Now that I’ve got that off my chest …

Spent the weekend scrubbing fridges, well two, and moving furniture. Sarah and Nick have got a gorgeous little place in town and funnily enough she wanted all her furniture back! It’s actually left the lounge looking better, it was a tad crowded before.

Gilby brought his dad’s (?) trailer, which he towed with the newly purchased (from Sarah) Big Red Beamer, ’tis a nice piece of machinery, pity it chugs so much oil or I’d love one.

Wednesday night Jess was in town, back from Vanuatu, and we headed to see Sarah Blasko at ANU. I missed most of 78 Saab which was a pity, I haven’t seen them for years.

Ms Blasko put on a top show, I didn’t really know many of her songs, but she’s got some really good ones. I particularly liked a few she did with just an acoustic guitar.

In other music news I’ve been consumed the last few days by “Frances the Mute” from The Mars Volta.

It’s a bit prog-jazz-funk-rock I guess, a bit of a breath of fresh air after the last few years’ selection of minimalist rock, Grinspoon it ain’t. I never really got into At the Drive-In, which was the precursor to The Mars Volta, but I’ll have to look them up now.

I’ll certainly be grabbing a copy sometime of the MV’s first album, De-Loused in the Comatorium.

I’m also loving Ani DiFranco’s latest, Knuckle Down, it’s one of her best I think, although it’s not like she’s ever done a bad album, so it’s probably just enough to say it’s an Ani DiFranco album – buy it.