Brisbane Suburb Photos: Annerley Junction

I went to Annerley Junction yesterday to take some photos - it's the part of Annerley where Annerley Road meets Ipswich Road (click here for a Google Map).

I wanted to go because I travel though here on the bus to work, and some of the little shops looked interesting. There are four op-shops (thrift stores), a community bookshop, a couple of cafes, and two comic shops.

I had morning tea at one of the cafes called Groove Cafe - they had a good $6 deal with coffee and homemade cake (I chose the ginger and date cake with caramel sauce). I also bought two books from the bookshop, Ten Days That Shook The World, and Gorky Park. The two books cost me $7 in total.

There's a slideshow of the photos I took here:

or if you can't see the slideshow click here to see the set on Flickr.

I've released the photos under a Creative Commons Attribution licence, which means you can use them for any reason, including commercial purposes, as long as you credit http://brisbaneposts.blogspot.com. However I didn't get model releases, so you can't use the ones which show people's faces for commercial reasons, unless you track the people down and get their permission too.

Brisbane Music: Free gigs at the Queensland Music Festival Jul 17 - Aug 2 2009

The Queensland Music Festival is on from July 17 to August 2 2009. There's events all over the state, but here I'll give you an idea of the free performances happening around Brisbane during the Festival.

Hidden Republic:
Friday July 17, 6pm, Brisbane Square, City (Click here for a Google Map)

The Black Arm Band (click here for their MySpace page) will perform their work Hidden Republic on Thursday Island, and the concert will be broadcast live and played on big screens in Brisbane Square, City, opposite George St from the top of the Queen Street Mall.



Acoustic in the Park
Sun July 19, 12 midday - 5pm, Rainforest Green, Southbank Parklands (just opposite the Suncorp Piazza - click here for a Google Map)

No details yet about who's playing, but this should be a relaxing afternoon of acoustic music.



Battle City: Hip Hop dance competition
Friday July 24, 6.30pm, Under the Turbot St Overpass, off Roma St, City (click here for a Google Map)

Hip Hop dancers compete for a $500 prize. The comp's MySpace page is here.

This YouTube vid by brizvegas79 shows what happened at the 2007 Battle City comp.

Francisco Lopez
Sun July 26, 7pm, Institute of Modern Art, Cnr Brunswick St and Berwick St, Fortitude Valley (click here for a Google Map)

Francisco Lopez (click here for his Wikipedia article) is an experimental musician/sound artist from Spain. At his performance you'll wear a blindfold so you can soak up everything he wants you to hear. The YouTube vid below, by matoki1964,shows one of Lopez' performances in Barcelona, Spain in 2000 (it starts about a minute and 40 seconds in):

Song Trails song-writing workshop
Mon 27 July, Cleveland
Tue 28 July, Brisbane

The Song Trails workshops will teach you how to write your own songs. They're free to get in, but you MUST register by July 10. You can register if you click here and fill out all your details. Once you've registered, you'll be sent an email telling you the exact address of the workshop.



Inside Music
Wed July 29, 1.05pm, Queensland Conservatorium, Southbank Parklands (click here for a Google Map)

Inside Music is a free lecture, demonstration and performance by Anthony Pateras, explaining what goes on when performers are getting ready for a show. There will be a question-and-answer session.


1+1 in 2/4 Time
Sat August 1, 10.30am, Turbine Platform, Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm (click here for a Google Map)

This is a free panel discussion between choreographers and composers sharing their ideas for how music and dance can work together today. It's free, but you have to book on
07 3852 3655 or by emailing qld@ausdance.org.au


Song Trails Finale Concert
Sun August 2, 3.30pm, Turbine Platform, Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm (click here for a Google Map)

This concert has the musicians who helped people write songs in the Song Trails workshops all over Queensland perform those songs for us. They'll also be playing the songs they wrote while travelling to the different workshops.

Free music in the city and the airport

At different times during the Festival, there will be music in the City streets, at the airport, and other places. Click here to find out exactly when you'll be able to hear it.

