Friday, August 6, 2010

Splendour sideshow season

Has come to an end for another year. It has been exhausting and brilliant.
I’ve grown to love the being out every night, sleep deprived and hungover midweek, living on cheese and gherkin sandwiches for lunch and porridge for dinner and $7 bottles of wine. And every gig I went to was so very memorable.
I finally got to see Foals live, and I got to share it with Chloe! Mid-week dance party win! And BRMC rocked my socks off. Brilliant live performance, amazing light show, just plain awesome. And The Strokes... Wowza! I was in the same room as Julian Casablancas! And hearing those guitar riffs live made me smile so big :D And Midlake; 7 dudes on stage just jamming, weaving guitars and flutes and tambourines and drums and bells and vocals into such a beautiful layered sound. And beards! So many beards. And Broken Social Scene, they are just so darn cool. And their songs are pure genius, and they perform them so perfectly. I did feel slightly ripped off after reading the setlist from the night before, but oh well, I spose they can’t help it if someone gets sick on tour. They still played a great selection of songs. And last, but definitely not least, was Jonsi. Oh he is so unbelievably beautiful. That voice! He just leaves you utterly speechless, like you just witnessed the most amazing thing. I have now seen/heard him sing 3 times and he still does this to me. Amazing amazing amazing.
These 2 weeks have been the bomb. I am so amped for more adventures and excitement and the end of winter and the return of sunshine! Yeeeeee

-Jac

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