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When our schedules permit, Beefy and I try to make picture time, fun time. I keep a wish list of photo locations on my phone and we reference it for inspiration. Today, we made one of my dreams come true by shooting in an abandoned factory.
Blazer, Focus 2000 (thrifted). Dress, Tucker for Target. Boots, Miz Mooz. Bag, Charming Charlie. Bracelets, Garden of the Gods gift shop and vintage. Watch, Vivani (gift).
Well, it isn’t truly abandoned anymore. It looks as if it’s being rehabbed for a new occupant. We had to be extra stealthy.
Quoting from the HONK! Festival 2010 – Press Release, including Participants & Schedule of Events (as of 9/10/2010)
HONK! FESTIVAL 2010
FIFTH ANNUAL
this year featuring
[subject to revision]
• What Cheer? Brigade (Providence, RI)
• Veveritse (Brooklyn, NY)
• Titanium Sporkestra (Seattle, WA)
• Springville All Star Marching Band (Springville, NY)
• Seed and Feed Marching Abominables (Atlanta, GA)
• Rude Mechanical Orchestra (Brooklyn, NY)
• Minor Mishap Marching Band (Austin, TX)
• Leftist Marching Band (Portsmouth, NH)
• Himalayas (NY, NY)
• Extraordinary Rendition Band (Providence, RI)
• Environmental Encroachment (Chicago, IL)
• DJA-Rara (Brooklyn, NY)
• Detroit Party Marching Band (Detroit, MI)
• Bread and Puppet Circus Band (Glover, VT)
• Brass Liberation Orchestra (Oakland, CA)
• Black Bear Combo (Chicago, IL)
• Barrage Band Orchestra (Baltimore, MD)
with locals
[subject to revision]
• AfroBrazil
• AMP (Activist Music for the People) Radical Marching Band
• Bahamas Junkanoo Jumpers
• Dirty Water Brass Band
• Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
• Expandable Brass Band
• Factory Seconds
and
• Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band
October 8-10
based
in
Davis Square, Somerville
&
Harvard Square, Cambridge
ALL
[EXCEPT FOR ONE VERY AFFORDABLE EVENT]
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
(Somerville & Cambridge, MA) Born out of a need for street bands to celebrate their social activist side, the increasingly popular HONK! Festival is back for a 5 year with opportunities galore for participants and festival goers to enjoy themselves immensely. Rain or shine on Columbus Day weekend, October 8-10, the streets primarily in and around Davis Sq. and spilling out into Harvard Square will be teeming with bands raising a good time ruckus.
The confirmed HONK! band count is currently at 25, with one to two new ones being added weekly. But when the final count is in, this year up to 30, there’ll still be no stopping individuals who suddenly feel the need to jump in at the last minute. In today’s parlance, HONK! 2010 already has an app for that! Opportunities abound not only for festival invitees but for the spur of the moment merry maker, including a chance to play music with the October 10th impromptu “community band” made up of individual musicians, who are not affiliated with any of this year’s HONK! bands, but are interested in participating in the gigantic HONK! Parade to Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet.
Festival updates can be found at www.honkfest.org, twitter.com/honkfest/, and www.facebook.com/honkfestival, or by calling 617-383-HONK (4665). Listed on the next few pages is the festival schedule as it now stands:
2010 WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Friday, October 8, 1-5 pm
HONK! In The Neighborhoods
Visiting HONK! bands will team up with their local counterparts to perform and interact at several Boston-area Boys and Girls Clubs, as well as at other non-profit venues or gatherings. At this writing the following clubs and organizations who will be participating are:
Yawkey Club of Roxbury, 115 Warren St., Roxbury; Charlestown Club, 15 Green Street, Charlestown; Blue Hill Club, 15 Talbot Ave., Dorchester; South Boston Club, 230 West Sixth Street, South Boston; Union Square Main Streets, Union Square, Somerville; Zumix, 260 Summer St., East Boston; and the Food Not Bombs gathering at Park St. on the Boston Common.
Many of these events are free and open to all.
