"As the lights dimmed, a parade of hippies and mad-hatters marched through the venue playing homemade instruments resembling bongs and pipes, disorienting everyone in the audience who wasn’t stoned. That was only the beginning. "
Drum n’ Sax will be playing some really kool trippy, ambient, electronica sounding music at Stain Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Sunday, July 6 at 8pm.
There are many pics of Honk up on flickr (go to www.honkfest.org for the main link)
Some of us: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rda/1514731261/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/rda/1514731743/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_chen/1510745669/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_chen/1511616770/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_chen/1510747579/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_chen/1511608646/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_chen/1511627294/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_chen/1510752233/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_chen/1511611012/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_chen/1510768139/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_chen/1510746077/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_chen/1510764121/
...I only got into about page 30 or so; there are several more from the pages I saw that I didn't list here, and probably many more beyond. Julie Chen (whoever that is) seems to have a lot of us.
Then Kenny Wolleson’s Himalayas took the stage (by marching in playing from the street, always a good entrance.) Himalayas is a band with a true family/community vibe combined with some excellent musicianship; some 17 or 18 players, including a four-piece percussion section, with Wolleson dancing away conducting from his bass drum. (He takes the phrase “mad-cap” leader quite literally, wearing a fuzzy bear hat for most of the gig.) Sarah’s compositions were beautiful and perfectly tailored for the band’s energy, lots of strong, sweeping melodies over funky vamps, sort of post-modern jazz folk songs. It exemplified how powerful and moving a simple melody can be, especially when played with joy and skill by a big group of friends having a blast of a time. The band closed out by once again marching out into the Brooklyn streets, waking up suburban Park Slope with some brassy soul.
