⸭THE BLACK KEYS LIVE 22 OCT 2012⸭

22 October 2012 - Sydney Entertainment Centre

SETLIST:

1. Howlin' For You
2. Next Girl
3. Run Right Back
4. Same Old Thing
5. Dead and Gone
6. Gold on the Ceiling
7. Thickfreakness
8. Girl is on My Mind
9. Your Touch
10. Little Black Submarines
11. Money Maker
12. Strange Times
13. Sinister Kid
14. Nova Baby
15. Ten Cent Pistol
16. She's Long Gone
17. Tighten' Up
18. Lonely Boy

 Encore

•  Everlasting Light
• I Got Mine

I remember I bought my Black Keys tickets from Ticketmaster on the day it first went on sale to the public. I bought two tickets, even though I didn't have anyone to go with, but past-me thought "I'll find someone to go with, eventually."
So on the day, I went to the gig with Natalie. We came there quite early, well it wasn't that early but I was surprised by the amount of people that were already in the venue which is... Not very many. So then we decided to go to the merch stall where I kept contemplating with Natalie which shirt I should get.

"I do like the white one, I'll get the white one... But the black one is actually pretty cool too and I wear black more anyway, maybe I should get the black one. Oh right you told me not to buy anymore black clothes ok I'll buy the white... but the white is more expensive... Ok whatever white is cooler too. Ugh the black one is really cool hm maybe the black one, yeah I'll wear the black one more. Omg we're closing in we're in the front of the line I have to decide now oh crap errr ok black. NO ok i'm fix on white. White it is then. Yes white. But the black one....."

That went on for 5-10 minutes, I don't know how Natalie put up with me but I'm glad she did because as she payed for our shirts she said "Someone's birthday is coming up soon" and handed me the black shirt after I bought the white shirt so now I have TWO BLACK KEYS SHIRT Y'ALL. Forever grateful to Natalie, on the spot my mouth were wide open and I immediately hugged her which made the merch guy laugh.
Happy with the shirts I now have, we went inside the venue and sat down because it might take a while. It did take a while, and very slowly people begin to come in. I remember at one point around 8:14pm, everyone who was sitting down just stood up in unison and ran towards the very front of the crowd which was weird because nothing was going on at that time. But both of us joined in the crowd anyway. Not long after, the opening band came on stage; Royal Headache.

I got to admit their name is pretty cool, I tried listening to one or two songs on youtube before we went to the concert. But I didn't expect them to be so, I honestly don't know any words to describe them.
Songs? Not really my cup of tea. Heavy generic guitar riffs, fast paced recycled drum beats, groovy bass trips and really nice vocals. Check them out, you might like them.
Style? This part confused me the most, because I don't know what style they are. You know when you just put bands into genre, like the Black Keys is a blues-rock band. But with Royal Headache, I'm not sure, because their stage presence was very different from what their songs sound like, at least for me it was.
The thing that particularly bothered (not necessarily bothered, more to, mind-boggling) me the most is the lead singer's behaviour. Firstly, he was wearing an oversize shirt and baggy pants while letting his long hair flow around his shoulders. Appearance doesn't matter I know, it actually doesn't, but then with that look and with him pacing back and forth the stage plus holding his mic up high, he looks like those singers from a screamo band. Or a metal band. To be quite honest. When he lifted that mic I thought he was about to scream or sing in those sort of grunge tone that only Darth Vader can understand but no, his voice was very choir-like. His voice was good, you don't really expect him to sing like that with that style, it was just.... An interesting sight to see. Definitely something new, but still not my cup of tea.
Speaking of tea let me make myself some tea first.
Okay tea's ready, back to bloggin'.

As we all anticipate for the Black Keys to come on stage, roadies and backstage crews and security guards set up the stage. Interestingly, some of the roadies are dressed very nicely. By nice I mean in a full on suit. Stay classy roadies.
Alas The Black Keys came on stage and the crowd went wild. The show was pretty much describable, and honestly they performed live way better than I expected. If you look at videos of their live shows. I think I had the most enjoyable moment when they played (in no particular order): I Got Mine, Howlin' For You and a tie between Your Touch and Tighten' Up. When they came back on stage for the encore, a big giant disco ball came down from the ceiling and we had a mini disco party as they play Everlasting Light. When the song ended, the disco ball was taken away too. What I did not expect was the light sign that appeared when they played their last song I Got Mine, the sign said 'THE BLACK KEYS' and it lights up as Dan played the riffs of the song. It was, what's that word I keep using to describe the gig? Awesome.
Crowd, I thank you. At least those around me, they were all fun. Particularly everyone that was in the front row was incredibly energetic. The people around me however, not so much.