For information: 617-383-HONK (4665), info@honkfest.org
Saturday, October 9, 12:30 pm-9 pm
HONK! On Davis Square
Up to 30 activist street bands, from near and far, will perform outdoors for free. An Opening Ceremony to be held at 12:30 pm in 7 Hills Park, Davis Square, Somerville. At this writing the following bands will be participating, listed in alphabetical order: AfroBrazil, AMP (Activist Music for the People) Radical Marching Band, Bahamas Junkanoo Jumpers, Barrage Band Orchestra, Black Bear Combo, Brass Liberation Orchestra, Bread and Puppet Circus Band, Detroit Party Marching Band, Dirty Water Brass Band, DJA-Rara, Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band, Environmental Encroachment, Expandable Brass Band, Extraordinary Rendition Band, Factory Seconds, Himalayas, Leftist Marching Band, Minor Mishap Marching Band, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band, Seed and Feed Marching Abominables, Springville All Star Marching Band, Titanium Sporkestra, Veveritse, and What Cheer? Brigade.
Davis Square, Somerville
[Conveniently located near the Davis Square stop on the Red Line and several MBTA bus connections.]
Free and open to all; rain or shine.
For information: 617-383-HONK (4665), info@honkfest.org
Sunday, October 10, noon-2 pm
HONK! Parade to Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet
Led by the Mayors of Somerville and Cambridge, the parade will feature all the HONK! bands, plus the Bread & Puppet Theater, the impromptu “community band,” and many local arts and community organizations, such as Green Streets Initiative, Bikes Not Bombs, 350.org, Open Air Circus, Puppeteers Cooperative, Livable Streets, and Sprout. The parade assembles at 11 am, and the route starts in Davis Square, Somerville, at noon, making its way to Harvard Square’s Oktoberfest celebration in Cambridge. To participate in the parade or to volunteer as a parade facilitator, contact parade@honkfest.org.
[Conveniently located near the Davis, Porter, and Harvard Square stops on the Red Line and several MBTA bus
connections.]
Free and open to all; rain or shine.
For information: 617-383-HONK (4665), info@honkfest.org
Sunday, October 10, 2-6 pm
HONK! at Oktoberfest
Several HONK! bands will be featured in Harvard Square’s Oktoberfest.
[Conveniently located near the Harvard Square stop on the Red Line and several MBTA bus connections.]
Free and open to all; rain or shine.
For information, visit www.harvardsquare.com, 617-491-3434, hsba@harvardsquare.com
Sunday, October 10, 8 pm-midnight
HONK! Blow-Out
Featuring all the HONK! bands, performing up to 10 minute sets each. At this writing the following bands will be participating, listed in alphabetical order: AfroBrazil, AMP (Activist Music for the People) Radical Marching Band, Bahamas Junkanoo Jumpers, Barrage Band Orchestra, Black Bear Combo, Brass Liberation Orchestra, Bread and Puppet Circus Band, Detroit Party Marching Band, Dirty Water Brass Band, DJA- Rara, Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band, Environmental Encroachment, Expandable Brass Band, Extraordinary Rendition Band, Factory Seconds, Himalayas, Leftist Marching Band, Minor Mishap Marching Band, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band, Seed and Feed Marching Abominables, Springville All Star Marching Band, Titanium Sporkestra, Veveritse, and What Cheer? Brigade.
Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Square, Somerville
[Conveniently located near the Davis Square stop on the Red Line and several MBTA bus connections.]
Ticket: $10 general admission.
For tickets and information: (617) 625-5700, http://feitheatres.com/somerville-theatre/
Leading up to this year’s Columbus Day weekend events, there are several preliminary events worth noting:
Through Thursday, September 30, 2010:
HONK! Photo Exhibit
Features 7 photographers: Greg Cook, Tiffany Knight, Mark Dannenhauer, Jesse Edsell-Vetter, Benjamin Greenberg, Chris Yeager & Akos Szilvasi. Their photos are inspired by HONK! Festival 2009.
The Inside-Outside Gallery (aka the CVS windows)
CVS Pharmacy
1 Davis Square, Somerville
[Conveniently located near the Davis Square stop on the Red Line and several MBTA bus connections.]
Free and open to all.
For more information, photoshow@honkfest.org.
Monday, September 13, 7-8:30 pm:
We Love HONK! Volunteers Meeting
Sign-up gathering to help in all the ways that make HONK! possible. Individuals and groups interested in participating in the parade, to be held from noon-2 pm on October 10th, are also encouraged to attend. Fun is guaranteed!
Somerville Public Library (West Branch)
40 College Ave., Somerville
[Conveniently located near the Davis Square stop on the Red Line and several MBTA bus connections.]
For more information, contact volunteers@honkfest.org.
Tuesday, September 21, 10 am-11 pm:
Flatbread Pizza For HONK! Benefit
All day, with a special 7:30 pm performance by the Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band. Flatbread in Somerville is donating a portion of the cost of every pizza pie purchased during the day to the HONK! Festival.
