New favourite band!

For more reasons that one!
So I (possibly a little late) discovered Sparkadia over the last few weeks - I have become obsessed with the song 'Talking like you're falling down stairs'. I jumped on iTunes to have a look-see at what they had available, and found the coolest artwork ever for their 2009 album 'Postcards' and follow up EP's. Ch-ch-check it!




Gotta love a mail theme!

Posty-Post

Some really cool shizz has been popping through my letterbox...


Robin Hood envie reply to Bianca in Tazzie


Postcrssing to Germany


Postcrossing to China


PC from Alexandria in the USA


Cow PC from New York


With an awesome Yoda Stamp!


Swap for Sesame street Envies


PC from Belgium


Lyrics PC - Arrest this heart, Hungry Kinds of Hungary


Lyrics PC - One Four Five, The Cat Empire


Golden PC from Germany


German Seagulls


Mix Share Swap - Healing Songs to Bianca (swap instigator) I am a bit nervous sending it to the lady in charge!! Track Listing:
Excuses - The Morning Benders
Oh No - Andrew Bird
Peter Pan - Jinja Safari
Dust Storm - Seagull
I Will Never Love You More - Soko
Pirouette - Lisa Mitchell
White Lies - Paolo Nutini
Generator - Freelance Whales
A Community Service Announcement - Jonathan Boulet
And silly me forgot to take a pic of the one I sent to Carrie Carm, it was "songs that take me someplace else".... hopefully she takes a pic! Track Listing:
Roll Away Your Stone - Mumford & Sons
Excuses - The Morning Benders
Radar Detector - Darwin Deeez
40' - Franz Ferdinand
Hurt Me - The Jezebels
Peter Pan - Jinja Safari
Masochist - John Steel Singers
About The Future - Yves Klein Blue
While You Wait For The Others - Grizzly Bear
Dust Storm - Seagull


Envelope containing two swaps... strangely got partnered with the same girl in Turkey for two completely different swaps!


Stamp Swap


PC Penpal Twist Swap


Big Ben Post-crossing to China


Penpal PC twist swap returning to the USA

Just an update on my Boost Bar consumption... only one in the last week and a half... frequency definitely reduced since I posted about it... way to break a habit maybe?

Crank up the Machine!

My great friend Fish and I went to see Florence and the Machine (supported by Pond) At Challenge Stadium on Tuesday.
Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Show! I had seen her at Laneway this February, and I thought the extra time she had was great... the festival vibe added far too much frenetic energy to the set... by herself, it was more personal!
And there were cooler lights!
Here are a couple of pics I took... But I think my camera is suffering from travel abuse as it was a bit slow to focus etc, so I am hoping it is not a beginning of a slow decent into not-working-ness. I have become quite attached to the old Panasonic Lumix!

Monday 3/May

Today I was listening to 'A Distinctive Sound' by Gotye. The Lyrics "The flute couldn't do that" made me laugh, it made me think of an instrument battle.

Sunday 28/Feb

Well what an enjoyable Sunday this was! The greatly anticipated arrival of Franz Ferdinand with Future Music Festival was upon Danni and I and we were shaking in our shoes with excitement. On reflection seeing one of our favourite bands twice in just over a year is getting a bit spoilt... I suppose it shows the change in the music industry from records making the big bucks to being required to tour to have an income. I am certainly not complaining!

Franzy Pants were great! I think I have established a bit of a better photo-taking routine for mosh pits in the last 13 months as a greater majority of this round of pictures were actually in focus.

I love the part or their set where they all gather around the drums and have a bit of a bash-out. And Alex never disappoints with is charismatic gaze and deep dark grumbling voice!

The great thrill of the day though was basking in the glory of Emperor Steel of Empire of the Sun! I am not sure I have ever seen a show with such complete production quality, ever. And this was at an outdoor music festival!! It was so amazingly stunning... I can keep going with the adjectives but I think you get the point.

Ok 5 costume changes for the Emperor alone... not to mention his 4 dancers who morphed from pygmy puffballs to sword fish to geisha in the space of a 50 min set! And the music was of a great quality, not at all overshadows by the theatrics.

So apart from the 40+ degree heat and the 25min wait at the gate to get in, this was such a great day! And I believe that terribly dirty shoes is always a good sign that a festival has been a success!