NOTABLE GIG-GOERS 
Hi two guys behind/next to me. Yeah you two, you guys do realized you talk really loud right? And you guys talk throughout the whole gig? Thank you though, some parts of your conversation was quite funny, it kept me entertained and at some moments I would look down at laugh to myself while eavesdropping on you two talking. I remember one guy said if they could go back in time and attend any gig, he said he wanted to go back to 1969 to see the Beatles' last rooftop gig. The other guy said something about 1995. Then they mentioned Arctic Monkeys. One guy particularly said he does not like the Wombats while the other one said "they're not that bad." My favorite part of their conversation would be when they were talking about Royal Headache.
Guy 1: ..............
Guy 2: ..............
Guy 1: ...............I quite like them
Guy 2: *stares at guy 1*
Guy 1: *stares at guy 2*
Guy 2: .............really?
And then both of them burst out laughing. I don't know it reminded me of AnCo going to gigs, it's something we would do. And my other favorite part is the fact that they knew how to sing along to every song the band played, and they made assumptions which songs they would play next. Natalie thought they were annoying, I agree with her, they remind me of a particular person that shall remain nameless that I used to go to high school with (Tuna would probably know who it is), but then again I secretly want to hang out with them too.

All the girls that were in the front and second row in front of me minus one of the girl's boyfriend, yeah not you, plus the girl that ended up jumping next to me during the Black Keys' encore. Y'all are awesome so energetic making the gig even more fun keep up the viba yall.

Anjing ngempet 2 guys and the girl in front of me why are y'all so dead during the whole gig for the exception when Officer Carney and Killer Dan played Lonely Boy? Geez, well I noticed the girl was, for most of the time took pictures and videos which was understandable. But the two guys she was with. Why? Just standing there. I'm sorry I keep bumping into you guy, well... No I'm not. Stop being such a buzzkill it makes me sad look at this emoticon :''''(

Well I guess that's about it.
Overall: 8.5/10

This gig is definitely going to my 'concert of the year' nomination list. Yeah I have little awards for concerts I go to okay and you're not invited because it's a private party (the party is basically me staying in my room laughing by myself thinking about the awards).

Peace, love and gaul y'all.

BOURNE LEGACY AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE 7 AUG '12

Not jumping to conclusion or anything but, I could not think of anything that personally went wrong today. Nothing. At all.
WARNING: This post will be a long post. I am writing it as soon as I got back from the premiere so, the adrenaline is still here.

I had won passes thanks to the lovely people from filmink magazine to go to the Australian premiere of The Bourne Legacy, also on the guest list is director Tony Gilroy and actor Jeremy Renner. Those who know me, would know about my renner obsession. I found out the news on Thursday, and by Monday the passes still have yet to arrived. I was pissed, it was night time and I wanted my passes. That is until my mom suddenly called me saying she got an email from UniLodge telling her that I had received a parcel and it was to be collected in the reception immediately, I jumped out of my seat and ran downstairs in my pajamas (she called me at 7:58pm and the reception closes at 8pm). I got down and they were closing down but the receptionist was nice enough to give me my parcel. What do you know, it was 2 passes to the premiere. I started squealing along the corridors of Unilodge. That night we also decided that lovely Natalie will accompany me to the premiere.

Woke up 12 hours before Renner took his first step onto the red carpet, I could not concentrate the whole day. Even in class I would just stare at the ceiling and start a conversation with my friends starting with the sentence "You know what day it is today? *creepy smile* IT'S FINALLY TUESDAY." I was so excited, I wanted to puke. Literally, my stomach was just not right and I did not eat anything the whole day. So my last class ended and I straight went to the city, Natalie and I have arranged to meet up at Dymocks because we just love books don't we. On my way there, I spot a couple of fans waiting near the entrance and recognized one of them as Carina (who I have been stalking the whole day to get some renner updates) and I started talking to her and her friends.

This is lovely Carina and behind is her friend Gino.

Suddenly I realized that the security guard that is guarding the entrance is the same security guard from school. So I picked up my friend, and went to say Hi to the security guard and what do you know, he recognized us. To cut the story short, I shall put the rest of the story in dot points.

