Pictures from Tales of a Technogypsie
Fresh * 1 Crown Alley * Temple Bar * Dublin, Ireland * 2 * phone: (01) 671 8423 * http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fresh-Temple-Bar/ * One of Dublin’s little hotspots for fashion, club wear, and alternative garb … “Fresh” is in the heart of Temple Bar along Crown Alley, and boasts the best of alternative brands for vintage, punk, [...]
This year, Technogypsie Productions, Pirate Relief, and The Tree Leaves’ Oracle & Folk Fellowship are helping with the production of “Shakefest by creating a children’s (and adults) fun area as the “Faerie Glen” with a Wishing Well, Rag Tree, and a Madhatter’s Tea Party and much much more. After hours, we’ll be doing a sorta- [...]
Allegria – Cirque du soleil – April 25-29, 2012. Dublin, Ireland * http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/alegria/show/about.aspx. Coming soon to Dublin is the world infamous monumental “Cirque Du Soleil” with their astonishing troupe and show “Alegría”. It’s a mood and a state of mind after which the show is named. Coming from the Spanish term for “jubilation” the troupe [...]
The Saturday March 17, 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade in Dublin, Ireland. Video clips of various Steampunk themed art and floats presented in the Parade.
* 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 [...]
The Pretty Vacant The Pretty Vacant Club * Mertensgasse 8 * D-40213 Düsseldorf * Open 8 til late (5 am) * http://www.prettyvacant.de/Saturday nights: The Sound’s of Swingin’ London. A great little hole-in-the-wall club and bar in the heart of the old town district of Dusseldorf. Around 10 pm, this little bar becomes infested with the [...]
Thursday, 22 May 2008 Washington, D.C. 11th annual D.C. Goth Prom “Under a Milky Way” * Town Danceboutique * 2009 8th Strett NW | Washington, DC 20009 * http://www.gothpromdc.com/ 11th Annual Goth Prom, Washington, D.C. 5/22/08 After the National Geographic Live and private reception, I headed over to my ‘first’, while DC’s 11th, Goth Prom [...]
Transit Bar * 7 AKUNA ST * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * P 02 6162 0899 * http://transitbar.com.au/ * A great little hole-in-the-wall bar down below the Canberra YHA Hostel on Akuna street. Delving into a mix of indie, rock n’ roll, and general alternative nights and gigs, the Transit Bar provides a [...]
*Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * Chrome Goth Night * Transit Bar * http://www.gothclublist.com/details/chrome.html * 7 AKUNA ST * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * P 02 6162 0899 * http://transitbar.com.au/ * Eager for some darksome and divine music, I hunted out what could lie beneath the underground of Australia’s capital city … Canberra. [...]
Bar 32 * 32 Northbourne Avenue * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * (02) 6162 3232 * http://www.bar32.com/ In search of the nightlife in Canberra, I was strongly recommended that Bar 32 was the place to be. We dropped in around 11 pm on a Friday night and it was pretty dead, being the only [...]
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – the night before the burning of the regional effigy’s (all 21 – largest planned controlled burn on the planet outside of war) our CORE group – Ireland – got together for a small party and Irish jam session as our effigy – the Celtic Dragon to wish her farewell into [...]
“Whiskey in the Jar” Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – the night before the burning of the regional effigy’s (all 21 – largest planned controlled burn on the planet outside of war) our CORE group – Ireland – got together for a small party and Irish jam session as our effigy – the Celtic Dragon to [...]
I’m tagging many movers and shakers from various communities, event coordinators, festival planners, discussion group organizers, entertainers, and/or vendors because I think this may be beneficial to you from one organizer / entertainer / and vendor to another. However, I realize I may be stepping on the toes of some who don’t agree with my [...]
Brethrencon 2010 ~ A Pirate’s Life For Me! * Denver Airport Marriott * 16455 E. 40th Circle * Aurora / Denver, Colorado * http://www.brethrencon.com/ * Phone: 720-841-8959 * Email: captaindrake@sunkenbones.com * A first ever Pirate Conference in the Rocky Mountains’ Metropolis “Denver, Colorado”. Hosted at the Airport Marriott in the suburb of Aurora, pirates and [...]
The Tree Leaves’ Oracle and Folk Fellowship * www.treeleavesoracle.org * 1991 – Present * Livejournal Community * Facebook Group * Founded in 1991 as an underground Neo-Pagan newsletter, evolving into an arts and crafts wandering business, “Tree Leaves” eventually mutated into a cooperative / collective of folk enthusiasts, folklorists, artists, musicians, religionists, and culturalists who [...]
Thunderdome / Death Guild * Burning Man * Black Rock City, Nevada * http://www.deathguildthunderdome.com/ * Every year many Burners look forward to the infamous “Thunderdome”, the interactive art project of San Francisco’s famed “Death Guild”. It is one of Burning Man’s most famous landmarks and one of its most exciting projects/theme camps. Operating for 6 [...]
NOTE: AS OF 2011 WE ARE UNAWARE OF THE OPERATIONAL STATUS OF THE LOTUS. PLEASE CONTAT ESTABLISHMENT BEFORE ATTENDING THESE EVENTS. IF EVENTS ARE NO LONGER IN OPERATION, THIS IS A NOSTALGIA REVIEW POST. Lotus Sound Lounge 455 Abbott Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1C8 604.685.7777 Vancouver, British Columbia Yahoo Maps! ClubVibes Details Rated **1/2 [...]
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. [...]
Club 23 West 23 West Cordova, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1C8 Vancouver, British Columbia Yahoo Maps! ClubVibes Details Rated ***** EVENTS: SIN CITY: Clubvibes.com description: “Sin City is a monthly club night dedicated to the truly kinky club demons of Vancouver and takes place monthly on every second Saturday of the month at Club 23 [...]
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, [...]
Celebrating a Knight’s Birthday and Smash Club 21 August 2010 * Denver, Colorado, United States of America * Sir Thomas Leaf prepared for the Knight’s gathering up in the Mile High City at Sir Guy’s Treehouse Party that would end with “Smash Club” (think “Fight Club” with large sledge hammers bashing appliances). He piled into [...]
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 [...]
Faerieworlds 2010 * Friday, 30 July 2010 – Sunday, 1 August 2010 * Mt. Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon * www.Faerieworlds.com * Every year the portals between the worlds of mortals and faeries open in Eugene, Oregon. For these last two years, this magical space has manifested itself at the Buford Recreation Park in the Mount Pisgah [...]
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 [...]