Upcoming Gigs, Vol. 1

Hey kids!

So, for about a year or two now I've been in the habit of writing down all the upcoming gigs I'm interested in going to and emailing the list to my friends.
It dawned on me today that I could also publish the list in my blog, for everyone to see, so here goes -

Upcoming gigs for July that I'm interested in -

Something with Numbers
10.07.0
The Hi-Fi (West End) 18+
8pm, $25 + BF

Streamer Bendy ( + Vincent and The Tiger Palms)
15.07.09
Rosie's Tavern (City) 18+
8pm, $10 at the door

The Gallant ( + The Rocketsmiths and Drawn from Bees)
18.07.09
The Hive (Valley PCYC) U18
6pm, $10 at the door
(I'm volunteering for that show so I'll be the one who stamps your wrist if you decide to come)

The Basics ( + The Boat People and Dead Letter Circus)
30.07.09
The Zoo! (Valley) 18+
8pm, $15 pre-sale. Tickets should also be available on the door but I'm not sure how much they will be.

This is just a very, very small selection of the gigs that are coming up for July. There's heaps more, you can check them out at Oztix tickets here, you can also check out more upcoming gigs on the Triple J gig guide here. Of course you can always look all the bands up on myspace etc. Also, don't forget to check out The Hive at their myspace for loads and loads of upcoming gigs and other local music goodness.

Support touring bands (especially if they're Australian!)
Enjoy!
Louise

xx

TiLT - 31

Good afternoon lovers!

So, another week has flown by and I'm over due to write my TiLT.. again. I've had a very good, busy week, but neglected to write my TiLT yesterday because I was running around trying to organise my credit application for uni.
Alas.

Nevertheless, my favourite moments this week were:

- A great rainy day in spent on the couch with my twin at her place. Cheese sandwiches, chocolate covered biscuits, coffee and great movies. Good times.
- FETE DE LA MUSIQUE AND SUNDAY IN GENERAL. Fete was awesome, I had a great day (despite the rain) and took loads of photos. Afterwards the twin, the boy and I had pizza, soft drink, tv watching and ALOT of talking atthe twin's, and then said twin came to mine for a sleepover. Much fun was had by all. I woke up at 5:25am sunday and went to bed at 1am monday. Pretty sure that's the longest time I've been awake in a long, long time. Haha.

-Cupcakes, grocery shopping, interviews, scrabble and Charmed with two of my fave girls. It was a good day, and we rock at cupcake baking. Vanilla with chocolate chips and icing! Yum!
- Going to see "The Hangover" with my boy and eating far, far too much popcorn for dinner... and then adventuring through the streets of Geebung in my car for a while for no good reason. Sweet as.

- Fantastic cheap burritos with five of my most favourite people ever on tuesday night. Cheap, good food, drinks, fantastic friends and great times. Total bliss.
- Painting my nails bright purple (again). I'm obsessed with my Kit purple nail polish. It's so thick and gorgeous, you only need one coat! LOVE.
- Impromtu shopping catch ups with a friend I haven't seen in almost 6 months! It was great to catch up!
- MY NEW DRESS. (Purchased at above mentioned shopping catch up session) It's from Igedo and was $110, reduced to $39. It's gorgeous, strapless and silk and has boning and a petticoat, not to meantion a giant bow on the front. I love it. I want to wear it to a tea party.
- MY NEW BOOTS. (Also purchased at above mentioned shopping catch up session) They're grey, not quite knee length and were only $10. YES. ONLY $10. Reduced from $40. They're greeat, comfy, and a total bargain! Success!

- My mum buying a new couch. Sounds weird, but I'm excited. New giant black leather couch should be arriving today, it's really like three couches cos it's in a U shape and is huge. It's made mum go on this "let's do over the whole living room" rampage, so she's out now buying a new dining table and chairs and coffee tables and whatnot. We haven't had new furniture in like... 12 years, this is exciting. Haha.
- I USED TO SKATE ONCE 5. At The Zoo last night, it was great. Art on skate boards, good music, good friends, trendy people and it was all for free. I love free trendy events in Brisbane, as does the rest of trendy Brisbane, as the place was packed.
- Pumping Michael Jackson tunes at 11am in the morning in rememberance of the King. RIP.

- Music I've been into this week: Michael Jackson, Of Montreal, Hot Chip, Kimya Dawnson, Sonic Youth, Angela's Dish, Anberlin, Cold War Kids, Guillemots and the "Have you heard?" (Volume 5) cd I got for freeeee at Fete De La Musique. Love my Brissy bands and free music!

Well, I think that's pretty much it for me for my highlights of this week.
How was your week?
Louise
xx

TiLT - 30 (Can't believe I've written 30 of these!)

