from the void

Cameron Daddo hit the big time!

I was sitting here proofreading a friend’s report because she has to hand it in tomorrow and had to write it in English. Remi was out and the TV was just background noise I had no trouble tuning out, until Remi came home and started laughing, saying “do you know what you’re watching on TV?”. “No, I wasn’t watching, I was working.” “You didn’t hear anything strange?”. “No, I really wasn’t paying attention”. Turns out the TV was tuned to a channel that plays soft porn this late at night. So Remi goes off to the shower chuckling and I suddenly become too aware of the sound of this TV program. I get up to go turn it off and to my surprise, who do I see in the starring role?
CAMERON DADDO!!! hahahaha! couldn’t believe it! I guess it would have been done some years ago but still! Cracked me up, had to share it… and no, I didn’t stick around to see him butt naked

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Add comment June 5th, 2006

Brushing past fame in Toulouse

Grumpy from a long day of information gathering, I decided I needed to get out for some fresh(ish) air and a change of scenery. I established I was way too tired to go and quiz myself at the driving school, and after a last minute phone call, as I was stepping out the door, that left me grumpier still, I decided the only place I was going was to the video store to see if they, by any chance of a miracle, might have the first DVD of Desperate Housewives Season 1 in store. Then I was headed to the supermarket for something to feed us for dinner. A simple schedule.
Once in the city I was crankier still from just having spent 15 minutes of idle metro time stewing over the phone call and by then everything was getting on my nerves so much I decided to withdraw my mind from my body so as to avoid punching some poor bystander’s face in. You know what I mean right? When your whole brain just goes blank and you move through fuzz, barely conscious of your physical existence?
So it was in this haze that I turned on to rue St Rome and came upon a man with a funky London haircut. Somewhere through the fuzz I thought ‘hey, cool funky London haircut’, and without conscious thought my eyes locked into the gaze of these amazingly intense bluest of blue intense eyes and as I walked past him, still reeling from the colour of his eyes, through the fuzz the distant voice of my brain said to me ‘hey, that’s whatshisface Gallagher’ and I slowly turned around as all around me little bunches of teenagers started frantically whispering to each other ‘wasn’t that Gallagher?!’, but in French of course and without mention of a first name because let’s face it… even though we all know they are called Noel and Liam, who can really tell them apart?
Well I can now. And it was Liam. And on top of having contributed to bringing some great music to the world, he has incredible eyes.
Coming from Bondi, I’m pretty used to bumping into celebrities but this is my first sighting of a big celebrity in Toulouse! So there you have it, I had to share it with you hehehe

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Add comment February 3rd, 2006

Da Vinci Code

I am currently reading Da Vinci Code to figure out what all the fuss is about: the controversy, the spin-off books and the spin in general. Not so keen to blow 50 bucks on hype, I was waiting for it to be released in paperback version and growing increasingly disgusted by the clever marketing ploy that was delaying this so. Finally, however, the French paperback version has been released so I snapped it up and am now swept away on the journey. It really is absorbing. It really does leave you guessing, wondering… curious. How much of it is fact and how much fiction?

The clues so far are certainly enough to keep Google in business for a while and I’m sure http://www.opusdei.org/ never got so many hits. Of course, I’m right in there furiously clicking from link to link. Today I came across the website of a Melbourne guy who believes he is Jesus. He’s completely cracked, but hey it’s worth a peek! http://www.holyconspiracy.com/archives/Jesus.htm

Of particular interest is how he “proves” his conviction to us, so be sure to follow the “Can I prove I’m Jesus?” link at the bottom of the page.

I have not had much of a chance to post for the last week since life has been pretty hectic… I am taking advantage of a quiet 5 minutes at work to post via e-mail. Tonight I should finally be able to post a picture I have been wanting to share with you for a while.

