Tales of a Technogypsie

Manly MarketManly Beach, Queensland, Australiahttp://www.manlyharbourvillage.com/ Every sunday the Manly Creative Markets spreads out its presence in the Little Bayside Park along the Esplanade of the beaching and boating resort of Manly Beach. It runs from 8 am to 3 pm offering a wonderful assortment of hand crafts, Australian local gifts, food, snacks, handcrafts, and farmer’s [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Facepainting at the Phoenix Flea MarketPhoenixCanberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia On April 24, 2011 in Canberra, Australia at the infamous Irish Bar “The Phoenix”, bodypainter Leaf McGowan participated in the Phoenix Flea Market. Drinking, revelry, and art was had by all in attendance. Utilizing Ben Nye, Wolf, and Mehron bodypaint, the following is a photogallery [...]

Sunken Bones Societyhttp://www.sunkenbones.com/ I had the pleasure to meet some of the great folks of “The Sunken Bones Society” at their large annual gathering “The Buccaneer Bash” and their new convention called “Brethrencon“. Good times, good people, good purpose. The Society is working on 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization status as the are dedicated to [...]

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 [...]

Burning Man 2010: Metropolis * Black Rock City, Nevada * Monday, 30 August 2010 through Monday 6 September 2010 * Every year, in the heart of the Nevada Desert, a city known as Black Rock City is constructed to host the Burning Man Festival. It is a human created world with a dream of teaching [...]

Black Rock City, Nevada, United States Is one of Nevada’s largest cities during Labor Day every year. It is a temporary, experimental, city of art that only exists for the annual Burning Man Festival that creates it. It is created together by artisans, community, adventurers, gypsies, scientists, Burners, and the Black Rock City, LLC organization. [...]

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 [...]

The Three Wishes Faerie Festival* http://www.3wishesfaeryfest.co.uk/ * Colliford Lake, Bodmin Moor, Bodmin, Cornwall, England * June 18-21, 2010 * One of Europe’s most infamous and exciting Faerie Festivals, Three Wishes does not disappoint in the Realms of Enchantment. It was my first (of hopefully many) Three Wishes Faerie Fests. A gathering place for the faery [...]

The “Goddess Quest” Promotion Adventure for “Cliff Dreamers” During my visit this summer to Saveok Archaeological Site, upon meeting the magical and inspirational Jacqui Wood … I was introduced to the fantastical tale of “Cliff Dreamers”. “Cliff Dreamers” is a amazing novel written by Experimental Archaeologist Jacqui Wood as a ‘fantasy’ fiction tale rocketing you [...]

The Handfasting Saturday @ Beltania 2010 Beltania 2010: Overview* Florence Mountain Park * Florence, Colorado * www.beltanefestival.com * All across the world on May 1st, or the beginning of May, Beltane or May Day is celebrated. Here in Colorado, two enchanted souls – Joy and Walden – from the Living Earth Church, put on a [...]

“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 [...]

Good Faeries Masquerade Ball Good Faeries Masquerade Ball * January 29th, 2010 * McDonald Theater * Faerieworlds Winter 2010 * Eugene, Oregon * Blossomed forth from the infamously successful Summer Faerie Festival extravaganza … Faerieworlds … comes a rather new evolution of their festival – The Winter Celebration. Hosted indoors similar to a “Con” rather [...]

Flash News Update: Colorado Springs 3rd Infection photograph by Steve Carlin The Third Annual Colorado Springs Zombie Crawl and 80′s Dance PartyEvery October * Downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado * Every year, the zombie clans of Manitou Springs, Colorado Springs, Denver, and surrounding areas take over the streets of majorly populated city centers in Colorado. Some [...]

Third Zombie Outbreak in Colorado SpringsuWorld News Press: October 24, 2009: 0300 – Colorado Springs, Colorado photograph by Steve Carlin This has been the 3rd reported outbreak of zombie virus (feH1N1z) in Colorado Springs. This small city thought they were done with it. But each year, it seems to re-surface. First in 2007 with roughly [...]

Faerieworlds Day 3 Faerieworlds * Day 3 : Family Faerie Day* Faerieworlds * Mt. Pisgah Arboretum * Eugene, Oregon * Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 * The final day in the triad of adventure in Faerieworlds. Today’s theme was “Family Faerie Day” and quite a few families with their plentitudes of children attended since kids 12 [...]

