So, Sound Relief today. Yesterday now, actually. Huge festival at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (with a sister concert up at the Sydney Cricket Ground) in aid of bushfire relief. For the Melbourne show, all three of Hunters & Collectors, Split Enz, and Midnight Oil reformed. Unbelievable line-up. Yes, I somehow got tickets. Pretty decent seats ( Read more... )

Over the last couple of nights, I have had the pleasure of being able to see Crowded House twice in the Forum Theatre, a much nicer and more intimate setting than Rod Laver Arena, where I saw them last year. I don't intend to provide any sort of lengthy review here, just the setlists and some brief thoughts ( Read more... )

Yesterday, liamtreasure challenged me top compile a list of my top fifty albums. For some insane reason, I have accepted the challenge despite the fact that I find even a top ten to be close to impossible. I already disagree with this list; I doubt I could ever make a list that I would stand behind for more than five minutes. However, I do feel that it is a ( Read more... )

OK, it's about time I reviewed a couple of the concerts I've seen lately. I've been meaning to for over a week, but university was hectic right up until the end. My last assessment item of the year was an exam on Wednesday, and since then I've been kicking back and relaxing. I've been reading LJ, but I've honestly been just a little too lazy to ( Read more... )

On my trip to New Zealand, I had some new albums on my iPod to check out. I was surprised by what did and didn't strike me.

( Dream Theater, Crowded House, The Third Ending, and Alcest. )

Well, today my Nan returned to the Gold Coast and here I am, all alone in Melbourne. It's a weird feeling, certainly tinged with loneliness as my nearest family and close friends are an eighteen hour long drive away. I'm glad that Kate will be here in 2.5 weeks! And if any of my Melbournian LJ friends would like to meet up or are in the ( Read more... )

So, some people have been asking me about my thoughts on the U2 gigs in Auckland and I figured I'd make a bit of an update. Longer reviews will be posted in the coming days on U2-Vertigo-Tour.com's homepage. I don't think anyone I know is going to the four remaining concerts so I'm not worrying about avoiding spoilers or using LJ cuts, and what I ( Read more... )

I was going to write a continuation of my previous entry. I did say that I would post more yesterday, but as it was, time ran away from me. Today, despite the fact the first portion of the continuation is written and the bare bones of the rest is already well established in my mind, I just don't feel like completing it. I really need to write an ( Read more... )

For today's entry, I shall post some thoughts I've mentioned to a few folk before but have never really gotten around to posting as an entry. So a few of you will likely recognise the subject matter of at least half of this entry.

( Because everyone has an opinion about Pluto. )

I love music ( Read more... )