Until then…

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Add comment June 9th, 2005

Do not miss Robbie Williams live

Well, what can I say… it was an awesome show. Did I mention that it was actually a Robbie Williams concert and he invited Duran Duran to come support him on his tour? I think I might have neglected that detail in my Duranie mania. So I’ve never been to such a huge performance before. I’m trying to think whether I’ve ever been surrounded by so many people and I think I have but I’m too tired to think where. Anyway, the concert was held at Aussie Stadium next to Fox Studios. There were no less than 55,000 people present, I kid you not. It was awe inspiring, just a sea of people. At one stage Robbie was singing with no accompaniement other than an acoustic guitar - I think it was ‘Feel’ and suddenly he went quiet and 55,000 voices swept through the air and it sounded so beautiful it sent shivers up my spine. He really put on a great show full of energy and he really gives 100% of himself. Perhaps there’s an added benefit to coming from a boy band in that he learnt to perform. There is such an art to it you know, not only you have to sing the songs but the whole time you have to be aware of every part of your body. Ok, I could actually be rambling. I know what I’m trying to say but I’m feeling very tired so it’s hard to get any structure in my thoughts. I’m not a huge Robbie Williams fan. I like a lot of his songs - they’re all very catchy. I like his voice. I believe his rise to solo fame began with Millenium back in 1998. I was living in London at the time and loved that song. I loved Robbie back then. Watched a lot of his interviews and found him to be very witty, intelligent, down to earth… and then out of nowhere he seemed to me to have become a wanker. I think he just lost it. It’s understandable - imagine having 55,000 coming to see you perform. Imagine having to give your best to people all the time. I couldn’t stand it. And he’s doing another show in Sydney tomorrow, so over two days he’ll have entertained in excess of 100,000 people! Actually that’s how his show started out, once the curtains were drawn back the stage bursts with light and out runs Robbie in a black hooded sweatshirt with a white scarf around his neck and his opening song - Let Me Entertain You. Very apt

Anyway, so basically it was absolutely great and I recommend anyone go see him live if you get the chance. I wasn’t a big fan of such a huge stadium as a place for a concert, but if you’re going to see someone who puts on a good show it’s well worth it. So here I’ll begin my Duran Duran comments because they quite tie in with what I just said. It’s hard playing support. You don’t have your own stage set and space and you know that the people you’re playing for mostly didn’t really come to see you. I was quite stunned a few months ago when they started advertising this show. Stunned that Duran Duran would be playing support for anyone. Then I realised it was a clever way to re-establish themselves to a cross-section of generations and a guaranteed large crowd, gain stadium experience and for Robbie it was a surefire way to guarantee more bums in seats. I felt that they struggled a bit with the whole stadium thing and I really would have loved to see them at a smaller more intimate venue. They didn’t have dancers and theatrics and special effects lighting and extravagant staging to back them up, in fact they didn’t even have the cover of darkness. So all they had was their music (which of course was fantastic), it was still daylight so really hard to accentuate them in such a huge space, and the sound was not so great from where I was sitting. Anyway, it was so great to see them after all these years and I’m still in love with John Taylor even though he was wearing bad shoes … well shoes that weren’t necessarily bad but just didn’t go at all with his grey suit. I also felt that they could have updated their image a little whilst still retaining that Duranie signature. Simon Le Bon was great and on about the third song started really getting into it. I actually spotted his appeal tonight for the first time ever. I could always see why so many girls were in love with Roger Taylor (yep, same name as Queen’s drummer) and John Taylor but I could never see the Simon appeal until tonight. Andy Taylor is really really short which kind of surprised me and I’m not sure why the camera focused on him so much. Nick Rhodes was there in his signature white suit The best tracks: Planet Earth, Wild Boys, The Reflex, Come Undone, Save a prayer. The very very best: Come Undone which tonight he dedicated to Michael Hutchence.

Best Robbie tracks: Feel, Rock DJ, Let me Entertain You, Angels, Better Man. The very very best: Feel and Angels.

That’s about all I can manage to write for tonight because my eyes are closing. Ninite!

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Add comment December 13th, 2003

Duranimania

Umm… OK. I’m not so sure about my fellow Duranies now that I’ve read this article: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/12/1071125652050.html

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Add comment December 12th, 2003

1 more sleep!

Oh my god!! It’s tomorrow night!! I can’t believe tomorrow night I will be seeing Duran Duran play before me for a whole hour. I’ve been waiting 20 years for this!

I can’t tell you how excited I am… I have to rest my voice so it’s fresh to sing along with my fellow Duranies!

Oh yeah… and I guess Robbie might be ok too hehe

I still have to tell about the Christmas party last night but am pretty tired and seedy right now so I’ll wait for tomorrow.

One more sleep!!

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Add comment December 12th, 2003