A true manciunian - this guy didn't even need a ticket, he's just too cool!Tuesday, 16 June 2009
He wears his sunglasses at night...@ Mad Ferret Festival
A true manciunian - this guy didn't even need a ticket, he's just too cool!
Winner of the coolest tee @ Mad Ferret Festival
I snapped this girl whilst she was waiting at the bar. I thought the way she wore it as a dress and has customised it herself added bonus points.
Winner of best pixie crop @ Mad Ferret Festival
A nice change from the monotonous bleach blond crop, this laydee has gone for an array of colour in her do. Very now!
Winners of the best sunglasses @ Mad Ferret Festival
These ladies stormed the dance floor when Zinc played. J'adore the Robo Cop vibe coming from the shades on the lady on the left!
Coachella Babes @ Mad Ferret Festival
These two captured the essence of sophisticated festival wear and even managed to look incredibly chic whilst queuing for a piss. I especially adore the paint print mini dress from the one above.The Chill Factor @ Mad Ferret Festival
Just when you thought the festival couldn't get any cooler - The Chill Factor arrived on Saturday, along with a couple tons of snow (yes, you read that correctly) and their best boarders. They put on a spectaclur matinee show cheered on by a massive crowd of pissed ferrets.Classic Games @ Mad Ferret Festival
Over in the chill out field, classic games such as yo-yoing and hulu hooping were played by festival goers throughout the day. The print on this girls dress is exquisite, it looks so ethnic and warm.
Winner of the best Photographer's outfit @ Mad Ferret Festival
Can't really express how much I love this look. I want to steal her boots!Tribal Rules @ Mad Ferret Festival
Tribal influences become more pronouced once the sun comes out in the summer. My mum gave me these necklaces a couple of weeks ago when my sister and I raided her jewellery box. Both of them are from Uganda and I loved the fact I saw no one with a similar necklace. I recommend borrowing your mum's bling next time!
Winner of the best jumper @ Mad Ferret Festival
I think this guy (who my friend Brendan sees EVERWHERE) stole his wicked jumper from Frank Gallager (see Shameless Season 1 Episode 2).Winners of the best Skids (thanks Chandler!) @ Mad Ferret Festival
Gorgeous, Gorgeous, Gorgeous! New Reebok Ex-O-Fit Hi 2009 (yes, I live with someone with a sneaker fetish hence knowing the model of these trainers!) 
I love a bit of tartan... Apparently, these came all the way from Bristol!
Classic Dunks, love the star details. These came from somewhere a bit further then Bristol - New York City!He Bangs The Drums @ Mad Ferret Festival
Even captured in a picture, you can see how loud this guy was banging.Winner of the best trousers @ Mad Ferret Festival
I admire how this guy has fused together Cruella DeVille, Austrian military chic, primary school P.E. lessons and Woody Allen to create his unforgettable look.
21st Century Pied Piper @ Mad Ferret Festival
The previously mentioned Pied Piper in action on his piano-thingy on wheels (excuse my lack of music instrument knowledge!). Check out a truly terrible quality video here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/manc-closet/3632757234/
Pissed on the Job @ Mad Ferret Festival
Only at a festival can you sell your designs but you can also get acceptably pissed whilst doing so and still look classy!Wok's Special @ Mad Ferret Festival
Here is the amazing guy at Wok's Oriental Cuisine van, serving me with my 'special' - Sweet and Sour Pork with Battered Chicken and Spicy Vermicelli Noodles with spicy Beef and sticky rice. Needless to say afterwards, I was stuffed. Was absolutely gorgeous.
Musea T-Shirt Stall @ Mad Ferret Festival
The lovely people at Musea held a competition to design a tee to be sold at Mad Ferret. The winners were Kirsty Wingfield, Rossen Kuzmanov and George Lloyd. Alongside the winning designs were other cool styles, all for a bargain at £5. These three were kind enough to give me a freebie too!
Brian Flanagan @ Mad Ferret Festival
I adored how all the bar staff had quirky designed t-shirts instead of boring black polo's with the company logo embossed on the chest. This lovely chap poured me my first drink of the festival - leading to my downfall!
