So – another year gone. A year in which I spent a stupid amount of money on rent, visited the southern hemisphere twice, successfully got myself littler, saw a whole heap of live music, and not much else. 40 gigs, according to my records – not including festivals. And all but one of those were actually in the 2nd half of the year – so yeah, too much to recap them all.
But breaking down into some rough categories:
Best: I’m now undecided – Portishead or Flaming Lips – both amazing gigs, and contenders for top gig EVER.
Awesome: gigs which were just really really cool: PJ Harvey, The Roots, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, George Clinton & the P-Funk
Homegrown: I was thinking earlier that of all the gigs, only one was a NZ band, but then remembered nope: Liam Finn, Pajama Club, Phoenix Foundation, Naked & Famous
So 2011 – a mixed bag: bests gigs ever, best wedding ever, most gigs ever, most money spent ever, least accomplished ever (maybe?).
2012 – it’s looking like it’ll start as a continuation of 2011. But there are plans for this year – all the normal stuff like ridiculous resolutions, etc – plus some actual ambitions. But that can wait until another day. Spring begins on 20th March – and a clean will be done.