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green day @ sydney superdome 09-03-05

Billie Joe

sarah blasko

She also plays the guitar, but that photo was even darker than this.

sarah blasko and the band

There are more members of her band. At times she was on stage by herself like for her encore. I'd love to get a hold of her old EP. Ofcourse I'd love to buy an actual copy of her album but too many people are having birthdays and I go to the movies way too often to afford cds (though I did buy a $5 Burt Bacharach cd about a week ago - it's a good cd).

i heart music

Sarah Blasko actually went to UNSW. I love her album and she is great live (people are always better live when you know their songs). I have to say I don't know why Missy Higgins gets so much more attention when Blasko is a better songwriter and performer.

paul greene?

I really like the song C*** S*****, M***** F*****. I guess it may appear to be a novelty song by the line used throughout the song, but it actually is a really nice song. Overall these two guys were ok but nothing that really caught my attention (apart from the song mentioned).

About supporting acts, I feel they are at great risk of getting a hard time from audiences (I'm not sure if that expression is worded correctly). After all everyone is there to see the main act. I mean this isn't the case always, but it can get pretty bad as you hear or read about it in magazines. Refer to my Green Day vs. Simple Plan experience. Sarah Blasko's supporting acts just had a large portion of the audience talking during their performances and getting drinks.

sarah blasko @ UNSW roundhouse 23-02-05

The first supporting act for Sarah Blasko. I'm guessing this is Dan Kelly and the second (above) is Paul Greene.

the finale

I loved being able to see them once again. I saw them live previously at the Enmore Theatre the 01-03-03 (my very first concert, which exceeded every expectation) and another channel [V] concert in Cronulla in 2003. Sadly they didn't play as many songs as they had done so in Cronulla, and the only thing they played from their last albums was The Young and the Hopeless. I thought it'd be more like Cronulla, but no. Don't get me wrong, I was sooo happy when I heard their was a free channel [V] performance (since I couldn't afford a ticket to any of their concerts) , but I really wanted more.

the support of the crowd...

...and the security guy

the twins dressed in different shades

good charlotte

The concert is always the best with crowd support. That's Joel in white there to the right.

one quick interview before the official performance

paul

billy and paul post-soundcheck

Benji, the other half of the Madden twins.

good charlotte @ channel [V] 11-02-05

We arrived at Fox studios some time after 2:40 I think. We were planning on getting there earlier but there were communication problems between one friend so our planning was ruined. We still got there early enough for the sound check. Hence why I got quite a number of day picks. Sadly, I don't have the latest album of theirs, but from what I've heard I'd love it.

Billy and Joel

les choristes, million dollar baby, la mala educacion - in keeping with tradition

As it has been awhile I think I may aswell stick to tradition and discuss the movies I have seen. Les Choristes (The Chorus), a title I refuse to pronounce in french (simply because I always make it sound terrible), was the first one I saw after I Heart Huckabees. I have to say I absolutely love this movie it is so sweet, such a feel good movie (though the red headed guy nearly ruined it for me). I know I'm not much of a critic, the cliched phrases I use are a dead give away but I say what occurs to me.

This movie has just been added to my favourites list, the music featured also helped get it there. So I was absolutely horrified to hear Beyonce sang the song nominated from this movie at the Oscars. I didn't see her perform, but if you've seen this movie you'll already know it should never be sung by her. Why the hell did she sing any of the songs let alone more than one? Were the organisers completely high? If you have an opinion about this please I'd like to hear it. As for the winner, I can't say I remembered that song from 'The Motorcycle Diaries.' The performance of this song by Antonio Banderas and Carlos Santana was the only thing I saw of the whole event (by sheer coincidence). I don't remember the song but I do remember being somewhat entranced as I just thought the whole thing was rather bizarre, that isn't a reflection of the song just that it never occurred to me Banderas would sing at the oscars.

During my absence from this blog spot I have seen Million Dollar Baby which was much better than I thought it'd be. Why is it I can't stand watching actual boxing but I like watching it in movies? The last one I saw was La Mala Educacion (Bad Education). I don't really know what to say about it. By the way it is the first Pedro Almodovar film I've seen. It isn't a film my other friends would see. It wasn't bad, but not a favourite. Mainly because of the content. The story line was good and the order the story unfolded, but as my friend said Gael Garcia Bernal's motive for doing things isn't really clear. Well that's just my amateur comment on the movies I've seen.


Out of the three I definitely recommend Les Choristes. My friend and I were extremely lucky to see it at all, it was the very last chance to see it in cinema. I now usually see arthouse films with my friend (I don't like to name people as you've noticed) as part of a little tradition. These are the hardest films to be able to later because local dvd/video rental stores only have a very small arthouse section, and if i can't rent it I have to see if by sheer luck SBS shows any films of interest, they usually do. The World Movies channel would be the best thing for me.

the amount of time i have dedicated to my blog spot is... disappointing

When I started this I thought that I'd be more dedicated to it, but as with most things I have abandoned it for quite some time due to my laziness. I have started uni and I really should be catching up on some reading and studying, but I felt I needed to say something so as to reassure my fellow bloggers that my site is not well and truly dead, but in the midst of a revival.

A bit over the top I know.

But for my first entry in a long time, I just had to say it.