Friday, September 28, 2007

The Critical 2nd Blog

Hey Everyone (Special Hello to Mum),

OK, so you've seen the beginning of something that I will attempt to keep up and maybe even add pictures to (no naked ones though, of anyone). So I have lately attended a few concerts and I thought that I will do something a little different and give a sorta review.

Cat Empire - Thursday 6th of September

Well, I'd been to a Cat Empire concert before last year, so I kind of knew what was going to happen. As a result I went a little later to miss the huge queue at the door and miss a little bit of the back up band "Symbiosis", though what I saw of them made me buy their album. I also brought my own water and also some carrot and celery sticks, as well as more money, which I bought a hat with.

Now, I made my way to the front off centre place to watch them, the people around me seemed alright, although going into the alcohol a bit too fast, for my taste, I guess some people just need to be drunk in order to enjoy/dance at a concert. So the band come out and my first though is, "OMG Felix (the singer) has cut his hair" and then they started playing and I stopped thinking and just enjoyed the moment. Only thing though was that there were 2 way tall guys who just stood right in front of me, then a guy with dreads who I recognised from last year started to get closer, so I tried to move away from him, as he gets a bit crazy as he dances, nothing wrong with that, it's just painful to be nearby.

The band maybe did, 1 new song, with an old song, never two in a row of each. What I heard made me want to buy their new album "So Many Nights". I really loved how the guys in the back (the trumpet and trombone player) really seem to have fun and keep moving and dancing, even when they are not playing, it reminds me of those old 70's disco bands, who'd have these set dance steps. They really know how to read a crowd and keep them nice and not have too many issues. At the end they came out and did an encore with "The Car Song" (I think, it's been a while).

To end the night, I ran into the first people I've ever seen from High School in Brisbane (Rishi, Danny and Matt M), it was so weird, as I'd just been bitching earlier to Lucy that I never see anyone from the ol' days in Brisbane, I don't even see the ones I keep in contact with, we try but it's kinda hard, because the older you get the more stuff you have to deal with. It's like I live in another country sometimes, but I've made some really great friends up here from Uni and work.

Well I'll write about Snow Patrol later, as this one has gotten kind of long.

This has been a Katina Note.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Why This Is Called "The Katina Show"

Hi there,

So I've been flirting with the idea of starting a blog, and now it is done. Well I've started it instead of doing my assignments which is what I really should be doing, but I'll get around to them later. Really, promise :-)

So I've called it "The Katina Show" because of an incident that occurred in South Korea. I was there on a study trip for University this year in June-July and mentioned that I couldn't wait to do Karaoke, and mentioned some of the songs that I'd like to sing. Next thing I know one of the Korean students I was with said that it would be like "The Katina Show". From that moment on I was occasionally referred to as being the star of the "Katina Show", and when we finally did do some Karaoke I only did 2 song numbers, but may have danced to the other 10-20 songs that were sung.

Overall it was an awesome night, and because I was just so entertaining (in a good way) 2 Korean students ended paying for my share of the room and in return I bought them either beer or ice-cream. But then we all ended up getting naked at a Korean spa, but I'll leave that story for another post.

This was the first Katina note for the "Katina Show".