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Anzac Eve we went to The Lounge as it was the last day Luke McD was playing there. It was a pretty good night, had some dinner, saw Funkee Monkee and Grania, hung out with Vanessa, Kathryn and Ryan. I have to say, I have yet to have a bad time hanging out with Vanessa and Kathryn :)
From Web to Wall
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for those of you who don't already know, a bunch of us melbourne flickrnauts are having an exhibition of our work out in 'meat space' :)
The exhibition runs from 24 May to 11 June, Wednesdays to Saturdays, with the official opening from 3-6pm on Saturday 27 May.
If you're able to, please come along and have a squiz at everyone's work, it's shaping up to be a pretty good exhibition, with lots of very interesting works on display. Especially mine :)
Happy Birthday Vanessa
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Saturday was the occasion of Vanessa's birthday, and she held a fancy dress party. She came as Wonder Woman, I went as Dick Dastardly (although I also doubled as the guy from the monopoly box), Joe came as one of The Sopranos, Kim went as Dr Livingstone, there was also a Hunter S Thompson, , 3 Guinness cans (guinNESS for vaNESSa)Cat Woman, Fu Manchu, and Iron Chef (with Iron). It was a pretty good party, lots of decent people and cheap food and drinks, since it was held in a pub, and even though it started early (7pm) didn't finish up until 4am when they finally threw us out, 4 hours after the pub officially closed. :) They are a pretty good bunch of people, which is to be expected given how cool Vanessa is :)
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Friday night was all about catching up with the Canberra crew :)
Joe and I met up with Dean, Felicite, Mick and Steph at Transport, where we had a few rounds of drinks in the crowded conditions, and then headed off to dinner. Joe has recently become obsessed with the Shanghai Dumpling House in Tattersalls Lane, so that's where we all headed for dinner. It's weird having a proper dinner on Friday night, as it's normally just some sort of nasty junk food snack at the end of an evening of drinking :) It's funny to head home at the end of the night and not need to stop in to KFC or McDs for a junk food top-up :)
After dinner we headed into the Lounge for a few choice tunes and then headed home. It's funny because I have been to Lounge heaps of times but never actually went to the bar/cafe part downstairs. It's pretty cool :)
next stop please driver
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Instead of going to the movies this thursday I went to a flickrmeet and photowalk instead. The weather was pretty crappy so I only got a few shots, and I actually find I don't work well in a crowd, I find it hard knowing that everyone else is hanging around looking for the perfect shot. :)
It was good though to meet some new flickrnauts :)
After the meetup Kerryn and I went up to RMIT to join Helen Jamieson and some friends to be members of the studio audience for Chartbusting 80's, a locally made video show featuring 80's music videos, trivia, and live bands playing 80's tracks. It's a pretty funny show, with a very over the top hostess named Josie who you can't help laughing with. Anyway, as cheesy as it is, I had a pretty good time :)
Fran & Kate
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Managed to catch up with Kate and crew (Nick, Judy, Fran, Siobhan) for some Comedy Festival capers. We went to see The 4 Noels, which was pretty good, although difficult to photograph :) At first it looked like it might be pretty crappy, but then it turned out to be very funny indeed. We also had some time before the show to have a bit of a joke around and catch up. It was pretty good, I really need to spend more time with these people :)
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Yet another superb Lectro party has come and gone, with all the usual elements of great decor, fabulous floor show, outstanding people, and this above all else: music music music.
More super electro loveliness was blasted out into our heads, this time by the ultra sweet Nexo stacks at the Mercat Cross Hotel, the new home of Lectro (and also the new home of aLive, making it our new home away form home).
Met some new crew, saw some old crew, dances to some new tunes and bopped to some old tunes, and overall just had a fabulous time. again. If you are considering coming to a party, Lectro is definitely a candidate, trust me :)
thanks beau
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Time fr another flickrmeet, this time at The Windsor Castle in windsor :) A good bunch came along, lots of new faces, and all the flickr schwag had shown up so there were all sorts of badges and stickers being handed out, which was pretty cool. Elli had also made up a bunch of Barry stickers, so we stuck them around all over the place until we started to get in trouble. When the meetup started to drift apart (due to an overcrowding pub and weather starting to get too cold for the beer garden) Joe, Marcus, Kerryn, Elli and I headed over to La La Land for a few more drinks and general shenanigans :)
These kids are all pretty cool, and the funny thing is that Most of us are really friends due to a mutual third party, Beau. Good people, all of them. :)
Death's seduction
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After Risque I popped over to the Mercat to check out Nutshell. It was a pretty good gig, with a few of the usual suspects, definitely worth checking out again. Even if future floor shows don't have partial nudity ;)
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Friday evening was another work social club function down at the boatsheds by the yarra, another night of drunken accountants and trying to enjoy stubbies of VB. Joy :)
Actually it wasn't too bad, since we don't really talk to the accountants much and just hang out in our little clique and laugh at them :)
After the social club Joe, Bec and I headed up to the John Curtin Hotel to check out Risque. It was a pretty good night, with a mix of tech and electro from some guys I hadn't heard before. Met the promoter and hung out a bit with some of the crew and then headed off. The John Curtin is shaping up to be a pretty good location, and i look forward to seeing more events there.