Good evening bloggers!

I hope you all had a fabulous week! I've been busy since last thursday, which is half the reason my TiLT is a day late - I wasn't home at all yesterday, didn't get home until 4pm today. Splendid!

Here's what I'm loving this thursday:
- BEING ON UNI HOLIDAYS. OH EM GEE IT'S AMAZING TO DO AS I PLEASE!
- FINALLY FINISHING ALL MY UNI ASSESSMENT. Kinda continues on from the first dot point but yeah, it's such an amazing feeling to finally have no more assessment! 5 assignments and 4 exams in a 4 week period was not fun. But it's over now, yay! I still feel like I should be studying, and I'm still in stay-up-til-midnight-cos-you've-got-stuff-to-do mode. I'll start to relax soon... I hope.
- Travelling to Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Noosa and Eumundi all within the last week. Good times! I love travelling north!
- Fantastic weekends and late night scrabble games with a dear friend.

- Eucalyptus and aloe vera tissues. Heaven for my nose this past week. I hate having a cold.

- Going in a boat for the first time. Sure, it was only a tinny with a rusty bottom, but hey, it still counts.

- Making friends with our neighbours when camping at Inskip Point and them making us cups of tea! Adorable!

- FINALLY GETTING MY GREEN P LICENSE! I finally bothered to upgrade my license from red to green p, yesss! Should have done it 7 months ago, but oh well... better late than never, haha.

- Fantastic breakfasts sitting in the sun looking out onto Noosa's main beach.
- Elisha!
- Driving to Noosa! I drove home all on my own, and didn't get lost or die. I'm getting more confident with long distance driving! Woo!

- Getting zillions of compliments on the curly-ness, cut and colour of my hair from friends and from random people.. even hair dressers! Apparently my hair is amazing?! I don't know. It does what it wants haha. - Making lots and lots of awesome holiday plans with so many different people!

- FINALLY doing my training for my new job! I'm now filled with all the pet nutritional information I'll ever need, haha. I also have loads of promotional stuff in my room. There's alot of stuff. Hills are really into their promotions!

- My new fleecy hoodie! It was $10 from Cotton On, oh yeah! I love it. It's grey (of course).

- The prospect of all the upcoming work I've got lined up! Hills, baby sitting, waitressing and random photography jobs! Yes! I refuse to be poor any longer! Fingers crossed it all works out. I'm broke... and I want to buy boots, amoung a million other things.

- Finally getting over my cold! I've been sick for exactly a week, and finally I can breathe through my nose again! It's not swine flu after all, haha! Success!

- Music I've been listening to this week: Anberlin, Angelas Dish, Ben Folds, Cold War Kids, Placebo, The Beatles and Phoenix.

- Looking forward to: THE REST OF THE HOLIDAYS! So much planned. It's going to be great.

Ok, I'm off to bed.

Good night kittens!

xx

Sick.

Polaroid by Louchasy featuring Forzieri jewelry

Hello bloggers!

Hope you're all swell on this lovely Tuesday.
I'm not.
I'm sick. And tired. And sick and tired of being sick and tired. It's stopping me doing things. I've been sick since friday. Gah. I'm over it. Waste of my time.

In other news - I've finished uni for the semester! Woo! I did my last exam last night - it was online, so that was pretty cool. So now I'm on holidays for 6 weeks, yesss. I'm so excited to go places and do things and see people, and most of all - work! I have training for my job tomorrow night. Can't wait, it's taken them forever to organise it.

That's pretty much it for now.
I'm off to blow my nose and cough some more.
Bye
x

TiLT - 29

Hello kittens!

Another week has gone by again! This year seems to be going so extremely fast, I can't believe it's June already!

I don't have much to put on my TiLT list this week, but here goes -

Things I'm loving this thursday:

- Being ALMOST done with uni! I've only got one assignment and one (online) exam left and then I'm free for six whole weeks! Yesssss! Can't believe I've survived!
- Jade's birthday! Saturday night was fab! I had such a good time :)
- Last night! Streamer Bendy and The Gallant were AWESOME, and Bar Soma is such a cool place!
- Actually being told I have training for my new job! Next wednesday night! YESSS! Finally!
- Honourable mentions: ugh boots, socks, sleep, my portable electric heater, blankets, cheese, looking forward to uni holidays and this weekend, writing lists and ticking things off, going to gigs on a wednesday night, my DSLR and taking photos of everything all the time.
- Music I'm into (eg. what I've mostly listened to this week): Streamer Bendy, The Gallant, Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists, Cold War Kids, Say Anything and Phoenix... all my favourites really.

