I spent most of Saturday morning in a daze. Popfrenzy’s xmas party at the Spanish club was responsible – a wicked combination of good friends, music and a bar tab. Somehow I managed to get to FBI in time to cover Anna Burns’s weekend lunch show, which I always enjoy doing, even a little bleary eyed.
Fortunately, the annual FBI xmas thing was also scheduled that afternoon (with just enough time between to get home and dump CDs). Like last year, it was at the best bar in town, and quite possibly a contender on a global scale, Opera Bar, where another drink tab got the ball rolling on all sorts of conversations, catch ups and new introductions. Boxes of the new FBI mag too.
As usual, there were prizes. Peach & Shag got the “Most Likely to Get a Proper Job” prize, to which Peach drolly said that all he could say was that they’d got the same award last year and still didn’t have proper jobs. Naked City got the “Best Show” prize again – though Dave Regos got the honourable mention. And Jon Valenzuela got the dark horse “Music Geek” of the year.
I really love that party. Mostly FBI cats pass like ships in the night – I thought it was just me, but everyone comments they only ever see the people on either side of their show – but when it happens, everyone gets along famously.
(*People who run things – more FBI parties*)
Dammit, sad that I missed it. We had a mad busy day and couldn’t face going all the way to the Opera House for an hour or two and then back again in time to have people over for dinner. Plus I’ve got an ugly cough/sinus thing and It’s All Too Much. Damn damn damn.
Comment by Peter Hollo — December 17, 2007 @ 5:30 am
can you get that fine looking fbi mag in melbourne? does it get sent to subscribers?
Comment by tim — January 2, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
hey tim, it’s just subscribers as far as i know… get in touch with fbi and i’m sure they’ll get you one.
Comment by matt — January 3, 2008 @ 1:36 am
i’m a subscriber and i’ve never gotten any kind of magazine from fbi pfft
Comment by LT — January 3, 2008 @ 6:38 am
this is the first one and it might not have been sent out yet…? i’ll ask at fbi tonight.
Comment by matt — January 3, 2008 @ 8:35 am
The mags were sent to new supporters rather than renewing ones, too expensive to send them to everyone apparently.
Comment by matt — January 4, 2008 @ 10:43 am