a quick update

i just wanted to keep everyone updated on where we currently stand with the 30 day song challenge. almost a third of the way through!

day 01 – your favorite song
day 02 – your least favorite song
day 03 – a song that makes you happy
day 04 – a song that makes you sad
day 05 – a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 – a song that reminds you of somewhere
day 07 – a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 – a song that you know all the words to
day 09 – a song that you can dance to
day 10 – a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 – a song from your favorite band
day 12 – a song from a band you hate
day 13 – a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 – a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 – a song that describes you
day 16 – a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 – a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 – a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 – a song from your favorite album
day 20 – a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 – a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 – a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 – a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 – a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 – a song that makes you laugh
day 26 – a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 – a song that you wish you could play
day 28 – a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 – a song from your childhood
day 30 – your favorite song at this time last year

returning from oblivion

yes yes yes.
once again, just in time for autumn (a most delectable season), the irresistible draw of spouting nonsense has brought me back to this beloved old blog.

‘hullo dear friend!’

what’s happened in the time that’s passed…COMMENCE SHORT BREAKDOWN
i visited brisbane and headed along to sunset sounds (a spectacular mix of rain and THE NATIONAL – magical moment)
i then got very ill with glandular fever
i lamented missing big day out (not due to the fever, more due to my lack of funds)
i tried tumblr for a day. i didn’t like it.
i then attended st jerome’s laneway festival – choosing to view a very hipster lineup in lieu of artists i knew i liked
my hair then got hacked off by an incompetent hairdresser
i also went to futuremusic for…no real reason. (KE$HA’S MA BETCH!)

all in all – a ho hum few months, in a relaxing sort of way. but there has been music, and plenty of it that i plan to talk about a little bit, in my proper voice. none of this ‘i’m going to try and sound knowledgeable but actually make no sense and sound even more like a pretentious wanker than i usually do’

i think it’ll be better.

so. in keeping with the theme – autumn story. FIREKITES are great at capturing a particular mood, and in this track they’ve nailed the seasonal change – it’s a little bit dark, there’s a little bit of yearning…plus they have a tremendous video to go with it.

autumn story – firekites

itunes | firekites online

a splendid time in a field

Oh my word yes. Without a doubt, the greatest festival ever to grace our landscape – Splendour in the Grass. The chaos and carnage surrounding ticket sales has now subsided. Well? i hear you ask anxiously. “Did you score a ticket?? Did you have to sell your left knee-cap to gain one of these prized pieces of gold?” I can safely say, ne’er has there been such stress with ticket purchasing. Suffice to say, we were some of the lucky ones. We managed to snag 3 tickets a mere 17 minutes after the initial floodgates opened – which is a spectacular feat considering some folks waited two, three, four hours to be processed. Moshtix? Really? Whose idea was this.