jec
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Post by jec on Jun 15, 2009 11:35:14 GMT 10
and the winner is Sydney. Brian Eno & the necks sublime last night for 4.5hrs. The luminous festival which Eno curated was a wonderful event.
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Post by vickibonet on Jun 15, 2009 12:19:22 GMT 10
yeah yeah yeah, Eno schmeeno
(although both my siblings where there and said it was great - but what would they know)
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Post by aj on Jun 15, 2009 17:39:24 GMT 10
Ha! Let's see Eno hit a 3-iron from a bunker, 230 metres onto the green!
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Post by johnmcall on Jun 15, 2009 20:43:01 GMT 10
The winner is Tiger Rex at the "Black Money CD launch at Bennetts lane..
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Post by lloydswanton on Jun 16, 2009 18:32:51 GMT 10
Thanks so much jec, and yes, I'm still buzzing. It was such an honour to be invited by Eno to collaborate with him, but such a pleasure too. He has an incredible mind and an insatiable curiosity, and yet is incredibly unaffected and down to earth. Couldn't have been easier to work with. And the vibe in the Concert Hall from the audience was so warm and welcoming. I won't forget that feeling.
The whole Vivid/Luminous Festival was a stunning success, I think. Good on Events NSW and the Opera House for allowing Eno and his team to grow it so organically. As I understand it, Events NSW approached the Opera House, who said they wanted to inaugurate a winter-time arts festival in Sydney. Initially Eno was simply coming to present his installation 77 Million Paintings, but one thing led to another, yet at no point did anyone poop the party and say "no, you can't do that". They've certainly set the bar high for subsequent festivals.
Reluctant as I am to view things through the prism of Sydney V Melbourne (though I will just say that this Saturday against the Magpies is a make or break game for us, and a loss would almost certainly suggest that for the first time since Roosy took over as coach, we're not going to see September action), Sydneysiders could only look on at the Melbourne Jazz Festival in envy and content themselves with a few morsels from the table. And then this amazing festival came out of nowhere.
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Post by timothystevens on Jun 16, 2009 20:36:42 GMT 10
Ah, a grown-up. That makes a nice change.
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Post by isaacs on Jun 16, 2009 20:56:57 GMT 10
Fascinating review of it in the SMH this morning. Byline was "Reviewed by John Shand and Bruce Elder" and no indication of who wrote which bit. Haven't seen that before in a music review but it seemed like a stunning idea to be able pull off. Wish I was there, but have been saving my pennies to see the ACO do Brahms and Schoenberg string sextets on Saturday night at City Recital Hall (my bias mainly to do with the fact that I am about to start composing a string sextet). But I did hear Brian Eno's interview with Andrew Ford on The Music Show. He just oozed integrity. Congratulations Lloyd.
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Post by utensils on Jun 17, 2009 20:22:54 GMT 10
Ah, a grown-up. That makes a nice change. OK, I give up. Is there some joke I'm not getting? What are you referring to? |
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Post by timothystevens on Jun 17, 2009 20:52:14 GMT 10
There are no winners - there is no competition. Lloyd speaks wisely. That's all.
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Post by lloydswanton on Jun 18, 2009 8:40:13 GMT 10
Fascinating review of it in the SMH this morning. Byline was "Reviewed by John Shand and Bruce Elder" and no indication of who wrote which bit. Haven't seen that before in a music review but it seemed like a stunning idea to be able pull off. Actually, Mark, I ran into John Shand at Jazzgroove on Tuesday and the impression I got (I didn't push enquiries too far because my standing policy as a musician is that it's not a great look to appear TOO interested in a review when talking to the person who wrote it) was that the SMH had essentially cobbled together his review of Scenius with Bruce Elder's review of Seun Kuti, and he was none to happy. |
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Post by lloydswanton on Jun 18, 2009 8:55:59 GMT 10
There are no winners - there is no competition. Lloyd speaks wisely. That's all. Despite having grown up in Sydney, with my father and my maternal grandmother both being from Melbourne, I've always had enough of a connection with things Victorian to see the whole Mel/Syd rivalry as unfruitful pettiness. And yet not so much of a connection that I didn't feel immense pleasure when the Swans won the flag in 05 playing their putative "rugby league" style of putative "ugly" footy. |
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Post by isaacs on Jun 18, 2009 12:54:11 GMT 10
And yet not so much of a connection that I didn't feel immense pleasure when the Swans won the flag in 05 playing their putative "rugby league" style of putative "ugly" footy. I wish I could understand what all these references mean. Who are the Swans? I'm serious. I am an Australian who knows nothing at all about football or any sport for that matter. I also don't want to know, except to say that though I am uninterested in football, I am very interested in what Lloyd Swanton has to say so would like to contextualise his remarks. I can guess that when he expresses his support for "The Swans" he is either talking about a Sydney or a Melbourne team. But which is it? And which of the genres of football that he refers to do they play? I'm serious people. I just DON'T KNOW (I could Google but this is much more fun, and Google will mean I will have to sift through - holding my nose - too much of what is to me vile sports information). |
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Post by timothystevens on Jun 18, 2009 13:11:54 GMT 10
AFL - Australian Football League. Previously known as the VFL (Victorian Football League). Aussie Rules. Oval shaped ball, four posts at each end – the inner two taller, the outer two shorter. Try to get it through the middle. Kick or handpass and don't hang onto the ball if someone's hanging onto you.
The Sydney Swans were the first and for a long time only interstate team, until Perth and Adelaide and others joined in. The team was formerly situated at South Melbourne (when it was part of the VFL (Victorian Football League) and games took place around the Melbourne suburbs or in Geelong).
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Post by isaacs on Jun 18, 2009 13:18:39 GMT 10
AFL - Australian Football League. Previously known as the VFL (Victorian Football League). Aussie Rules. Oval shaped ball, four posts at each end – the inner two taller, the outer two shorter. Try to get it through the middle. Kick or handpass and don't hang onto the ball if someone's hanging onto you. The Sydney Swans were the first and for a long time only interstate team, until Perth and Adelaide and others joined in. The team was formerly situated at South Melbourne (when it was part of the VFL (Victorian Football League) and games took place around the Melbourne suburbs or in Geelong). Too much information. |
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jec
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Post by jec on Jun 18, 2009 16:54:46 GMT 10
The original Sydney-Melbourne, Eno/Tiger reference was a joke despite some people not understanding it as such. It mirrored the way in which the local Sydney media had written up the Eno festival as Sydney having been shortchanged as we got Eno and Melbourne got Tiger Woods. In fact when it was first announced talkback radio up here was full of people ranting about 'who the hell this Brian Eno was'. Very funny. Anyway, in my opinion we certainly didn't lose out and the luminous series of concerts and especially the 5hr scenius finale was one of the greatest musical events I have ever been to. Pretty visionary of the NSW State Government even though I'm pretty certain that Nathan Rees had to be told who eno was.
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