Spiegeltent, return of the plovers, perfect pillow

I bought tickets to see Clairy Brown and the Bangin' Rackettes at the Famous Spiegeltent this Friday. Wooh. It will be my first time seeing them live and my fifth or six visit to the delightful Spiegeltent. There's a lot of great bands playing during this season of the Spiegeltent. I'm hoping to go more than once. 

I saw Mr and Mrs Plover on my walk to and from work today. I haven't seen them foraging for food on the banks of the Yarra for months. I was worried something had happened to them...not that I can tell whether this is the same pair of plovers as before, but I prefer to assume it is.

I bought a new pillow a few months ago and I've only just worn it in now. It's juuuusst right. So comfy. 

Gleeful: The music edition

I went to see English brother-and-sister trio Kitty, Daisy and Lewis last night. I hadn't seen them live before and wasn't sure what to expect as their new songs didn't knock my socks off and they aren't bursting with charisma in their video clips.  But...wow! The show did knock my socks off. They played plenty of songs from the album I own, but they were even better live. It was impossible to stand still (but too hot to move around too much!). And loud! That Daisy sure can bang a drum.

The most impressive thing is that they are only young 'uns (the eldest is about 23) but they play quite an  array of instruments - between them last night they played guitars, drums, harmonica, piano accordian, keyboard and banjo.  Imagine how good they'll be when they reach their 30s...

Here's them playing Hillbilly Music live. Yeeeee-haw!



We caught the last few songs of the support act, Kira Puru & The Bruise from Newcastle, and they were pretty good - blaring guitars and a lead singer with a huge, Etta James-esque voice. Must investigate further....

Other music I'm listening to and loving now (thanks to Three D Radio's (The Whole) Kit and Caboodle):