tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102718502024-03-14T20:59:34.049+11:00jouljetTashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-30298529477577719272015-11-09T23:35:00.002+11:002015-11-10T01:43:04.629+11:00The Age Of Entitlement: The Basics
The Basics have released one of my favourite albums of the year, The Age Of Entitlement, which is a mixture of rock political anthems mixed with their tunes of heart pains and pop fun.
I saw the first full live run of it at their first Melbourne Festival show, at the Hub on the banks of the Yarra.
The tented bandroom was set up with the stage in the middle of the room, with the crowd Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-85785152555817569622015-11-04T08:02:00.000+11:002015-11-04T08:02:00.104+11:00Amy, And The Paparazzi Lessons The World Fails To Learn
Amy is every bit the tragic story of a girl caught up in addiction, and hounded by the media, to her death.
The tragedy of this documentary is that of gaining an insight into the struggles, the pressures, the insecurities, and the pain in someone with such natural talent is painful.
The moments of joy in the film are those capturing Amy Winehouse in her musical glory - such soul, and an Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-47390023153326142362015-11-02T10:38:00.000+11:002015-11-02T10:38:00.616+11:00When Oh Mercy Talks About Love
The introduction to the new Oh Mercy album this year was via the intimate Parlour gig, one June Melbourne night.
Parlour has been labelled the "AirBnB for gigs", where you can sign up to have a band come and play in a space you may have for the occasion. This particular evening was in a art warehouse, a kind of communal work space, called Magic Johnston.
It was solo Alex, with an Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-15140587870397224512015-08-29T22:04:00.000+10:002015-10-16T20:48:00.269+11:00Human Rights And Arts Festival 2015: Melbourne
This year's Human Rights Arts And Film Festival back in May served up many thought-provoking moments, and glimpses into the incredibly tough journeys many of our fellow man, and women, experience around the world.
Wolfskinder is about the forgotten children of World War II. The "Wolf Children" are the German children - orphans or displaced - who are walking, fleeing, and trying to find Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-34699993779204705432015-05-10T21:31:00.000+10:002015-05-10T22:17:10.487+10:00Byron Bay Bluesfest 2015
Chilled, easy to get around, great music discoveries across each of the days, good food - Bluesfest in Byron Bay this year was everything you want in a music festival.
We bought tickets on a bit of a whim, really, months ago, and then several of the bands we had been swayed to see pulled out. Yet when the Easter long weekend approached, and Jess and I met at Brisbane airport for a roadtrip downTashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-64411509087349801262015-05-02T22:34:00.000+10:002015-05-03T00:43:38.729+10:00A Summer Of Music In Melbourne
I am always in awe as to how very lucky we are to live in Melbourne, and have so much music available to us, virutally all the time. Even between my past work schedule, I have managed to fit in a range of amazing gigs for this half of the year already.
St Kilda Festival's last day of music featured The Basics and San Cisco. I got to the beachside stage ready for our favourite local trio, Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-57412311485711736652015-03-21T22:23:00.000+11:002015-03-21T22:23:49.570+11:00Summer Zoo Twilight Sessions
The Zoo, Melbourne's summer, and good Aussie music as the sun goes down is a perfect evening pass time. A chance to wander through the animal enclosures before taking a spot on the grass in front of the stage, is also quite a treat. I managed to get along to two shows this Summer, and both were really great musical nights, but two of my favourite Aussie singer songwriters.
The first night wasTashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-11313779376974627992014-11-30T08:24:00.000+11:002014-11-30T08:24:00.230+11:00Top 5: Favourite Albums for 2014
Apparently the ARIAs happened in Australia this week, although I feel pretty removed from the First World whilst here at work. Still, I usually do a Top 5 Favourite Albums of the year post around this time, so here it is....
