I have no idea how we are here already! I feel I just did this. Where did the four weeks go? But when I look at my Insta, it's been jam packed so I guess I've been busy. And time flies when you're having fun, right?
Something I loved I have wanted to see Jeremy Loops for a long time and he finally turned up here again. I bailed on Harbourlife to get to the Hordern for his support set (to Ziggy Alberts). He was wonderful. He even did a bit of looping. He was everything I wanted him to be. It's joyous and clever. He is uplifting. It was just magical. The best part, he's coming back for a full band tour. In June. So watch this space and get tickets when they go on sale. You do not want to miss it!
We also managed to get to Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges in Cronulla, at Brass Monkey - a great little venue like the old Basement. It was an afternoon gig so we got a group together for lunch so we'd have seats for the show. The food was good (you can by show only or meal and show but there was plenty of choice for the mains). It was a really special afternoon. There was this moment when he gets the venue manager to come and Always with him and I got a little emotional, to the point of tears. My first thought was 'what is going on? This must be some kind of Negroni comedown from the festival weekend' but then I decided 'it's just one of those fleeting special moments that the beauty of live music taps into' so I just revelled in the emotion and then it passed. When I later openned Insta to post my clips, the very first thing I saw was a meme that said "Concerts are where you realise how f&*%ing beautiful it is to be alive in this world." and THAT was what I was feeling. I was so overwhelmed with the beauty of it all, and the fleeting nature and the magic of what was created and we all shared. (Clips of his performance are here).
If you have stopped seeing live music, please give it another go. Even a free pub band, a concert put on in a park, a music school recital. There is something lost in recorded versions, and something lacking when listening at home alone. There's something in sharing it with the crowd and the performer.
Something I learned
My broken feet were becoming too much so I have finally gone to the podiatrist with them. (Well, I can't go without my feet, can I?). He made me bring all the junk I've been buying off the interent to fix them, and my shoes. We tested them out on the computer treadmill and I was honestly surprised at the results. The winners were my Twoobs with the Steppers inner sole...but next was, wait for it....my Converse with the weird ebay gel thing. I thought it was the arch support but it's actually the gel band that holds it in place protects the boney thing on the top of my foot causing the pain....so I can keep wearing my many pairs of Converse for festivals and stop buying more expensive shoes that I then chicken out of wearing if I have 6 or 8 hours of dancing to
do....My podaitrist did also say I should keep jumping and going to festivals as that will stop my feet from getting worse....so Doctors orders!
The lesson for me is not to worry about something until you have the facts. I was getting quite stressed about all the talk but as I got the facts, I sat there thinking 'oh, we already do that'.
Something I let go of Comments. Or keeping up with the comments. I'm really trying but I'm just chasing my tail at the moment. Sorry. I'm hopeless at the moment. It does weigh on me a bit. I just haven't had time at the weekend to catch up.So I will go and sit in the naughty corner. I do intend to get back to you all over the course of the week but then it just falls apart.
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