well, updates. yes i did say that i would do that didn't i, at some point when i had the chance. what is it i hear you say, that you do that keeps you away from your blog?
well, the thing is, not a whole heap, i am just lazy to be fair. ah well, i get there eventually.

well, what have i been doing, mostly working, studying, christmas parties and the like.

but there a few things that really stick out, which include.

Tori Amos, Kate Miller-Heidke and Ruby Moon.


Tori Amos, my god i don't even know where to start. i've loved tori amos for about 12 years now and i've never been to a concert. what an amazing woman. it's not even as simple as saying that she is a fabulous singer or song writer or performer, although she is absolutely all those things. she also has an amazing presence, is beautiful and crazy. the combination is not anything that i will be able to adequately describe. she comes out on stage wearing an almost shapeless black dress, short at the front and long at the back, with shiny rainbow leggings and boots and a neckpiece that is almost like something you would have seen in movies about cleopatra. she has the stage set up so that there is a baby grand piano and a synthesiser facing the wings, with a piano stool between the two. so she sits on the stool and in every song she'll play a mixture of both keyboard and piano oftentimes playing both at once, straddling the stool with one had on each instrument and singing into a mike, there is one over each instrument. it was amazing. her voice is so beautiful and distinctive and her playing so lovely. all in all a pretty incredible night.

about 5 days later and it was Kate Miller-Heidke. also fantastic. although i do have to say, in my opinion, not in the same calibre as as tori. but none the less it was an excellent concert. kate is pretty quirky too, very funny, takes the piss out of australian culture, pop music and herself. she is a very talented writer and fun singer.

and last but not least, ruby moon. ruby moon was actually a play rather than the name of a singer. it was fantastic as well. written by matt cameron, an australian playwrite. this is a play that shows the life of two grieving parents a few months after their young daughter went missing. they don't know what happened to her, not knowing that if she's alive or dead, they can't move on. its not for the faint hearted. but fantastic. i loved it.

so thats me.

merry christmas