1 Chet Faker's Built On Glass - loved it from the first listen, and have listened to it pretty consistently since. Chilled,
2 Stay Gold by First Aid Kit. Love Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-14189047416278678912014-11-09T10:47:00.000+11:002014-11-09T10:47:00.190+11:00Top 5: Play Count
For many years now, during NaBloPoBo, I have been recording my Top 5 artists based on the top tracks played on my iTunes on my laptop. A little obsessive about this Top 25 playlist that iTunes accumulates as you play and synch, I think this list is telling of someone's music taste.
This year's annual post sees that Gotye's Making Mirrors has really made an impact, after it's release over Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-39178143756503580432014-11-04T12:45:00.000+11:002014-11-04T12:45:00.091+11:00The Look! Jess' Bitching Hen's Party
Celebrating my sister's upcoming nuptials with fluro dance gear, Roxette's The Look and the energy, crazy moves and feminist empowerment of the Real Hot Bitches 80s Dance Troupe could not have been more perfect!
I had actually just arrived back into the country off a flight the morning of, and after a fast power nap, arrived at Jessie's to see what my outfit contained, and join the party. Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-75835802173826289172014-10-04T10:16:00.000+10:002014-10-04T10:16:00.059+10:00Happy Team At Hawthorn Go Back To Back - Premiers 2014
Amazingly, we got tickets in the Members' ballot for the fourth time and made our way very early last Saturday to the MCG for the big game.
This was after the week build up, which included the final training session out at Waverley, and then the GF Parade through the city, and many drinks afterwards to prepare for the big day ahead.
In the Standing Room bay as early as the gates opened, to Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-24707444676739335272014-03-16T12:34:00.000+11:002014-03-16T12:34:00.247+11:00The National At Sydney Opera House
Seeing one of my favourite bands, off the back of a year with an album release that I loved, at the forecourt of one of Australia's most iconic buildings, on a warm Summer's night - can there be a better gig!? I worked hard on logistics to attend this, and all that wrangling of life was so worth it! What a night!
The National came on stage just as the light in the sky was fading, and Sydney'sTashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-28446632308303232342014-03-14T09:57:00.000+11:002014-03-14T09:57:00.246+11:00The 2014 Aussie Open
After missing last year's Australian Open due to travel I was pretty excited to return to our family tradition of Days 1 and 2 at Melbourne Park for as much Grand Slam tennis as we could all possibly squeeze in. Mum and I stayed down at The Blackman for a couple of nights, and my sisters came over on the Sunday night to plot out our days ahead - which involves studying the schedule, deciding on Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-43194213112888494662014-02-02T10:02:00.000+11:002014-02-02T10:02:00.327+11:00Project 52: Monday Afternoon
Attending a session as part of Melbourne Music Week, Nicole, Mary and I listened as Gotye discussed the creative process behind making his music videos. We heard about how the idea for the stop motion animation concept for Somebody That I Used To Know come together, from the director and producer herself, in conversation with Wally. Then I was amazed to hear about the work put in over a Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-55395322056272143572014-01-18T10:51:00.000+11:002014-01-18T10:51:00.053+11:00Play Me, I'm Yours, Melbourne!
The news that the art exhibit Play Me, I'm Yours was coming to Melbourne this January was something I was pretty excited about - I had after all, spend about a week in Toronto one Summer running around and seeing them there. I set about to do the same, although the majority of the Melbourne ones, here till the 27th of the month, are much closer together than the Canadian hunt!
Centring Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-61100949127936579122014-01-15T20:20:00.001+11:002014-01-15T20:20:37.307+11:00An Espy NYE!
Sorting out NYE is always a big deal, but after getting back from Nauru I found that Carlos had sorted tickets for us for the gig at The Espy for the evening. Perfect!
I was housesitting in Brunswick, so once we were ready we popped by North Melbourne to toast my sister and Heath, the coming new year, and the prospect of a family wedding in the coming year, after their engagement before I went Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-70454262897283834462014-01-09T17:30:00.000+11:002014-01-09T18:16:06.461+11:00Top 5: Favourite Albums For 2013
Wow, this annual post is more than a month late, but things have been a little hectic since the end of November, so hear it is now! I am also very aware that I have not been as across new music in the last 12 months as I have been in the past, due to travelling away, and then maybe because I have been so transient.
