Camille, I adore you

On Sunday Night was the most captivating live performance I have ever witnessed, by the most amazing woman I have had the pleasure and fortune of sharing a room with; the lovely Camille. The perfomer emerges from darkness wearing a orange cape and fluro orange socks; she begins with a whisper. Like a true performer, she does not reveal her outstanding skill, as well as that of her backup performers at once, but gradually song by song. Aside from Camille, a pianist, two multi talented beat boxers, two body percussionists and two backup singers graced the stage and as you can imagine created a multifacited depth of sound layers. One could not pick a moment during the show where one of the performers were slightly underperforming, they were all giving it their all; professional and talented.

Camille is absolutely wild, a gypsy at heart absolutely no inhibitions. Her vocal cords and body make the most suprising noises and movements, I long to be this carefree, it is truely an inspiration to watch and hear. Unlike most concerts where you have a blare of massive speakers, the Brisbane Powerhouse catered for her instrumentation that included patting their hearts, tapping their feet, swinging a fluro orange skipping rope to imitate the sound of waves, wobble boards! on the quieter side as well as the cries of Camille and the backup vocals and pianos; my ears heard everything. As you probably already know I LOVE COLOUR, and I was delighted to find an ongoing theme of orange, which she used to create narrative for the stage show.

Camille also has a remarkable sense of humour, something I could also do with more of! But nevertheless I laughed out loud many times; when she made one of her beat boxers be a koala and continued to steal his shirt when he was "sleeping" in the microphone stand tree and also managed to take two shirts from men in the audience and crafted a gypsy skirt from them which which so sported oh so fashionably, as the French can do with ease! Speaking of humour and fashion, one of my favourite moments in the performance was when Camille came out in a floor length black Audrey dress with black gloves; she was a vision of glamour and grace. Midway through the song, she turned around to reveal a cut out section in the dress that revealed her bum crack! Classic! Oh I could go on and on, but really there is nothing more to say than Camille, I adore you xx.

and they gave me a rose...

The night starts here at The Zoo, with the arrangement of red and pink roses over the drum kits, mike stands and keyboard; the roses will not last the night.  The night was not as I had expected; the band members stood inches away from me worn, short and utterly human, they are truely sad robots.  Amy was the epitome of rock and roll women, in her shagged black dress and sex hair.  The song highlights for me were definitely Ageless Beauty, Midnight Coward and Calendar Girl the song of choice for the encore, of which Torque stood at the top of the stage and yelled I'm Alive many times at the top of his lungs, and I sang it right back, as I too felt alive.  At the introduction to Midnight Coward the band rambled something about Singapore that suggested that if everyone can't have sex on Valentines Day then no one can! it made me chuckle anyway. The band threw a rose my way at the beginning of the show; I missed, mid show; I missed, at the end; third time lucky.  I didn't get an actual ticket for the show, so I'm going to press it in a book and keep it as my momento.  Unfortunately Stars didn't play my favourite song which is apparently about fucking someone to death, that is "One More Night"... I guess that leaves me wanting more, and gives me a reason to see them again someday.  

Liquid Salvation

Yes indeed myself and my partner in crime and all things good Ash attended timeout.  My highlights would have to be Faker's 'This Heart Attack' where we jumped up and down with a crowd of thousands in perfect unison, best feeling ever! I loved Blue King Brown, some talented folk, especially for the funky beats of 'water'.  Finally, the band I have liked the longest out of those who performed, Kisschasy who I had listened to whilst road tripping down the east coast to Byron Bay performed the ubber fun 'Do-oh's and wo-oh's'.  But mostly we indulged in a healthy amount of people watching- the clothes, the hair, the body language and the uninhibited dancing. 

Live Concert Captures

These are some live captures from the Kate Miller-Heidke gig.  Note how freely her arms are flowing and the gorgeous dress she was wearing.  I'm very happy with how these photos turned out, improved by the fact I pushed my way through to front row seats.  I almost want to go to concerts for the sake of good photos xx.

Live and Local

How exciting is it to see find out about live music in your local area if your not from a Capital City eh? I suppose even if your in a metropolis area you'd still be excited to see your fave acts but anyway I'm going to see Kate Miller-Heidke and Clare Bowditch with the loverly Ashy in the near future.  They are both exceptional talents in their own ways and whats more is that they are playing in the loveliest of venues- The Tanks, which are literally old big tanks... best atmosphere ever and we shall dance like no one is watching (as pictured above) in our 50's dress up or 60's mod dresses, whichever we decide.  Living for the moment and listening to the sweet sweet music xx.