tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89539112086965893852024-03-12T21:38:14.504-07:00Love In An Age Of Complete IndifferenceRamblings discussing everything and nothing simultaneously.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-64978442673324632592012-09-22T04:14:00.003-07:002012-09-22T04:24:42.462-07:00Notes from a Bottomfeeder<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are no words to explain how much I owe to Amanda Palmer's new record Theatre is Evil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have barely turned it off. I dance and cry and laugh and hide under my covers to it every day. It gets me out of bed and has made me feel things I'd forgotten. Not all welcome feelings, but important, sad, beautiful ones. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have had Bottomfeeder buried in my head ever since I first heard it. I was sitting on my bed with Anna and simply burst into tears half way through. My larynx felt like it was being pulled out of my throat. I was feeling a pain that I should have let myself feel many years ago but never did. I still get that feeling every time I hear it, though it's not as bad as the first listening. As awful as it is at the time, when the song finishes I breath fresh air and am just a little more okay with everything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's always swimming around in my head which and I felt like it was a shame not to capture that passion I had for it somehow... <span style="line-height: 17px;">I couldn't help but record it and put it somewhere and get it out of my system to an extent. It was so liberating.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">So, yeah. Here, if you haven't seen. My first recording of anything ever. Unless you count my year 10 reciting of the periodic table that I used to play while falling asleep to memorise it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...but you probably have seen it because I put it everywhere in the hope that it was terrible, someone would politely tell me and I could take it down as quickly as possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">I know my singing is average at best but I've never really sung at all. The entire idea of myself singing is rather alien. Is that strange? I mean, I have loved and listened to music since I can remember but always felt unworthy to sing along to it. I guess that's something I've finally taken from Amanda...</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">The idea of doing something because you love it and feel it, which will make it beautiful, irrelevant of how technically good it is.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">I wouldn't mind if people said they disliked it but no one has (yet). People are being so supportive and wonderfully constructive; giving me voice exercises and abundant encouragement and love. I'm not looking for a career out of making music but I'd definitely be up for getting better at it. I am so overjoyed that people are taking time out of their lives to help me and not to be negative. It's amazing.</span></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">So really, what I wanted to say is thank you to everyone. You are all beautiful and I love you all.</span></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">...and thank you Amanda & GTO for making such phenomenal art, all the time and everywhere.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can pay whatever the hell you want for the album <a href="http://www.amandapalmer.net/shop/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">long live the punk cabaret! </span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-33354573242647812372012-08-23T08:32:00.002-07:002012-08-23T08:32:36.113-07:00Mailbox invasion goodness. The second coming.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My second mailbox invasion package from Amanda Palmer arrived in the mail today! It's a beautiful black moleskin and came with the next 7" (not yet played) and a beautiful letter that made me cry a little. I'm glad her journal writing is similar to mine. No one's going to fucking read it so you should just do what you want with is. Amuse yourself. Help yourself.<br />
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My last journal took a couple of months to fill. I hope that somehow this one refills pages magically so I can always have it with me and write whenever I need to. Somehow, I don't think Amanda is THAT magical. Maybe.<br />
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This is a scrawl on my arm within a journal post within the internet. It's like the inception of blog posts but with more words and less smug actors. Yay!<br />
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So, this is the first thing I wrote in my journal. I'm not feeling all that well so forgive me for the morose...ness.<br />
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As luck would have it, my old journal has only one blank page left. Today I unintentionally left it at home and was struck by a sudden urge to write while I was in the engineering buildings bathroom. It's probably the first glimmer of anything that the place has inspired.<br />
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I always seem to have sudden urges to do things like this when I am least prepared for them. I only feel like doing maths when I don't have a calculator. I never want to go swimming when I have bathers but if I'm near a pool in summer without bathers then I can scarcely think of anything else. When I don't have paper, I need to write.<br />
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So anyway. This is wrote on my arm today. Possibly changed slightly as a lot of it had rubbed off by the time I was home.<br />
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<i>Her head felt big. Not in an inspired, enlightened way. Like someone had attached something heavy to its base overnight. Not something pleasant either. It's the bible or a member of the liberal party or her own mothers scathing disapproval. </i><br />
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<i>She sits on the dirty toilet lid and her head starts to crumple through her shoulders and lies somewhere in her ribcage like one of Picasso's paintings but too far gone to be accepted at one. An aesthetic oddity not fit for human consumption. </i><br />
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<i>She sat in the cubical and was convinced she'd never leave.</i><br />
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<i>Feet appeared at the door and her resolve disintegrated. She stood up, unlocked the door and ventured back to reality as best she could.</i><br />
