Hi all

Yesterday, we went to see Ben Folds play at the Melbourne Performing Arts Center with the Melbourne Symphony orchestra and it was brilliant! It is always great to hear his slower songs with a live orchestra, like Brick, and the luckiest, But what really blew me away was the power that they can put out. They played one angry dwarf and it was totally rockin'.

Also, Ben got another awesome band, the Dresden Dolls to play a couple of songs too. Needless to say it was awesome! Seeing that kind of talent/ability almost makes me want to take up an instrument (but I'm too lazy).

Anyway, now to the comic. At the start of most songs, everyone who recognizes the song cheers/claps because they are happy they get to hear it live. At the start of sadder songs (brick for instance) everyone goes silent to listen.

If anyone doesn't know the song (shame on you), it is slow, with some awesome piano work, and a chorus that goes "She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly". Not exactly music to mosh to.

So the audience falls silent the moment the first 4 notes are played... except for 2 young ladies next to me. One, a larger girl, was in camo (camouflage gear), the other in black "short shorts" with a small top on (backless) also black. They start screaming out, much like in the comic.

suffice to say... tools.


Side note, Guildwars had the trial of their new expansion/game Nightfall. The original Guildwars was set in English style castles/countryside, the second expansion, factions had an Asian feel. Nightfall is set in Africa, and this is the first time I have seen so many black NPCs in my life!! Since I am black (except for the white bit in front), I am proud to say, WE TOOK OVER THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, WE ARE TAKING OVER THE FILM INDUSTRY (we already rule the porn film industry), AND NOW WE ARE GETTING INTO VIDEO GAMES!!!

The game itself was good. Not sure about the new characters though.

Anyway, that's all from me this week

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