That's pretty much it.
Getting my car window fixed tomorrow, which is good cos it means I'll be able to park in public places again, but bad because it'll make me really poor.
Also I hate winter. It's only the beginning of June and I'm already sick of being cold all the time. Also I don't really own any winter clothes... I'm such a summer person, haha. Need to go and buy myself some socks and jumpers and jackets and cardigans.

I have a huge list of all the things I'm going to do on the uni holidays.
I'm excited.

I should really go and write my last tech report now... considering it's due tomorrow... Humpf. I could win a procrastination competition. I know all the tricks.
Goodnight world
xx

Saturday at Friday's

Yo!

It was Jade's birthday on saturday.
I got home to discover 390 photos on my camera.
Oh the advantages of digital photography! Like, film is awesome and does capture things in a way digital can't, but I could never afford to take 390 photos on film and have them developed.
Here's a few faves from the night -

SLOTH

HELLO READERS!

First of all, I'd just like to say a giant HOLLY AWESOME FECK YESSSSSSSSSSS!
Why?
BECAUSE I HANDED IN MY PHOTO IMAGING FOLIO AND DIGITAL IMAGING ASSIGNMENTS TODAY, BOTH COMPLETE AND HANDED IN ON TIME.
Feck yes.
They were both GIANT assignments, and had written parts and photography parts and references and contact sheets and screen captures and a million other things in them. The photo imaging folio was worth 50% of my grade for the unit, so fingers crossed I do well on it...
I feel fairly good about it so hopefully that's a good sign.
The digital imaging assignment was a photoshop editing one, pretty insane cos I shot it 3 weeks ago but didn't edit the photos until last night. Oh wells... only kept me up til 4am... Haha.
I spent all week worrying about photo imaging and neglected digital imaging, but I got it all done on time and it's over now so WOOOOOO.
Only got one assignment and three exams left, then I'm free for six weeks! YAY YAY YAY.

Also the last few weeks have taught me something - leaving assignments to the last minute is bad. I've done it before but never really learnt from the experience. I tend to leave things until a week before they're due, but lately I've left things until the day before they're due or even the day they're due to finish them... *cough* post modernism and digital imaging *cough*
It's not good. I'm so disorganised, but I never change because I always seem to get good marks whether I do it a week before it's due or the day it's due.
I work best under pressure, I think.
But I want to change this, I've realised the added stress of doing something last minute isn't really something I need in my life.
I MUST WORK TO CHANGE THIS. MUST.

I'm feeling rather sleep deprived cos I was up til 4am doing my digital imaging assignment, and I woke up at 9am and went to uni, and did uni stuff all day til I got home at 5pm.
I also realised (I’ve been realising a lot of things this week) today, I'm a giant sloth.
A giant, lazy, unfit sloth.
Sloth sloth sloth.
I can get 10 hours sleep and wake up tired, or I can get 5 hours sleep and wake up tired. Or any amount of hours of sleep in between. I just seem to be eternally tired. Not normal I don't think. I half blame my sleep apnea but it's not that severe ALL the time so it shouldn't make me thaaaat tired.
I don't know. Maybe I have low iron levels or something. Hmm.

Anywho.. I think that’s all I wanted to say for now. I feel like I should be celebrating hardcore cos I’ve done my photo imaging and digital imaging assignments, finished photo imaging as a whole, don’t have any more classes and only have one assignment and three exams left… But I’m too tired to celebrate, so I’ll just sit here and think about celebrating. Plus I’m going out tomorrow night and it’s gonna be amazinggggg (Jade’s birthday! YEWWW!) so that’ll make up for my lack of enthusiasm from today.
Yep.

SO CLOSE TO THE END OF UNI!
YESSSS!

Hope you've all had a fabulous friday, I'm going to go to bed verrrrry soon... I feel like my eyeballs are going to fall out of my head, I'm that tired!
Tough week.
Hope those of you who are also going through uni assessment time at the moment are surviving!
Good night everyone!
xx

p.s ZOMG IT'S JUNE NOW... WHAAAT!? I've been doing photography at QCA for a whole SEMESTER! When did that happen?!

TiLT - 28

Hello everyone!

Things I'm loving this thursday are as follows:

HANDING IN MY POST MODERNISM ESSAY! It might have been a day late, but hey, I got it done, AND NOW IT’S OVER! Now all I have to worry about is the modernism and post modernism exam… And you know, like... passing the subject. Eeeek.

MY BROTHER GIVING ME NEW SPEAKERS AND MATCHING BASS! There’s five speakers and a sub. Like, wow. My brother and I are becoming friends. I take him to school, proof read his assignments and quiz him on things for his exams, he gives me speakers. Win! (Photo to the left... only two speakers shown but there is three more... If only my car had nice speakers. Damn.)