There's plenty of other events at the Queensland Music Festival that you'll pay to get into. Just click here to see the whole list of events in this year's Queensland Music Festival.

Brisbane Musicals: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at QPAC, Aug 19-23 2009

Harvest Rain Theatre Company are putting on Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat from August 19-23 2009, at the Playhouse at QPAC - click here for a Google Map.

You can also see some photos from the last time Harvest Rain produced "Joseph" if you click here.

You can book online if you click here, or you can call Qtix on 131246. Performances start on Wednesday August 19 2009, and go through a short, 5-day season to Sunday August 23. Performances are on at 8pm Wed-Fri, 2pm Saturday and Sunday at 1pm and 6.30pm. Tickets are $49.50 for adults, $39.50 concession or $32.50 for children. The preview screening on Wednesday August 19 has all tickets at $32.50.

Brisbane Art: Future Beings Now! and Pointless Titles at Jugglers Art Space, June 5 - 26

Two new exhibitions start at Jugglers Art Space on Friday June 5 2009. Jugglers Art Space is at 103 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley - click here for a Google Map.



Amos Duggan's exhibition is called "Future Beings Now!" - you can click here to see some of the art that will be there.



Amy Smith and Vitor Dos Santos are putting on a joint exhibition called "Pointless Titles".

Jugglers Art Space is open from Wednesdays to Saturdays. On Wed-Fri it's open from 12 midday to 6pm, and on Saturday it's open from 12 midday to 5pm. If you're thinking of buying some art and you can't make those times, call the gallery on 07 3252 2552 or email them at info@jugglers.org.au

Brisbane Impro: Brisbane Playback Theatre Friday April 24th 2009

If you're into improvised theatre, you might want to check out a performance by Playback Theatre this Friday, May 29th, at the Uniting Church at 52 Merthyr Rd, New Farm - doors open at 7.15pm and the performane kicks off at 8pm.

On their website, Playback say:

The material for the performance comes from the audience. Assisted by the conductor, who holds a performance, people in the audience share moments and stories from their lives, which are then immediately re-enacted or "played back" spontaneously by a troupe of usually four actors and a muscian.

The actors and muscian then take on roles in a dramatic form and, using dance, movement, mine, music, dialogue, sound and imagination, the story or moment is played back in a creative and magical re-enactment. No Playback performance is like any other and no-one quite knows what to expect when they walk through the doors. That is the spontaneous nature of Playback, for actors and audience alike.

Click here for a map showing where the Merthyr Uniting Church is. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 concession and $22 for a family - to find out more you can call Deb Driscoll on 0422 809 195 or Jen Barrkman on 0405 110 955.

Brisbane Art and Photography: Birds of A Feather exhibition at Rics from tomorrow 6pm

The Birds of A Feather exhibition opens at Rics Bar in the Brunswick St Mall in Fortitude Valley (click here for a Google Map) at 6pm tomorrow, Tuesday May 26th 2009.

Birds of A Feather features artwork by Georgia Freebody (who is @evilgesq on Twitter) and photos by Robert Mynard (who is @Robmynard on Twitter). The poster above gives you an idea of the sort of art and photos you'll be able to see there.

Brisbane Indian Boy Bands: Boymongoose is back with a new song, "Utah"!

Boymongoose, lead singer of the most successful Indian boy band ever to live in Brisbane, has released a new song, "Utah":

Boymongoose's other songs are The Twelve Days of Christmas ("On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: a totally insufficient dowry...")

and Single Girls, to the tune of Jingle Bells ("Single Girls, Single Girls, please click my profile, everything that I may lack I make up in denial...")

The new song is being released as a project with nexttophit.com, a site that lets new and emerging artists sell music, and lets listeners find new bands. If you want to join the site, you can click here to see Boymongoose's profile, but you'll have to register and log in before you can see it.

Thanks to Twitter user @scarlettjen for the info about the new song being out.