• Waited for a while until they assigned us fans where to stand for the red carpet. At one point the security guard, Kevin, and his friend were talking about my friend and I as he was whispering something and dead on pointed at us. Why? The next point should explain why.
• This why Kevin is great, as they let the media people in first, Kevin told my friend and I both to come to him. We were of course confused, and turns out he got us one of the best spot. We thank you Kevin. We are very grateful.
• Carina and I started doing stretches as we wait for Tony Gilroy and Jeremy Renner to come by.
• Tony Gilroy got off from his black SUV, spoke to a couple of fans which luckily includes me too. Had a decent usual conversation with him such as "how are you?" or "how are you liking Sydney?" He noticed my pass and excitedly asked "You're going to watch the premiere?" I said yes and he looked ecstatic.
• approximately 20 minutes after Gilroy came by, everyone was wondering where Renner is. Suddenly everything went silent and the cars in the traffic were gone and WOOOSSHH sounds of motorcycle stunts were everywhere and TADA! Renner came in, in a motorcycle. Everyone cheered. A lot of us then shouted "LET'S STRETCH BITCHESSSSSSSSSSSS!" which he laughed. His publicist would later ask me "who shouted that?" I answered all of us did, she looked surprised and asked "oh you guys watched that?!" Oh yes we did.
• As he went pass through me and my friend, we got autographs and pictures however unlike the conversation with Gilroy, he had to move faster since more fans are eager to see him.
• THE HAWKWARD MOMENT I HAD WITH HIM AND HIS PUBLICIST SHALL BE KEPT AT THE END OF THE POST BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST AMUSING THING IN MY OPINION (usually my embarrassing moments are amusing to my friends).
• After meeting Renner, my friend and I decided to hurry and went into the theater since the seating is first come first serve. As we're walking, Kevin looked surprised because he didn't know we had passes. Kevin is amazing y'all.
• Walking and jumping and strutting down the red carpet like a bad ass mofo.
• The seats were quite full so we asked the usher who placed us in the first freakin row. We got first row seating.
• Renner and Gilroy came on stage for a while. Tony Gilroy recognized me and my friend from the crowd, I smiled at him and he smiled back from the stage. It was an awesome moment.
• As I haven't eaten all day, luckily Universal Pictures have given everyone in the premiere little boxes of snacks which consists of: peanuts, crackers, cheese and a macaroon. It was nice. Technically that was my whole meal for the day.
• I just love it when the crowd starts clapping at the end of the movie, which is what happened tonight.
• I know this is not related but ONE OF MY FAVORITE MUSICIAN FOLLOWS ME ON TWITTER AND IT BROUGHT UP MY MOOD EVEN MORE WHICH I DIDN'T THINK WAS POSSIBLE.

First legit premiere I've ever been to, and it was great. And all of it I have to thank you filmink. Photos I took with Tony Gilroy and Jeremy Renner are on facebook.

READY FOR THE HAWKWARD MOMENT STORY? HERE IT GOES.
After exchanging a few words with Renner. He slowly moved along, for some reason (this is me starstruck and the fact that my best friend, Tuna, control half of my mind) I stared at his arm. And then for some reason without thinking it through, these words came out of my mouth: "Can I poke your arm?"
After 5 seconds of my brain finally working, I mentally slap myself and thought 'WHY THE FUCK DID I JUST SAY THAT THE FUCK CHRYS FUCK ICAN WUT FUCK THE HELL'
I quickly add, "Too weird isn't it? It is too weird." Him and his publicist both were laughing and said "Yeah maybe just a little bit."
HEY AT LEAST I DIDN'T POKE HIS NOSE LIKE I ORIGINALLY PLAN OK THAT WAS EVEN WEIRDER ugh what is wrong with you brain but it would make a funny story to tell the folks; the hawkward moment with the hawk.

The only regret I have is that I should have said something in Indonesian to him like I don't know on the top of my head "ANJING LO GANTENG BANGET BABI" or maybe something more subtle such as "PANTAT LO"
And so the Renner Sydney Invasion has come to an end, peace y'all x

✶☽THE ART OF FLIRTING☾✶

flirt |flərt|

verb

   1 [ intrans. ] behave as though attracted to or trying to attract someone, but for amusement rather than with serious intentions : it amused him to flirt with her.

• ( flirt with) experiment with or show a superficial interest in (an idea, activity, or movement) without committing oneself to it seriously : a painter who had flirted briefly with Cubism.