Mad Ferret Festival @ Platt Fields Park, 12th - 13th June 2009
7500 people, 250ft of bars, 100 DJ's, 60 bands, 17 hours, 9 stages, 2 days, 1 park, 1 mad ferret. This is what the posters across Manchester promised to give us at 5pm on Friday, when the festival officially opened. Unfortunately, they got one thing wrong - there wasn't just 1 mad ferret... there were thousands!It seemed that the entire student population plus some had decided to descend upon Platt Fields Park for 2 days of mayhem. We were treated to some big names such as the delectable Roots Manuva and the lyrical Mike Skinner in The Streets, we grooved to some of the best beats by the noisy Stanton Warriors and the mighty Pendulum, and we stayed true to our favourite Manchester outfits such as Riot Jazz, Oh My God, Hit & Run and Prostitutes and Policemen.
Musea and The Chapel were behind such a high standard of art and decoration at the festival. Q
With a quirky array of sculptures, live graffiti and interactive stalls, they really added to the unique and independent spirit of Mad Ferret. My particular favourite was the kitsch stand selling cakes and offering 20's make overs (see below).
We were blessed with decent weather on Friday, which turned to gorgeous sunshine on Saturday. The 2nd day of the festival began at 12pm, so the early afternoon saw many people sunbathing outside the bar tents! As well as the generous 9 stages, there were several attractions that could not be confined to a defined space. At some point on Friday (my memory did not record times due to copious amounts of Kopparberg), the modern day incarnation of the Pied Piper appeared. A man, his top hat and tails, his electric piano/synthesizer/accordion/organ on wheels and his entourage of drummers and strummers gathered a small crowd who followed them round the field, jiving to their German-techno-fairground-bohemia melee of music. It was a surreal experience.
Oh and the food? Well, I personally was in heaven with the range of eats available at such as small festival. After seeing Oasis at Heaton Park last week, I was expecting much of the same - pie and peas and the obligatory burger van. Not at Mad Ferret. Huge woks filled with gourmet Chinese delights, ginormous steel pans filled with spinach and chickpea curry, organic vegetarian tasties and yes there was the obligatory burger van, which sold Aberdeen Angus beef and pulled pork. Oh and the gorgeous authentic bangers stall which sold Thai Curry sausages. Mmmmm!
I definitely felt I got more than my moneys worth this weekend with a hangover the size of Canada to prove it. It was so refreshing to be in a festival with virtually no corporate branding in sight, independent labels dominating alongside charities and NGO's. The whole vibe was upbeat and this extended to the security guards on the entrance gate, the car park attendants who kindly watched my bike for me and even the police outside. Mad Ferret has now established itself as the officially end of the year and will be around for many years to come. Roll on next year!
For all the snaps from the weekend - click here for outside action http://www.flickr.com/photos/manc-closet/sets/72157619699932909/show/ and here for inside snaps http://www.flickr.com/photos/manc-closet/sets/72157619736985109/show/
Monday, 8 June 2009
Trick of the Light @ Mistabishi
Not only did I adore this ladies embelished camisole and flashing sunglasses combo, but she was responsible for some of the serious shapes thrown around the dance floor that night. I love how the light has hit her in this picture, giving her yellow horns!They drink it in the Congo @ Mistabishi
Way down deep in the middle of the Congo,A hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango.
He stuck it with the others, and he danced a dainty tango.
The rhino said, "I know, we'll call it Um Bongo"
Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo.
The python picked the passion fruit, the marmoset the mandarin.
The parrot painted packets, that the whole caboodle landed in.
So when it comes to sun and fun and goodness in the jungle,
They all prefer the sunny funny one they call Um Bongo!
Mistabishi @ Oh My God, Opus, 29.05.09
Another stonking night ensued last week as the Oh My God delivered on fine form. Pulling Hospital's prodigal son, Mistabishi, the dance floor was packed all night with people fighting for the right to rave. Wizzdom caused chaos with his eclectic mix of liquid, jump-up and classic heavy-weight tracks. If you get a chance to see Wizzdom go, as this guy is gonna be big one day.Mistabishi was delicious. He has such a varied cartel of amazing tunes, so each set he plays can go in any direction. His innovative "Printer Jam" got the crowds suitably hyped, which is quite an achievement considering the song is made entirely from the sounds of printers! When he played my favourite, "No Matter What" everyone seemed to sway in unison to the piano and heavy bass harmony. Mistabishi's LP "Drop" is out now and is a must for any bass lovers collection. Check out the pictures from the night here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/manc-closet/sets/72157619216308621/show/
Friday, 5 June 2009
Girls not so loud...
I caught these trendy lasses grabbing a hot dog behind the Printworks. They had just finished watching Girls Aloud at the MEN (they said they were shit) and I managed to grab a cheeky shot of them before one of them had to go and puke!
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