told you thursdays ROCK!

i wasn't really in the mood for going out but boy, am i glad i pulled my sorry butt off the couch and into the night.

alex and chris had invited me along to hear a band at the hifi bar. turns out neither of them had heard them before either. it could've been a very very bad investment.

turned up in time to see the support band, art vs science. who rocked the joint as well. a sydney act. catch them if you can.


the headliners were datarock, a norwegian four piece. AWESOME! suited in red sweats, just glorious. a high energy, insane set. they just kept on going.


to add to the entertainment they screened film clips with the band members playing some of the scenes. alex and i were trying to keep up with what they were. sixteen candles, ET, dirty dancing. but the best by far was bmx bandits. hilarious. oh... and then the finale was the audience and the band singing to one another, along to "i've had the time of my life". magic moments.

found! photos on phone from weekend

with a name like this i'm not sure if i'm more tempted to eat here than not!!

and strangely enough i had been conversing with a friend about the disappearance of all golliwogs only the other day. then walking through one of the city arcades i come across this window.



walking home through carlton gardens at night, listening to good tunes. yes, it's safe. yes, i'm careful. yes, it's beautiful.

the heart

...the world changes when something in it is loved. words become feeble. colours glow. every moment vibrates in the possible importance. and the heart that loves wonders how it lived, in the past, without loving - and how it will live now, now that it loves. 

- sonya hartnett - the ghost's child

4 years today

since dad died. what have i done since then? lived or existed? bit of both. having a "what am i doing with my life" day today. too many questions, not enough answers and no one to answer them anyway. i miss his insane conversations.

the return of the bagel

i know... i know... i've been promised many times before and i truly won't believe it til i see it, but... i walked into my usual starbucks yesterday, first time in a few weeks. i was greeted by name and then ceremoniously informed that there will be bagels in store from monday. yes. my wandering through the desert, bagel-less is almost over.

stay tuned until next weekend for my findings. did they bend the truth to keep me coming back? does starbucks deserve my continued patronage after months of sad substitution of a croissant? i'll let you know.

to the malthouse we did go

"god is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh" - voltaire (1694 - 1778)

thursday night at the theatre with alex, carol, chris and jamie. and what a wonderfully re-worked production of voltaire's candide. a road trip from utopia to plagued lands and back again, challenges of religion and sex and love. a great cast of frank woodley, barry otto, david woods and others, with live music interspersed throughout. the sets were tremendous. i do like the malthouse productions.

the show is moving onto the edinburgh international festival and the sydney festival. see it if you can. funny and thoughtful - all the good things.

happy birthday ugly monkey child

my beautiful niece larissa turns 11 today.