Archive for April, 2008
30
Apr
Lawn Bowls
I’m back in Sydney and jumping back into the live music scene with the Essential Festival that was held on ANZAC Day at the Gaelic Club this weekend.
Embarrassingly I’m not a huge fan of Aussie homegrown music, with most of my obsessions targeted towards international acts. I was only keen to cover this gig because of Ratatat, who are an amazing band from New York, but was pleasantly surprised and blown away by the quality of the Aussie bands preceding them.
Despite not having many punters around due to their early set time, the Paper Scissors were full of energy and fun catchy pop songs.
Grafton Primary were also great danceable fun but Bluejuice absolutely stole the show with raw energy and amazing onstage presence. Bluejuice, you have a new fan - I LOVE YOU GUYS.
Ratatat were also great, but to my annoyance their lighting show consisted of killing the stage lights and playing some random projector display in the background. I didn’t have a flash on me so after a few minutes of trying to get a decent shot, I realised there was no point and closed my eyes and enjoyed the music instead.
The headliners were Regurgitator but I didn’t stick around long for them - they’ve got some ace songs up their sleeves but I’ve never been a fan of their onstage act and the surprisingly rough crowd they attract.
All in all, Essential Festival was a good night of great Aussie acts. And if you haven’t checked out Bluejuice live yet, do yourself a favour and buy yourself a ticket. They’re incredible!
To check out more photos from the Essential Festival click here.
19
Apr
Death of my fake Raybans
I was stupid.
I stepped on them.
They only cost $4 but I’m still going to try and fix them - it’s hard to come by a good pair of fake Raybans dammit!
16
Apr
Iluka
This weekend was beaches galore. After checking out Angourie we also headed to Bundjalung National Park where we visited Iluka and I think an offshoot near Woody Head (funny name).
Besides the seclusion, the main difference I noticed with the beaches here is that the waves are really calm. At Woody Head (I’m chuckling again) it felt like we were swimming in a huge freshwater lake as opposed to the great Pacific Ocean. I guess we haven’t found those famous surfing beaches just yet.
13
Apr
Angourie
After a week of incessant rain, the sun decided to grace us with its presence for the weekend. We headed out to Angourie, a beach area about 5 minutes from Yamba that is particularly well-known to surfing enthusiasts. It’s also famous for its Blue Pools (freshwater swimming holes that are actually old quarries).
Nearby the Blue Pools is Spooky Beach, a small and very beautiful beach with amazingly blue water and well behaved waves.
After frequenting the more popular beaches in Sydney this summer that are often polluted with cigarette butts and plastic wrappers galore (simply due to the sheer number of people passing through in a day who cannot for the life of them think of using a rubbish bin), it was fantastic to be swimming in such clean and crystal clear waters.
