From the Palm of My Hand

I just worked out that I can blog from my phone, awesome I know. I finally get to make use of the keyboard that it has. oh and it’s not a girly hiptop either. it’s a manly Palm. they decided to sponsor me because my writing style is so refined. so today has been pretty good so far, I managed to rise at a reasonable time (mainly to watch spongebob squarepants). I even went down the street for a jaunt and came back with cheap cd and dvds: Cat Stevens – Teaser and the Firecat, Training Day and Trainspotting. i’ll give you the lowdown on how they pan out over the next couple of days.
oh and for all the fans out there that want to know what i’ve been listening to i’ll drop a few names and albums for you to get onto. i’m still going with the new one from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It’s Blitz with Zero and Dull life stuck in my head. with a new album from Placebo around the corner (and a new single out now) I thought that i’d better scrub up on their back catalog so I got ahold of Without You I’m Nothing and the rest of Meds I didn’t already have. I highly recommend you download every single from it but before you do that make sure you get Follow the Cops Back Home, it’s the shit (and tell me where i’ve heard it before cos i’m stumped).

oh and i’ve picked up guitar again. i’m currently learning the acoustic version of Alive With the Glory of Love on my electric and I learnt Lenny Kravitz’s Fly Away on acoustic guitar (just to be different)

What! We thought you died or something?

Well hasn’t it been a long time since I’ve updated this thing. To all those hardcore followers out there (I’m sure there’s a few) that havn’t been able to live with themselves during my untimely absence I have a legitimate excuse for ‘going ot for a pack of cigarettes and not coming back’. I had poured my soul into the second part of my soundwave blog and when i went to publish it wordpress had like a war flashback, shat itself and deleted all but a few lines of it. So i thought ok, I’ll fix it later. this went on for about a week and then after that i couldn’t be stuffed rewriting it at all so I sort of just left it. A big ‘SORRY’ to those that weren’t able to get their fix and if you email me i’ll gladly send you a personally signed headshot to make up for it.

Now that the formalities have been taken care of I can get down to the ‘nitty gritty’. A fair bit of stuff has happened in the couple of months I wasn’t here, and i’ll bring you up to speed in point form.

-Employed at Safeway stacking shelves

-Saw Coldplay and actually touched Chris Martin

-My iPod broke and I managed to fix it myself

-Got my P plates

Well that’s the big stuff anyway. Now that you’re up to date I can write about other stuff of interest to you. Um let’s see… Oh! I’ve got an idea, a music update sounds good.

Before I left I think was listening to The Flaming Lips, Rise Against and a bit of Paramore. They’re still getting air time on the iPod and i’ve picked up a few new bands aswell as rekindled some old ones. On the recommendation of RYM Ive got a hold of their no.1 album of 2009 so far: Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective. I’ve been giving it a bit of a listen so far and it’s coming along ok. With my extensive background in psychedelic music i’ve warmed up to it. Pearljam also re-released their debut Ten. I only knew a few songs (Betterman is my personal fave) and had liked all of them so I went out and bought the physical album for once. It’s been pumping in the car’s CD player while I’ve been cruising around trying not to crash and for once the remastered version isn’t half bad.

Recently though Ten has been given the flick as no.1 preference in the car to Yellowcard. I started listening to them again after watching Big Fish and being reminded of their song How I Go from Lights And Sounds which was written about the movie. So as I listened to it I got an urge for more violin riffs so I pumped up their previous album Ocean Avenue which is one of my all time favourites. I highly recommend you download it/ go out and buy it because it is pure magic and I don’t say that often about an album. So having Yellowcard on the brain I got ahold of their most recent release Paper Walls (which is playing at the moment, 10 of 14 the iPod says) and i’m thoroughly enjoying it after having it as background noise in the car. It’s such a shame they’re on indefinite hiatus but hopefully they’ll need beer money and get back together. Maybe it’s for the best? But they’re definetely a band worth a listen.

*Oh god I’m listening to one of the sadder songs ‘Dear Bobbie’ and I think i’m gonna cry. Not sure why. Man up Darcy!!!!!!!*

What else have I been doing? Not a whole lot really. I’ve worked out a new sleep cycle that falls in line with work. I go to bed around 3 and rise around 12-2. It’s quite good because i’m not a morning person. Oh i’ve taken up reading again. I picked up a copy of Ocsar Wilde’s ‘The portrait of Dorian Grey’ in Borders in lieu of a way epensive architecture book and the dose of literature has been doing me good. I think i’m smarter already and i’m only up to chapter II (that’s 2 in regular number).