• ( flirt with) deliberately expose oneself to (danger or difficulty) : the need of some individuals to flirt with death.

   2 [ trans. ] (of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion.

• [ intrans. ] move back and forth with a flicking or fluttering motion : the lark was flirting around the site.

I guess that's kind of cheesy isn't it? To put the definition of the intended topic in the beginning of the post but, it does help me. I've actually never tried to look up the word 'flirt' so, ah, now i know it's to wave or open and shut wings or tail with a quick flicking motion.... That was a bad joke.
In all seriousness, my knowledge on this specific... behaviour... is coming close to nil. I have to admit it's a problem, because anytime I actually fancy someone I would just be in, that's right, the friendzone. Or brozone or familyzone or some modern zoning terms they have these days.

I have been thinking about flirting for some time, maybe because it is interesting to show your affection towards a person without actually saying it out front. I always thought why don't people just be straightforward. Oh hey I want to fuck you. Oh you're cute we should really hang out and I see we have several things in common here's my number text me. Not that I have done any of those things, I have thought about them because well, I have no clue on what flirting is. Importantly, how do you differentiate if someone is flirting or if they are just nicer than other people? It's pretty common for a person to just be really nice and is not attracted to you in some sort of way, and it is also common for people to just be playful with no intention whatsoever, is that also called flirting?
One night I was hanging out in the courtyard with some friends, all I know have some experienced with these things of relationship and dating so I asked, "how do people flirt?" They all look at me like I am a person from another planet and continue to respond the question with a "what? why?" Of course they, or at least some of them thought I asked this because I had the intention to actually flirt with a particular person and find a boyfriend but no that was not the case, I was just very curious to what they had to say. Their answer was and I remember this clearly: "well you talk with the guy and laugh, make jokes, smile." I stare at them blankly and reply "........So like... Every. Other. Conversation?" Then they close the conversation by saying "Well you just know! The way they stare or maybe with the some gestures."
That didn't help me with understanding the concept of flirting at all. Nor how to identify if a person is flirting or just being plain nice. Make jokes, smile and laugh? That's pretty broad isn't? I would hate to be at one point think I am making a friend give the wrong impression. The stare? Like having them stare into your soul or some sh-t like that? Then again some people just stare really intensely to others.

So comes the embarrassing bit, my attempt to flirt. Aha ha haha ha. It's quite sad because, I actually did tried to flirt without having the knowledge on what flirting actually is. So I would say this flirting 'experiment' was a failure and he and I ended talking about sex. By that I mean in a way like a 12 year old boy that just founded what a penis and a vagina is.
Another story, my friend and I were in a sandwich shop. I ordered a sandwich. The guy who works there asked if I wanted a 12 inch or a 6 inch so, being the immature person I am, I burst out laughing and said "a 6 inch is fine, just 6. 6 inch." After my friend and I got our sandwiches, my friend said "dude you were totally flirting with the cashier guy!" And I was not. This got me even more confused. It's easy to say "Oh I was totally flirting with this guy" because you know you have the intention to attract the guy and you yourself would call it flirting but then what a third person would comment "dude... That was not flirting."Honestly, that's how my mind works. It is very very dirty, my mind is in the gutter it's just, very immature.
Another other story, I was in the supermarket and saw a quite attractive guy in a Holy Fuck t-shirt. So like any other internet-based kid I tweeted something along the line "someone's wearing a holy fuck tshirt quick how do you flirt" and the response I remember was to come up to the guy and say "nice t-shirt" which was actually pretty good, but... Then what? Of course I wouldn't have that kind of courage to just go up to a total random stranger and compliment them. So I'm guessing complimenting a stranger would be a form of flirting yes? But what if you're complimenting a friend? Let's say, a person you actually know, would that also be considered as flirting? I have been said to be "one of d4 guyzZzz" and I think it's because I laugh at the sexual immature jokes they usually make because I cannot deny it is funny but still what does THAT mean do I have to stop thinking like everything is sexual and pretend that every time someone says something sexual I would just say "OMG you're such a pervert that's gross!"?

So with that, I'm completely helpless with the art of flirting. I would much like someone to be my flirting guru so apply now on www.fuckigotnolifesoallidoiswriteastupidblogughimjustgonnahavesomepizzanow.com/flirtingguru and send in your CV to the email given. I am actually worried about my lack of knowledge in this particular area because honestly I feel very left behind by not knowing any of these while most of my friends seems to get a hang of it. Maybe it's the pressure of having this so called 'college life' or some sh-t.

