I never thought I’d decide to play any game early access. I’m gonna wait out Hades 2 for full release. However, one day I opened up Steam and there just happened to be a livestream of Windblown and I’m like here, take my money….
It’s so much fun! It’ll be interesting to see how the game changes over the next year! I am loving the different font sizes of cray yelling haha.
Now I’m finally on Cataclysmic difficulty! And I got what’s apparently the rarest skin in the game so far, Project 2501!
Wooow! This has been my favourite concert so far this year! I remember when I first heard Brahms’ violin concerto, I was like, it’s nice. But then the more I listened to it the more it grew on me and got stuck in my head quite often too.
And my goodness, seeing it performed in real life is nothing like hearing a recording on trashy computer speakers! There is so much more definition when the entire orchestra is in front of you! And so many things I didn’t know – I am actually so bad at explaining this but in the third movement, I didn’t realise there was a bit where the first violins actually don’t play a few notes that I thought they did! They alternated with another section but I was totally clueless haha.
The other thing about having listened to it only when doing other things was that I had no idea there was a cadenza and I was like, where is this? Am I supposed to know what this part is?
I really need to keep listening and studying so that I actually understand what’s going on!
Another concert! I’m really enjoying all this culture stuff!
This time it was Mahler 8, and I had no idea it’d have so many vocals; I’m so ignorant! It turned out to be absolutely fantastic though, the choirs (yes, there was more than one!) were amazing, and the soloist singers just had the most amazing projection!
It was also epic in that there were two harps, why would any symphony require two harps lol.
I think I’ll definitely keep an eye out for more riveting performances next year, I still have some to go for the rest of this year!
I’ve somehow been whirlwinded into classical music and had decided to browse performances at the Sydney Opera House, and stumbled upon Maxim Vengerov performing a recital! And I decided to buy premium tickets to see how a violin master plays in real life! It was also good for a short trip to see if my pigeons can survive unattended for a few days, in case I decide next year that I want to do Singapore for a few days.
The owner of Steam Tank coffee still recognised me after all these years! And this espresso was really good!
Finally, a chance to redeem myself! When I realised I had the chance to come back to Hobart and revisit MONA, I was determined to do this properly this time! Look at mustardy MR-II, though I ended up going on the grey MR-I, just like last trip. I’ve tried not to double up too much on my previous content, and I had a lot of fun properly exploring the outside too!
I feel like in the last decade, I’ve done so much that I thought I’d never actually do in my life. Going to a classical concert is one of them! Once again I have Twoset to thank for that inspiration. I really want to actually have a better understanding of the violin, something I never cared about as a kid. This concert caught my attention because I feel like I would enjoy the intensity of Shostakovich. I’d never heard any of Elgar’s stuff before but the sample I heard sounded interesting.
I guess I’m a ballet enthusiast now? I really enjoyed watching Swan Lake and Echoes of Van Gogh last year and was looking into this year’s lineup.
La Bayadere, it turns out, has a very high degree of technicality and it was super impressive! WA Ballet’s interpretation is different from the original, and I enjoyed the plotline. I think I was holding my breath for most of it, especially during Act II, The Kingdom of the Shades, the arabesque train down a slope!!! Omg! All the ballerinas were trembling, it must have been so intense! I have so much respect for the strength of ballet dancers!
This time I also paid some attention to the orchestra too, I feel like part of the magic of ballet is also that the conductor is watching the ballet in order to make sure the orchestra is in sync. So cool!
There’s nothing quite like the intensity of watching live performances!