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...I just realised that toilet cubicles do in fact have a lot of paper. I am silly.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I drove there with my two friends Anna and Miko. After taking a few wrong turns from our </span>mysterious<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span>vague<span style="font-family: inherit;"> directions (credit: me), finding ourselves at one point driving down a road of sodden stuffed toys strapped haphazardly to trees and rocks, we finally arrived at our desired destination. The fierce morning rain had cleared, leaving a fine day ahead of us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lifting the lids of these beautiful musical creatures was a joy in itself. In differing states of decay, some had insides that were almost perfectly preserved. Not all the keys worked- many had warped and were unable to move at all. Others made deep, thumping sounds from within their bowels. There was one time where I pressed a key down and after playing one discordant note, it jammed, seemingly to never play again. An inanimate object had never felt so vulnerable. So alive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the middle of a paddock, a baby grand piano was positioned precariously on a rocky hill. All his varnish had fallen away to </span>reveal a weathered, tired skeleton. The ivory façade of his keys was also long gone. Dilapidated state irrelevant, he still stood magnificent and commanding.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A grand piano that was once resplendent in a crimson coat had since collapsed in tatters to the ground on the opposite end of the field. Her mouth was completely </span>detached<span style="font-family: inherit;"> from its body so she was conventionally unplayable. Instead, Anna, Miko and I knelt down beside her a and picked and strummed delicately at her insides. The sounds that </span>emanated<span style="font-family: inherit;"> were alien, surprising, and on all counts, fascinating. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the last pianos we spotted was shaded by a large eucalyptus. The recent storm had caused a spontaneous catastrophe. One of the large overhanging branches had snapped off the trunk and crushed the upright piano it had once protected. He was snapped in two and was a heartbreakingly beautiful sight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a place that must be seen. I left the Ruined Piano </span>Sanctuary<span style="font-family: inherit;"> with a renewed appreciation for the </span>complexities<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of a piano and the sublime beauty of the strange and imperfect. If you have a spare day, go explore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Note: This post has a completely unrelated happy ending. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I live in a suburb that was once solely public housingcommission. It is also wheelchair friendly so
there are many disabled people living around here. It has exposed me to the
reality of living in constant pain and hardship; sometimesinspiringlywonderful,
other times desperately bleak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A few days ago I was in the local pharmacy getting some cold and
flu tablets. A lady in a wheelchair who I recognised but did not know by name
was there too, muttering irritably. The pharmacist emerged from her office and
told the lady quietly something about how she couldn't give her any more
medication this month as the government wasn’t going to pay for it. Something
like that anyway. I felt bad listening into such a private conversation in
public but I couldn’t stop my ears so I just browsed the cheap perfume aisle
and tried to look absent-minded.</span></div>
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nobody in particular, “No one understands what it’s like to have fuck all. You’re
poor so you have to fire a cleaner? Big fucking deal.” As she turned to leave
she added “I might as well be fucking dead.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Her words hit me like a train that had been gathering speed
downhill since its inception. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Suddenly, it was my turn at the counter. The pharmacist grimaced at me apologetically,
as though I should be disgruntled by the woman’s words. I didn’t feel like I
deserved it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The next day at work I was asked to go buy some chicken. I don’t
eat meat so I despise doing this. I always get the most ethical when forced to
for work...or I “forget” it on my shopping list. This time however I was told
specifically not to buy organic because according to my boss “they’re just too
damn expensive”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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50 chickens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At some point everyone becomes a hypocrite. I guess this is mine.
I do not believe in ending a life for my pleasure but I’m too worried about my
boss’ scorn to object. How pathetic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I walked into the delicatessen to pick up our ham order (YAY),
the woman in the wheelchair from the pharmacy was talking animatedly to the
owner. He had just IOUd her some cigarettes. As I left, she was smoking one
outside; a triumphant grin on her face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don’t know what to think. Maybe it’s a combination of my flu,
hormones and this goddamn dismal weather but these happenings have given me
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I went home and asked people to me to link me happiness. These
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">[from tom]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">[from sidney]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">[from @zendarenn]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">[from emily]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">[from amy]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://make-everything-ok.com/" target="_blank">make-everything-ok.com/ </a></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-71679606719603444442012-07-16T10:58:00.000-07:002012-07-22T09:15:39.424-07:00A dinosaur, an angry unicorn and a gun-wielding kitten...I had some ideas this week and finally had the energy to actually do something tonight. I think they look better in person (these are just phone photos and I'm a terrible photographer) but you get the idea!<br />
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This is my dinosaur monstrosity that I painted and assembled. He is yet to be named but I love him anyway. </div>
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This next one was achieved though ripping the arms off toy soldiers and sticking them on cat and horse figurines. Does that mean the horse has evolved into some sort of aggressive unicorn? I have no idea but it seems ominous. The old magazines are also finding a good use again which makes me happy. </div>
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It has finally found a use for all my old calendars and magazines. Yes, I had lots of books and such about fish as a child.<br />
...I used to breed them.<br />
I was really cool.<br />
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Okay.<br />
So, I haven't written anything here in a couple of weeks. It seems that I only blog when I really should be doing something else. At the moment, that something is sleeping.<br />
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Sleeping is for the dead. Or something.<br />
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Firstly, exams were a horrible mess that I'd rather just forget. So I am. No talking about exams. I get the dreaded results on the 16th so that's something to look forward to I don't think.<br />
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The last month has really been a time to get my shit together.<br />
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My thoughts together at least. My life is chronically unstable and I like it that way. I had stable once. It's not for me.<br />
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So. Things I have done in dot form in the last month. In no particular order. Dot form is what my brain can do tonight.<br />
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<li>I backed A LOT of Kickstarter and Pozible campaigns...No regrets. They are all amazing projects and I'm so excited for when they're finished and my mailbox gets filled with awesome things that I HELPED CREATE. JOY. I'll post up some new noteworthy campaigns soon too methinks.</li>