But here are the albums that were released in 2013 that I have listened to, Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-62751521421643574192013-11-15T23:18:00.000+11:002013-11-16T00:26:53.558+11:00Dan Sultan In Castlemaine
The temptation to see Dan Sultan play the collections of songs from his forthcoming album again was too hard to resist once a show was announced at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine. Such a gorgeous, and intimate feel venue, and he also has a special connection to the town, which makes the show even more heartfelt.
Michelle and I had dinner at The Western in Ballarat, before we drove across. Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-21697016790363806562013-11-13T22:59:00.000+11:002013-11-14T00:28:53.896+11:00Top 5: Play Count
Listening to music on my iPod mostly on shuffle, and having it with me most of the time, and yet my top tracks in iTunes have a pretty familiar listing over the years since I have been doing this annual post. Again, the 10 tracks give me the most listened to artists. All Aussies this year.
Seeker Lover Keeper's Even Though I'm A Woman is still my most played song in my collection.
My love ofTashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-59300187877692663372013-11-08T21:47:00.001+11:002013-11-08T23:33:12.943+11:00One Night Of 16 Days Under A Southern Sun
Boy & Bear's sophomore album is a gem, one of the masterpieces of this year. Seeing an new album played lives brings so much more into it, and Nicole and I got to hear this one live last weekend.
Opening was Battleships, an indie rock four-piece from Sydney, who held our attention.
The between set music merged into the first song as the band appeared on stage at the Forum, with Boy &Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-64224917642015620152013-11-06T22:15:00.000+11:002013-11-06T23:54:48.819+11:00Top 5: Influential Songs
When Carly posted her radio session and post about her influential songs, I felt compelled to make a list too. And then remembered how very far away my current music taste is from the stuff I listened to that come to mind as "influential". Wow...worlds away!
Make It Happen – Mariah Carey
“If you believe in yourself enough, and know what you want, you’re going to make it happen….” Need I say Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-85238260898109992432013-11-03T21:32:00.001+11:002014-07-09T19:30:25.287+10:00Make Music, Not War
Last Sunday, Nicole and I stumbled upon a music performance at the National Gallery of Victoria conducted with instruments made from weapons - guns, magazines, a pith helmet... Kind of creepy, dark, and beautiful, all at once.
Brought to Melbourne as part of the Melbourne Festival, Disarm is an orchestra set made by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes.
The weapons are a collection confiscated by theTashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-12643190530275018702013-10-30T21:03:00.000+11:002013-10-30T23:36:31.951+11:00Paul Dempsey's Shotgun Karaoke
During the last Something For Kate tour, Paul Dempsey uploaded a song that he performed in the backstage area, or the bathroom, or somewhere pre-gig as a vocal warm up each night of the tour. These covers, and clips became a feature of his Facebook page, and he ended up taking requests....and turning these covers into a tour and a 10 track release.
Carl and I went along last Friday to here Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-38914204395652247092013-10-08T20:43:00.002+11:002013-10-08T20:43:59.386+11:00Alex Gow and The Basics
Grand Final week would be a little lost without a random gig thrown into the mix, and this year was no exception!
I spied a random announcement from Oh Mercy's Alex Gow that he was home for the week, and would do an impromptu and intimate gig at Red Hummingbird. Coming back into the city from the GF Training, I met Nicole and Mary there, to check it out.
Just like sitting in his lounge room, aTashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271850.post-38187119497223601602013-10-03T21:03:00.000+10:002013-10-03T23:40:46.531+10:00The 2013 AFL Grand Final Premiership Win
A day to remember forever on Saturday, as Hawthorn became the 2013 AFL Premiers. What a day!
Our day started just as it did the year before, and also in the winning 2008 year, with a breakfast gathering at The Mess Hall in the city. Jenny and I joined Mum, Melissa, Jessica and Heath, and Jordon, before Flash and Cass, Gluv, and Axe filled the table. Those of us with standing room ate fairly Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852274995696256872noreply@blogger.com0