NAKED PUMPKINS
Produced by Rod Baker
At the Voice and Music Studio, Melbourne, Australia
Email: fester@smilingforbeginners.com.au
Mixing and Mastering with Michael Mathews
M Squared Music Productions, Melbourne, Australia
Email: mm@micronica.com.au
Drums and Bass recorded by Idge
Soundpark Studios, Northcote, Australia
The launch of the Naked Pumpkins CD is the manifestation of backyard
conversations of political and philosophical content. It is a reflection
of the joining of a variety of minds and talents to the one artistic task.
It is a snapshot of a period of history, which was lived out in Brunswick,
North Fitzroy, Glen Waverley and Afghanistan. We ask you not to only listen
to this music, but to continue the backyard conversations with friends,
relatives and neighbours and to place those snapshots of your history into
an artistic creation — of whatever form. For art is a form of communion
with all of humankind.
Thanks to the musicians...
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To Deb for your all around class and letting us borrow you from www.deborahhockingband.com
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To Paul for your friendship and generosity and unflagging willingness to play
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To Brendan for playing with Malaria and delivering such expressive and quirky lines
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To Con for being always so encouraging, playing backwards and for thinking up that wild thing with the glass
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To Geoff for all your support and letting Fester get away from the piano for a while
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To Rod Wilson for being available and for your grace and skill
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To Pamela for the phantom shaw and for sharing a little of Hannah's Child
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To Rachel for beautiful playing and correcting our complete neglect of woodwinds
Thanks for your professional contributions to...
Magnus Nilsson magnustralien@hotmail.com
for your wonderful design flair
Monique Lisbon www.monounlimited.com
for organising Fester's brain and always getting things
done
Glen Walton www.thesr.bravehost.com
for your great photos and the inspiration of your
theatre magic
Anne Middleton www.annemiddletongallery.com.au
for the constant joy of your spotlit pumpkin beaming
down
G Dubya would like to thank:
Michelle Besley, Glen and Kristy Walton, David
and Cheryl Walton, Brendan Ross, Deb Hocking, Victoria, Mel Brugger, Sam
(Aka Manic number 5), Guernica, Idge and sound park, Con the great believer,
Sarah L'Estrange - for giving the Sausage factory a run on buy nothing day,
Poetry Afternoons at the Dan O'Connell, Rog and Ella, Mrinal, Leo Tolstoy
(for musing over what is art), Fidel Castro, Pythagoras, and all others
who have encouraged our creativity.
Fester also wants to thank:
Graham McCoy, Noddy and Ali Sharma,
Gabrielle Butler, Aaron Boyd, Piers Carozzi (and Tash for the cat song), Trish
and AJ (speaking of cats), Esau, Vanessa, Harris, Lesley, Barrie, Sarah, Scout
and Alicia, Tom, Kate, Mr Reynolds, Allan, Sue, Thangs, Madge, Jim, Kahns,
Butlers, Wuffies, Glenns
