Monday, 25 August 2014
Jemma Catt
Congrats Jemma!
http://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/story/2504974/jemma-catt-earns-tafes-pre-vocational-student-of-the-year-award/
Ami James
Ami James is
a famous tattoo artist he was born in Israel and lived with his father’s parents
until he was 12. At age 12 he moved to Miami but soon moved back to Israel and
completed his teen years and also completed his military service in the Israel
defence forces as a sniper. Ami got his first tattoo at age 15 and since having
his first tattoo experience it was his dream to become a tattoo artist. After
serving in the military he moved back to Miami and started his tattooing
apprenticeship with the with a tattoo artist by the name of Lou at Lou’s tattoo
shop. After many years in the tattoo industry Ami became the co-owner of the
Miami’s tattoo parlour love hate tattoos with a close friend of his Chris
Nunez. Chris and Amis tattoo parlour soon became the featured tattoo shop of
the program TLC’s hit reality show Miami ink. Since then Ami has opened tattoo
parlours in several states in America and has recently opened one in London.
During Amis career he has also started his own clothing and jewellery line and
is the co-owner of the love hate night club. Ami James is still tattooing today
and is a very well-known tattoo artist all over the world.
Story by Luke
Being a Man in the Modern World..... Glenn Van Reason
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| Glen is very good with card tricks, he is a singer and guitarist, he does gigs around about the place and is a pretty laid back bloke |
Blending work, family, kids, freedom, music, rural life.....
We talk to Glenn Card Trick Van Reason to find out......
The Main Reason….
Glenn Van Reason is a musician who lives near Windermere, in
the hills towards the west of Mudgee. He is originally from Sydney but he grew
up in Gulgong. He’s done everything from working at a truss plant and gaining
qualifications as a carpenter to running computer networks. But his real love
is music. Before becoming a professional musician, he was working 60 hours a
week at his day job as well as doing gigs on weekends. His partner gave him a
challenge to either quit his job or quit the music scene. She probably didn’t
get the answer she was after when the job became history come Monday morning.
From that time til now, music has been the primary gig.
Glenn studied music at Orange TAFE, and even taught computer
studies in the building where our group meets. He really enjoyed teaching an 89
year old lady who wanted to join the class to learn how to type and send emails,
kind of like the lady who came to our class today and was interested in joining.
She was a retired teacher who visited the class while she was waiting for the
library to open.
When Glenn was 12 he was a newspaper boy in Lilyfield, near
Birkenhead Point in Sydney, on the banks of the Glebe Bridge. He bought his
first album - a record by Patrick Hernandez – Born To Be Alive – a purchase
which ignited a lifetime passion for collecting records. He collected an album
a week and now have over 2,000 vinyls in his collection, including a limited
edition Beatles White Album in white vinyl. He picked up a Pat Drummond album
from the tip shop for 50 cents, and had Pat sign it for him.
Glenn does a midi show, playing guitar and singing over the
top. He also does an acoustic duo with his lovely wife, Emily.
“My first few guitar teachers quit on me,” he says. “My
hands were small and they said I’d never make it as a guitarist. Then I met
Janice Bool and she took me under her wing, teaching me theory and stuff like
that, which I wasn’t terribly interested in. I told her I didn’t need any of
that because I was going to be a punk and break all the rules. Then she said
yeah but you’ve got to learn the rules first”.
“Other musos teach to help make ends meet,” Glenn says. “I
don’t. I will work on other projects, but I get to pick and choose. It’s a
living – it’s not a great living but I love it. I’ve got no boss. I mean, you’ve
always got a boss – I’ve just got a different boss every night of the week. You
can’t just get up and pay half an hour then take a break – you’ve got to be
reliable.”
“There’s pros and cons in the music industry – I don’t like
packing up at the end of gigs. If I do 132 gigs for the year, with ¾ of a tonne
of gear to lug in and out, we’re shifting 1,300 tonnes of equipment every year.
And I go through about 12 kilometres of guitar strings a year too. One of the
pros is that you’re at the pub every night – one of the cons is also that you’re
at the pub every night.
“I’ve always had heaps of plans – and then, if one doesn’t
work out, then who cares. When I left school I was going to be a maths teacher.
