Tales of a Technogypsie

* April 23, 2011 Concert @ The Transit Bar * Downtown Canberra * ACT * Australia * While exploring downtown Canberra, I popped into the Transit Bar, underneath where I was staying in the Canberra Hostelling International for a night out downtown. The Holidays, a local Australian band, was just returning from their first ever [...]

NOTE: THE PURPLE ONION NO LONGER EXISTS. THE CLUB CLOSED DOWN. THIS IS NOW JUST A NOSTALGIC REVIEW PIECE FROM THE PAST. the Purple Onion Cabaret * 15 Water Street * Gas town -Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1A1 * 604.602.9442 * www.purpleonion.com * Mondays Vancouver’s only underground Brit Night – radiohead, blur, suede, bowie, clash. [...]

Burning Man Festival Black Rock City, Nevada Burning Man is a week long arts and entertainment, sustainable and self-reliance festival that occurs every year embracing Labor Day. From 1986 until 1989 there was a Summer Solstice bonfire ritual held on Baker Beach in San Francisco by Larry Harvey, Jerry James, and their friends. Here they [...]

Itchy-O @ Smash Club* Private Party * Denver, Colorado * Saturday, August 21, 2010 * www.itchyo.com * An AMAZING Marching Band by the name of “Itchy-O” graced our presence and spiced up the already fantastic party to enlightened levels at Odd Todd’s Junk Yard “Smash Club” this particular Saturday. A major compilation of ambient, experimental, [...]

Radio London Radio London @ the 2010 Colorado Faerie Festival * http://www.reverbnation.com/radiolondon * Performed 2010 Colorado Faerie Festival * Vermijo Park, Old Colorado City, Colorado * Saturday, 7 August 2010 * Radio London is a local Rock/Blues/Funk band out of Woodland Park, Colorado. They offer a vintage and hard rock n’ roll blended with Rhythm [...]

Faun @ Faerieworlds 2010, Day 2 & Finale* Faerieworlds 2010 * Sunday, 1 August 2010 * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * The pleasure of the German band “Faun” taking the afternoon stage for the final day of Faerieworlds 2010. The weather was perfect, sunny, and warm – the green was littered with faeries old and [...]

Faun * Performance on Saturday, 31 July 2010 * Faerieworlds 2010 * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon *One of my longest running favorite bands that I’ve had the pleasure of seeing live in Worms Germany (2009) as well as their North American premiere at Faerieworlds in 2009. I was introduced to them from a DJ Ferret [...]

Delhi 2 Dublin * Delhi 2 Dublin – Day 2 @ Faerieworlds 2010 * Saturday, July 31, 2010 * Faerieworlds * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * One of my favorite bands, blessing the stages of Faerieworlds once again, and thereby throwing me into non-stop dancing and bouncing throughout the concert. Delhi 2 Dublin is an [...]

Gypsy Nomads* Performance at Faerieworlds 2010 * Saturday, 31 July 2010 * Faerieworlds * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * http://www.thegypsynomads.com/ * On to the stage at Faerieworlds all the way from New York came a duo of Gypsy Nomads who shook the stage with a mix of cabaret, celtic, and neo-medieval flavored music meshed with [...]

Man Overboard* Performance, Saturday 31 July 2010 * Faerieworlds 2010 * Bad Faeries Day * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * http://www.myspace.com/manoverboardpirates * http://www.manoverboardmusic.com/ * Another year the infamous pirates and scoundrels of “Man Overboard” hit the stage at Faerieworlds delivering a stunning performance. Man Overboard is an Oregon based band that meshes pirate music of [...]

Faerieworlds Day 2: Bad Faeries * Saturday, 31 July 2010 * Faerieworlds 2010 * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * Bad Faeries Day is traditionally one of the most happening days at Faerieworlds. It is the day when the fae let go and welcome the mischief, the naughty, the friskyness, and fully enjoy the party. A [...]

Woodland* http://www.woodlandmusic.net/ * Eugene, Oregon * Performance Friday 30 July 2010 at Faerieworlds * The amazing inspiration and co-creators behind the world-famous Faerieworlds festival, the Band Woodland has weaved a living myth in the Pacific Northwest. Straight out of a faerie tale, Woodland brings together enchanting rhythmns, otherworldly music, inspirational lyrics, and mesmerizing ambiance. They [...]

Talesma* www.telesmaband.com * Maryland * Performance at Faerieworlds 2010 on Saturday from 5:30-7 pm; 7/31/2010 * A very intriguing American psychedelic electro-tribal rock band out of Maryland, Telesma pounded and tranced the fae on day 2 of Faerieworlds 2010. They played Faerieworlds in 2009 and came back for a repeat performance. Talesma brings together modern [...]

Brother* http://www.brothermusic.com/ * Australia * Performance at Faerieworlds 2010 on 7/30/2010 from 8:00-10:00 pm * An awesome Celtic mongrel rock band from Australia … Brother had the Fae spinning crazily on the main stage opening night of Faerieworlds 2010. Brother incorporates bagpipes, didgeridoo, vocals, and mashes Celtic and Australian rock to a unique sound of [...]

Tricky Pixie * http://www.trickypixie.com/ * performance at Faerieworlds: Day 1 * July 01, 2010 * from 3:00-4:00 pm on the main stage * One of the Pacific Northwest’s most whimsical and mischievious of musical trios that bring comedy and mayhem to Faerieworlds every year. They were birthed from the very root of Faerieworlds. The Guitarist [...]

