thoughts pre gig:

WHITLAMS WHITLAMS WHITLAMS
TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT!!

already i am jittery and giggly like a silly school-girl remembering the last time i saw them live - 7 months ago. singing at the top of my lungs and dancing right up the very front. and not dancing like there was nobody watching - dancing like i was in a room full of people loving the experience just as much as i did. sober i have never felt more intoxicated.. and it didnt end just there! for almost a week afterwards i was a sighing wreck, staring out of windows…

Hope all you Melbournian Whitlams fans are jumping on tickets for The Whitlams at The Corner Hotel on Friday October 13

Must be a good year - just 18 and The Whitlams twice? - things sure are looking up :)

well.. i'm a little bit lost for words at the moment, and the reason is this: The Sunset Tree.

yes yes of course i'd heard it before today. but never had i really heard it - as in actualy sat down in my darkened room and listened to it intently from first to last song.

this album reduced me to tears (which is an extremely difficult thing to do), and not the self pittying tears either. An odd mixture between resignation and hope, the same mixture that darnielle manages to bring to his stark and confronting autobiographical lyrics of…

So you're all familiar with the rules by now - ipod/itunes/media player of choice on shuffle.. selected number of songs played.. first line or so of each song.. you, the public playing at home guess the songs.. but google = cheating.

and just for a disclosure; this is a brilliant means of procrastination, so i'm almost definately going to do it at least once a month.

let the game begin

1. "Nicky's in the corner, with a black coat on"
Beautiful Girl - INS

2. "I've been out walking, I dont do too much talking"
These Days - Nico

3.…

Firstly we need a back story of my Dylan Moran saga:
Introduced to Black Books by a close friend at least 4 years ago and immediately fell desperately in love, when we both discovered that Bernard, Manny and Fran made up a significantly large percentage of our personalities. We delighted in traipsing around school spurting drunken insults at eachother and ranting enthusiastically in corners about all matters from the destruction of calculators to the murder of satanic school systems.

We eagerly awaited the release of "monster" on dvd overseas, and fed our stomachs with further wine whilst waiting for our…

Having recently turned 18, i was eagerly awaiting The Whitlams gig at the Corner coz i'd never stepped inside the place before. The fact that Kate Miller-Heidke was supporting was just an added bonus, as id heard her work before, but wasnt expecting great things.

boy was i wrong. as i walked into the corner and my eyes adjusted to the dim light i was immediately aware of the wonderful voice sweeping over me. coupled with a refreshing beer and and a hilarious rendition of Talking Heads' 'Psycho Killer' as her final number i found myself happy crying. I…