Splendour Bender

See what I did there? SEE?!!

Ahem. In other news I went to Splendour in the Grass a week and a half ago (*pine*) and it was one of the most enjoyable weekends/festivals/friendship broadening experiences I've had in a while.






Bands I saw include :

• Tim & Jean
• Frightened Rabbit
• School of Seven Bells
• Foals
• The Only (unfortunately)
• Hot Chip
• The Temper Trap
• Ben Harper
• Band of Skulls
• The Drums
• Bluejuice (With handmade Yeti suits and all!)
• Tame Impala
• Wolfmother
• Florence and the Machine
• The Strokes
• Jac Stone
• Boy & Bear
• Cloud Control
• Kid Kenobi
• Jonsi
• Goldrapp (parts of it)
• Empire of the Sun

There were other bands we caught in passing like Scissor Sisters and K-os but I'm not going to remember them all.


I would also like to report that despite my biggest fears camping for 4 days was survivable and it didn't rain once! (it threatened before Wolfmother, but the weather knew better than to mess with Andrew Stockdale!) Gumboots were still required for the entire 4 days though.





Logistically speaking the layout was ok, although there was a LOT of walking involved. I don't think they took into consideration all the unfit, skinny jean wearing indie kids attending. Needless to say we had to scale what seemed like a mountain every morning and every night to enter and leave the festival.

My favourite act of the entire festival was by far Jonsi. His ability to hold notes for well over a minute (longer than the crow could cheer for him...twice) and his amazing vocals simply blew the entire audience away. His band knew exactly what to do and when, and watching them all swap around on different pianos and xylophones was really quite entertaining.

Surprisingly good act that really hit me was The Temper Trap joined onstage by a few members of Mumford and Sons. I am proud that Australia is still producing such wonderful talent. and needless to say their song "Sweet Disposition" went OFF.

I felt bad about my constant twitter and foursquare updates about where I was and who I was seeing. A few friends let jealousy get the better of them and told me they no longer wanted to know what fun I was having. Poor guys.

A small clip of the awesome set Jonsi did. I literally almost cried.

Jonsi - Animal Arithmetic

Things in General

I'm wearing bright neon purple stockings to work today. The impact on work mates has been astounding! It's like they possess some sort of happiness bestowing power or something!



This is my new friend/pet. His name is Mr.Mandible and he is a Venus Fly Trap. A good friend of mine dropped by the other day and gave him to me as a present. BEST PRESENT EVER!














Lately I've been realising a certain appreciation for Marina & The Diamonds, so check her out!

Today's quote on my desk calendar says "People will buy anything that's one to a customer" - Sinclair Lewis. I don't understand this quote AT ALL. So if you do feel free to help me out.

and lastly... Turtles Eating Things

You're welcome!

PS there's a jumping castle set up in the park across the road from work, I'm currently trying to formulate a plan so they let me have a go.

a few things to keep you out of trouble

This is a rather cute clip from Darwin Deez that I found today.

Also found out about these local markets, pretty awesome idea considering the distinct lack of culture on the Gold Coast. Definately planning on checking them out!

And finally I'm uploading some new work to my Deviantart. Feel free to have a look around too, there's a LOT of talent out there!

Musicality

Top artists lately have been:



1. Suburban Kids with Biblical Names

2. We have band

3. Violent Femmes

4. Acid House Kings

5. Waltz for Debbie



Also my highly recommended artiste of the week/month/year is Darwin Deez. Yes he is a bit of a popularity at the moment, but I simply love his lyrics, especially 'The Bomb Song'



In other news I'm currently trying to devise a way to stay at home in my pajama's all day, and still get paid. We'll see how that works out for me.



Here is an awesome artist on Deviantart, her drawings are amazing! I've been meaning to upload some of my latest drawings, I'll link when I do. Promise.





Do this quiz too, over at The Oatmeal, it'll change your life.

Musicality

This weeks top artists are:

Mum


Fever Ray


Bjork


The Knife


The Sugarcubes

Also currently enjoying The Knife in collaboration with Mt.Sims and Planningtorock

I found the above picture on someone's tumblr. I can't drag it down to where I want it on this post, because my computer won't let me drag anything....anywhere. Annoying.

I haven't fallen over on my rollerskates yet. I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.

This week's most awkward occurence: Having the most good looking guy I know ask me how many times a day I shower..... Eep.

The end.

Musicality

I know it's been a while, not having access to this blog all day really does limit the time I used to spend putting posts together.

Top artists of the last week:

1. The Strokes


2. Coconut Records


3. Seawolf


4. Spoon


5. Ambulance LTD

(I can't post links right now because I keep getting error messages accessing last.fm from this server, whatever the hell that means)

In other news I wrote a story using a Quill and ink. Quite an amazing experience.
I'm also slowly dying from having the pessimistic harpies in my office sap my soul soul of any joy and light.

Musicality

Living in a Laneway

So last weekend was pretty amazing music wise. I won tickets to see Wild Beasts and Dappled Cities at the Northern in Byron the night before Laneway Festival in Brisbane, did somebody say ROADTRIP! Amazing gig, very intimate given the size of the crowd and a great performance given by a sickness stricken four piece Dappled Cities. The Wild Beasts sounded perfect live too.

Laneway delivered as always, I've officially fallen in love with The xx. I've never bee in such a mellowed out mosh before, and the fact that the lead singer never blinked once mesmerized me. I'm going to have that mans children. Needless to say Florence and the Machine were mind blowing - she literally gave me goosebumps the entire time. I may be having The xx's babies but I'm marrying Florence. That woman has got lungs!

As usual I went dressed a little different to my normal self, this year I looked like the semi-retarded love child of Clark Kent. It enabled me to be there and not get leered at by sleazy guys, instead I got WTF looks from everybody. It was great!

The venue was expanded this year too, creating more room for us little children of the indie corn to dance and generally have a good time. I caught a little bit of Daniel Johnston after rocking out to the Philly Jays. The man reminded me of my grandfather, I didn't like his singing but I did want to give him a hug and tell him I'll visit him soon and give my love to Nan.

All in all a most enjoyable weekend!