With the wordcount spanning more than 700 words now I think I shall tie things up. Have a good one

My Wave of Sound Part 2

Ok I think I left you at the Goldfinger signing, well back into it I shall get.

After that I think it was ice cream and rest time. By then the temperature was around 35 and I felt like melting.  After an extensive break and another drinks stop and a pot of gold later and a band or two it was time to line up for the Say Anything

My Wave of Sound

Up early last Friday to catch the train to Melbourne at six fucking twenty in the morning.  After staying up until around 2 i the morning watching a movie it was a decent effort on my part. On the way up I encountered the usual train folk, babies screaming, some weird couple that insisted on sitting right next to and on the seat across from me and deciding to swap seats at regular intervals because it wasn’t weird enough just fondling each other with me there cowering in my seat. I was sure glad to be off that train, with my virginity barely intact. Now this was at around 10:00 so I had a bit of time to spare until I had to rock up at soundwave. What better way is there to pass time than getting a 7/11 breakfast that consisted of a slurpee and batteries for my camera?

Back to Flinders to get the train up the the showgrounds and I was glad I chose to wear a white tshirt because the temperature was getting higher and everyone knows that black material absorbs more heat (the vast majority of soundwave goers had neglected this thought). After finally rocking up to soundwave after a lot of train hopping I met up with a few mates underneath the big pie statue (??) and deciding to rock the merchandise line for a while. Realising that Goldfinger were about to come on I had to hightail it over to Stage 1 and begin rocking out. Being a bit of a newcomer to the moshpit I soon got up to speed with all the lingo and how not to be crushed. It was a fucking awesome show with the highlights being a guy eating a twinkie out of the drummers ass (true story) and my first circle pit and wall of death (protip – run directy behind someone in the wall of death so they take all the punches). It was a pretty good setlist with the final two songs (Superman and 99 Red Balloons) being the best. Halfway through 99 red balloons there was a bit of an opening in the crowd where I was and I found myself being propositioned by this real big punk dude if I wanted to go ‘up’. Who was I to deny a chance to pop my crowd surfing cherry so up I went. Everyone should try it at least one because it rocked and because it was towards the end I didn’t have to brave the large crowds leaving the stage area.

After lining up for signing tickets I went and braved the drinks line for 20 mins then discovering the ’shower’ I had a good wet down before braving the Forever The Sickest Kids crowd and getting the dirtiest of looks of all these chicks because I pushed past them interupting their orgasm in search of my friends. After that it was time to line up to see Goldfinger in person. I made a few friends in the line with my cunning ability to join in with their emo bashing. The guys from Goldfinger were top blokes and I asked the drummer what it was like getting a twinkie eaten out of his ass. He said it felt cool.

I’ll write about my 2nd half of the day later on cos i’m all typed out

Seriously it’s a fair decent bed

It’s been a while since i’ve contributed to the blogosphere so I thought I might rip out a bit of typing and upload some awesomeness. And in my absence I have been out achieving amazing feats of greatness in my life that in time I will regale you with.

Now let’s jump into it, I just have to decide what to brush over first. Oh I know

First music concert/festival coming up for the year on Friday, yep i’m going to Soundwave. Can’t wait to see my highlight of the day: Say Anything. Aswell as Houston Calls, Goldfinger and loads more. I know what you’re thinking, that’s pretty awesome already. But it gets better. Next Tuesday I will be rocking out to Coldplay with the infamous Bordy brothers. My life is looking pretty awesome at the moment hey.

Now it gets even better. I have also scored a job at Safeway doing nightfill (but i’ll have some day shifts so i’m not a complete vampiric god). I had my induction (fancy word for training) today. It was 8 hours of sitting in a room being told how to wash my hands and how not to sell alcohol to under 18s. I was paid for it though so I guess it was alright.

After over 5 years of being stuck with a set of bunks (double on bottom, guitar/drunk friend storage on top) I finally upgraded to a Queen sized bed. Wanna come test it out? Seriously it’s a fair decent bed.

I got a new phone too so I can blog on the go now, so you’ll be even more up to date with my life! It’s not an iphone but it still kicks ass. It’s like the Rolling Stones to the Beatles, better.

And after my everlasting quest to be up with all the latest music technology I have upgraded to a record player. I know you guys might not have heard of it yet but this thing has game. Awesome crisp sound quality and you’ll fall in love with the smell of vinyl

Lots of things happened recently, so i’ll stop here to let it all sink in.

Oh and if there are any bloggers out there that want views word me up so I can talk you up!