It just occurred to me earlier this evening that it is Halloween today - 31st October. Living in Brisbane you wouldn't even know it if you weren't paying attention. I google searched Halloween and this is the first image that came up.
I would have seen hundreds of these on TV or in a film but I have never seen one in real life, not once. It just isn't really an Australian thing. But traverse to the northern hemisphere and it's huge. It's amazing how cultures that can sometimes seem so similar occasionally remind you just how wildly different they really are.
So happy Halloween to those people who care. But for me and most of my fellow countrymen it's business as usual on a Friday night.
The first time I saw this I pretty much couldn't believe my eyes. You know when you usually see a comedy sketch ripping on someone you can tell it's a joke - the actor doesn't really look like the person they're depicting and it's usually so exaggerated that there's no doubt it's not real. In comes Tina Fey impersonating American Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. I thought it was real. Check it out.
I had a conversation with someone about our music the other day. And this person said that they really connected with the music and lyrics that we wrote. I'd always thought about how I wanted our music to connect with people on a really personal level, but hearing it from someone who really appreciated our stuff meant a lot. The conversation reminded me about something I'd been thinking for a long time, about why I love playing music so much. So he's a thought about why I love what I do.
If nothing else I hope that my songs can make someone's life better, if only for an instant.
A little bit sentimental but hey, sometimes you need to be.
I wouldn't have gone to this show had a friend not called me up the day before with a ticket. It wasn't exactly the sort of stuff I usually get into but that's kinda why it was cool. And besides, I love The Tivoli and I don't think I've seen a bad show there yet. Michael Franti loved the whole jumping around on stage thing and the whole crowd loved to get into it as well. I swear it was about 40 degrees in there and that combined with a sold out show, everyone jumping and humidity at 98% meant that it got pretty disgustingly sweaty pretty quickly. When I walked out my jeans felt like I'd just put them in the wash.
There was sooo much bass though. It got a bit much for me after a while. And there were some snare hits in there that had so much reverb on them I felt a bit nauseous listening. There's something about overly reverbed snare and 80s toms that literally makes me feel sick. I'm not sure why. I wonder if anyone else suffers from it?
I hadn't read a good book for a while when I came across this one, "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. And I'd been getting through it steadily but last night I was nearing (sort of) the end and it killed me. I just couldn't put it down so I found myself closing the book at about 3am this morning. Destroyed my day. But really really good book.
Why why why is the Australia dollar so useless against the Greenback right now? Way Huge just announced the release of this beautiful looking thing and I just have to get it. I'm convincing myself I need it and it's not just a want thing. Stuff it. I'm buying one now.
The evening weather in Brisbane right now is stellar. Mid-20 degrees, nice breezes. It's that perfect time of year before it starts getting too hot. I hope it hangs around and summer doesn't jump in too early. I wore shorts and a T-shirt for the first time in a while a couple of weeks ago and I forgot how good it is to be able to dress like that. Springtime - how good!!
I just jumped on iTunes and downloaded the new single by The Killers, "Human". I must say I'm a massive fan of it. I think the best bands are the ones who are able to evolve their sound while at the same time still keeping it identifiably theirs. The Killers have definitely done that with this song. I'm looking forward to the album coming out in November. And hopefully they'll be touring Australia again sometime soon.
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