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Saturday Night we went to dinner with a bunch of guys to celebrate Bec's Birthday. It was a chance to catch up with some people I hadn't seen in ages and a damn fine meal to boot. The only problem was that the meal was so good I ate too much and nearly fell asleep on the table :)
sally likes beer
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Well this looks like it was the last aLive at The Retreat, at least until summer rolls around. We managed to have a pretty god time, despite the venue mucking the guys around a bit, chopping off the tail end of the gig, but everyone seemed to have a blast and we squeezed into the undercover section to escape the rain and the cold as the day went along. :)
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Joe and I were asked to go and shoot some photos at Room680 for their Ferrari pre-race party.
It was a pretty good party, with a really nice vibe, and we also popped outside to get a few shots of the girl in a million dollar dress. The dress itself was made up of small diamond shaped sections of solid gold formed into a zig-zag pattern and interlinked into a designer dress more a work of art than everyday garment. Not everyone wants to wear a 7.5kg dress either :)
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It seems to be a month of birthdays :)
This time it's the turn of Marcus, aka DJ Mudgutz. Joe and I went out to his place of work in the burbs (Seamus O'Toole's in Knox) to help celebrate his existence and to meet some of his friends, especially his girlfriend Sally, who is very nice :)
It's always a bit of fun with Marcus and this was no exception. The hangover at work the next day was a testament to how much fun we had :)
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Leah and David asked us to shoot their wedding and we were somewhat nervous.
The shoot ended up going pretty well, although we made a few mistakes, we got the shots we needed and had a pretty good time. I must admit though, at the end of the day I was knackered from spending so much time looking through the viewfinder :)
Apart from that the wedding and reception were great, just a good simple ceremony in a very beautiful old Bendigo hotel and then out to the open spaces of the Bendigo Aero club for the reception. Pretty good party too :)
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An old friend was in town for a week for work and invited a bunch of us up to his suite to have some dinner and catch up. His suite was on the 17th floor and had some magnificent views of the city and surrounds. Needless to say, I took a butt-load of photos :)
The Goblin King
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Another fantabulous Lectro party at Brown Alley, where Shez presents a crazy party of costumes and antics. You haven't lived until you've seen Chestwig and Grania dressed up as David Bowie (The Goblin King in the movie Labyrinth) and the head goblin, prancing around to 'Dance Music Dance' cheesy 80s classic :)
A real fun night, with a real fun crew.
Happy Birthday Kathryn
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Friday we went out to Room680 to celebrate Kathryn's birthday by seeing Jan Johnston perform. Jan is the first angel of trance music, with a truly beautiful voice, and we had actually seen her last time she was out here, which was also for Kathryn's birthday last year, so it seemed fitting to return again for her birthday this year.
Joe had to go home early because the music was so loud it was damaging his ears, but Kathryn and I stayed on until the early hours of the morning, listening to Jan sing a few times and generally just having a bit of a dance around :)
I was also shooting the event for inthemix.com.au and while I was there Nat from Room680 asked if they could also get a copy of my shots as the photographer they had hired hadn't shown up for some reason. This meant that they gave me access to some other areas of the club to try and get a better angle, and I think it helped me get some great shots. But this is a shot of Kathryn, it was her birthday after all :)
Sian
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I had my first ever paid photo assignment, courtesy of Sara the photo editor for inthemix.com.au, who had been asked to provide a photographer for a product launch that evening, where Kosheen would be playing a set. The gig itself was pretty interesting, and I think I got what they were looking for, but I was just rapt to get to see Kosheen perform, especially to be able to get some shots of Sian belting out the tunes with her golden voice :)
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Another day in the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, but this time for Earthcore in the Park, same size crowd but a much more relaxed and enjoyable, not having to walk all over the hill for starters, and hanging out with Joe and Vanessa just mucking around all day. Good Stuff :)
