This Is Not A Photo Opportunity

This Is Not A Photo Opportunity is Ten

It feels a bit awkward to be celebrating a whole decade of blogging today when it’s been so long since I actually posted anything up.  I’ve  only published 17 new posts  since this time last year, a number of which were from travels to Western Australia and nothing to do with music, and the last time I published anything was back at the start of September.  Collapse Board keeps taking an inordinate amount of time to look after that this place keeps getting neglected.  It’s not forgotten about or been given up on though.

The good news is that eight posts from 2015 are written and ready to post up, with a further four just needing a little bit of tidying up and finishing up.  A lot of the others have extensive notes which hopefully will make writing them up easier, and with the bonus that I actually have something to say.

In recent years I been sufficiently behind to make posting up the list of shows attended for the year worthwhile.  2015 ended up being a pretty successful year with 39 shows/festivals, less than the 52 that’s planned at the start of each year, but still a pleasing return.  It did benefit from a crazy end to the year, thanks to all those Meredith sideshows, with nine shows in nine days to help bump up the total, but every little helps.  It’s times like those that make me miss photographing for Rave.

So, these are the posts that will start to be posted up in the very near future.

1. Shonen Knife @ GoMA,  Friday, January 23, 2015
2. ZA! @ The Zoo,  Friday, January 23, 2015
3. Cornelis presents salyu x salyu @ GoMA, Friday, January 30, 2015
4. Laneway 2015 @ RNA Showgrounds,  Saturday, January 31, 2015 (Parts 1, 2 and 3)
5. Knaw @ Crowbar,  Thursday, February 12, 2015
6. Gooch Palms @ Crowbar,  Friday, February 13, 2015
7. The Courtneys @ Black Bear Lodge,  Thursday, February 19, 2015
8. Mogwai @ The Tivoli,  Wednesday, March 04, 2015
9. Jessie J @ Eaton Hills Hotel,  Friday, March 13, 2015
10. Sonic Masala Festival @ Greenslopes Bowls Club, Saturday, March 14, 2015
11. Babaganouj @ The Brightside,  Friday, March 20, 2015
12. HITS @ Triffid,  Sunday, May 03, 2015
13. Peaches @ The Hi-Fi,  Wednesday, May 06, 2015
14. Charli XCX @ The Met,  Thursday, May 07, 2015
15. Jack Ladder @ The Brightside,  Friday, May 15, 2015
16. Gang of Youths @ Woolly Mammoth,  Saturday, May 16, 2015
17. Rainbow Chan @ GoMA,  Friday, May 29, 2015
18. Alpine @ Triffid,  Friday, July 03, 2015
19. The Smith Street Band @ Crowbar,  Wednesday, July 22, 2015
20. Blank Realm @ Foundry,  Saturday, September 05, 2015
21. BigSound – Wednesday @ Various,  Wednesday, September 9, 2015
22. BigSound – Thursday @ Various,  Thursday, September 10, 2015
23. Sixfthick @ Crowbar,  Saturday, September 26, 2015
24. E^ST @ Black Bear Lodge,  Thursday, October 01, 2015
25. Pulled Apart By Horses @ Crowbar,  Thursday, October 29, 2015
26. AC/DC @ QSAC,  Thursday, November 12, 2015
27. Future Islands @ Triffid,  Monday, November 16, 2015
28. Florence & The Machine @ Riverstage,Wednesday, November 18, 2015
29. My Disco @ Crowbar,  Friday, November 20, 2015
30. Tame Impala @ Riverstage,  Saturday, November 21, 2015
31. 4ZZZ 40th Birthday Party @ Old Museum, Friday, December 04, 2015
32. Gold Class @ The Foundry,  Friday, December 04, 2015
33. Shellac @ Triffid,  Saturday, December 05, 2015
34. Thurston Moore Band @ Woolly Mammoth, Monday, December 07, 2015
35. Goat @ Triffid,  Tuesday, December 08, 2015
36. Moon Duo @ The Zoo,  Wednesday, December 09, 2015
37. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats @ Crowbar, Thursday, December 10, 2015
38. Mercury Rev @ The Zoo,  Friday, December 11, 2015
39. Bully @ Woolly Mammoth, Saturday 12 December 2015

Work (proper work) recently decided to start a new series for their newsletter, where they do a feature on staff who do interesting things outside of work.  So obviously the first person they came to talk to was me.  The feature image at the top of the page is the published article, now posted all around our office.

Some ‘ten’ related songs to celebrate:

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