Recent gigs and recent pics
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Hey y'all! I've heard a request to talk a bit less about sport, so I'll go to my other staple topics: me and my musical activities. I've had a pretty good weekend - my internal batteries feel quite charged, even sitting here at work. There was a bit of soccer, both playing and watching, some ice hockey (including a shootout and a kid with a huge mullet) and I kicked off a big month (and a bit) of gigs for me. Six concerts in six different venues that started with Kisschasy at the Corner on Saturday and Coldplay at Rod Laver Arena last night.
Admittedly, I did miss most of Trial Kennedy. Again. It was just like the Maroondah Festival (as both bands played there too - and I missed all of Trial Kennedy bar the awesome Damage on Parade). I thought they'd play second, not first, so we didn't even listen to the band I'd never heard of. We checked out the Corner's renovations and joked about instead. Kisschasy were good without being spectacular, playing their entire album and chatting friendly with their hometown crowd. Maybe I was just too far back.
Coldplay turned out to be brilliant after a slow start, when the crowd seemed a little reluctant to get into it. Considering the long wait between sets, I can't believe there weren't any chants of "Coldplay! Coldplay!" The quieter moments of The Scientist and the closer Fix You were highlights, along with White Shadows. Youth Group were a worthy support act, as seen in my photos. I didn't take stage pics of the main acts, simply because I hate people that are always holding their phones up during a concert. No more gigs until Gyroscope on Friday the 21st, but it was exciting getting back into watching a few gigs after I'd sort of had a break from them.
Here's some pictures for the curious - no promises on quality of images or quality of photography. I've zipped them so they're easier to select the ones you want, to save to your hard drive easier and so I don't have to thumbnail everything.
Soccer: after the 3-a-side game at Norwood (2 pictures, 470 KB)
Hockey: Melbourne Ice vs Sydney Bears, featuring Mullet Kid (6 pictures, 3313 KB)
Coldplay and Youth Group (6 pictures, 2964 KB)
4 comments to this post
Yeah, people with phones really piss me off, especially that guy in front who was recording and messaging all night long (and I mean almost continuously)
What shits me is when people hold up their phone like some sort of yuppie lighter. I mean, what the fuck is that about?
I'm pissed off I missed Trial Kennedy... next time they're in Melbourne, we're both going and we're NOT missing them!
I havn't been to a gig in ages, i've either had no cash or there's been nothing on thats even slightly interesting when i actually have time and money.
Man, TK are awesome though, i'll definately be comming next time. I pondered going, it was only like $18+bf yeah?
It was $22 at the door, so yeah.
Sounds good Brad!
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