give me a reason to love you, give me a reason to be a woman
It's been a while, this got kinda long...
The Music Stuff:
Caught Holly Throsby @ the Globe on Thurs night. She gets better and better every time I see her. I loved her set. She is such an endearing performer. I bought a couple of cute little comics that she has done (as back story to her albums), they're super sweet and made me love her even more. Support was a chick from the states called Stephanie Dosen who had the funniest between-song-banter that I have ever heard; part folk singer, part stand up comic. It was pure gold! I like The Globe but there is only so long that sitting on the floor is comfortable for.
Valley Fiesta was last weekend. The stage setup was definitely better than the last couple of years though sadly the lineup wasn't as good. Highlights were: Silversun Pickups, Tom Cooney, Iron On & Butterfingers. It was ridiculously packed out for Butterfingers but it's always a good thing when people come out to see live music.
This year's ARIA noms are out. Josh Pyke is nominated in 3 categories: Breakthrough Artist Album, Best Male Artist and Best Adult Contemporary Album (what the hell does that even mean?). He so should have been in Best Album category as well. It's not a bad week for him with #1 on JTV and Live at the Chapel yesterday (which was fab!). Not suprisingly Silverchair and Powderfinger are up against each other in all the big ones - Silverchair better take it out! and I don't understand the Gotye noms, surely Mixed Blood can't be better than the original album - it's just remixes. Best album - what's with that? the original sure but the remix?
New gigs coming up: Magic Dirt are playing this year's Oktoberfest! Strange gig but you can never have enough Magic Dirt, can't wait to see them again! The Hampdens are playing at The Globe next Thursday and I really wanna check them out cause I haven't seen them before and I really like what I've heard of them.
With my very last $20 I bought the new Angus & Julia Stone CD today. Only on first coupla listens but I'm lovin it. I always seem to like Angus' songs more than Julia's. First listen standouts are The Beast and Silver Coin (both Angus songs) but I do like the sentiment of Julia's song Wasted, chorus 'I'm wasted, I'm so wasted' cause that sounds like a song I would write. I got the CD/DVD edition that comes as a little book - so cute! I always like their aesthetics. I haven't watched the dvd yet but I think it's just film clips.
I cannot wait for the compilation No Man's Woman to come out. It's a 'tribute to woman in voice' with male artists/bands covering songs by female artists. I have to admit when I heard that Powderfinger were doing Glory Box by Portishead I got really scared - that is one of my all time favourite songs (and artists) and I just didn't see Powderfinger pulling it off. I was sooooo wrong. I loved their version of it! You can listen to it here. So with that and Josh Pyke doing Kate Bush, I'm sold already. I'm really looking forward to hearing the rest of it.
The non-music stuff:
We definitely have to move which is a massive pain. I'm a little excited about finding somewhere new to live but it is being outweighed by the hassle and cost of moving. We've got about four weeks til we have to be out. There seems to be plenty of places available but wow has the price of rent gone up! Places are sooo much more expensive. For the same type of place that we are living in now, we're looking at a $50-$80/week increase which is so much (especially when you work part time). I don't want to have to move much further out so I guess we're just gonna have to pay it but woe my poor wallet!
I moved to a new work building this week, which has been interesting. Everything is brand new which is nice and the building is all modern and funky. I prefer it to the last place and it's closer to home which is good. I actually walked all the way home the other day (from the Valley to Clayfield) which was shocking but good, hopefully we can keep that up. I have scored a prime position in the new building, don't know how I managed it. Desk at the end of a row with a great view out the window. Work still sux but the surroundings are nicer :)
I saw Hairspray during the week (my mum wanted to see it) and I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. I really thought it would suck. I loved all the costumes and old style dancing. I'm such a wannabe dancer though I was twitching my seat, wanting to get up and join in the dances, it's hilarious (and also happens while watching So You Think You Can Dance). The main chick in it was brilliant and Michelle Pfeiffer's character was hilarious. That Zac kid still annoyed me though. Enjoyed it but wouldn't rush out to see it again.
I finally got round to doing my tax return and it estimated I'm gonna get about $1000, which is ok. I really should put the money on my maxed out credit card but I just keep thinking about all the fabulous things I could spend it on; a new Ipod, Toowoomba Silverchair tickets, overdue trip to Melbourne, any number of gigs, cds and dvds. But let's face it I guess there's my moving money, how boring!