The soundtrack to the inside of my head over the last year | Alex Gillies
Maybe, just maybe, I’m not the only one in this world with these fears and desires … and that’s what makes music so special.
Tom Waits – Bad As Me (Anti)
That shit never, ever gets old!
Nevermind (the years that have passed)
We all start developing an enlightened view of the world from one kernel, one flashpoint.
The band I like the most…
… is of course my own. Otherwise I wouldn’t spend days, weeks and years investing more than a reasonable amount of energy, time and money into it.
Motörhead @ Gold Coast Convention Centre 01.04.11
Long way to go to hang with life’s metal carnage. But that was just the crowd in the foyer. Really it was all about this guy…
Justin Townes Earle @ Step Inn, 10.03.11
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