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SXSW Madness Begins!

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Bernie Worrell inducted The Peterson Brothers @ the Austin Music Awards SXSW 2013

Bernie Worrell inducted The Peterson Brothers @ the Austin Music Awards SXSW 2013

Once again our Fair City embraces the masses for SXSW Film, Education, Interactive and Music!
There is so much to do ,it is virtually impossible to see everything offered.
Pick your choices, have a back up plan, prepare for traffic and go have fun!
If downtown craziness is not your thing, there’s so much to do south of the river  on Congress and nearby neighborhoods.
Welcome To Austin Ya’ll ~where we keep it weird…
One request from the locals will be seen on T shirts…..”Please, Don’t Move Here!”

Happy Chinese New Year 2022!

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Gong Hei Fat Choi, which loosely translates to “Congratulations & Be Prosperous”.

Many locations in town will have Lion & Dragon Dances performing to bring Good Luck into the New Year…Find one near you , it is glorious to see & hear !

Chinese Lion Dancers

Chinese Lion Dancer

 

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Traditionally,Red Envelopes are given 壓歲錢/压岁钱 (yàsuìqián, which was evolved from 壓祟錢/压祟钱, literally, the money used to suppress or put down the evil spirit) during this period.   It is custom and polite for children to wish elders a happy new year and a year of happiness, health and good fortune before accepting the red envelope.Red envelopes are then kept under the pillow and slept on for seven days after Chinese New Year before opening because it symbolizes good luck and fortune when you sleep on the red envelopes for seven nights.

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For more about Chinese New Year  please see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year

Dragon dance and Lion dance Dragon and lion dances are common during Chinese New Year. It is believed that the loud beats of the drum and the deafening sounds of the cymbals together with the face of the Dragon or lion dancing aggressively can evict bad or evil spirits. Lion dances are also popular for opening of businesses in Hong Kong and Macau. Seattle ID night market - lion dance 06.jpg

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Art For Wizards Who Rock!!

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Two Beloved Wizards who believed in me, encouraged me, inspired me & supported my art.

Happy Birthday (6/22)

Wizard Todd Rundgren!

Thank you Wizard Todd , for your kindness ,humor, Incredible  Lyrics, Powerful Music & for the opportunity and Inspiration for me to create  art for this amazing tour!

It was a Full Circle Dream Come True and one of the happiest moments of my life!

“A Wizard, A True Star” Tour  in USA  & Europe

see:  Never Never Land  London &  Europe 2010  posts for more pictures & videos!

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The Wizard Of Woo~ Bernie Worrell

Thanks for your continued support  and encouragement!

See Clip Below of  the Wizard wearing this* Headdress onstage @ Woodstock  ’99

 https://youtu.be/yxI5ztQaF3g

Bernie Worrell & The Woo Warriors:  Time Was

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Events In The Elsewhere… Live at Woodstock ’99, July 22, 1999, with Dawn Silva (Brides Of Funkenstein) on vocals. They like it better when they take their time …

The Wizard of Woo~Mr. Bernie Worrell Wearing Art for His Head!

Much Gratitude to You , Dear Bernie, for all your purchases and for   *literally* supporting  my art! xoxo

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OK…the hair just stood up on my arms!

*Events In The Elsewhere*,Indeed!

~~  2  Brilliant Wizards ~~  2  Woodstock

‘connect the dots’

Toddstock/Woodstock, BurningTodd/Burning Down the House,

One World /  One Nation ,   Astronaut / Afronaut ,

Oops! Wrong Planet!/ Mother ship Connection ,

Interstellar Appeal / Universal Love

**Beyond the Moon co-inky-dinks?**

I could die a happy camper if these geniuses would collaborate!
 

Musical Icons Inspire Creation

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BOOTSY CAPE by Mott/Art for Your Head!

Catfish Collins image on this cape was created by my Dear,Dear Friend  and Incredibly Talented “Knight in Shining Artist”, Efrain Guerrero who stepped up to help me on this project! Thankx!

Wow! Life is Good!

Thank You Bootsy,for the oh so Fun-kay Music & the Inspiration to Create Art!

This cape I made is in honor of Pioneers of Music & in Tribute to  Bootsy’s Big Brother,Phelps”Catfish” Collins

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Bootsy Collins – Austin – Jimi Hendrix Tribute 6/19/2011

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Bootsy Collins – Austin Texas – 6/19/2011 – Jimi Hendrix Tribute – Star Spangled Banner – Purple Haze
    • NO IDEA who filmed the above clip,and got all but the very beginning,
    • but Thank* You (whoever you are!) So  Very Much for the documentation!
    • (an  “Art for Yo Gnappy Hed”  ;p thankx to Muddy for  calling  me ,sending the link, and bringing this surprise clip to my attention all the way from Paris France!)
    • I was in  head spinning shock & it was good to hear his words clearly later..
    • What a surprise & honor that Bootsy loved it so much!
    • I am “verklempt “with emotion..
    • The Images on the cape are  of  Jimmy Hendrix, James Brown, & Bootsy’s late brother,Phelps “Catfish” Collins.

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The  clip  below was filmed by  my good friend and funkateer, Brooke ,who is always*  On the One!

Bootsy Collins, Austin TX June 19, 2011 –

Dedication and SSB

Click below to hear Bootsy’s Comments!

https://youtu.be/EYp8rtCHns8

Brooke : “I provided technical consultation for my friend Mott who created this cape she presented to Bootsy Collins in Austin, which he Graciously Thanked her for Publicly, shown here,preceding Blackbyrd McKnight’s rendition of a Hendrixified Star Spangled Banner.”

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Live music review

Bootsy Collins landed the funk mothership at ACL Live Sunday
http://www.examiner.com/concerts-in-austin/live-music-review-bootsy-collins-landed-the-funk-mothership-at-acl-live-sunday-review
When Austin Concerts Examiner heard funk’s founding bassist, William “Bootsy” Collins had been booked to play ACL Live a couple months ago,we were astounded. After wondering aloud how long it had been since Bootzilla had headlined a tour we found out it was 16 years ago. Watching Collins and his all-star crew of players (there were 15 of them) having what looked like the time of their life on stage Sunday evening was priceless.Bootsy wore multiple costumes throughout an extended, three-hour set. The leader of the Funk U-Nity World Tour landed the mothership of funk smack in the middle of downtown Austin and he was not in any hurry to move onto the next stop.Maybe it was the homemade cape a fan gave him or the crowd chanting “Bootsy, Bootsy” before he took the stage, but the man who put the funk in the bass wanted to hang around ATX as long as possible it seemed.

The lineup looked like a future Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee class. The legendary keyboardist, Bernie Worrel (Parliament Funkadelic, Talking Heads) was there. So was guitarist Blackbyrd McKnight (Parliament, The Headhunters) and Collins himself, who played with James Brown and Parliament establishing a bass standard for funk music. He even teaches an online course for advanced players.

P Funk Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame Induction 1997

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Parliament Funkadelic inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of fame! Excellent live jam with Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Billy Bass, Ray Davies…
Prince inducts George who is wearing his Neptunian Octopus Cape made By Mott of Art for Your Head!

Thank You Funk Godfather ,George Clinton, for wearing my Art at Your Induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame !