Here’s what I’ve been to in the past few weeks:
* Camera Obscura
They played at the Annandale, which seemed like an odd venue, but the sound was pretty good. I got me and my friends near a small shelf near the sound desk, where we could stand during the show. It started off slow and quiet and got to be quite rocking toward the end, which was so amazing.
* The Evens
At Glebe Town Hall. It was small and amazing. Kind of embarassing, when Ian Mackaye would sing looking right at you, but also beautiful. I couldn’t see that much, because of a million boys taking photographs.
ps. What is with people taking photographs all the way through the show? Did you come to enjoy music, or to take photos? I am thinking the latter. You do not need a million snaps. You do not need to have taken the perfect picture. You can’t all be professionals or from the street press(different things) Jeez. Take a couple and then be a punter. Stop blocking the view, you’re distracting.
Other disturbing moments included the boy who got his friend to take a photo of him(in the front row) in front of singing Ian Mackaye. And the boy who was groping Ian’s guitar in an incredibly sexual manner afterward, and his female companion who was photographing it.
Other than that whinging, the show was pretty amazing.
* Always
Played at the Barber shop in Darlinghurst. It was so small and amazing. One of the owners encouraged me to sit behind Alex, on the stair leading to the backroom, and it was so fantastic! I could watch Alex AND my friends watching Alex! So glad he’s in Sydney.
* Mardi Gras (It kind of sucked, on account of it feeling like a nihilistic party, but there were really beautiful moments, like the young queer girls in bicycles(ie. not dykes on bikes),
* Don’t Need You
The anarchist bookshop on Paramatta Rd in conjunction with Scooter showed this, and it was amazing. Loads of my girl gang turned out, and it was tops!
And today I’m off to the Ailing Festival. Yay! There’s so much going on!