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...there was much rejoicing at both ends.<br />
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She also happened to me send the most amazing thing I have ever received in the mail. I stumbled out of my house at about 1pm, still in my pink monkey pyjamas. I'm so glad that I did.<br />
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It made my month. I'm yet to find a frame worthy of the lion. <br />
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<li> I met more of the people coming to my Amanda Palmer House Party (!!!) and we've started planning amazing things. We must hold back. I can't start planning it 8 months in advance or I might have a nervous breakdown and not be able to even see a piano without hyperventilating. So much excitement. </li>
<li>I started reading Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman a little while ago and am slowly pulling myself through it. I know that sounds negative but it's hasn't got anything to do with the book. I just haven't read much over the past months. I am constantly stopping and rereading passages. Savouring them; keeping beautiful, poignant sentences fresh in my mind.</li>
<li>I've started writing and drawing lots. I'm not sure if I want to put them up here or not.. I like them but will anyone else? I don't know. Only one way to find out I suppose...</li>
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I am meeting amazing people and doing shit I never dreamed of. It feels pretty fucking excellent.<br />
This is just the beginning. I don't know where to start in terms of explaining so I won't just yet.<br />
Maybe one day soon I'll be more articulate.<br />
My brain is a scrambled, hungover mess. It has lots of things inside it though. Great ideas. Ideas I'm rather proud of. Maybe I'll share them soon. Maybe.<br />
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LOVE x<br />
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I first put this drawing up when I was deadly bored during exams. I took it down soon after because I decided it was lame. I guess it is a bit lame.</div>
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A friend tonight said she liked it so I'm putting it up again.</div>
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Hush, or the faeries will eat you.</div>
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LOVE x</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-18964794866821316162012-06-15T07:55:00.001-07:002012-06-17T07:31:51.311-07:00The Music.<br />
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Exams have been a horrible mess so far. They're been difficult, draining bastards. All of them. </div>
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They've left me so down in the dumps that all I want to do is fall into a bed of ice cream a caramel sadness. My head is so scrambled and I'm even beginning to question my compatibility to a scientist lifestyle. </div>
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After three and a half years of hard work at university, this is a terrifying thought (and debt) to behold. </div>
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I know I often go on and on about music to the point of obsession but I'm not apologising for it. I used to, but not any more. If I can give even one person the gift of feeling the joy that I feel from the music I am sharing....listening to an artist you love give their heart and soul to you in musical form and having that pure moment of mutual auditory understanding...</div>
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one line making your heart twist like a vice in your chest.</div>
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the next making you smile broadly and shamelessly; </div>
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This girl has done that for me this week. Not only are Heather Christian and the Arbornauts drumming up support and admiration from some seriously HUGE musical names (*ahem*Amanda Fucking Palmer*ahem*Sia*ahem*), but people from all around the world are falling for her beautiful music (me included).</div>
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Firstly, Heather Christian and the Arbornauts' debut album is TO DIE FOR. (see at top or the post if you're not playing already) and her kickstarter is an amazing feat of independent musicians spreading the love and celebrating the love they receive back. At the moment Heather doesn't have a piano because she had to sell her old one to make her last record. That means no new music...which is a tragedy. </div>
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Heather hasn't yet reached her target amount on kickstarter, which means she won't get ANY of our money at the if she still hasn't by the end of the month...so please, if you even have a few dollars to spend, spend it here so she can reach her goal. I really want my pledged money to get to her and I can vouch for her awesomeness. </div>
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I love snails. </div>
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I let them crawl up and down my arms as a child </div>
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I giggled when they tickled me.</div>
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My Grandmother boiled them.*</div>
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I remember them bubbling and swelling in the water.</div>
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They slowly tore away from their shells </div>
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I tried to keep them safe,</div>
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My heart breaks when I unexpectedly break their houses with my clumsy feet.</div>
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The squelch reminds me of their slippery, fragile bodies.</div>
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Reminiscent of how much joy they used to give me, </div>
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I feel like I've betrayed them every time it happens.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those who didn't back Amanda Palmer's Kickstarter, it's going to be on her next album <i>Theatre is Evil</i>. It's being released in September and you should DEFINITELY check it out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I drew this while attempting to bash maths into my brain. The idea was fish trapped and swimming to infinity. I kind of like the idea...imagine if someone with some actual artisic ability drew it?! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would love to learn print making and do this properly. Maybe one day... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So yeah. It's pretty fucking great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got a tumblr today pretty much solely to follow this: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...and to post more pictures of my cat on the internet. The internet needs more cats I tell you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sad...but beautiful. My favourite post is <i>Jerk Teddybear</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not sold on the idea of tumblr, mainly because I've only seen it being used by my sisters to reblog thinspiration photos and other ridiculous things...so any other recommendations would be welcome. I'm going to have a lot of time to myself in two weeks and what better way to use it then find cool shit on the internet...right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is mine! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://satlystockings.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Salty Stockings.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I called it that because I like alliterations and swimming with stockings on. If you'd never tried it, you must. It changes your life. Plus, it sounds hip enough, right? I'm going to fit in really well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know how it works really yet...I'll figure it out after these godawful exams and inevitably become addicted to it as I am with all other social networking sites. Such is life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOVE x</span><br />
