Published February 2, 2011 by Rebecca Matheson

Sufjan Stevens Melbourne

Sufjan Stevens was quite indescribable. It was absurd and beautiful, moving and joyful. He played for close on 2hrs, much of it was from his most recent The Age of Adz.

Points of interest:

Impossible Soul goes for just over 25 minutes and he played the whole thing, and it was gobsmackingly amazing.
The Age of Adz trumps the evening for being my favourite, I found it extremely moving, although I never have had that experience listening to it recorded – it was quite strange
Vesuvius – awesome retro graphics
Sufjan at one stage had two boxing kangaroos on his head and a whole lot of other strange stuff

I can’t say I knew quite what to expect, and I’m jolly well glad I didn’t put a box around it as I’m apt to do. Sufjan is pure genius.

The Set List for Sufjan at the State Theatre Melbourne Jan 31st 2011

Seven Swans
Too Much
Age of Adz
Heirloom
I Walked
All For Myself
Vesuvius
Now That I’m Older
Get Real Get Right
Futile Devices
Impossible Soul
Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
Chicago

Culture Music

Published January 29, 2011 by Rebecca Matheson

I don’t think I’ve ever been quite so excited about a gig before and I only just realised it yesterday. On Monday I’m off to see Sufjan Stevens. I quite hope he plays this. It wasn’t on his set lists for Sydney but it is on All Delighted People – which is new, so there is a fair shot.

Music

Published January 29, 2011 by Rebecca Matheson

Ingredients and twin

My cooking repetoire is somewhat limited in that I sometimes try new things but I don’t really go about experiementing with strange ingredients. I do however have sisters that are wildly into cooking in quite different ways and my twin sister Laura has just started a blog. Check it. Alas the Bec that gets to taste test is not myself, but her housemate.

Saffron & Nutmeg

Blogging Cooking

Published January 28, 2011 by Rebecca Matheson

4. Dark

â€œLight thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.â€
– Terry Pratchett

In Shades of Grey colour is traded. In The Giver colour is discovered.

Black is not a colour – according to some, it is the absence of light. Black is not a colour is bollocks. Black is hexadecimal value #000 it is also the K from the CMY… and Pantone’s Process Black and then there is Rich Black. Black is a colour.

Black is dark.

Black is like grey. There is more to it than meets the eye. Dark shouldn’t always equate to evil nor is it always an opposite.

Black has layers. Like onions. If your onions are black, you should really throw them out.

This post is part of the 100 Theme Challenge

100 Theme Words

Published January 28, 2011 by Rebecca Matheson