via Facebook, delegating responsibility to guests, and “drunk proofing” your house. The wiki how-to guide suggests an easy way to kick people out is to start cleaning up, “People will generally get the hint -- and hopefully they'll help out!Have you been to a wikiHow party? Imagine being delegated with coming up with ‘How to Look Like a Goth While Travelling for A Long Time on a Plane'.Pistonhead and the guys at Junkyard are throwing a party at the Vic on the Park on Saturday Oct 4. The Junkyard guys are taking their raucous backyard gigs to the next level and will provide a lineup of local legends including Deep Sea Arcade, Chicks Who Love Guns,The Upskirts, Doc Holliday Takes the Shotgun and the Grease Arrestor. Pistonhead will provide the cans. You just need to provide the RSVP. And don’t worry someone else will provide the cleaning up!So forget wikiHow, we caught up with Mody and James from Junkyard Festival to talk party planning.Noisey: What is the story behind the Junkyard parties?Mody: The idea came a few months back when Melbourne pals Reptiles asked if there were any house parties going on in Sydney one weekend that they could play. There wasn’t. We decided to throw one. They didn’t play it. Instead our own bands as well as some other local legend’s bands did. After possibly one of the best parties I myself have ever attended, an opinion shared by a few hundred others, it made sense to throw another one.What are five things you should do to plan a party?Mody: Mentally prepare for property damage, destruction and most importantly public urination.James: Hit up your direct neighbours, the ones on your block. Try and get them on your side so if shit gets out of control they’ll be at least sympathetic. Our first Junkyard was such a success that our neighbours came and helped us clean up after!Mody: Buy too much booze. You can never have enough booze. Not that you can buy booze at Junkyard Fest because that would be illegal.James: Picking the finest of bands is important. There has to be diversity, as you don’t want too many punk acts or adversely chill ones to play in a row.Mody: Persuading everyone and anyone you can into providing crucial things like quality sound gear and equipment for zero dollars by offering them free beer.How do you deal with cops?James: It helps to be legitimately sober. What is fortunate is that I was blessed with a calm, kind and level headed demeanor that seems to confuse and subdue cops whenever I talk to them. I always talk to blue boys like they’re my mates from around the corner and that nothing hectic or out of the ordinary is happening. Just be level headed and act like you’ve got nothing to hide.We’re lucky at junkyard because of our positioning on a cul-de-sac and I always make it clear to the coppers that the neighbors are advocates of what we do, so they generally bounce not long after a couple minutes of talking to me. They scared.Western Michigan is different to inner Sydney but what about fire throwers, go go dancers and strippers?Mody/James: We totally had fire twirlers at our first Junkyard! We had no idea they were coming but I can remember talking to someone and seeing this spinning fire stick spring up from behind her head! In retrospect it was actually ridiculous that we had fire twirlers for the first junkyard and no cops rolled through. Go-go dancers and strippers would definitely be next level. Side note - throwing a themed Junkyard where the joint is decked out like the From Dusk Til Dawn bar would be mad.Noisey, Junkyard and Pistonhead present Junkyard Fest with Deep Sea Arcade, Chicks Who Love Guns, The Upskirts, Doc Holliday Takes the Shotgun and the Grease Arrestor at Vic on the Park on Saturday Oct 4. Entry is free but you need to RSVP here .Related content:Check Iceage’s New Video and Get Excited For Their Upcoming Australian ShowsDeep Sea Arcade Really Love CatsChicks Who Love Guns Know the Best Ideas Come From Fetish Sites
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