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I have no idea how I came to know of her...I think I
stumbled across her Myspace (sigh...Myspace...) back in 2006, just as after Extraordinary
Machine had been released. I’m not even sure if I listened to any of her songs
posted up there upon first glance. Regardless, a couple of months or so after
that I was being dropped home by Emily, a friend from work and she was playing Extraordinary
Machine. I knew that because I recognised the album art. I mentioned her and
she told me about her long hiatus between albums, her OCD and everything else
she could squeeze into a 5 minute car ride. I was intruigued by her oddities
and as an angst-ridden teenager who liked to think I had some of her own
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So the love affair began. She seemed just as angry at the
world around her as I was but she was turning that pain and spite into heartfelt,
fantastic art. I flew her songs like some kind of like a musical barrier and stood behind it, protecting
myself from all the shit-slingers and my own crippling fear and doubt. High
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Though not as frequently, I still often listen to Fiona’s
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has always been brutally honest about the dark cracks of her past and present
in interviews and her honestly flows into her songwriting. This,
along with her undeniable musical talent has earned her an army of dedicated,
loving fans. She stands alone in the quizzical world of popular music, proving that an artist shouldn't churn out a shitty, uninspired album every year just to keep a fan base. You have to fucking feel it. </div>
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I haven’t seen anything from her since then. She looked
healthy there too. After seeing that interview I would’ve been content if she’d
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I’m not going into the grief she’s been put through by her label
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forever. I just wanted to say good and
bad, her music opened me up to a whole new world and moulded
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I like to draw flowers when I am between thoughts. I guess some people would call it a bad habit. They sometimes fill the margin of my page in lecture notes and assignment drafts. The ones I drew today are particularly well detailed however, which is rather indicative exactly how much procrastination has taken place. I really need this fortnight to be over. I am so tired.<br />
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But yay! Flowers! I think I will get some real ones for my room tomorrow. Study may be more bearable with their faces smiling at me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-50852375380614166432012-06-07T03:10:00.001-07:002012-06-07T03:33:55.027-07:00Lead Balloon.<br />
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Dear Lead Balloon,<br />
This is your final eviction notice.<br />
You wrapped yourself around my wrist so many years ago and pulled me down. I cannot remember a time when it didn't feel as though I was falling.<br />
Your string found its way down my arm and into my chest. You tug and strangle my heartstrings, cutting off my love affairs with a single motion, leaving me alone, bruised and hurting.<br />
You moved through my arteries and lodged yourself in my brain. You've lived there ever since, leaving dirty dishes in my cerebellum and whispering doubtful nothings in my auditory canal.<br />
I was not aware of you for years. I thought the clutter and the doubt was my own but I am old enough to know better now. I need you to let me let you go.<br />
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This is what my brain feels like right now.<br />
Full of fish. <br />
There isn't actually any fish in it so it is a lot less exciting.<br />
If there was then I would like looking in mirrors a lot more than I do.<br />
I would be my very own screensaver like the ones on company computers sometimes.<br />
There isn't. <br />
It feels like it though.<br />
How disappointing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-85890811348504209382012-06-03T10:27:00.001-07:002012-06-03T10:31:13.537-07:00Heart.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I woke from the strangest dream yesterday. I remember it being very long and convoluted but within even the first few minutes of conciousness, what had occurred started to trickle out of my mind. I then had to rush off to work so I couldn't write it down until now...<br />
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I cannot remember the exact reason for my actions...maybe there wasn't one. All I remember is ripping open my chest and scooping out my heart. There was no ribcage to stop my fingers and I felt no pain. Then again, I don't think I've ever caused myself physical pain in a dream. Can you even do that? I don't know. Dreams are weird. I digress.<br />
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As soon as I somehow pulled away the arteries I realised what I had done. Before this I was merely curious as to what would happen. After this shock, I seemed to just wander about attempting to seek help. All my attempts were in vain...I was trapped for a while in a broken elevator and yelled up to a lady lying atop a tree who was unable to hear me, constantly aware of my lack of heartbeat.<br />
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Finally, I just placed it back inside my chest, devoid of any beat and waited for the inevitable. It was not the best nights sleep I have had. It is why I am not asleep now.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-30310374940523229182012-05-22T12:15:00.002-07:002012-05-22T12:20:05.654-07:00Babes being babes.This week has been a massive struggle between finding time to do the things I really need to do and experiencing everything I want to. I've been ill for two weeks now and desperately need to catch up on the things I've missed (mostly done now) but there is SO MUCH happening outside the sphere of university life. It's quite distracting.<br />
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Alice and I are rubbing noses. She started it.<br />
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First and foremost...<br />
I'M HOSTING AN AMANDA FUCKING PALMER HOUSE PARTY!<br />
FUCK. YES.<br />
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I could not be any more excited about it without becoming physically ill. As I'm writing, Amanda's Kickstarter is quickly approaching 17,000 backers with an average of about $50 pledged per person. The money is going towards her new album/tour/art book and it's sounding RIDICULOUS already.You can get the first single FREE from her website now!<br />
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I need to actually blog about this properly rather than keeping on just mentioning it like this. One day. It will be a long blog. There will be lots of feelings.<br />