Lunar Fire http://www.lunarfire.com/ Rooted with the infamous band “Kan’nal” this mystical array of musical talent, vocals, costumes, dance, and theater divinely constructed into a remarkable stage performance you’ll never forget. Amazing performance like always on 6/28/09 in Denver at Owsleys. As always, this awesome band from the Otherworlds, takes a weave of magical evolution with [...]

photo by Kathy McNuttFace handpainted by Leaf McGowanArms handpainted by Kathy McNutt Bodypainting Jam @ the Blue Sky Collective* 9635 W. Colfax, Lakewood (Denver), Colorado * blueskycollective.org * 303-238-0959Once a month usually on the 4th sunday at the Blue Sky Collective in Denver, local bodypainting artists gather to share their talent and art with those [...]

Telluride Mine Burn PartyTelluride, Coloradowww.totallyawesomewow.com From Burning Man’s “Wheel of Thwarted Ambition” Art exhibit comes a new sensational party that appears to be slated annually for fun in historic, scenic, and artistic Telluride. Within and around a defunct Limestone Mine the local artistic community throws the party of the year – to celebrate and commune [...]

2nd Annual Colorado Beltania Festival: Day 2 and 3 www.beltanefestival.com * Parrish Ranch * Outside of Fort Collins, Colorado * Living Earth aka Highlands Ranch Pagan Meetup * Friday-Sunday, May 8-10, 2009 “Living Earth” which is formerly known as “Highlands Ranch Pagan Meetup” has begun to host an annual celebration of the Pagan Sabbat of [...]

Beltane/May Day (May 1st) is a celebrated sabbat and holiday of Indo-European Paganism that was later adapted by Christianity, and then “holiday culture.” In terms of "holiday culture", is meant the current trend within our culture to take really traditional practices & rites and commercialize them or turn them into a non-religious "fun" holiday game [...]

Big John Bates Big John Bates and the Voodoo Dollswww.bigjohnbates.comFrom Vancouver, British Columbia ~ BANGTOWN 2009 WORLD TOUR ~ Performance in Denver, Colorado at the Three Kings Tavern * 60 S Broadway * Denver, CO 80209 * Night two and the finale of Big John Bates and the Voodoo Dolls in Colorado on tour this [...]

Celebrations Metaphysical Fair Celebrations Colorado Springs Metaphysical Fair Bi-Annually around April and October. April 17-19, 2009. Colorado Springs City Auditorium, 22 E. Kiowa Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado. http://www.celebrationfair.com/ One of Colorado Springs metaphysical shoppes for the last 20 years has been throwing a bi-annual metaphysical fair each year that grows vividly every year hosted. Their [...]

Trolls et Legendes Festival 2009 – Day 2 – Concerts Lotto Mons Expo * Avenue Thomas Edison – 7000 Mons – Belgium * http://www.trolls-et-legendes.be/2009/index-en.htm Knowing its a shame that I could only attend 2 of the 3 nights of concerts, I was in extreme excitement about tonight’s line-up with the chance to see my second [...]

Woodland Performing unplugged at Trolls et Legendes Festival in Mons, Belgium: 4/11/09Eugene, Oregon http://www.woodlandmusic.net/ Having already booked my trip to Europe without knowing about the Trolls et Legendes festival, I was pretty distraught that I would be missing the performance of Woodland on sunday since I had to leave the festival the night prior to [...]

Chapter 17: Part B Saturday, 11 April 2009Mons, Belgium “Closer to the key, I can feel it …” Sir Thomas Leaf pondered. “It is the day for the revelations to be revealed.” Difficulties making conversation or getting around without knowing French was pretty prevelant for the duo, and it frustrated Princess Brea. Sir Thomas Leaf [...]

Part A figures by Brian & Wendy Froud Saturday, 11 April 2009Mons, Belgium Today is the revelation of the key. Such as sacred day indeed. The adventurers awoke at the hostel, packed up their gear, and headed down for a decent breakfast. It was quite obvious many other Trolls-et-Legendes Festival-goers were there, as one could [...]

Martine Fassier Gallery at Trolls et Legendes Festival in Mons, Belgium: 4/11/09 – 4/12/09 www.martinefa.fr Another amazing artist, Martine got her degree in arts and crafts, moving over to graphic arts, and finally illustration. She’s well known for her calligraphy, drawing, and photography. She gains her inspiration from ancient myths and folklore, cinema, and childhood [...]