music and censorship

What a great friday!! I went to the Xavier Rudd concert with some girlfriends and it was AMAZING!! I don't think I've ever had the privilege to see someone in such a small venue before, about 700 people! Not to mention that we were thisclose to him. No zoom on that one! I was absolutely amazing. And the great thing about small venues, as far as I'm concerned, is the artists get really into it as well. They can feel the energy and excitement from the crowd and they just feed on it. He played for 2.5 hours! I couldn't ever believe it. It's also pretty powerful that he's essentially playing in his hometown after being on tour for months and months. All and all it was probably the best $50 I ever spent!

The opener was pretty stellar as well. She's called Dallas Frasca and she's also from Victoria. She's got just the most amazing voice....you should definitely check it out! She was so powerful and had such a great vibe, I'm not sure they could have made a better pick in terms of artist energy opening for xavier.

You can't really ask for more in a concert :-)

On a very different note, it turns out the Australian government is trying to apply a filter to all Australian ISPs etc in order to moniter and control what website people in the country go to...it is of course all in the name of saving the children. But I'm sure that is the responsibilty of the parents. I don't have any children, I don't see why I should be monitored because people can't be trusted to look after their offspring. Not to mention that this filter would slow down all internet traffic by about 20-30% NO THANK YOU!

So, we went to a protest today on the steps of Parliment house to try and keep the internet censor-free...you know me, I love a good protest! It turned out to be among the most poorl organized protests I've ever been to and we decided to do something about it! So, along with about a dozen others we grabbed a beer and started brainstorming. We have committed to organizing another protest at the end of November, which gives us 4 weeks to organize...should be good. So, you are reading one of the first posts on the Melbourne Anti-Censorship Protests! If you're in melbs, please mark you calanders and make it out! This affects everyone and if we don't take a stand against censorship now where will it end?
Power to the People!