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Anyway. To life.<br />
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Then I looked a little closer...<br />
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I don't mean to assume I could read her every thought...but I sensed something that worried me. She looked put off when even the smallest thing went wrong. Things that nobody else cared about that she was bringing unnecessary attention to. The time that comes to mind first is when she was playing Wandering Limbs and was struggling with the vocal distortion...Which she was doing all live; a feat in itself. She ended up starting the song again, apologising profusely. It was clear that she was beating herself up about it. It was a little heartbreaking.<br />
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It sometimes slips my mind that this unbelievably talented, mature woman is only 22- less than 2 years older than me. She must be plagued with insecurities like anyone in their early 20s...maybe that's why she insists on the costume changes and such...filling up her performances with distractions...maybe? I don't know. All I know is that she doesn't need it. I guess she hasn't been around long enough to know she has it in the bag yet.<br />
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I thought about this shit while walking to my car. When is the right time to consider ourselves successful? I think I'm a complete failure some days but whenever I voice this, people tell me that I'm talking rubbish and studying physics and chemistry at university is success in itself. Maybe I'll never be completely satisfied with my life and my achievements. Maybe no one is.<br />
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Then I thought of this:<br />
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My heart lightened. We already have it all if we're doing what we love. I wish Kimbra knew it too. <br />
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Alice is dreaming. So should I.<br />
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LOVE x<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-76247385869220118862012-05-19T07:28:00.000-07:002012-07-12T03:52:13.212-07:00A Medley of Music NewsHello.<br />
I am stuck in a fickle. I was going to write a blog this week...and then decided against it numerous times. I actually started typing, had almost finished and then deleted it all a few days ago. I'm going to attempt one now as my brain is to mushed to attempt to finish my lab report but there are too many thoughts in my head to allow sleep just yet so...here. bleurgh.<br />
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Firstly, I am terrified of my blog turning into too much of a self-absorbed, angst-ridden teenager's diary. I guess that's what it is...but shh, don't tell anyone. I want to write about things that have happened in my life for myself more than anything else, as I've said in previous blogs. It helps me truly appreciate and remember the good things that have happened and I always finish writing them feeling a buzz of achievement. Feelings consisting of:<br />
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YES. MY LIFE HAS MEANING. I DO THINGS AND THEY'RE REALLY FUCKING GREAT SOMETIMES.<br />
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Which is good. Thinking about good things is pleasant.<br />
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So first, I will talk about music.<br />
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There have been SO MANY gigs I have been to in the past few weeks that really deserve mentioning. I will at least tell mention Florence and the Machine. She is one spectacular woman. Her unbelievable voice paired with her captivating stage presence made me literally cry with happiness. She spun and leapt around the stage, maintaining her vocals effortlessly. In contrast, her quaint mannerisms while speaking and humble appreciation of her audience was a beautiful thing to behold. This is a shitty photo from my phone for you. I only took two, I promise. I'm not one of 'those' people who has their phone up the entire night...<br />
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The things that I had against the evening were no fault of her own. Maybe I'm just getting old and sentimental but I really wish that musicians like Florence didn't play at the Burswood Dome. Yes, it's fucking enormous and the stage is ridiculously large and well supervised but the sound is shit. I don't know why. I should look into the physics of it...but something to do with the pressure in the dome makes the music sounds like it's being played really far away or in an outdoor venue. The atmosphere isn't right. I don't know. I will figure it out and have another massive whinge about it.<br />
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Big also means douche bags. You can never escape them and Florence's crowd was pretty full of them. Fucking Perth. One man actually pretended to be having an psychotic episode just so he could get a little way in front of me. The motherfucker was tall too. What an insensitive creep. Who does that?<br />
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BUT YES. Yay, Florence is beautiful but I'd really like it if next time she does a few smaller gigs at better venues. They would still be able to have spectacular stage design in other places I'm sure. Belvoir? At least having to drive for a few hours to get there would sift out some of the massive douches. Sigh. <br />
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In other (but still music related) news, CROWD FUNDING IS GOING CRAZY RIGHT NOW. I plan to dedicate a blog to it soon as there are many very exciting things happening that I can properly articulate right now. Too tired. Too sick.<br />
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BUT.<br />
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HAVE A LOOK AT THESE:<br />
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Amanda Palmer KILLING IT on KICKSTARTER:<br />
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The beautiful Tom Dickins and OUR NEW ALBUM (yay!)<br />
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and none other than the BEN FOLDS FIVE people!<br />
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It didn't have a cool widget on the site but I've given you the link above so GO LOOK! IT'S BEN FOLDS FIVE FOR FUCKSAKE!<br />
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I am so excited about all of these projects and seeing how they develop. THIS IS THE FUTURE OF MUSIC so you better go and see what it's going to be like.<br />
Epic. That's what. No lowsy labels. No rules. Freedom.<br />
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LOVE x<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-41555671506412240802012-05-07T08:39:00.000-07:002012-05-07T08:40:08.361-07:00The last thing I say about Melbourne, I promise.Okay, I think I have almost loved Melbourne enough on this thing...and I have recent life developments which I want to talk about.<br />
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...and other things that are far more exciting than that, I promise.<br />
