17.11.08

The Syncopation Files

Hey pals,

I have sort of started a music blog over at http://syncopationfiles.blogspot.com/

Go check it out, link it, support it. Go all out.

Laters.

3.8.08

Lost.

Lost is the best way to describe how I'm feeling at the moment. Yes, I have been at my current job for almost a year now. I hate it. I want a change. No, I NEED a change. I have been working in the same industry since the end of 2005. Thats almost 3 years of basically being a phone monkey. I am getting really sick of it really fast.

In the past I had dreams that I would grow up, be doing something I love and be happy with my work situation. In this dream I went to university, studied hard and got descent results. I went on to work in a field that I liked. As I went through school from the age of 8 that changed between Bio-chemistry, being a chef, Psychology, Sound Engineer and High School Teacher.

I like where my life is at in relation to everything bar my job. I would go back and study but I don't know if I could sacrifice other parts of my life let alone be willing to. Apart from all that, I look through the job searching websites, all the better jobs require qualifications that I just simply don't have. Not only that, I don't know what area I would like to work in. The same goes for when I look through the courses at the university and TAFE websites.

We all have to earn money someway. I am believe that staying in a job that I hate is not good for my mental health but I don't know what else I would rather be doing. I am officially lost.

Fragile! Handle Carefully.

Relationships are very fragile things I have noticed. Ever since being in one more. However, this applies to all relationships, not just romantic relationships. Friendships, Work relationships, even the guy behind the counter at the coffee shop that you go to everyday. However, for this discussion I am going to be basing most of my examples on a romantic relationship.

Everything can be all going fine and dandy. All it takes it one thing to be said or done and fraction of a second later the whole balance in the relationship has been shifted. Sometimes this can be for the better, the better being either the couple break up or the bond between the 2 becomes stronger. It may be whats best for both people.

However, more times than not I have noticed that things don't work out link most people want it to and things fall apart (Not saying its not for the best). Occasionally certain things can not be taken back, other times things can be forgiven. Its all just very fragile and it based on each person responses.

I would say that most of the time, relationships are always on the edge of a cliff looking down, it is very very hard to bring it away from the edge to saftey, even then it is not a guarentee of saftey as it very easy to give it a push as force it over the edge.

It has been 11 months with Miss Trash now. It is solid. I think we are sitting away from the edge, not looking over it at all. As solid as we are, I still hate when mutual friends do stupid shit and make you start being all paranoid in the back of your mind. Its those sorts of things that mess things up and you just have to ignore them.

This is Thomas, signing out.


Songs Listened To While Blogging
- Bonde Do Role - Gasolina (Radioclit Remix)
- Gameboy/Gamegirl - Sweaty Wet Dirty Damp (G.L.O.V.E.S. Remix)
- Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
- Futurecop! - Starworshipper
- Lily Allen - Guess Who Batman
- Rick Ross - Hustlin'
- Thunderheist - Jerk It (Nacho Lovers 'Jerk Your Body' Remix)

22.1.08

All artist/s I have seen live (so far)

After being inspired, I have decided to create the elusive list of all the artists I have seen live. Here you go, so far I have seen 158 different artists, some multiple time in the 8 (almost 9) years I have been going to gigs.

*UPDATED* More Bands Again...

Bands I've Seen:
(Alphabetical)

1200 Techniques x3
2ManyDjs
A Street Light Song x2
AC/DC
Adam Freeland
Afrika Bammbaataa
After The Fall
Against The Odds x4
Air
Amen
Anti-Flag
Antonomasia x9
Aphex Twin
Archaic x3
Bang Gang x15
Basement Jaxx x2
Beastie Boys
Ben Morris x3
Bluejuice
Bodyjar
Butterfingers
Chemical Brothers
Christina Aguilera
Cog x2
CSS
Cut Copy x4
Daft Punk
Dead Inside The Chrysalis x3
Digitalism x2
Dinkibike x4
DJ Bexta x2
DJ Diplo
DJ James Taylor
DJ Mark Murphy
Dlvir
Dukes Of Windsor
Duran Duran x2
Elbow
Electric Six
Eric Clapton
Eskimo Joe x4
Fanesky x3
Fear Factory
Felix Da Housecat
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
Frenzal Rhomb x4
Garbage
Gerling x4
Glass Candy
Gnarls Barkley
Goose
Grinspoon x5
Groove Armarda
Groove Terminator
Guttermouth
Gyroscope x2
Hatebreed
Headman
Hilary Duff
Hilltop Hoods x3
Hoodoo Gurus
Hot Hot Heat
Iggy & The Stooges
Incubus
Jet x4
John Butler Trio
Justice x2
K.I.M x5
Kato x3
Kavinsky
Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock
Killing Heidi
Killswitch Engage
Koolism x2
Lamb Of God
Levitikus x6
Lily Allen
Luke Vibert
Lyrics Born
M.I.A
Machine Gun Fellatio x4
Magic Dirt x4
Maya Jupiter x2
Metallica
Mindless Self Indulgence x2
Modest Mouse
Modular Lounge
Mr Thing
MSTRKRFT
Mudvayne
Muph & Plutonic
Muscles x3
Muse
National Pronographic
New Order
Nine Inch Nails x2
Not Write Now x6
One Way Exit
Paul Mac
Peaches x3
Poxymusic x2
Regurgitator x7
Riot In Belgium x3
Rise Against
Robyn
Pet Shop Boys
Phoenix
Placebo x2
Powderfinger x2
Prince
Prodigy
Queens Of The Stone Age x2
Sarah Blasko
Scott Cain
Sebastian
Silverchair x2
Simply Complicated x5
Skulker x2
Slipknot x2
Smashing Pumpkins
Something Corprate
Something For Kate x3
Sonicanimation x2
Soulwax x2
Southdown x4
Spankrock
Spiderbait x4
Surkin
Sunkloto
Superheist
System Of A Down x3
That 1 Guy
The Butterfly Effect x3
The Cops
The D4
The Dandy Worhols x2
The Darkness
The Donnas
The Drugs
The Fast Crew
The Futureheads
The Grates
The Heat
The Hives
The Howling Bells
The Lawrence Arms
The Level Elevens
The Living End x4
The Mars Volta
The Medicated
The Music x4
The Offspring x4
The Outlaws x3
The Polyphonic Spree
The Presets x20
The Rapture
The Rolling Stones x2
The Spazzys x2
The Strokes
The Streets x3
Ticker x5
Tiga
Tourettes x2
Tripgauge
Trivium
Tuesday's Child x3
TZU
Under The 8 Ball x8
Unearth
Unpaid Debt x2
Van She
Wolfmother x3
Youth Group
Zombie Ghost Train


Gigs Coming Up:

VNV Nation
Peaches
Soulwax
2ManyDjs
Diplo
Boy 8-Bit
Familijen
Van She Tech