If you don't know what to make of it, then we will not relate

Watched the last five minutes of Chuck, then the Head and the Heart came on -- bawled my very pupils out.

THE Whaccines

Rediscovering is blissful. Mental resurrection of this golden collaboration. And the photos
below are perfection exceeding handling capacity. NATW needs to come to Hong Kong so
I can meet Tom Hobden. Hope he's lovely in reality, otherwise my crinkled dreams may
shatter in a basin, and be flushed down the pipe.

THE VACCINES

At long last -- The Vaccines!
Next stop is hopefully: Noah and the Whale, then Arcade Fire.
The KITEC Auditorium provided a much more homey -- if you will --
environment than the grand Asia World Expo. A modest number of
seats, and far more intimate. Although we had assigned seats, when
the band began playing everyone naturally scrambled to the front.
By luck, my friends and I scored the second row! The first band (DP)
was very loud and went on for an hour. The drummer (right) is quite
the eccentric and afterwards waved at me with his water bottle. Funny guys.
Thought it would take an age for The Vaccines to debut. The people
setting up the stage were taking their sweet time.

Suddenly, one in particular taped the set list to the ground, and there was the rushed, stretch-armed scramble to snap a photo (left). Family Friend will be played, thank the lord. In contrast to earlier predictions, Blow It Up was their opening song. Cutting off the last two encores, they ended with Family Friend which was perfect.
The entire concert was a dream. Justin was literally in front of me but elevated and then the atmosphere got too murderous to attempt taking photos. Practically shoved the girl in front of my half to death. Love the way Justin sings -- he dilates his eyes for emphasis and swerves around the stage. Everyone was pushing, hurtling, ramming; but, wow, what a concert! Wetsuit, Lack of Understanding, Wreckin' Bar, Norgaard, Post Break Up Sex... the song choice was spectacular. Shame they played it all too fast without pauses in between to register. But then I supposed they had a time limit. At the end, the band threw drumsticks in the air for catching -- it was a 7 person scramble and we emerged victorious (although I was more of a bystander). Ended the night spectacularly -- got to meet them! Meet the Vaccines! One of my favourite bands! It was magic. Ami is real witty, funny guy; "oh that's what you meant by the 5th month" (when he was writing my name down to sign. We saw him drawing an elephant earlier -- why...) and to Justin -- "I really love Family Friend", "Oh thank you, thank you" -- and telling Freddie the lamest line I've always dreamed of using -- "If you wanna come back to Hong Kong, it's alright," and him saying to me: "That's really clever!"

So, all in all -- a wonderful night with a phenomenal band.

The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet;

http://www.artofeurope.com/wordsworth/wor3.htm

Wordsworth, I love thee!
One of my favourite poems from him -- helped me out a couple weeks back.

We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.

Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

Says something precious about human life; of all senses that bring us to it.
So lovely, wonderful to pick up in times of grief.

Lonesome...

Used to be a dedicated Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus fan. Things have changed
since, yet this performance is stunning. Can't help but remember wonderful memories and smile!