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Yana and I went to Melbourne Zoo the Thursday we were there (26-04). The animals were in fine form and their keepers were well informed and engaging. It is obvious that their breeding programs the zoo were working and were well publicised throughout the zoo, allowing visitors to look behind the scenes and view many enclosures of young animals. Perth Zoo has amazing breeding programs in place too but the public awareness of this fact is less than adequate. It was great to know that the $20 I paid for entry was going to be invested in both public awareness and conservation. Not to mention recycled water and paper was used throughout the entire place. Gosh darn, these kids have thought of everything.<br />
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That night I went out with a friend to see Mojo Juju at The Toff. She features in Kim Boekbinder's music video for "Stalker". That is literally all I knew about her. She was unlike any other performer I had seen. Awesome.</div>
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2)When walking down Brunswick street to get to Lawrence Greenwood on my final night I was caught in a moment. It was growing dark and raining ever so softly. I had never felt more at home in a place. My eye's welled up with tears as I silently said goodbye to the beautiful city. A city I hope to soon call my home. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-31874643117235949862012-05-02T08:02:00.000-07:002012-05-02T08:02:31.510-07:00Melbourne: Day 1Have a look below if your confused.<br />
General gist: I went to Melbourne and now I'm talking about it.<br />
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I didn't sleep on the plane so I think I'll just transcribe what I wrote out of my sheer boredom.<br />
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So, here I am on a plane to Melbourne. I've barely had time to think about the days ahead yet the fact that I'm going to be virtually alone in a city I barely know is both terrifying and exhilarating at the same time.<br />
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This was planned sleep time. I had it all sorted; 4 hours of erratic, underwhelming rest. This plan seems unlikely now however due to the fact my chair doesn't recline. I'm not doing it wrong or trying hard enough. It just doesn't work. Also, it seems as thought the seat in front of me has acquired all of my seat's recline ability. Feeling claustrophobic in my tiny little pod of existence.<br />
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I don't think I can recall seeing a more beautiful view outside my window. stars span the sky like a think, glittering spider web. Looking p at them gives me a similar feeling to the the prospect of the next couple of days: so overwhelming but at the same time I feel wonderfully empowered. I embrace both the stars and my near future as someone would with anything they love. Amanda Palmer's cover of Creep is playing through my ears. All is good in this current miniature world. Possibly not ideal (I could be unconscious instead) but how could I complain? This flight cost me $100 and I am going on what feels like my first big adventure. I do not fear the mistakes I will inevitably make because of the stories they will create and the lessons I'll learn.<br />
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I feel free; uninhibited by the expectations of my own city. Fuck, it's a fantastic feeling.<br />
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***what follows is a song about a falling girl and and a drawing of a weird bird thing. I was really tired. Don't ask.***<br />
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I got in on Wednesday at 6am. It was 10 degrees centigrade and raining- very Melbourne it seems. The Tiger Airways baggage claim was a shed virtually open to the elements. It was a bit ridiculous but I can barely complain. I knew exactly what I was getting into when I chose to fly with them. Almost. I was also in Melbourne so no matter how tired or sore I was I didn't care. I was so excited.<br />
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After I finally figured out how to get to Yana's apartment we walked a very quiet Brunswick and Gertrude street as nothing is open on ANZAC Day morning. We did however look at a lot of churches and walk through Captain Cook's cabin. I felt very cultured.<br />
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Now for the part where I talk about why I was actually there. Finally. Kim Boekbinder's gig was the first time I had met pretty much everyone from the Amanda Palmer fan base over East. They are such an eclectic group of people with very different lives and occupations but are all supporting this same wonderful music. It's like a little family. They all adore music so much and more importantly, the people that create it. I feel incredibly honoured to now be included in such a wonderfully close group of people.<br />
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Now, for the night itself... I was expecting great things and I definitely got that. Brendan Maclean opened for the night. I had only heard one of his songs before the night and followed him on twitter because he is hilarious. He sang some truly beautiful songs which got me laughing and tearing up simultaneously. You know the shit's good when that happens.<br />
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Kim Boekbinder is so hard to explain. Impossible even. She is something that needs to be seen and heard to be believed or understood. But trust me: she was wonderful. She got down and danced with the crowd mid-song and gathered us all round her when she played her last song on the ukulele. She is a beautiful, utterly inspiring creature and I am so proud to be supporting her while she makes her next record. It is sounding phenomenal and I think I've almost fallen in love with her synth as much as she has. This is a song from her first solo record:<br />
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And this is where you can support her crowdfunding extravaganza! <a href="http://www.theimpossiblegirl.com/" target="_blank">http://www.theimpossiblegirl.com/</a><br />
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Not only was the music amazing that night, there were almost as many musicians in the crowd that I admire tremendously as simply fans of Kims. It was fantastically surreal and special. They were all out there to support someone they love. I tried desperately not to fan-girl out over everyone. I did give Tom Dickins a hug though and stumble over a few words with Brendan regarding how beautiful ballet dancers from New Zealand are. Sigh. One day I will be less socially awkward. One day.<br /><br />And then I was tired and went to bed. Like I am doing now.<br /><br />LOVE xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-42462107650868182062012-04-29T07:42:00.000-07:002012-04-29T08:04:34.527-07:00Melbourne: The PreludeSo, it has yet again been confirmed that I am atrocious at keeping any form of record of my life. Maybe it stems from years of me neglecting and despising the journal I had to write for ballet. I do have an excuse this time though!<br />
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Melbourne was far to busy to sit down for long enough to write even a page about what was happening. I met wonderful people, saw some old friends, went to amazing gigs every night and just generally spent time falling deeply in love with the city itself.<br />
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But first, I will tell you the reason why I went in the first place. Kim Boekbinder is a musician currently based in Melbourne where she is starting to create her second solo record. She is an unsigned artist and is currently running a site called MISSION CONTROL where fans can subscribe by donating a as little as $10 a month. There's a blog where she's releasing new music every couple of days along with her thoughts and news of her progress. There's also a forum where you can meet other subscribers who are obviously of similar musical tastes.<br />
