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All manner of rescue

September 29, 2014



Yesterday at Shoko Festival’s Peace in the Hood free concert in Chitungwiza

there were b-boys who used the dirt at sundown, no cardboard,

and were as good as any I’ve ever seen, before they turned into dust in the headlights.

Goose bump epic.

This morning I met Moyo, the baby rescue elephant who wanted to play.



And Pickles the Wart Hog who prefers his belly scratched.



Both were at the Wild is Life, Grand Zimbabwe wildlife sanctuary



where this baby giraffe munched on over and got in on the love.



Went straight from there to catch a flight to Johannesburg

where I just finished dinner with the Word N Sound Poetry and Live Music Series crew.

Shoko Festival, Dikson, Wadzie, Nikita, Sam, Lauren, Bex, Roxy, Thabiso, Tabs, Q…

Top of the charts. Thank you for the last 48 hours. Y’all are the real goods.



There’s a thunder storm right now and it’s all I can do to not break into Toto….

Photos by Inti St. Clair

 

Wild-Eyed and Wandering

September 25, 2014

Australia, I will miss you heaps.

Thank goodness I did not see a kangaroo; means I gotta come back.

For now I can stop spending all my spare time scanning the landscape for

anything that appears to be hopping, or occasionally disemboweling people;

I’m in Africa now, wild-eyed and wandering.

See you Saturday.

PS The abandoned crib in the lonesome hallway beyond the open door

next to my room at the hotel is tryin to get all haunted up in my Zimbabwe visit.



PPS Airplanes with ash trays in the arm rests

make me think the mechanic is still real good at his/her job.

Missenden and King

September 4, 2014

Sydney, New South Wales, You have returned me to the time of my life.

A forever-sized hug to this city and the people in it,

to Word Travels for booking this leg of the tour,

and especially Anne Marie, Pip, Lucky and Jacob,

my open-armed Dulwich Hill housemates

who gave me three weeks of home home home.



It is my last day in Sydney before flying to Brisbane in the morning

and I am not eager to pack.

Sydney, you’re 100% in my book. In all the books.

There are too many smilin’ moments to detail,

like seeing sunset from the shower;

or strollin’ up on that fig tree with Carlos Hornibrook,



and Gilgamesh holding a lion.



Gilgamesh holding a lion.

I cannot wait to be a writer again.

The Sheet Music To Green Lights

September 4, 2014

Sydney, New South Wales,

You have returned me to the time of my life.

A forever sized hug to this city and the people in it,

to Word Travels for booking this leg of the tour,

and especially Anne Marie, Pip, Lucky and Jacob

my open armed Dulwich Hill house mates

who gave me three weeks of home home home.



It is my last day in Sydney before flying to Brisbane in the morning

and I am not eager to pack.

Sydney, you are 100% in my book. In all the books.

There are too many smilin’ moments to remember

like seeing sunset from the shower,

or strollin’ up on this fig tree with Carlos Hornibrook



and Gilgamesh holding a lion.

Gilgamesh holing a lion.

I cannot wait to be a writer again.

Points tip

August 26, 2014

Saw the Sydney Opera House



and a foosball sculpture that the guys were playing behind me



and the Pacific Ocean from an East coast



and the world’s steepest railway down Blue Mountains with the fellas



and an Ibis on a dumpster



but I’ve not seen a single kangaroo, koala

or glaring difference in the human condition.

 

Aerial Animation

August 20, 2014

Nailed it! Go go go!!

See how my friends Abigail Baird and Andy Cook are charging hearts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPxnyyJepJY

“When we are on stage and they hand us a microphone and ask us how it feels,

I think of you and I want to say, ‘Call 911, tell’um we are having a fantastic time.’

–Abigail Baird

Roo for rent

August 19, 2014

G’day Y’all!

Am just sending this message out to my email list from Australia and thought to post here as well:

Eight months into Riled Up and Wasted On Light – Buddy Wakefield’s 2014-15 World Tour (Skipping Chechnya) and still going strong. Here’s the what’s up:

1) There are birds outside my room in Sydney that sound startlingly akin to a cat in heat. Pay no mind, the people are super stinkin’ friendly.

2) There are FIVE new t-shirt designs and a new poster available on www.buddywakefield.com/merchandise/.

3) If interested in booking a Buddy Wakefield show, the final leg of the tour runs late January through March 2015 on the U.S. East Coast (Maine all the way down to Florida). Contact bookingbuddywakefield@gmail.com for information, available dates, and pricing on workshops and performances. There are also dates available in Europe/U.K, late October 2014 through mid-January 2015.

4) There is no such thing as a massive spider in Australia. There is no such thing as a massive spider crawling into the bathroom in Australia. There is no such thing as a massive hand-sized spider crawling into the bathroom in Australia. There is no such thing as a massive hand-sized spider with friends in Australia. There is no such thing as a straight jacket for screamers. There is no….

5) The full list of dates for Europe and Africa have not been released yet (keep checking back!), but the Australia dates are all posted on www.buddywakefield.com/tour-info.

6) I can hardly wait to join up with Anis Mojgani at two of the Australian shows. He’s awesome as peanut butter. The presence of a friend like Anis (or peanut butter, or you) sure helps keep me bright-eyed on the road. Come visit.

Cheers,

Buddy Wakefield – Official Page

Hello, Day.

August 5, 2014

How do you make a duck into a soul singer?

Put it in the oven at 350 until its bill withers.