A magical evening at the Arts Centre, where I finally got to experience one of my all-time favourite classical suites, Gustav Holst’s The Planets.
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hi neil, congratulations on such an incredible performance at hamer hall tonight!
i never thought i’d be able to hear such profound words from one of my favourite authors in the flesh, only to be thrown right into a nearly 15 minute length sing-song dictionary listing of victorian euphemisms about sex, only to segue right back into yet more profound and beautiful performances as if nothing happened. i loved every second of it.
i particularly enjoyed umbrella, psycho and in transit. and for the record i think you have a rather lovely novelist singing voice.
once again a huge congratulations and thank you neil, as well as the wonderful fourplay and lady rizo. i hope you enjoyed your time in australia!
deltagoodrem: Melbourne Hamer Hall times 2 ✨ Special feeling playing Innocent Eyes in a city where it all began. Wonderful energy thank you everybody 🫶🏻❤️
IE Outifts 🌼 @ voellk
White sparkly outfit @ conilio.official
Creating with @ meggysmithstylist
Jewels @ antonjewellery
Hair and makeup: @ miamakeup
@kylieminogue: As one of the founding patrons of @australianmusicvault, it was such a pleasure and inspiration to drop by @artscentremelbourne 💕 My ‘Come Into My World’ video costume is currently on display! 💜 I had to pause on the famous mirror-lined steps by Hamer Hall for THAT photo op 😍 @australia
The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit & The Rings of Power @ Hamer Hall
It’s hard to know how to describe this baffling concert other than a slapdash mix of awkward and sublime. I enjoyed myself in the end, but this wildly uneven production was a very odd fit for such a prestigious venue.
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You are safe now. We are safe now. How are you feeling? I can understand that this is a big change for you, for not everyday does a royal marry a once traitor of their kingdom. But do know I am here now as your lover. I am here to help you through it. I am here to look after you and to keep you safe. It seems I still haven't fully given up my duties as your knight in shining armor.
As I am writing this letter, I want you to know you are okay, and that you are loved. If you don't take our people's word for it, take mine. I love you. I want you. Want to be by your side til death if it wishes to have me. I understand your loathe and unsureness for me hasn't entirely faltered but do know I am here.
Are you in pain, my şoricelul meu? Please answer me. You must. I must know what you need. I can't bare seeing you this way. I can see that you are starting to get cold but don't fret mouse. I shall make sure you are kept warm. And safe.
Do you recongize me şoricelul meu? I've seen your face so many times before. Walking the halls of your, our, wonderful kingdom. I know you have caught me staring at you oh so many times in the past. Even now I still can't help but stare at you in awe. Oh how you usually turn away and basically blow me off. But no more. We are together now. And I am going to take care of you. Do you hear me, şoricelul meu? Do you understand me, şoricelul meu? I am taking care of you, and you are mine as I am yours. We will be so very good for eachother.
Please trust me şoricelul meu. I will hold you day and night til and comfort you until the pain dies. I love you my şoricelul meu.
deltagoodrem: Melbourne Hamer Hall times 2 ✨ Special feeling playing Innocent Eyes in a city where it all began. Wonderful energy thank you everybody 🫶🏻❤️
IE Outifts 🌼 @voellk
White sparkly outfit @conilio.official
Creating with @meggysmithstylist
Jewels @antonjewellery
Hair and makeup: @miamakeup
For those who didn't know, Archie Roach died this year. I haven't been on this blog much, and I apologise - I burnt myself out this year and am finally starting to recover.
But first I have to post about Archie Roach. I'm not big into music or anything but this guy was, and still is, a big deal.
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If you know any of his songs it will be that one.
Archibalie was an Australian singer, songwriter and Aboriginal activist. Also known as "Uncle Archie", Roach was a Gunditjmara and Bundjalung elder who campaigned for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The song "took the children away" is about the stolen generation- when white people decided it would be best if aboriginal children where taken from their families to be raised the white way.
His songs are amazing and always give me goosebumps. All Aussies should know of him, and at least this one song of his, if not others. Archie himself was a stolen child and you can hear his real life experience in the song.
Paul Kelly, musician: "I first heard about Archie through my guitar player, Steve Connolly, who’d seen him on a TV show called Blackout and said, “You gotta hear this guy.” We wanted to do something special for our Hamer Hall show in 1990 so we tracked down Archie [to support]. He finished [his set] with Took the Children Away. There was this stunned silence; he thought he’d bombed. Then this wave of applause grew and grew; I’d never heard anything like it."
Adam Briggs, musician: "It wasn’t until I was older that I grasped the importance and weight of his songs. Took the Children Away is a pivotal song for Australia. That line – “This story’s right, this story’s true, I would not tell lies to you” – sums up his whole career and why he resonates with everybody. I reckon if you don’t like Archie Roach, there’s something wrong with you."