Archive for the 'music' Category

Rediscovering Adriano Celentano

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Finding Adriano Celantano again has created a zillion sub-thoughts in my head. I’ve been waiting all week to sit down, unleash, and write about this.
I need to start with the song – Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck – which is an absolute masterpiece.
On New Year’s Eve, my cousin played a DVD of Italian music clips. [...]

Better Loud Than Too Late

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Ok, firstly, Ed, I LOVE you.
There, out of my system. (Hubby is ok with it.)
Yes, it was another Pearl Jam concert for me last night. Sixth time, and the time of my life again. What can I say… (do I use caps to emphasise?)… the only way to do the night justice in words is [...]

Simon & Garfunkel Rock Adelaide

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Last Tuesday evening, I had a magnificent experience at the Simon and Garfunkel concert. It was a musical journey, and I visited my childhood along the way. At various stages, I visualised myself in our old lounge room… lying down on our purple and blue carpet, running my fingers across the plastic pockets inside my [...]

X-Ray Of Sunshine

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

I was hanging out with my boy today when the following song popped into my head. Came out of nowhere, really. Made me teary because I used to sing it often as a kid. This kind of nostalgic behaviour has happened a lot since my boy came along and it’s truly wonderful how I am [...]

Being happy with what I've got while searching for what I want…