all of the dreamers
I'd bet money on Powderfinger announcing another concert today. That sold faster than any concert I've ever bought tickets to. Ever. And there were already two Melbourne concerts to sell ridiculously fast. I'm kind of irritated that my dad and my brother insisted on seats, because I couldn't get us lower level seats and I COULD have gotten general admission tickets, but oh well. Powderfinger! And Jet! And the Vines! A nice long night of Australian rock.
I hate buying tickets for stadium concerts. Actually, I kind of just don't like statium concerts that much at all, but when you get that big I guess it's just how you gotta do it.
I've been hearing these rumours that the political parties are trying to get Bernard Fanning to go into politics once this last tour is done and Powderfinger are over forever. I find this hilarious mainly because I have a pet theory that Powderfinger's "All of the Dreamers" is about Peter Garrett. It seems to be about a politician, and specifically a politician who was popular with the people before he decided to run for office, and ran for office in government because he thought he could get more done there. Then he was confounded by the politics of politics, had to follow the leader, discovered he was a cog in a machine and couldn't achieve what he wanted to do after all, and is now out of touch with the people who used to love him.
IT IS ABOUT PETER GARRETT
I don't think Bernard Fanning would go into politics.
(As an aside, from a party objective point of view, I think standing celebrities as candidates in marginal seats is actually a really good tactic for winning seats, if you can manage to keep them on the back bench. The problem with Peter Garrett is that while his fame as a musician and an activist helped his profile with voters, he wanted to have serious clout in Parliament, got to be a minister, and consequently got very compromised and made a lot of stuff-ups. But if you can put popular celebrities up in marginal seats and keep them on the backbench, well, I think that's a sensible tactical move for a party. Of course it is also really, really cynical. I would never claim otherwise.)
I hate buying tickets for stadium concerts. Actually, I kind of just don't like statium concerts that much at all, but when you get that big I guess it's just how you gotta do it.
I've been hearing these rumours that the political parties are trying to get Bernard Fanning to go into politics once this last tour is done and Powderfinger are over forever. I find this hilarious mainly because I have a pet theory that Powderfinger's "All of the Dreamers" is about Peter Garrett. It seems to be about a politician, and specifically a politician who was popular with the people before he decided to run for office, and ran for office in government because he thought he could get more done there. Then he was confounded by the politics of politics, had to follow the leader, discovered he was a cog in a machine and couldn't achieve what he wanted to do after all, and is now out of touch with the people who used to love him.
IT IS ABOUT PETER GARRETT
I don't think Bernard Fanning would go into politics.
(As an aside, from a party objective point of view, I think standing celebrities as candidates in marginal seats is actually a really good tactic for winning seats, if you can manage to keep them on the back bench. The problem with Peter Garrett is that while his fame as a musician and an activist helped his profile with voters, he wanted to have serious clout in Parliament, got to be a minister, and consequently got very compromised and made a lot of stuff-ups. But if you can put popular celebrities up in marginal seats and keep them on the backbench, well, I think that's a sensible tactical move for a party. Of course it is also really, really cynical. I would never claim otherwise.)