Backyard Backanalia, 27th March, 2010
A few shots of Saturday’s Backanalia. Click a thumbnail to open the image browser gallery.
Update: More pics added by David Howe.
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Stateline Clip
For those of you still searching for the Stateline piece on the Backyard Backanalia, Guerrilla Gig and Bootleg Sessions, here’s the youtube clip, thoughtfully recorded and uploaded by Johnboy at The RiotACT.
Backyard Backanalia, 2nd March 2009
Saturday evening last saw the final Backanalia of the 2008/9 season, held in its new location in deepest darkest suburban inner north Canberra. By all accounts it seemed to go off very nicely with great performances by the aptly named Fun Machine, Julia and The Deep Sea Siren, Simone Penkethman, The Wedded Bliss and Dr Stovepipe (with a little bit of Fireside Revelry thrown in gratis). Also, no complaints from the neighbours.
It was back to the Backanalias of old, with lots of kids amongst a broad age range present, a pleasantly packed house, beautiful weather, crackling fire bins and a general ambience of bon homie. Or so I felt it. I hope the Stateline cameras were able to capture some of that feeling, they having partially inspired the staging of this Backanalia as they wanted to film local ‘underground’ music in action for a segment possibly airing on Friday. So we’ll see. They also filmed the Guerrilla Gig the next day and The Bootleg Sessions at the Phoenix on Monday, both of which were great gigs in their own special way.
Backanalia Tonight
The weather is simply gorgeous and tonight’s Backyard Backanalia is subtitled Obamanalia. Three days later the ‘Free World’ gets a new leader, a man who has so many people’s hopes on his shoulders that we should probably all get used to a sense of profound disappointment, but in these last few days before the advent, hope springs eternal and in that spirit we’d like to dedicate this Backy (as it’s affectionately known), not so much to Obama as to that spirit of hope, the hope for a better, kinder, saner, fairer, more sustainable and more musical world.
CMC members only, 7-11pm (doors 6pm), members only + one guest each)
Entry is free, there will be a free sausage sizzle, everything else is BYO and we will pass around a hat for the musicians who will be, in no particular order:
The Fuelers, The Cashews, Fire on the Hill, Lachlan Coventry, Johnny Huckle, The Bluffhearts.
Ding Dong Her Work is Done
We are bemused to announce that Margaret of Ainslie, our neighbour, who single-handedly fought the good fight to rid our street of any signs of life and culture, has done so even though she fully intended to up and leave a few months later. Such selflessness. Such benevolence. The neighbourhood will perhaps be dismayed to learn that there now stands nothing between them and a complete outbreak of lawless merry making, nothing that is, except for the fact that we also are leaving, our lease being up and the landlord apparently moving in.
Is it possible that Margaret, who admitted on 666 ABC that it was she who complained to our real estate agent (who then issued a cease and desist letter regarding the Backyard Backanalia), has also been involved in our dismissal? I guess we’ll never know, but fans of Margaret can cherish the possibility that her final gift to the neighbourhood was to rid it of us for good.
As Margaret told us during our pre-emptive visit to discuss the Backanalia with her (which she denied ever happened, to the Chief Minister no less), she was desirous of moving to ‘a better area’ of Ainslie, so we can’t accept credit for having moved her on. Residents of ‘better areas’ of Ainslie can only hope that Margaret and her charming maltese terrier are heading their way.
Backanalia Cancelled Again
Sorry to those of you who were planning to attend, and those who were going to play, but we have decided to cancel tonight’s Backanalia due to persistent gusty wind and the threat of rain. It was a tough decision but the good news is all the infrastructure is in place for a show and we may well just do the same line-up next Saturday, 20th Dec, depending on everyone’s availability of course.
Backanalia Cancelled
Sorry folks, we’re pulling the plug. The confluence of big angry clouds and a small, possibly justifiably, angry woman, has given us the willies. Hope to see you at the next first one in December at the new location. Also, if you want to see how these things play out in the public domain, check this.