Flatbread Company
45 Day Street, Somerville
[Conveniently located near the Davis Square stop on the Red Line and several MBTA bus connections.]
For more information, contact benefit@honkfest.org.
The HONK! Festival is a good idea coming to fruition. A need had been identified, not only on the part of musicians — of a particular persuasion — who have a penchant for gathering to raise a awareness about issues that need attention. But also a need is there on the part of the audience — not necessarily of any persuasion — to bask in the glow of this unusual phenomenon.
As often as bands congregate to HONK in protest, they also perform to celebrate the causes and institutions they support: multicultural festivals, peace conferences, social forums, artists’ collectives, community gardens, block parties, neighborhood fundraisers, relief benefits and homeless shelters. In every case, the HONKers’ ultimate goal is to have fun, to relish the art of making fun as a form of individual and collective transcendence, and to encourage others to see and do the same.
The HONK! Festival Committee would like to give special thanks to the following for their support of this year’s
HONK! Festival: City of Somerville, the Somerville Arts Council, RESIST, Harvard Square Business Association, Davis Square businesses, and last but not least, the local Davis Square community, whose support in terms of in-kind donations of food and public services, housing for upwards of 300 musicians, and cash contributions, is vital to keeping the HONK! effort going.
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--submitted by marycurtinproductions
c/o Mary Curtin
[contact info deleted, for her privacy --cdevers.]
"dedicated to staging insightful entertainment, particularly in non-traditional venues"
What are the chances she'd be wearing a green shirt?
Pretty slim, let me tell you. I believe she only has 1.
Late Christmas present from one of my nephews picked it up yesterday ...she is supposed to wave in the sunlight.....today she hasn't moved
I'll tell you what...
Funerals are not always fun, nor should they be. You mourn the loss of someone you care for because letting go of them is difficult and it represents the strength of the love you had for them. That said... James was the King Daddy of fun and strove to preserve fun in all of its forms. If James was at his own funeral he would definitely FUN IT UP!
The urban dictionary (convieniently) describes a FUN PIG as a pig for fun. An individual who makes a pig of himself (or herself) in the consumption of fun. Also - an enforcer of fun. An agent of fun that protects and serves the interests of fun.
My friends and I are all fun pigs and to properly say goodbye to the greatest fun pig I knew, we totally ramped up the fun in James' honor.
After the services in Staten Island we met up at Rothmann's Steakhouse here in Manhattan where Denis O'Connor, the restaurant's super cool chef insisted that we remember James in the most fun way you can on a friday night in Midtown... eatin', drinkin' and enjoying the company of good friends.
After Rothmann's, we headed back to Brett and Emily's place for some Rock Band and Venture Bros till the early morning.
It's OK to laugh again and long live the fun!
UPDATE: I've just launched a brand spanking new Flickr Group called FUN PIGS in honor of this moment and Fun people everywhere. So join the group and start posting your fun pix!
Nate Ruess
September 4th, 2013
@ The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Most Nights Tour
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Hat: costume shop
Shirt: United Colors of Benetton
Blazer: Kimchi & Blue
Belt: thrifted
Bloomers: hand-made
Tights: unknown
Shoes: Timberland, believe it or not
Eyeshadow: www.limecrimemakeup.com
Best seen on black - press L or click image above. Also, best viewed on a color-aware browser like Firefox, on a color corrected monitor that can fully support at least the sRGB color gamut.
Test shot with Nikon D4 + Nikon AF DC-Nikkor 135mm f/2D. The primary goal was to test the sharpness of the older 130/2 lens with the 16MP sensor in the D4.
At a distance of 1m, the DoF with this lens at f/2 is only 5.7mm, much less than even some of the famous shallow DoF lenses such as the Nikkor 85/1.4G, Nikkor NOCT 58/1.2, or even Leica Noctilux 50/0.95. At a distance of 3m (~10 feet), the DoF increases to 5.7cm or 2.25 inches.
So it is easy to see large areas of the image apparently OOF, but the reality is, sharpness is highly contained to the area of focus, unless the lens is stopped down.
For anyone interested in the image quality from this camera/lens, I have uploaded the full 16.2MP high-res version of the image at 90% JPEG quality.
D40_2662
Then sew the two patches together with the seam being on the side with the longest print fabric.....or where the prints meet in the middle and the background is on opposite corners.
Enjoying the Walton Park Family Fun Day 2011 were Molly Kate Hearne and Savannah Rockett from Stradbally..
Photo Sean Byrne//Deise Media