Meh is my impression. Some good works, but nothing that blew me away like Picasso. My mate I was there with quite enjoyed it though, each to their own.
We almost decided to give it a miss as the entry line was massive, but it moved quickly in the end. Thank god we already had free tickets or else we would have had an even larger line outside the ticket counter.
It has been a while since I went along to a gig from my favorite Australian band Little Birdy. Originally from Perth and now calling Melbourne home (Yay!) this show at The Forum kicks off their tour for their latest album, Confetti.
This gig was supported by the Hungry Kids of Hungary and the Red Riders. I was early enough to see both and get a good spot in front of stage, or so I thought. I have heard music from both of these bands previously on my favourite radio station but I have never been that interested to follow their music beyond the radio plays. I quite enjoyed the Hungry Kids of Hungary but found the Red Riders boring to the point I was playing Peggle on my iPhone througout most of their set.
Katy was looking as good as ever sporting a black and white outfit with some serious cleavage exposure. The set was high energy as always with the band fully utilizing the space on the stage as they kicked out some great music. They played all the songs expected however songs from the new album seemed to be outnumbered by those from past albums. This was not a problem for me as I found their first album the best so far and bought all of their early EPs. Certainly the main songs from the album, and certainly my favourites from it, such as Brother, Hairdo & the title track Confetti were played.
I would have like more audience participation by Katy something I find lacking in many traditional bands.
Overall the gig was good albeit short and mared by the bad behaviour of other audience members (see below).
Videos to be added as soon as I upload them.
Negative
There was one negative point about the gig and it was a seriously major one. It had nothing to do with the band and it is unlikely they could have done anything about it. I don’t usually drink alchohol when going to gigs since I like to enjoy the music untainted or filtered by drugs. I have no issue with others doing so with one caveat, they don’t negatively affect the experience for others who are there to enjoy the music not just get pissed.
For me what tainted the entire Little Birdy show was the behaviour of a group of bogan drunkards decided to push through the pack to the very front of the stage and continue to be nuisances through the entire set. The arm/hands you see in my videos of the set are from the closest woman in the group. What you don’t see is me and everyone around her trying to avoid her elbow from causing us a concussion. I had to move to the back of The Forum theater before the encore started as I just could not take any more.
Maybe I’m just a sook, but that would then include everyone around me who also were not to impressed with their behaviour.
Just watched the new Watchmen movie based on the Graphic novel of the same name. I read the graphic novel a couple years back and loved it. I found this movie Awesome! Even though I knew everything that was going to happen it was still so enjoyable. It was a relief that it was so well made given how some of these transitions turn out.
It was funny with heart pumping action and sad. Really sad.
The Streets (aka Mike Skinner) was in town last Tuesday (10/02/09) to perform at Billboard the Venue. The support act was originally Muscles however due to the recent fires in Victoria he cancelled his appearance to help out family/friends affected. In his place the support act brought in was Pez, who cracked into the Australian music scene with “The Festival Song”.
I grabbed a great position right near the front, however I had an absolute tall pr**k push in front of all of us near the front. Lets just say that he was not a popular guy with all the punters he was blocking as he was not a short guy and he was wearing a puffy jacket. So I did not feel bad for him when he was pulled up by the bouncers when he lit up a joint.
Back to The Streets. Mike really mixed it up playing songs from all four albums. Given the amount of material available to him many of the songs were mixed into each other. He also spoke to the crowd a lot, quite often refering to the Victorian bushfires and the lives lost.
For me The Streets really delivered. Videos will be up soon.