Frockin “ell
Frockanalia, Backyard Backanalia, Sat 21st Jun, 2007.
by Charlie
Well my my…. it”s amazing the things that can happen when you put on a dress…strange gestures…accentuated S”s…. the words “Sweety” and “Darling” instantly take up %50 of your vocabulary and you start using words like “ensemble” in order to describe an outfit.
Last Saturday was indeed a Grande Affair at Loadedog Headquarters for the first winter backyard gig… Frockanalia!!! Many of the menfolk scared the punters at the North Ainslie Primary fete as they decided to frock up instead of paying the $5 penalty and it was quite a sight when they all lined up at the front of the stage for photo ops. Such a sight we had to attach a pic. I think you”ll find a clear winner in the purple ensemble.
There were some stella performances with Tabatha Omaji, Ashley Walsh, Cathy Petocz and the Glaciers springing out. The wine flowed, the food may or may not have done the same and once the official music was done with there was much singing around the campfire. To think the Gods almost ruined it with bad weather, then pulled glorious sun and blue skies out of the bag at the last minute.
Frockanalia is go
I tell ya I can’t believe our luck . It’s one of those beautiful, crisp, sunny, Canberra winter days! Perfect for sitting around in a back yard listening to music.
Get thee to the Frock! In a Frock. And have a frocking good time!
Frockanalia Weather Watch
The Frockanalia, previously rated a 50/50 chance of going ahead, has much brighter prospects following a revision of the Bureau of Meteorology’s forecast:
Forecast for Saturday
A fine, mainly sunny day with light to moderate southwest to westerly winds.
Precis: Fine, mostly sunny.
City: Min 2 Max 14
Tuggeranong: Min 2 Max 14
Chance of rainfall: 10%.
Winds on Lake: Southwest to westerly winds 10 to 20km/hr
A final announcement will appear here by 9am or so.
Electionalia Pics
Late, these are, because the person who took ‘em, the charming Pling (who has graciously allowed them to be posted here – thanks mate), delivered them just a week or so ago. It then took me till now to remember how to”bejigger the folder so the gallery would work. So that’s why the hell I’m posting now these photos,”from way back in November 2007, of”the infamous Electionalia, a combined Backanalia/Election Party. It proved to be”a fabulous way to send off John Howard and co. Gee it seems like a long time ago now…
PS. One thing I like about these Simpleviewer galleries is, once all the large-sized”images have loaded, and after you’ve clicked on one of the thumbnails, you can scroll through just by using the arrow keys on your keyboard.”If you”do it really fast it looks sorta cool.
Backyard Backanalia Goes Nuts
The above picture is a view of the Backyard Backanalia, taken from ‘The Gallows’, during Earth Hour. We didn’t turn out all the lights as you can see, safety being a factor, but the majority of lighting was extinguished for approximately an hour at approximately 8pm as the crowd, at that stage numbering around 250, was entertained by Andi and George and crew in an acoustic drum jam.
The official door count at the end was 310 but the Ladies (and child) of the Door advise this was an underestimation (it’s difficult to remember to do a tick for every single entry), not to mention that kids weren’t counted, nor band members, nor a motley assortment of freeloaders who have mastered the art of sweet-talking.
Brick Bats and Cheesecake
One of our neighbours from over the back fence just dropped by with half a cheesecake as a thankyou for the music last Saturday. She was having a party in her yard that night and the Backyard Backanalia apparently provided a lovely aural backdrop. This was in stark contrast to Angry Neighbour from three doors down who made a brief cameo appearance at around 1 AM, fronting up to poor Alice Cottee in the middle of a quiet solo number and abusing her.
They (he and his pretty but venomous wife) passed by yesterday as we were unloading from a gig at Olims, making some snide remark but unwilling to stop and have a reasonable talk about it. As they disappeared down the street I yelled out that it was the last Backanalia we’d be putting on there and that we were moving out this week. She did a little victory dance.
Besides Angry Neighbour’s lack of social skills, the community hereabouts has been remarkably tolerant of our occasional debauches – just one official noise complaint in our five years here. The people next door, a gentile older couple with an immaculate lawn, have been quite sweet about things. They cop the main brunt of the p.a. and only a couple of times have they come by to meekly suggest we could turn it down, and that only when we’ve gone well over the usual end time of 11pm.
