public holiday today. perfect weather
jane and the girls went to the beach with chums
i went to the Laneway music festival in town with my next door neighbour and his cousin. it was a scorching day and after 7 hours in the sun we decided to head home. and i’m now listening to the headline ‘tame impala’ live on the radio rather than squashed in a carpark with 10,000 other people. probably for the best.
for those that are interested in such things, i saw kings of convenience (excellent), street chant (rubbish),
the eversons (very excellent)
lawrence arabia (very excellent)
Phoenix Foundation (good, last song very excellent)
real estate (ok), alt-j (excellent), divine fits (disapprovingly way below average), bailterspace (very excellent), yeasayer (not my cup of tea)
highlight for me because of the unpredictable noise was ‘a place to bury strangers’ who managed to smash up four guitars between them whilst playing 
half a bass guitar
it was one of those concerts where you’re glad there’s a safety fence between you and the band, to keep the band from coming in to the crowd (which they still managed to).
here’s the finale including the forced removal of guitar strings and chuck-age