It's been a while. How art thou? I hope thou art ace.
I have just gone through some draft posts I got half way through writing, and have decided to post them anyway. They are quite dated now but what the hell. So here is a small collection of half formed ideas that amused me a while ago when I had more time on my hands.
Personals
There's nothing I love more than personal ads. It's an addiction. I used to anticipate the delivery of our local newspaper, The Northwest News, each week as a child anticipates Christmas morning, or a fifteen year old in a Christian high school anticipates free dress day. I've never read them with the intention of actually seeking someone out, I just love seeing what people think are important characteristics to highlight in their own profiles/specify as neccessary in their potential partners. Now that I no longer have the Northwest News, I have The Guardian Soul Mates website. I did create a profile of myself once in a drunken giggly moment, but have since deleted in embarrassment. But they suck you in to creating a profile by only allowing you to view 5 profiles as a non-member, then denying access. Like Santa holding the wrapped presents just out of reach or the principal sending you home because your skirt is too short. Now why did I start this post? Oh yes, I'm moving out in two weeks and have been sifting through gumtree for suitable housemates, and considering posting my own profile on the wanted page. It's so difficult finding the right match.
World What?
Much is being made of England's "lacklustre" performance yesterday in the "extreme" conditions of 30 degree heat. 30 degrees! That's funny. They should try playing a five set tennis match in Melbourne in January. There is a part of me that wishes I could get excited about the World Cup but the sea of red and white flaggage is leaving me cold. It would be fun to watch the Australia/Japan match tomorrow but alas, it's on during work hours. Will have to settle for Australia/Brazil on Sunday. Maybe then I will catch the fever. I remember being completely disdainful of the 2000 Olympics right up until they started - from the opening ceremony I was hooked.
Of course the best part was Roy and HG with Syd, Ollie and Dickhead, and who could forget Fatso the Fat Arsed Wombat. Weird choice of background music in news stories: In the background there is the BBC doing a story on Corruption in the Beautiful Game. They are playing Take Five.
Most memorable gigs
My brother posted on his blog recently about a defining gig of his youth, The Toothfaeries playing Valley Fiesta circa 1996 or thereabouts. You should all go read it, it's ace. Just over there to your left. Not the picture of Radiohead, that's Radiohead at Hammersmith Apollo earlier this year. They were excellent. But anyway, here are my most memorable gigs.Ben Harper, Blues Fest
I stood literally for hours up the front of the stage in order to have the best view, and it was so closely packed out I could not bend my legs to stretch them. My knees were searing with pain by the time Ben finally took the stage.
Beck, Festival Hall
I wish I could mix genres whilst at the same time reinventing them. At the beginning of the gig he said something along the lines of "I'm going to just slowly start to heat things up, and by the end of the night we'll be cooking"
Radiohead, Festival Hall
Livid 199?6/7 or so
Cake: Particularly remember the whole crowd singing "whaaaaaay-oh, whaaaaaaay-oh, whaaaaaaya-oh, whaay-oh!" during Mr Mastodon Farm and John McCrae doing his "Ohhhh yeah, ohhhhhh no, aohhhhhhhll right!" in every song.
Reef: something about that lead singer was just irresistable. Sex on legs. Summers in bloom.....
The Toothfaeries: played one of the small stages late, one of the last acts, while everyone else was at Soundgarden. But they were so where it was at.
The Cat Empire, The Zoo, ages ago, one of their early Brissy gigs...
George, Pizza Caff gigs, 1998
