Yes? Yes? Yes! Flamingo Crash are awesome!
I went and saw Flamingo Crash play at the Troubador last night. They were amazing! David had seem them support a couple of bands last year and couldn't stop raving about them. Then the other week I caught their latest film clip on Rage and really dug their sound so when I found out their EP Launch was last night, I couldn't resist!
I took my newly fixed dv cam to film the gig. Alas the Troubador is not a great venue for my poor little dv cam. Unlike most venues, the stage area is not well lit at all. The lights are very dull and don't really face the stage area. To make it worse, the band had a backdrop behind them and some really groovy videos projected up on the screen. It looked awesome, but made it even harder for my camera. So the footage isn't that great :(
I also worry that my dv cam is not really equipped to handle dark, dingy venues. The camera I borrowed and used to film the Medicine Show last month was pretty darn sweet. It only looked like a couple of models better/more expensive than my camera, but that extra grunt is probably the difference between being able to film in dark venues and not.
Anyways, the Flamingo Crash are playing an instore at Skinnys Music shop next saturday so I think I'll go along to that. Being a brightly lit store, the dv cam should be able to handle that no worries.
They are seriously my new favourite Brisbane band - check them out, Myspace, Official Site.
The evening was also my first time out at a pub/club/venue since quitting smoking. I wanted to ease into it, so last night was the perfect time to give this non-smoking thing a go out in public. I had my non-smoker boy with me for extra support and only had one drink. There were so many people around us smoking, and at first I would see girls smoking and kinda get a bit edgy and restless. But as the night wore on and these girls right beside us kept chain smoking, I was getting more and more disgusted. They were also pretty drunk and rowdy which made it easy to find all their behaviour disgusting. They all kept lighting up, one after the other. I didn't need to smoke, after a couple of hours beside them, I felt like I had smoked half a dozen cigarettes with them.
Oh man, I just know I'm going to be one of those intolerant non-smokers. The type who glares at smokers who light up in my presence. Who cough loudly and noticeably when their smoke wafts over into my area. Haha who am I kidding, I'm already that person!!! Even when I was a smoker, if I was walking/standing behind someone in the street and they started breathing their filthy smoke all over me, I would also start coughing loudly and glare as I passed them.
I took my newly fixed dv cam to film the gig. Alas the Troubador is not a great venue for my poor little dv cam. Unlike most venues, the stage area is not well lit at all. The lights are very dull and don't really face the stage area. To make it worse, the band had a backdrop behind them and some really groovy videos projected up on the screen. It looked awesome, but made it even harder for my camera. So the footage isn't that great :(
I also worry that my dv cam is not really equipped to handle dark, dingy venues. The camera I borrowed and used to film the Medicine Show last month was pretty darn sweet. It only looked like a couple of models better/more expensive than my camera, but that extra grunt is probably the difference between being able to film in dark venues and not.
Anyways, the Flamingo Crash are playing an instore at Skinnys Music shop next saturday so I think I'll go along to that. Being a brightly lit store, the dv cam should be able to handle that no worries.
They are seriously my new favourite Brisbane band - check them out, Myspace, Official Site.
The evening was also my first time out at a pub/club/venue since quitting smoking. I wanted to ease into it, so last night was the perfect time to give this non-smoking thing a go out in public. I had my non-smoker boy with me for extra support and only had one drink. There were so many people around us smoking, and at first I would see girls smoking and kinda get a bit edgy and restless. But as the night wore on and these girls right beside us kept chain smoking, I was getting more and more disgusted. They were also pretty drunk and rowdy which made it easy to find all their behaviour disgusting. They all kept lighting up, one after the other. I didn't need to smoke, after a couple of hours beside them, I felt like I had smoked half a dozen cigarettes with them.
Oh man, I just know I'm going to be one of those intolerant non-smokers. The type who glares at smokers who light up in my presence. Who cough loudly and noticeably when their smoke wafts over into my area. Haha who am I kidding, I'm already that person!!! Even when I was a smoker, if I was walking/standing behind someone in the street and they started breathing their filthy smoke all over me, I would also start coughing loudly and glare as I passed them.
7 Comments:
At May 07, 2006 2:37 PM, Cat said…
You do realise that by sitting next to those girls who were chain smoking, it was pretty much the equivalent of having one or two cigarettes. I know it's hard in small venues, especially the bloody Troubador, but you should try and find a spot semi-away from smokers. It really bugs me you know, the Troubador blatently ignores the new non-smoking in venues law. There is no section set aside for non-smoking whatsoever. And I don't get it, I mean, they risk getting a huge ass fine...It seems irrational to me.
At May 07, 2006 8:08 PM, reanon said…
yeah, well they came and sat by us and by that stage the venue had filled up and we couldn't move to another couch.
and actually, i think the troubador does have a non-smoking area. the bar and that end of the room, including a few couches is non-smoking.
but the other end of the room, down near the stage (where we were) that's the smoking end.
back when i was smoking, i would always have to go down that far end of the room to smoke.
At May 11, 2006 5:43 AM, tlenze said…
Well, I just heard my first Teagan and Sara song. It was pretty damn good. I'll find to track down some more of their stuff.
At May 16, 2006 4:25 PM, Anonymous said…
Hi...long time reader, first time poster.
I notice that you are in an mixed-race relationship? Have you had any issues with it, cultural clashes etc? The reason I ask is a good friend of mine is in the exact relationship as yours, but the bf's family are totally disapproving them being together.
Anyways, from what I read, things seem to be going fabulously which is wonderful to hear.
At May 16, 2006 5:29 PM, reanon said…
the boy is half english, half iraqi... so his parents were the ones to cross cultures etc.
their families might have had issues with them being together. but his parents did it anyway and have always told their kids that they dont care who they're with, what nationality they are, what religion etc.
and my parents just want to see me happy with a decent guy.
so no, no issues at all.
what nationalities are your friend and her boyfriend?
At May 17, 2006 8:55 AM, Anonymous said…
My friend is australian but her bf is from an orthodox turkish family. I think they'll end up being together anyways but it's sad to see them being so right but his parents being ignorant. It's kinda wrong too because they are into each other and she's really interested in his culture so I dont think he'd lose that aspect of his life.
I was just curious to see if you faced similar issues but it's great that both yours and your bf's families are so open-minded and kind. That's how it really should be anyways.
At May 17, 2006 3:57 PM, reanon said…
yeah it would be really hard if your family didn't support your choice of partner. even though my parents didn't really like my ex, they were supportive no matter what.
i hope things work out for your friend. :)
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