Brushstroke 4

This is my weekly update on my listening habbits and includes my two cents on music news, and a rundown on gigs I have been to. I have three main listening styles.... My music I listen to before going to bed (I have chronic insomnia, and I cant go to sleep without something playing), the music I listen to on Triple J, and the albums I listen to at other times - I normally by a new one every two weeks, which gets high rotation - for a while anyway... I also have music on my computer at work, for when my MP3 battery is charging. I go on about metal a lot, because that is where my passion lies, but I haven't been listening to that all that much lately... just because I mostly listen to the radio... Some of these songs will be repeated weekly - I dont change my MP3s much...

Night Tunes: 10 Years' The Autumn Effect. Ani diFranco's Knuckledown, Tool's Lateralus.

Day Tunes:
Albums:- Disturbed, Led Zeppelin, Gossip, Rise Against, Tool, Dredg, Ihshan, Karnivool, VAST, Opeth, Morbid Angel, Butterfingers, The Butterfly Effect, Battle Metal VI
Loose MP3s:- Anima, Bertie Blackman, Deep Sea Arcade, Metric, Sarah Blasco, Yves Klein Blue - basically all the ones I downloaded from the JJJ website this year LOL

Radio Tunes I've taken note of: "Little Lion Man" & "Thistle & Weeds" - Mumford And Sons (I'm obsessed! must buy..), "The Number One Cause of Death" by The Basics, "The Gate" - Butcher Birds (Bris band on Unearthed), "Mexican Mavis" - Boy and Bear, "The Space on the Wall" - Dead Letter Circus, "Evening on the ground" - Iron & Wine

CDs purchased: Best of Delerium - such a waste of money! I love Silence, and i know i have liked others of their songs..... I bought it home, listened to it, and was ready to cry because i bought it and put Alexisonfire back on the shelf... I already have the Silence single - with four different AWESOME versions of the song. And its the only song on this cd i love... I like it when they have a more cultural feel to it, but unfortuately, this cd reminds me of 90s UK pop... (I nearly typed pap - should have kept the A... cos it is). Aside from Silence, the other one i like is Terra Firma.. Does anyone want to buy it off me? I spent $18AU and would sell it for $10...

Reflections:

• The made the second announcement for Soundwave!! Placebo!! And Anthrax and Shinedown.. Fun times!

• Im getting excited... Just TWO WEEKS until the first EVER Australian Metal Awards!! And sami is flying to Sydney to go with me! Fuck YEAH!

• Opeth is in a months time! I got my ticket in the mail w00t!

• I've decided I HAVE to buy Mumford and Sons... I looked last week, because they have been around for a few years, I assumed they would have a back catelouge... turns out that "Sigh No More" is their debut... Im breaking my $10 rule for this one...Its being featured on Triple J this week, and every time i hear one of their songs i realise how much i love their music..

*the naming convention of this series is from Dredg's El Cielo album...