whole earth festival

Traveled down to sunny Davis, California for the Whole Earth Festival with Gabe and Natalie-- Monkey Sew Monkey Do!
Natalie arranged a rental car, "do you have anything that will make my penis look bigger?" and we drove down in a ford f-150, saving gas by coasting in neutral down the passes between Portland and Davis.
We stayed with Dr. Mick and his two cats, one of which lit himself on fire and shits on his tail.


We set up our booth sharing it with Dana and Coral and Rachel and Micheal Starchild. Dana and Coral are talent designers pioneering the "AWEAR" line of fairy-raver-festival-prom-clothes from bamboo and soy fibers. Did I mention their talents? Rachel creates feathered hair clips that embody a gourmet flavor of fun, classy and whimsical.




Micheal Starchild is a living hero among mankind, he is godly. 66 years old he sculpts raw copper into precious, awe inspiring jewelery. But, he hasn't owned a car for 49 years and travels by way of bicycle, anywhere. He was on a bike trip in Peru where he had ridden two days into remote country and found that the only possible passing across a torrent river was the washed out bridge. After backtracking, without food for three days, he decided to engineer a conversion for his 17 pound, 500 pound carrying capacity, bike trailer so now it can change into a pontoon boat. Right? The man is humble and soft spoken, having been most places in the world on his bicycle and spending lots of time in Tahoe making human powered 4x4 machines that can roll over a four foot obstacle and making awe inspiring jewelery.

(Micheal's image cannot be captured by digital means, his aura is too bright)


Gabe and Natalie seemed to have a good time: