Chevelle and The Butterfly Effect, ANU Bar, July 22

the concert was sonic. was really impressed with the opening band Dead Letter Circus. Chevelle followed, playing a couple of new songs, but it was their old ones that really did it for me (Send the pain below, forfeit, comfortable liar, the red, vitamin a). i couldn't stop thinking about 4th year high school when i saw them up there. it's funny how prior to the concert it felt unreal knowing that i was going to see Chevelle play live, right in front of me; but when i was actually in that moment, it didn't feel at all unreal. sure it was great, but it didn't feel as novel as i thought it would...i guess that's what globalisation does to you. (?)

The Butterfly Effect, the headlining act, was pretty good. i mean, it's not so much their brand of music, it was more their energy and the lighting that did it for me. you could really tell by the crowd reaction Australia's real proud of these 'blokes'.

Only a few shots here. the mosh pit grew unbearable.

The Opening Act: Dead Letter Circus (Brisbane)

And he jumps and he sneers

Delay Junkie on a Telecaster

Perry Farrell-esque

Chevelle Sings

"In America, when you flick someone off, it means I love you, well, fuck you Canberra."

Chevelle and the red

The Butterfly emotes

The Butterfly's wings

A Slow Descent

I miss playing in a band. This sucks.

Sydney (July 7-9)

Missed out on the sewers field trip for this. What can i say, i loved the place. Nothing like Manila (but i knew that), i reckon, had more of a new yorky kind of feel to it. nonetheless a magical city indeed. even the red light district (where our hostel was) had a fantasy-esque tinge to it. its not as shitty as others say it is. well of course, compared to Canberra, Sydney's a busy beehive. but i wouldn't mind going back.

the usual suspects

cityscape 1 (george street)

"take a picture of the flying hopper"

McDo with chandeliers

McDo under tower

narnia 1

cityscape 2 (darling harbour)

street jester posing

street jester playing with fire

sydney aquarium (dad would have loved this)

tila-pia

"ge ge nemo zai na li ah?"

"hindi ako si nemo"

nice

anak-anakan

baby's first sea mammal experience

"trained to be cute"

the famous underwater dome thing

maui and sons

"you're a bit too close mate"

the opera house by night

narnia 2

Lowenbrau's Bier Hall

eidlveiss

germans kicking it medieval-style

"if you know what's good for you, spray that on my face please"


um...

"life is good"

i miss my tanya

the opera house by day
at the top

cityscape 3 (main street)

Lunk Park (would be scary at night)

a 1930s themed park

in the swirling barrels

the sydney harbour bridge

peace out...

Random stuff

Some random pictures i took prior to my winter session course.

in late june, i discovered what sadness meant when i found out tickets for the nine inch nails concert in sydney cost ninety bucks, not of course including travel and accommodation expenses. its shite i tell you.

mein dvd, rammstein so gut

some of the smarter stuff i bought since i got here this year
(excluding of course the kung pow and toxic avenger dvds)
a 16th C. torture catalogue from Nuovissimo Melzi (think Guantanamo)

La Escala de la Vida

The Butterfly Effect and Chevelle: not quite NIN, but good enough i guess.