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This is the MISSION CONTROL site: <a href="http://www.theimpossiblegirl.com/" target="_blank">http://www.theimpossiblegirl.com/</a><br />
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Kim's a wonderful person and a spectacularly interesting artist so go check her out. You will not regret, I can assure you.<br />
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The forum is where I met another girl from Perth who had already planned to go over to Melbourne to see Kim's last residency show. I was considering it but after that was just thought "oh, why the hell not!" and so I booked tickets that week! I decided that I would just stay with friends rather than book a hotel for myself so I could see a bit more of Melbourne, stay for a few more days and not be completely broke once I got home.<br />
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To start with I was just going to stay for a Kim's gig and then leave pretty much straight away. I realised however that if I did go over to see Kim I'd miss Lawrence Greenwood (aka Whitley) and An Horse. Dilemma! I ended up booking a flight getting in Wednesday morning and leaving on the Sunday afternoon. I've never been on a holiday by myself like this so I was nervous but overwhelmingly excited. <br />
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More to come if you'd like to listen. I promise the story will get a little more exciting.<br />
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LOVE x<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-30327359284605760122012-04-16T01:53:00.001-07:002012-04-19T06:18:44.407-07:00Purple Carrots. Word.So, I just found out that carrots were originally purple and my brain imploded. Maybe this is no news to anyone else and I've been hiding under a rock called Perth for my entire life. I know, I'm a terrible vegetarian.<br />
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<a href="http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/maroon.html" target="_blank">http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/maroon.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.usq.edu.au/newsevents/news/purplecarrotsresearch" target="_blank">http://www.usq.edu.au/newsevents/news/purplecarrotsresearch</a><br />
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I must try this thing of wonder.<br />
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Also, if you haven't heard from every other social media site I assault with my ramblings on a daily basis, I'm heading over to Melbourne at the end of the month for a few days. More to come on that matter. I'm really just procrastinating before starting on a horrible looking chemistry assignment. There is no God.<br />
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I'm drinking creaming soda though so maybe their is a God. What a dilemma.<br />
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LOVE xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-56244658303961494842012-04-12T19:45:00.000-07:002012-04-12T19:50:10.989-07:00Before I go and kill my brain cells...It's easier to copy the actions of another rather than do your own thing.<br />
That way there's always someone else liable.<br />
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No matter what we do it's likely there's somebody out there that's done something similar,<br />
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Today an armed man held up a service station and a bottle shop. I walked down that same street about half an hour later, completely oblivious to the fact. I sat in a coffee shop on that same street for two hours; wondering what the waitresses were all talking animatedly about. At that same time, a student was held up and by the man and his keys demanded from him. It scares me how easily my day could have turned from relatively simple and pleasant to a nightmare. It makes my stomach twist and throat throb.<br />
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Alice is twitching in her sleep beside me. I hope she is dreaming of something nice.<br />
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I know I want to say things today but I'm at a complete loss of where to start. People much smarter than me have been posting some very poignant blogs in the past few days which have really astounded me and forced me into really thinking about things. Some of them wonderful thoughts...some of them I'd rather not acknowledge. They are so without hope. So against humanity. I won't talk about them. I'll try and scoop the good ones out and ramble on about them.<br />
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For the moment I'll just post my favourite blogs of the week here and probably discuss them later on<br />
Amanda Palmer:<br />
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Ashley Judd:<br />
<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/09/ashley-judd-slaps-media-in-the-face-for-speculation-over-her-puffy-appearance.html">http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/09/ashley-judd-slaps-media-in-the-face-for-speculation-over-her-puffy-appearance.html</a><br />
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The hair on my head is growing nicely. It's still less than an inch long but I'm really not phased by it. I'm currently living by the philosophy that I'm not letting anyone think it's unattractive. I'm being confident and unapologetic about it and that seems to detract any negativity. It is just hair after all and I did raise a lot of money for an amazing cause so that's pretty hot in my books. Fuck anyone who thinks differently.<br />
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Amanda Palmer posted something on twitter so excellent Saturday morning this week that I had to screen capture it and post it to facebook too. Now it's on my blog (left). I also wrote it on my bathroom mirror. It deserves to be everywhere. What happened after that is history, somehow ending with a tumblr being created of all the people that had twittered in their armpits on a friday night. Seeing all those pits was fabulously inspiring. I actually came to the conclusion of doing it myself actually. Not shaving that is... Then my social concious reared it's ugly head and I was left horridly confused.<br />
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I then started to wonder how much of this social concious was formed by the people immediately around me that I cared about and how much was from the distant media and just my own head. I haven't let anyone really hate on my head and they haven't. I've had more compliments on my appearance from friends and strangers alike in the past month than I can remember in my lifetime. This gives me so much hope in a way...people will hopefully respect me regardless of what I do to my body. I was back on the beauty freedom<br />
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I went to help with physics demonstrations today at uni and saw many staff I had not seen for the past month. They did not know that I had done the shave and didn't even recognise me. There was incomprehension on their faces as I tried to explain the Greatest Shave and my fundraising. Possibly even tinged with a little pity. One man I know rather well said with a snigger that he thought I was a boy. He followed the snigger with a quick apology. Hey, I don't care if people think I look like a boy. I'd be offended if someone likened me to cottage cheese but not something that I share pretty much all my basic DNA with.<br />
