Where the Wild Things Are

I'm so excited for this film! As a fan of Spike Jonze's work, I'm sure this movie will be a flawless rendition of the classic book. Children of the 80s rejoice!!

Release date Dec. 10, 2009 in Australia.

Fat Freddy's Drop - Enmore Mar 21

Ya bro, where can I begin?
Last night's show at the Enmore was more than electrifying...Dare I say it was Del Fuego (of the fire?)

First off, they must have been reading my mind because they started the set with 'Flashback'. Mon dieu the song conjures up all those good and bad tingly emotions that only lyrics can caress. I didn't even mind the scores of people who dutifully chimed in.

Perched up at the front I got to see the boys perspire their musical talents. Such a deliciously musical sweat a fan can come to expect with a Fat Freddy's live show. Not to say that the audience wasn't sweating either. Heaps of girls screaming lyrics and reaching out with the hopes of the slightest acknowledgment. Guys topless, swinging their shirts, staggering and slurring the lyrics: dedicated fandom, personified.

Since FFD are not actually promoting an album the set was a mish-mash of old favourites, new singles (Pull the Catch anyone?) and experimental sounds. They did an exceptional job getting the crowd hyped for their presence - myself especially for Flashback - however, I felt that at the midpoint of the show, I was - for lack of a better word - bored. The favourites and oldies pushed aside, the horns section off stage and just the wailing of sounds care of the DJ, guitar, drummer and keyboards. Not that it wasn't bad... Just not the rock-out mode of Fat Freddy's I'd expect. With that being said is it right to go to a gig and be only satisfied when the artist's play set list matches your own? In hindsight, it was a pleasant surprise, but at the time I was a tad confused.

They finished off the show with a live drum and bass set infused with horns and keys. WOW. That was something that kept me moving (perhaps for my bias for DnB).

That was only my second time I've seen Fat Freddy's Drop (I tried to hunt them down in NZ to no avail - as luck would have it they were in Sydney), and I reckon it will not be my last. I'm waiting in hot anticipation for their next album and have been adequately teased with the single.

Solid show and solid performance look forward to the next... I leave you with "Flashback" and "Midnight Marauders"





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(ed. my camera's busted and I could kick myself for not having any of my own photos/videos. I hope to have the problem fixed in the very near future...stimulus anyone?).

"Fuck You. Seriously"

Lyric is gone
And Olive has faded
Once a great love story
Now it's all jaded

Human nature he stated
Confusion he felt
"I really like you
But her love makes me melt"

Olive listened patiently
Softly absorbing the blows
When conversation changed dramatically
Lyric's hypocrisy started to show

"It's human nature only I'm allow to feel
But if it's you, it has to be deceit and lies"
Lyric spat venom
Wishing Olive to die

Names he called her
His words held her to the ground
She begged for mercy
But none was found

Her actions meant nothing
Nor her words of the past
Lyric was beyond consolable
As he acted like an ass

He got what he wanted
His other love a mystery
His last words to Olive:
"Fuck you. Seriously."

beautiful eyes.

lyric was a boy,
with a mop of brown hair.
spookys he wore,
with fashion and flair.

adorned with white skulls,
and moves like a bat.
ain't afraid of nothin',
he's like a black panther cat.

a cat people thought,
a large cat it's written.
but olive his love,
knew him just as mr. kittn.

ocean separated them,
land forced them apart.
but sweet mr. kittn,
always kissed olive's heart.

out of the dream world,
and through the blue skies.
lyric kittn whispers to olive,
"what beautiful eyes."

foreplay with a clown

burn after reading

Has anyone else seen 'Burn After Reading'? I saw it about a month ago.

Is it only me that thought it sucked sweaty balls? I have never watched a movie where nothing has actually happened. That's pretty much how I can summarize the movie, nothing happens.

ya, there's salad dressing on my shirt, but you look like a triangle

I wonder if men put any effort into dressing to their body types. Actually, I'm going to answer that based on my own observations with a loud, "NO" (not all of them).

The style du jour is the skinny, low-jeans with those 80s style cheap, slip on shoes. Although I greatly despise this "style", who am I to say anything? I'm not, but this is my blog so frankly, I can say whatever the eff I want.

I saw this guy on the street. I guess he was one of these gym "buffs" ya, know the type that only works out one part of their body thinking it to be more sexually appealing. Instead of an eyebrow raising glance, the first thing that popped in my head was "isosceles!".

This guy clearly only worked out the top half of his body and that fact was further accentuated by the disgustingly skinny, tight jeans he was wearing. So tight were his jeans, I could see what he was offering and how it hung. His legs looked like noodles and he had the tiniest Chinese foot-bound feet I had ever seen (also accentuated by cheap canvas and thin rubber). Is it cruel that all I wanted to do was see if I could tip him over?

What bothered me was that no one at the gym or any of his (so called) friends could give him some friendly advice on good calf exercises, what to wear and how to wear it (ok, I won't blame the friends or gym staff, they could've said something and he mayn't have listened). I wondered if he knew how uncomfortably ridiculous he looked. I should have said something, instead of mocking him in words...

...Ya, next time I'm going to say something.

cancelling the staff xmas party is like... stealing the moon!

I work in retail.

I sell shit to people who buy shit.

There's a rumour that the annual Christmas party may be cancelled due to the plummeting economic spiral the US is pulling everyone into. Normally I wouldn't care. But I (along with other staff) have put in a year's worth of blood, sweat and tears into a company that NEVER rewards staff, much less offer incentives and they're thinking of canning the annual open bar due to the economic "crisis" that hasn't quite affected us yet?

That to me is bullshit. So many of us have put in countless hours and manpower to a company hardly known for their employee charity and because we 'may' lose money in the new year they have stripped us of our Christmas party?

It is my right as an employee to take advantage of my employer once a year and get smokin' blind drunk and eat til I explode on both ends on their tab. I think it's extremely disrespectful towards the people who put gas in your Land Rover and make sure you're comfortable at night with your central air conditioning to cancel the one party you host in order to cut costs. How and where does that make sense? Christmas parties don't need to cost 10k and half the employees will probably not show, but it's the thought that counts, right? It's the gesture that shows that you appreciate us and you value our commitment to the company and to say, "hey thanks for a great year, this round's on me."

The audacity of it all pisses me off like you wouldn't believe... It's like someone stealing the moon.

little girl is the beat

Thanks to a friend who sent this...

too smooth

I love everything about this commercial, except for the product (due to health). If I could drink dairy I'd be tapping this dude's smooth ass, like yesterday ;)