Thursday 12 July 2012
Thursday 5 July 2012
the cusp of the weekend
Oh lordy. I can smell it. It’s called THE WEEKEND YO. Tomorrow be Friday and for that I am totes glad. Sometimes I prefer Friday to the weekend, for as a lady whom I worked with used to say, you still have the whole potential for a weekend in front of you and with that I completely agree. And for this weekend I am actually pretty excited. I have movies to watch, gigs to attend, brunches to eat, friends to see and music to play. I hope you all have a variety of funness lying ahead of you also.
For no other reason than I like sharing with people the things I like (and I am quite a liker of things), here are things that have taken my fancy this week. (and hopefully all the links work).
1. Last Friday night at work we had a function (which I muchly enjoyed helping to organise). We did a sort of posh wine tasting affair where we all pretended we could suss out the notes of whatever it was we were supposedly tasting (obviously I’m totes pro at it). Ok so my taste buds may not be able to distinguish oak or the particular fruits but it can certainly identify yum. And these wines were dang well yum. Not to mention his whole story was quite inspiring also. Accountant to boutique wine maker. I too dream of that sort of transition; legal secretary to full time musician. One can dream right? In fact, one should.
Georges Road Wines
2. Ok so call me biased, and that is fine, but I am pretty sure once you listen to this song you will need no convincing from me. This is a demo from one of my closest friends. She’s one of those people you wish you could hate cause they’re so beautiful and talented but you can’t hate them cause they’re so god damn nice too. All you’re left to do is love them immensely! She’s been part of my life for so long she’s home to me now and I ooze with joy and envy every time I hear this song (envy cause I didn’t write it!!). Seriously, it’s just one of those songs you want on repeat. The band is a duo, the members go by the names of Revlon Red and Sebastian Jones but together they are known as Our Wild Lies; and this week I am loving the crap out of them. Also I am so excited because it is confirmed that they will be opening for me at my EP release gig on August 24 at MEOW. So firstly, put that in your diaries and smoke it yo, and secondly get excited that these sweet Auckland peeps are heading our ways to share their rich melodies with us.
Take it and Run - Our Wild Lies
3. My life is feeling a bit empty these days because two of my most favourite people are not in the country. In fact, they used to live a mere 3 minute walk from my house and even then they felt too far away. They are those people who you can spend every minute of the day with and even then it’s just not enough. So I am missing them a lot at the moment. Currently they are meandering abouts the globe and taking some sweet ass photos whilst they do so. I reckon they are entirely brilliant at capturing the mood and the spark of a place. Also, looking at them makes them feel not so distant and like I get to experience their trip with them. (However, whilst I am at work at 9:00am on a Monday morning I am all too aware I am NOT overseas exploring the world).
Tim Kelly Photography
4. I went and saw a jazz quartet play on Tuesday night this week and they we’re entirely impressive. The lead singer was this pocket sized girl who looked like a doll but who could sing with such power and had a crazy pretty voice. Unfortunately, I have no idea who they were! But what they did remind me of is how much I love jazz songs. Particularly this one:
Lover Man - Billie Holiday
5. And lastly, just for a laugh, what I am loving is Ryan Gosling from the era of the Mickey Mouse Club. So, like all of y’all will understand, I think Ryan is the bees knees (at least that’s my PG version of what I think about him). My friends and I were watching Crazy Stupid Love and of course we were lusting after the Ryan. Now whilst most won’t admit it, superstar lust leads to youtube stalking, and thus I stalked my way to the early hours of the morning. I found the below clip and it brought so much joy to me. Not that I ever watched MMC when I was younger due to it not being aired here in lil NZ (and youtube not yet being invented), but the nostalgia of the era rose up within me. It reminded me of days that were simpler and easier but most of all it just made me smile and laugh. I mean honestly, the fans. THE FANS!! :)
1. Last Friday night at work we had a function (which I muchly enjoyed helping to organise). We did a sort of posh wine tasting affair where we all pretended we could suss out the notes of whatever it was we were supposedly tasting (obviously I’m totes pro at it). Ok so my taste buds may not be able to distinguish oak or the particular fruits but it can certainly identify yum. And these wines were dang well yum. Not to mention his whole story was quite inspiring also. Accountant to boutique wine maker. I too dream of that sort of transition; legal secretary to full time musician. One can dream right? In fact, one should.
Georges Road Wines
2. Ok so call me biased, and that is fine, but I am pretty sure once you listen to this song you will need no convincing from me. This is a demo from one of my closest friends. She’s one of those people you wish you could hate cause they’re so beautiful and talented but you can’t hate them cause they’re so god damn nice too. All you’re left to do is love them immensely! She’s been part of my life for so long she’s home to me now and I ooze with joy and envy every time I hear this song (envy cause I didn’t write it!!). Seriously, it’s just one of those songs you want on repeat. The band is a duo, the members go by the names of Revlon Red and Sebastian Jones but together they are known as Our Wild Lies; and this week I am loving the crap out of them. Also I am so excited because it is confirmed that they will be opening for me at my EP release gig on August 24 at MEOW. So firstly, put that in your diaries and smoke it yo, and secondly get excited that these sweet Auckland peeps are heading our ways to share their rich melodies with us.
Take it and Run - Our Wild Lies
3. My life is feeling a bit empty these days because two of my most favourite people are not in the country. In fact, they used to live a mere 3 minute walk from my house and even then they felt too far away. They are those people who you can spend every minute of the day with and even then it’s just not enough. So I am missing them a lot at the moment. Currently they are meandering abouts the globe and taking some sweet ass photos whilst they do so. I reckon they are entirely brilliant at capturing the mood and the spark of a place. Also, looking at them makes them feel not so distant and like I get to experience their trip with them. (However, whilst I am at work at 9:00am on a Monday morning I am all too aware I am NOT overseas exploring the world).
Tim Kelly Photography
4. I went and saw a jazz quartet play on Tuesday night this week and they we’re entirely impressive. The lead singer was this pocket sized girl who looked like a doll but who could sing with such power and had a crazy pretty voice. Unfortunately, I have no idea who they were! But what they did remind me of is how much I love jazz songs. Particularly this one:
Lover Man - Billie Holiday
5. And lastly, just for a laugh, what I am loving is Ryan Gosling from the era of the Mickey Mouse Club. So, like all of y’all will understand, I think Ryan is the bees knees (at least that’s my PG version of what I think about him). My friends and I were watching Crazy Stupid Love and of course we were lusting after the Ryan. Now whilst most won’t admit it, superstar lust leads to youtube stalking, and thus I stalked my way to the early hours of the morning. I found the below clip and it brought so much joy to me. Not that I ever watched MMC when I was younger due to it not being aired here in lil NZ (and youtube not yet being invented), but the nostalgia of the era rose up within me. It reminded me of days that were simpler and easier but most of all it just made me smile and laugh. I mean honestly, the fans. THE FANS!! :)
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