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Basically, I was surprised that some people in the physics department were the ones most shocked by me shaving my head. The people I know who seem to care about their appearance the LEAST were judging me. Maybe they just didn't understand the fundraising exercise?<br />
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After, I came to the realisation that just because they aren't following the beauty standards displayed in magazines, doesn't mean they don't follow rules. I think they are aware of how they look. How they reacted to my change of appearance made that obvious. The aim of the slightly socially inept: appear 'normal' and blend in as much as possible. This seems to be the trend amongst many of the hardcore science kids. It has been a long established fact in popular culture that nerds and geeks are unkempt: slightly unwashed, miscellaneous block colour shirt and a haircut so dull that cannot be described or commented on. Their aim is not freedom but invisibility-struggling over mere existence. Nerds are shown in the same way in mainstream media... their always the sweet, bumbling fools. The sidekick to the hero. Not enough substance for a leading role. Living in a shadow of obscurity and lack of self-expression. I couldn't imagine anything less empowering.<br />
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Fuck that. I can have imagination and learn quantum physics. I can wear a garter and stockings to my chemistry labs if I want to. Being a scientist and being a human being and being a scientist shouldn't be mutually exclusive. I'll do what I feel and make no apologies. No one can criticize what's done with confidence. I'll live how I want now because who knows when a man with a gun will hold me up in the street and demand my keys.<br />
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I have so much more to write about but maybe I'll do that when my brain is a little less mushy and more articulate. I finally got round to writing this at 2am. not the best start.<br />
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LOVE, xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953911208696589385.post-58216942198259946972012-04-04T04:35:00.000-07:002012-04-04T05:32:47.455-07:00Whirlwind.Last week was an insane flurry of musical evenings. I really should not have gone to any of them and stayed at home studying for the maths test I had yesterday...but I don't regret it at all. I'm also horridly hungover and possibly still a little drunk from Prosh this morning and so forgive me if none of this makes sense. I just wanted to get some of it down before details float out of my headspace.<br />
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Wednesday was Kate Miller-Heidke. She was singing mostly from her previous album and showcasing some of her songs from the new album out this week (totally pre-ordered). Her new music seems to have taken on a certain dark element that has not really been explored in her earlier work. There are more songs about the loss of love than love itself; seeming strange from a woman happily married to fellow musician and band mate Keir Nuttall. Many of them seem to be fictitious imaginings however it is claimed this is based on a true story. Who knows. I am very interested to hear upcoming interviews with Kate on how and why she thinks her artistic direction has changed. All in all however, she joked with the audience light-heartedly and played beautiful songs and Keir constantly impressed with amazing guitar. <br />
This is one from the new album.<br />
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I would also like to mention the support act and backup vocalist for the evening, Madeline Paige (she's in the above video). Although she assured us that she was no longer pursuing music full time and was instead studying psychology, you could tell how much she love she has for music from the first song. She also did a fierce Feist cover. Respect.<br />
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Friday: Old Man River. A brilliant duo (Eliza and James Rogers) called Patient Little Sister opened the night. Their voices melt into one another in beautiful sibling harmonisation and I can personally vouch for Eliza's ability on the violin, as we went to high school together and have seen her play many times through the years. They're recording an EP right now but for the time being <a href="http://soundcloud.com/patient-little-sister">here is their soundcloud page. </a><br />
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The second support were three beautiful ladies from Simone and Girlfunkle. They had to battle with an ever-increasingly loud and raucous crowd which was really a shame because their soft melodies were at times lost on people who were not listening from the very front. I would really love to see them soon at one of their own gigs so I can give them a proper listen live.<br />
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I did not expect to feel what I did towards Old Man River by the time he had finished his set. Ohad Rein had not brought his band, but borrowed Lee Jones from the local Perth band, Sun Orchestra to play pedal steel guitar. alongside his acoustic set.<br />
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Not only were the new songs from OMR new album fantastic live, I have not seen a man with a stage presence like Ohad's. He was obviously calm and confident in the music he was playing but at the same time perfectly genuine and gracious. After one particular song where he unplugged his amp, went out into the crowd and sang Open Up with no form of amplification there was complete silence in the room. That is unheard of from the Norfolk Basement. it's directly connected to one of the loudest, drunkest pubs in Fremantle for heavens sake. He was standing right next to me and I couldn't help but cry. It was just too beautiful to explain. You NEED to see him for yourself to understand. Once the gig had finished my friend Sarah and I went up and thanked him. how could we not? he gave my friend a drink, drew me something and we hugged goodbye. I not left a gig feeling so elated and at peace. I slept like a baby and woke in a fantastic mood. Tiny crush? Possibly. Possibly not that tiny.<br />
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This is him with Megan Washington, now just known as Washington. This is the first song I'd ever heard from him. That was a couple of years ago now. Sigh.<br />
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Onto, another Australian musician that does not get as much attention as she deserves, I saw Holly Throsby and her band The Hello Tigers at the Norfolk Basement. I was recognised by the security guard because I'd been there for Old Man River the day before (oops..). All awkward tendencies in Holly's initial stage presence washes away when she sings. I have never seen her live before but have listened to her music since high school so watching her perform is something that I've wanted to do for a long time. She's a beautiful live singer and it was clear to me by the reaction of the audience that she endears herself to all that see her. Honourable mention to Bree Van Reyk who is a master of the drums and completely mesmerizing. You can see from her body and expression that she feels <i>everything</i> that she is playing. I would pay just to sit and watch her drum for an evening. Jens Birchall is the other side of The Hello Tigers and a beautiful cellist and guitarist. I can't wait to see them again.<br />
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Not a bad week, don't you agree?<br />
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