A New Start!

Back in oz at last enjoying the early sun! Ventured to the beach for a quick surf, and realised i hadn't done it for a while and sufficiently sucked arse... wasn't the best conditions for a wannabee. Nearly drowned twice!!  But having got my driving licence a trip to the beach was a must.

Saturday night had some quiet drinks with friends. Was good fun catching up over cocktails made in a food blender... hmmm.

Also started my new job today. Went well methinks. Its not hard. Its all veggie cutting, washing, more cutting, more washing... i enjoyed it today. Well you would if you're on 18 bucks an hour for doing it!

Return of the album of the week!

It's a very easy choice.

In all his wisdom.

 Nick Cave.

Love it.

Yay.

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If you're not familiar with Nick Cave... Where do i begin?

He's Australian, he is like 50 years old but omg if anyone can write a song its him. He plays with his band called the Bad Seeds. Sure he isn't the best singer but the music is great and the lyrics are incredible. Each and every song takes you on a journey, a story if u will. They vary from heart warming love ballads to some mad blood frenzied loverman yearning after ... well just sex really. 

Each album is different, 'murder ballads' is literally that. Tales of murders of various kinds. But simply brilliant. Then a bit more mellow there is 'no more shall we part', 'the boatman's call', 'nocturama', and 'abbotoir blues'. These are all recent albums.

 His earlier work is much more raw but still gripping all the same. The song 'the mercy seat' is one of his most famous early songs. Recent songs you may now from films like Shrek, with 'people just ain't no good'. I want to recommend songs but i cant. Theres too many, on my ipod alone i have over 200 of his songs..ahhh obsessed much!

Anyways i digress. I meant to tell of  his latest work with the band Grinderman (Cave and three of the bad seeds just doing their own thing..)

They just released their second album. And I'm so so happy that they are coming to Big Day Out!! Which will be awesome, as German super heavy rockers Rammstein are also present.

Like during his early days this album (called Grinderman 2) is raw and powerful. Just what Grinderman intended. Why does no one experiment anymore? i hate manufactured pop or rap/r&b or anything like that... i hate the charts atm. So yeh i recommend it. you must must must listen to the song 'Star Charmer.' It's a b-side to the song 'Heathen child' off the album.  

Like a far flung star, there you are

Glitter less than before.

As you slip from my fingertips

Left me here on the burning shore.

I searched and searched, You were worth so much

More than you ever thought you were.

Everything  you believed, I still carry with me

Broken down on the burning shore.

 A Daddy's girl,

I see you curl

Asleep upon the floor.

 Maybe you dream a little dream of me...

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na....

Amongst seeing heaps of my favourite peoples ever the past two weeks, I've also been spending time doing what i love best. Fighting crime. By day I'm your average Joe. By night I'm the caped crusader himself.

That's right...don't act like you're not impressed. Unfortunately the bat mobile was still in the garage, so we had to get on the bat bus.

The last two weekends have been adrenaline pumped and full of pain. Went paint balling twice and what a time we had. Daring hit and runs, rushing through smoke and avoiding grenades. The first week we destroyed everything in our path, storming buildings and bunkers alike. None made it out alive.

This sunday however the mood was lighter, but we still kicked arse. Well, we had to...

When you are dressed like this, its do or die. Even though we were walking targets, Batman and Robin recieved players of the day; often dashing through air thick with paint bullets on suicide runs to capture flags. Brilliant times. But you come back with some nice bruises, even through the muscles... (which are real ofcourse).

Just one more week of frantic socialising before i fly from home here to home in oz. Looking forward to it, but another couple of weeks here would have been nice.

What's my age again?

Aaaaaah. Reading Festival 2010. Need i say more?

I was in there somewhere! I went mainly to see Blink 182 but had a great time as to be expected. Got suitably drenched, muddy and covered with beer. Excellent!!

What a line up! it was epic. My good friend Hannah accompanied me and we had a brilliant time watching all the crazy drunk lunatics and smelly people who had been there for 4 days!

Was all about Blink 182. Especially the flying rotating drum kit that actually went upside down during a drum solo. Dont believe me? What do people say?... erm google it... or something.

Brothers, when will we be three again my brothers?

Arrived back in a London covered by a layer of strange grey floating carpets... oh wait... these are clouds! i had almost forgotten what they looked like. Whizzed through security with my fantastic English passport before stumbling out into arrivals and waiting for ages looking for someone i recognised to come and get me! It was my mum's birthday so i had friends arrange to pick me up because i wanted to surprise her. And i did, though i think she had a hunch.

After dealing with the family around for mums birthday we went bowling. By the time i went to bed i hadn't slept in 48 hours. Damn flight times! But i get to see my mum and my brothers.

I was born into a family of nutcases...

All in all its good to be back but i have already walked through town thinking... what a shit hole. But having my brothers around me and my friends lining up to see me it makes putting up with this country and the long flight all worth it.

For the Uneducated...

Sure this is for one musically challenged person in particular, but its time for my favourite album this week anyways... seeing as I'm gonna be busy sorting out my trip to the UK for the next couple of nights!! 

Reminded of it, when someone said mumford and sons, i quickly fiddled with my ipod and blasted out my favourite London Folk music. Noah and The Whale. Their debut album 'Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down' is a masterpiece.

Everyone I've recommended it to loves it. Its obviously a bunch of teenage guys armed with acoustic guitars and a drumset singing about girls. It's soft yet sometimes upbeat, especially '5 years time'. Most the songs are super catchy despite them being luvvy duvvy. If you've recently broken up best not to listen to it! Leila I've put a few tunes on a CD for you but this is the album they are off! Buy this album! haha

Other favourite this week, as ever is all Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds stuff... he is my favourite artist...

Dare i say it even more so than Muse? and i looooove Muse...

As you can see, been into the softy stuff this week. Maybe thrash it up next week when the new Klaxons album is out. Massive excitement!!

When you get bored and start drawing things...

Heres a few drawings i did recently. This is what happens when ur friends leave the country and you are stuck in on a friday night. Plus im skint at the moment because im saving for my trip back to the uk. Yes they are Dragonball Z characters but hey i love anime. And heck its easy to draw too!

Hope someone thinks they arent too bad.

You've been sentenced to death by sexy

Album of the week.... thought this might be a nice way to make sure i do something once a week at least on here. Simple really. Just whatever album I've enjoyed listening to this week I'll post.

This week its The Eagles Of Death Metal with... 'Death By Sexy'.

The title pretty much sums it up. An album of sexy rock and roll. Its not unlike Queens of the Stone Age, namely because the qotsa frontman Josh Homme is half the band. His style of sexy riffs and dirty lyrics, apparent throughout qotsa albums oozes sexiness and forces your body to move in ways you thought rock and roll would never allow.

 If u look them up they look like american neo nazi's ... but they're not. Josh Homme is infact the smexiest ginger i think I've ever seen.

Or put in a way that's not so gay.. if i had to be a carrot top then I'd wanna be him! Ok, still sounds a bit strange.

While we're on the subject Josh also teamed up with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones to form a Superband. They are called 'Them Crooked Vultures' and are definitely worth a listen.

Because she wanted pictures...

Special request for you leila... some random pics to fulfill your thirst while i attempt to plan something interesting and gather a scraps evidence of me having a life. :P enjoy

Recently in thailand with my favourite little buddy i met at the croc farm.

I heart animals.

Back in the school days (seems so long ago now)

Always seem to be surrounded by beautiful people! lucky me.

Coming to Oz i have to try and be a surfer dude... i can surf.. honest

So there... thats most of the very few pics i have of me. Ill try and make this a bit more interesting!!

Promise...