“Punk Rock Flea Market” @ The Red Raven, Pueblo, Colorado * Red Raven Studios * 1143 E. Evans * Pueblo, Colorado * Saturday, April 24th, 2010 * http://www.myspace.com/526688662 * All Ages Event * From noon until about midnight, a host of talent as well as arts/crafts/collectibles/shirts/candles/and punk rock oriented gifts were presented to Pueblo’s alternative [...]

VNV Nation, System Syn, Revolution State * Thursday, 8 April 2010 * 8 PM – 12:30 AM * The Black Sheep * 2106 E. Platte Ave * Colorado Springs, Colorado * While I’m not a big fan of the Black Sheep as a venue (too small, too grungy, the sound is often messed up, and [...]

Bad Faeries Masquerade Ball – Faerieworlds Winter Celebration 2010 Faerieworlds Winter 2010 * McDonald Theater * Eugene, Oregon * January 30, 2010 * 7:30-12:30 * An amazing night following the Good Faeries Night at the 2010 Winter Celebration of Faerieworlds was the notorious “Bad Faeries Night”. For this celebration, it was by far my favorite [...]

Abney Park Abney Park* Faerieworlds Winter 2010 Celebration * McDonald Theater * Eugene, Oregon * January 30th, 2010 * 9:00-10:30 * I’ve always been a fan from of Abney Park’s music, but this was an absolute pleasure to see them live, especially at Faerieworlds where the Faeries and otherworldly folk seasoned their outfits Steampunk style. [...]

Delhi 2 Dublin * Performance 1/29/2010 * Faerieworlds WInter 2010 Celebration * Good Faeries Masquerade * McDonald Theater * Eugene, Oregon * Growing very rapidly to be one of my favorite dubstep/fusion/beat bands, from my pseudo-home city of Vancouver, B.C. Delhi 2 Dublin is sure to entice its audiences into a frenzy … and the [...]

Woodland * Performance 1/29/2010 * Faerieworlds WInter 2010 Celebration * Good Faeries Masquerade * McDonald Theater * Eugene, Oregon * One of my favorite Pagan/Faerie bands, Woodland is the mover/shakers behind the phenomena that is Faerieworlds. Highlighting the first night of the Good Faeries Masquerade Ball at the McDonald Theater that was part of Faerieworlds [...]

Faun Faun – Day 3 @ FaerieworldsFaerieworlds * August 2, 2009 * 7-8:45 pm * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * Somehow I didn’t come to expect that I’d be blessed and lucky enough to see my favorite band twice at this festival. This time, for the finale for Faerieworlds, they played in the daylight as [...]

Woodland* http://www.woodlandmusic.net/ * performance at Faerieworlds: Day 3 * July 31, 2009 * Main stage *Another amazing performance of Woodland at their home fest. I much more enjoyed this performance than friday’s … not sure why, but amazed and enchanted on both days. To have them open for Faun and to transition the amazing performances [...]

Faun Faun – Day 2 @ FaerieworldsFaerieworlds * August 1, 2009 * 9:30 pm – 11 pm * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * My current most favorite band remained ever-so-more my favorite after their amazing concert on the night of Saturday August 1st, 2009 during their premiere North American performance at Faerieworlds 2009. I have [...]

Louisa John-Krohl – Day 2 @ FaerieworldsFaerieworlds * August 1, 2009 * 7:45 – 8:45 pm * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * www.louisajohnkrol.com – Myspace: www.myspace.com/louisajohnkrol * Faerie tales and mythic stories in poetic song in a faerie folk-Celtic influence and style in her presentation. Louisa John-Krol, came as a guest from Australia to the [...]

Delhi 2 Dublin – Day 2 @ FaerieworldsFaerieworlds * August 1, 2009 * 5:45 – 7 pm * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * I had heard of Delhi 2 Dublin and rave reviews of their music. But I never “heard” them. What a sensational band! The Irish fusion with Indian hop really made me want [...]

Tricky Pixie Tricky Pixie – Day 2 @ Faerieworlds* http://www.trickypixie.com/ * performance at Faerieworlds * August 1, 2009 * 1 – 2 pm on the main stage * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * Tricky Pixie is an amazing Faerie trio that came to be because of Faerieworlds. S.J. Tucker (guitar/vocals), Alexander James Adams (fiddle/mandolin/bodhran), and [...]

Faerieworlds Greeters Faerieworlds Day 1: Good Faeries Day : Faerieworlds 2009: July 31st, 2009 www.faerieworlds.com We arrived late morning in enough time to register and set up camp before the larger crowds came rambling in, though there were already a plethera of attendees. The gates to the realms was opened at 2 pm. The Main [...]

Woodland with Adam Hurst and Louisa John-Krol* http://www.woodlandmusic.net/ * performance at Faerieworlds: Day 1 * July 31, 2009 * from 9:30-11 pm on the main stage *The kindred spirits of Faerieworlds in their amazing band named “Woodland” whom supernaturally crafts Celtic-inspired Faerie/Pagan trance-rock. Woodland was also founded by Faerieworlds producers/founders Kelly and Emilio Miller-Lopez. Woodland [...]

Bone Poets Orchestra (formerly known as Gaia Consort) * http://gaiaconsort.com/ * performance at Faerieworlds: Day 1 * July 31, 2009 * from 5:45-6:45 pm on the main stage * One of my all-time favorite Pagan bands I’ve seen throughout the years from Pagan Spirit Gathering, Faerieworlds, and various local festivals in their home area of [...]