The Score @ The Zoo 11/02/2010 Photos now online. See full Set here on Flickr.
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The Score @ The Zoo 11/02/2010
2010! Finally.
2009, well, kinda sucked for me really. Massive transition year, and its finally come to an end. So without focusing on the negative to much, 2010 is going to be awesome. and already is..
The Bus is coming together with its new paint job completed by myself and Romsy, who put in a huge effort.. thanks heaps man. The Solar panel system is in place and held up pretty well over the 2 weeks spent at stanthorpe and woodford folk festival over the christmas / newyears period. Just the interior to complete and work the bugs out of the solar power system.
Towards the end of 2009 I joined a band called “Hung”. with some of my heros of past australian music scene. Taz on Guitar and Vocals, Dave Miller on Vocals, Matt Wilkie on Bass, Dave Atkins on Guitar and Drums, and one of my closest mates Tones on Drums. Around the same time my mate Tones, Matt Napier and Stu Formed a new groove funk hip hop group. Basicly me on decks and keys, Tones on drums and programing, Matt on guitar and programing, and Stu on Bass. With Guest vocals from some seriously awesome People such as Abstract Rude (LA). and a bunch of people lined up for 2010. This years is going to be a big one for this group, as soon as we work out what name we are going to stick with. ? Ive also been focusing on my Acoustic folk album and should be hitting the live scene this year. So music is already a massive part of 2010.
Woodford folk festival over the newyears period turned out to be completely different from the year before and not what I expected, but ill leave that story for next time.
So all in all, 2010 will be basically Music, Art, Photography, and Hanging out with the girl, and working very little. We have a nice little apartment on the north side brisbane now with street parking for the bus. So it looks like ill be hanging around for a while.
Woodford Folk Festival 09/10 Program Launch
The Woodford Folk Festival 09/10 program has landed and what an awesome festival this is going to be. More than 580 acts on 22 stages over six days. The 24th Woodford Folk Festival is upon us and you seriously don’t want to miss this one.
On Saturday October 24th 2009, a large group of Woodfordians gathered together on the festival site to be the first to get a glimpse of the much anticipated 2009/10 program. Being part of the woodfordia treehuggers and repeat volunteer for the festivals held here throughout the year, this was a weekend I could not miss.
We arrived on site Friday afternoon ready to get stuck into the tree huggers working bee Saturday morning, being moved forward a day to free us up for the program launch party on Saturday evening. This was also a mini test run for Machete the motor home as this folk festival will be our first with her. But enough about me…
heres some high lights of the line up…
Afro Dizzi Act
Angie Hart
Chocolate Strings
Dallas Frasca
Don McGlasham
Dubmarine
Hungry Kids of Hungary
Iwantja Band
James Blundell
John Butler Trio
Swamp Dogs
Mama Kin
Miguel
Mojo Juju & the Snake oil Merchants
Paul Dempsey
Rapskallion
Street Warriors
the Medics
The Panics
Tripod
Vince Jones
and many many more amazing acts, along with real freakshows such as the new Disturbia, a new approach to film throughout the festival, more acts, more street entertainment more stalls, food, workshops than ever seen at past woodford folk festivals . This is one not to be missed.
For more info see the official website. http://www.woodfordfolkfestival.com
Volunteer Positions are still available so get in now.
For all the images from the weekend please see my set on Flickr here http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkwhy/sets/72157622533521011/
I will be running a full recap of last years festival over weeks leading to this years festival, right here on monkwhy.com. stay tuned.
DAMIEN QUICK | PHOTOGRAPHY
www.damienquick.com
Chalk Art - Brisbane Writers Festival
The evening of September 9th 2009, Brisbane city council commissioned a group of local artists to draw a huge Chalk art piece in front of the Brisbane Square Library. Headed by BLAC (Brisbane Local Arts Collective)’s Creative Director, David Hooper, a group of 18 or so talented local artists were gathered together to bring this incredible work of art to life.
The Piece was designed to celebrate the 2009 Brisbane Writers festival and a short story specially written for the project lent its self beautifully to art design and shape of the Squares Fixed art features.
Taking around 9 hours to complete, this mammoth 19m diameter piece stunned the mornings traffic as they made their way to work. Organisers were very pleased with how the piece turned out and are looking at more public arts projects in Brisbane’s near future.
If your a Local Brisbane Artist and would like to get involved in future BLAC Projects, join the BLAC Group on Facebook.
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For all the Photos from the Chalk Art Evening See my Chalk Art Photo Set on Flickr.com
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DAMIEN QUICK | PHOTOGRAPHY
www.damienquick.com
August Tree Huggers Weekend 2009
After falling in love with the Woodford Folk Festival site at 2008’s Folk Festival, you just cant keep me away from the place. I Leapt at every opportunity to come back here including joining the sites own land care group aptly named the Woodfordia Tree Huggers.
Each month an enthusiastic group of volunteers head out to the site located just out of the town of Woodford about an hours drive north of Brisbane City, QLD, Australia. Arriving Saturday arvo, we all gather at festival hall to meet and get to know our fellow team members over a few drinks. The Variation of folks here is incredible. For those of you thinking we’re “just a bunch of hippies”, well, we maybe at heart, however when you get to know your new friends here, the variety of skills and knowledge you discover is astounding.
On Sunday morning, we are give a small task to complete. This time round we split up into groups to complete some more mulch dispersion around the festival site and out in the day camp area, cleaning up around the sedge pond and clearing a stagnant water drain.
Whilst Tim and I attempted to get the drain flowing again we discovered one of the local creatures living in the mud. Hopefully we made his habitat a bit more homely after the clean up. Also as we hunted for the origin of the drain we discovered Robbo’s Damn, something we had heard about but never seen until now.
After just a few hours of fulfilling labour, its time to pack up and head back to festival hall for the provided BBQ lunch. Its amazing how much can get done with a decent number of people in such a short time. Not to mention a chance to get away from the city and meet some positive like minded people.
If you would like to get involved with the Tree Huggers and become a part of the Woodford Folk Festival family please apply to the mailing list at the following address.. treehuggers [at] woodfordfolkfestival [dot] com .
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All of the imgaes from the August 2009 Treehuggers weekend can be viewed on my flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkwhy/sets/72157622158237543/
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