Then I was going to be a computer engineer. I’ve always had great plans, but
you know, if your plans don’t work out, you can always make another plan. I’ve
always got more plans on the go. One thing I’ve had to learn as a muso is not
to stress. Sometimes you worry about the
money and whether you’ll ever make ends meet – but I know now that things
always work out.”
Glenn recommends the Willie Nelson card tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0ncVqrd8M
Glenn recommends the Willie Nelson card tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0ncVqrd8M
To find out more about Glenn, check out:
http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/779399/a-reason-for-making-tracks/
https://www.facebook.com/euripi
Who is Paul Kelly?
· He’s a drunk*He’s a drugo*He’s broke*He’s wife left him so he is sad He works up north in the sugar cane fields*He wants to see the kids*He’s going
to rehab*He’s trying to work hard so he can support he’s
kids*He wants a better life for him and his
kids
To Her Door
"They got married early, never had no money
Then when he got laid off they really hit the skids
He started up his drinking, then they started fighting
He took it pretty badly, she took both the kids
She said: "I'm not standing by, to watch you slowly die
So watch me walking, out the door, out the door, out the door"
She said, "Shove it, Jack, I'm walking out the **** door"
She went to her brother's, got a little bar work
He went to the Buttery, stayed about a year
Then he wrote a letter, said I want to see you
She thought he sounded better, she sent him up the fare
He was riding through the cane in the pouring rain
On Olympic to her door
To her door
To her door
To her door
He came in on a Sunday, every muscle aching
Walking in slow motion like he'd just been hit
Did they have a future?
Would he know his children?
Could he make a picture and get them all to fit?
He was shaking in his seat riding through the streets
In a silvertop to her....
Shaking in his seat riding through the streets
In a silvertop to her door
To her door
To her door
To her door"
- Paul Kelly -
Civics and Citizenship
A true history of Paul Kelly
Thoughts in the Middle of a Career
To Her Door
"They got married early, never had no money
Then when he got laid off they really hit the skids
He started up his drinking, then they started fighting
He took it pretty badly, she took both the kids
She said: "I'm not standing by, to watch you slowly die
So watch me walking, out the door, out the door, out the door"
She said, "Shove it, Jack, I'm walking out the **** door"
She went to her brother's, got a little bar work
He went to the Buttery, stayed about a year
Then he wrote a letter, said I want to see you
She thought he sounded better, she sent him up the fare
He was riding through the cane in the pouring rain
On Olympic to her door
To her door
To her door
To her door
He came in on a Sunday, every muscle aching
Walking in slow motion like he'd just been hit
Did they have a future?
Would he know his children?
Could he make a picture and get them all to fit?
He was shaking in his seat riding through the streets
In a silvertop to her....
Shaking in his seat riding through the streets
In a silvertop to her door
To her door
To her door
To her door"
- Paul Kelly -
Civics and Citizenship
A true history of Paul Kelly
Thoughts in the Middle of a Career
Who is Bob Marley
"Bob Marley was great he was
a legend he was famous for all the songs that he made he made and millions of
records that he made when he was alive it is bit of a shame that he had to die
but it was because he had cancer and that’s why he might have smoked some much
weed. And he died the age of 36 years old died of cancer and died in 1981 11th
of May it was a very sad time for everyone."Monday, 18 August 2014
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Street Art: Great Work or Public Nuisance?
Yesterday we visited the Waste to Art exhibition at the Cultural Centre in Dubbo. Today, we are looking at street artist Banksy, and considering the question of whether he is one of the greatest artists of our times, or just a troublesome legend in his own lunchtime.
Who is
In the month of October 2013, Banksy was appointed Artist in Residence for the city of New York. This prestigious award was bestowed upon him by arguably the most important and influential person in Banksy's life: Banksy himself. Check out this vid to see how he went, creating one monumental artwork every single day for a whole month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsxAGTQwrm8
Who is
Banksy?
In the month of October 2013, Banksy was appointed Artist in Residence for the city of New York. This prestigious award was bestowed upon him by arguably the most important and influential person in Banksy's life: Banksy himself. Check out this vid to see how he went, creating one monumental artwork every single day for a whole month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsxAGTQwrm8
Banksy Art
http://instagram.com/banksy
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