THE FACT THAT I HAVE NO MORE UNI CLASSES FOR THE SEMESTER! Yesss! I had my last classes this week, most of which were cancelled or I just didn’t go. Wooo. Now I’ve just got my remaining 3 assignments (two of which are due tomorrow) and 3 exams to fuss over. Gah.

MY NEW HEAD BAND! It’s adorable and makes me feel like a present. I never want to take it off, and best of all, it was only $10! Yesss! HOW CUTE IS IT?! It reminds me of Blair from Gossip Girl, also it reminds me of Gala. I like it cos it's not something I'd normally buy. You're probably all thinking "Jesus Louise, IT'S JUST A HEAD BAND, GET OVER IT!" but WHATEVER. I love my new head band. I think it's exciting. Being materialistic is fun sometimes.

HAVING MY PHOTO IMAGING FOLIO DONE THE DAY BEFORE IT’S DUE! I took all the photos weeks in advance. Oh man, I can be organised when I try, and it’s fab. My folio’s due on Friday and I did the written parts on Tuesday and put the photos in to be printed on Wednesday! YAY.

Honourable mentions: My pyjamas, talking to Jade EVERYDAY, Waterfords Lemon Lime and Bitters for $1.20 at Crazy Clarks, Arrested Development, awesome 20 minute long phone calls with new uni friends, Chris, mint slice biscuits, Gossip Girl (season two just finished, now what am I gonna watch on Tuesday nights?! Skins season two finished as well, why do you do this to me Fox8?! ), cork boards and push pins, ribbon, not going to my last week of uni classes, Rachel! (I FREAKING MISS YOU WOMAN!), Papermate ball point pens that have light blue, green, purple, pink and orange ink instead of the regular black/blue/red (It’s exciting cos they were only like $3 for a 15 pack and I love stationery!), Everglades strawberry liquor (smells and tastes like strawberry jelly, and was only $12 haha) and finally, the fact that it’s holidays really soon!

And a new section for my TiLTs - Music I’m into this week!
This week I've been listening to Say Anything (oh wow they are so amazing!), Phoenix, Lady Hawke, Tokyo Police Club, The Decemberists, and Hungry Kids of Hungry. Yeaaaah.

Looking forward to: This weekend - Jade's birthday! Yewww! Also looking forward to the end of uni exams and UNI HOLIDAYS. It will be sweeeeeet.

Hope you all had a fab week!
Bring on the weekend!
xxx

ALIVE

When I watch you, I wanna do you right where you're standing (yeah)
Right on the foyer, on this dark day, right in plain view (oh yeah)
Of the whole ghetto. The boots stomp meadows, but we ignore that (yeah)
You're lovely, baby. This war is crazy. I won't let you down (Oh no no)

No, I won't let them take you, won't let them take you
Hell no no, oh no, I won't let them take you, won't let them take you
Hell no no.

No, oh no no no!

And when our city, vast and shitty, falls to the axis (yeah)
They'll search the buildings, collect gold fillings, wallets and rings (oh yeah)
But Ms. Black Eyeliner, you'd look finer with each day in hiding (oh yeah)
Beneath the wormwood, oooh, love me so good.
They won't hear us screw away the day. I'll make you say:

Alive! Alive!
Alive with love, alive with love tonight

No, I won't let them take you, won't let them take you
Hell no no, oh no, I won't let them take you, won't let them take you
Hell no no.

Our Treblinka is alive with the glory of love!
Treblinka, alive, with the glory of love, yeah!

Should they catch us and dispatch us to those separate work camps,
I'll dream about you. I will not doubt you with the passing of time (oh yeah)
Should they kill me, your love will fill me, as warm as the bullets (yeah)
I'll know my purpose. This war was worth this. I won't let you down.
No, I won't
No, I won't
No, I won't

Alive! Alive!
Alive with love, alive with love tonight
Hell no no, oh no
Alive! Alive!
I won't let them take you, won't let them take you (Alive with love, alive with love tonight)
Hell no, no
No, no

- Alive With The Glory Of LOVE
Say Anything

Say Anything make me want to sing really loud and dance around.
They're fab. They make me happy. I've been listening to their album "It's A Real Boy" all week long.
Check them out if you're not already a fan.
The song has a cute film clip, you can watch it on Youtube here.
Alternatively, you can watch Julia Nunes do a cover of the song on her uke here. She's fab, Say Anything are fab... everybody wins.
Thanks to Rachel for supplying me with some of their music! <3
I WILL write a TiLT tomorrow, I promise.
xx