after joc from livid pulled out, i was asked at the last minute to speak to an audience of artists, writers, film makers, musicians and actors about staging events, festivals or projects.

it was at the gold coast cultural summit - staged by the gc council last weekend - and meant that still reeling from tina, starting a new job, the art school ball, as well as my regular thursday nighter at toast and 2 hours sleep after djing with the fantastic urthboy, ozi batla and hermitude, i was up on the gold coast, sitting on panels, presenting a couple of talks, and chairing a workshop.

i was a bit tired, but in retrospect it was a great event. good to see a council trying to support the arts community, encourage them to prepare better, and generally have a more interactive relationship. lots of good people.

though i must admit my favourite part of the day was climbing back into my friend gemma’s car for the trip back to brisbane, where i promptly fell into bed. i woke more than 12 hours later feeling better than i have in weeks. easy sunday morning, followed by a trip down to the fantastic rocking horse records, which is fantastic. unfortunately i couldn’t buy much, too much purchasing of late - especially in newcastle - but i did pick up a few cool lps…

common - one day it’ll all make sense
v/a - detroit soul
as one - best of
iron and wine lp