SOUND RELIEF - MARCH 14TH

Photos from Sound Relief, which was on March the 14th at the MCG.
We arrived at about 11am and it was POURING with rain.
Ended up staying until about 4pm then walked to Rod Laver Arena to see Kings of Leon.

Sound Relief photos:




















KOL performed...

Summer sucks.

The title says it all.

Currently in Melbourne, we're in the middle of what they call a "heat wave'. For the past 4-5 days, every day has been higher than 42 degrees. I'll admit, I'm not a summer fan, so it's not new for me to complain about the heat. However, this weather is just ridiculous. What I wouldn't do to be somewhere cold now.

During todays heat, which managed to reach 46 degrees (according to my car), I picked up my new car. It's adorable and the air con is great. After driving it home, we had a brief (but annoying) black out. Then, we had yet another black out at about 6pm that lasted a good 2 hours and a half. I ended up missing most of the first set in the tennis (Rafael Nadal aka my favorite athlete//all round hottie was/is playing).

Tommorrow >>> homework. Then, I'm heading out for dinner.

Schools starting on monday. Not looking forward, as per usual.

MGMT, DECEMBER 11TH, FESTIVAL HALL (MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA)

So, in previous blogs, I mentioned I was attending the Melbourne MGMT show on the 11th of December and was kind of worried due to the negative reviews regarding their live shows. Well, turns out I was worrying over nothing - it was simply amazing and I couldn't have asked for a better show!

MGMT setlist:
*=My personal favoirtes.

OF MOONS, BIRDS AND MONSTERS*
FUTURE REFLECTIONS*
4TH DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION*
PIECES OF WHAT
WEEKEND WARS
THE YOUTH
TIME TO PRETEND
METANOIA
ELECTRIC FEEL
THE HANDSHAKE*
>>>ENCORE<<<
KIDS

I'm pretty sure the setlist is accurate. I wrote it down at 3am Friday morning, so it was pretty fresh in my mind so to speak.

TAME IMPALA:
These Perth psychedelic-rock boys were amazing and did a great performance, even though most people weren't watching them/listening to them. They could only squeeze about 5 songs into their set, due to the long jams they did inbetween songs and all. Being a spectator from the side of the stage (due to being underage, I was unable to buy General Admission tickets), I thought their positioning on stage wasn't the greatest. However, amazing performance once again, a band to keep your eye on.
7.5/10

LUKE STEELE:
Following Tame Impala, Luke Steele (Sleepy Jackson/one-half of Empire of the Sun) took to the stage with an acoustic guitar in hand and some pre-programmed beats. I really thought he did a wonderful performance, however he didn't receive an amazing response from the audience. Prehaps they thought he'd perform an Empire of the Sun tune or two and Nick Littlemore would magically appear? Maybe the crowd just wanted MGMT? Who knows.
8/10

MGMT:
The band of the night, MGMT (pronounced 'em-gee-em-tea' or 'management' or even 'mig-mnt' for all you tools) took to the stage at around 10.05ish. They opened up with 'Of Moons, Birds and Monsters', my favorite song on 'Oracular Spectacular' after a little artistic jam session. 'Weekend Wars' was an obvious crowd winner, as was 'Time to Pretend' and 'Electric Feel'. I personally felt a little embarassed (not sure if thats the right term) when the crowd began singing the tune to 'Time to Pretend' (they later did it to 'Kids'). The band then closed with 'The Handshake' (another personal favorite of mine), before comming back onstage for an encore, performing 'Kids.'

Here is a list of things I really liked about MGMT's performance:
-Andrew's amazement at the fact there were so many people there to see them and the fact it was a sold out crowd. ("Wow, there’s people over there and people over there...and over there...”).

-How short-looking they are!
-The crowd. Aside from a few people, the crowd was amazing. Not many fangirls, teenyboppers or muzzas. There was some random guy a few rows infront with some crazy and outrages dance moves. Supplied many laughs.

-Andrew sitting on James' (or was it Matt's? Can't recall) shoulders. Human totumn pole.

-The jams. Need I say more.

The things I sort of disliked:
-The people who sat down during Metanoia. Serious mood killer.

-The fact no songs from their previous EP's were played.

-The girls who came down just to dance to 'Kids'.

Overall, it was amazing!!
I'd love to see them again.
I regret not hanging back to 'try' and meet them (aye, it's worth a shot) or have some sort of fake id. Oh well, always next time!

10/10

PS: The merch sold out before MGMT were even onstage! I ended up buying a bag with some sort of duck/crayon/marshmellow on it. Very cute.

Models, Fashion and Examinations

Three exams down and three to go. Today I completed my art exam which required me to analyze two historical paintings, as well as sketching myown hand. The other two exams, which I sat for yesterday, were my Fashion and Psychology exams. Without sounding cocky and over-confident, I'm pretty sure I've done very well on all three exams. They weren't difficult at all and I finished them fairly quickly. Next week, I have Maths, English and Multimedia. I'm very nervous about English, as it's one of my best subjects (I'm good at art subjects and English). Thus, I tend to apply morepressure on myself to do well, mainly because I know I can achieve high results. Maths on the other hand, well I got 8/25 on my Polynomials test this term,so that should give you some indication on how I'll go. Same goes for Multimedia.

On a totally unrelated topic (or prehaps slightly related, as it's to do with fashion, one of my subjects *hint*), I was lurking around on Face Hunter, and came across some amazing clothes, which I'd love to own myself. Damn, we (Melbourne) have style!



Face Hunter

Face Hunter

Face Hunter

Face Hunter

Speaking of fashion, the trend of uber skinny models has gone a little to far me thinks....Introducing Olga Sherer aka The-Skinniest-Model-I've-Ever-Seen-In-Awhile. Whilst I think she has a very beautiful face (not to keen on the hair as I'mnot into redheads much), she's just way to thin. Mainly in the arms. Plain and simple. I guess the scary thing is is the fact that she's recently gained a little weight, but she still looks painfully thin. However, I wouldn't mind having her legs to be honest.

With Vlada Roslyakova

I'll wrap this up before it becomes way to dragged out so to speak.I'm going to go and give Law and Order my undivided attention.
Ciao.
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