P.S. most importantly, does asking if a guy gets morning wood or if they are a virgin or if they have a girlfriend or if they jerk off a form of flirting? If so, then....... hm..... Well anyway, I'll just go on and any time I try to flirt with a guy I'll just tell him the pacman story like the way Scott Pilgrim did. That or by saying this list of various pick up lines I have gathered thanks to television and the internet this afternoon:

1. are you my lawyer because i'm defenceless
2. your mouth says "shields up" but your eyes say "a hull breach is imminent"
3. i would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party
4. i think your clothes are made of kryptonite we've got to get rid of them immediately
5. i find your lack of nudity disturbing
6. resistance is futile
7. someone must have shot you with a phaser set on 'stunning'
8. you be the tree and i'll wrap you like a koala
9. hey i just met you and this is crazy well here's my bedroom let's fuck totally

ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT NOTE THIS IS AN AWESOME SONG THAT I CANNOT STOP LISTENING SO LISTEN AND ENJOY Y'ALL PEACE LOVE AND G@0L.

{I COME FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER}

It's been almost five months since I moved to Sydney. So far I have encountered some interesting experiences here, I guess it could be more adventurous. To be frank my life is pretty mundane, but having a blog can make it seem more interesting than it actually is... Or make it seem even more mundane. Any who, let's break it down into categories.

UNILODGE

These past few months I've been living in Unilodge Sydney where supposedly students can rent rooms to stay in and the first impression I got from looking inside the building was "well.... At least it's better than living with a home stay family." And it was better because here there are way more interesting people living in the building, most I don't know personally but occasionally see around. My friends and I like to name the people we quite often see, for example the ginger living one the second floor that has a blonde girlfriend we call ginger, or the guy we saw shirtless once we call neun.
A plus side living here is that hanging out with your friends is very easy, you just go to someone's room and chill. I guess that's the best part. The second best part would be the fact that the place is very near a shopping mall (which has supermarkets, shops and most importantly a cinema) and it is near to all the major hang out places my friends and I go to which is the city, newtown and darling harbour. Plus they have great food around which is only 5 minutes away. The downside would be the constant smell of weed or questionable odor along the hallways and how often you see drunk people especially around the weekends. Also the fact that people party up on the roof so loud that you can practically hear the noise from most of the room in building.
Still it's not all too bad, most of the people I have encountered here are nice. Or seemingly nice. Who knows. Maybe they're secretly murderers, highly unlikely but could be a possibility.
Interestingly, my friends and I befriended two people that live in the building I think just because we see them so often. They are pretty cool people; Yusuf. Thomas. If you're reading this, I am talking about you two. You guys are pretty awesome people. I mean Yusuf have like 600 movies with him right now and having three masters he still laughs at the word "testicles" while Thomas who is working on his master thesis is what one call a computer genius with all the programming and computer dilly dally and also share some interest as I including the love for Bob Dylan, Star Wars and Lord of The Rings.
On another note, I bought One Ring. That story goes to another category, maybe.
Overall, I do like living in Unilodge (for now), I cannot wait to get my own place. Cannot. Wait.

FRIENDS

My group of friends are how should I say, a weird bunch. But aren't they all? The three people I spend time with the most are Dolly, Huiyi and Natalie. I practically live with them since everyday after doing all my morning routine I go to their room until the end of the day where I go back to my own room to sleep. They're a nice bunch, we all write notes to each other, buy each other stuff and make up songs together about the boys we fancied. Dolly and I are like twins, we share the same American-based type humor and occasionally put this very American accent we try to pull off. Natalie and I share quite a lot in common, though I am quite intimidated with her very advanced knowledge in maths and chemistry. Huiyi is practically like the mother of the house (or in this case room), we're the same age but she is one of the most mature people I've ever met. When you meet her, you'll know what I mean.
Every time my parents called me they would ask where I am and I would always reply "di rumah tetangga [translation: the neighbor's room]". They both like it that I don't hang out in my own room because apparently, in their words, I am not antisocial anymore like I was in Singapore. Psft. I was never antisocial. That much.

LIFESTYLE

Everything here relatively more expensive, especially if you convert the price to rupiah. Like in Singapore, I still buy a sh-t load of DVDs and go to see the movies a lot in the cinemas. DVDs are somewhat the same price like in Singapore ranging from approximately $10 to $40. The cinema tickets though, student price is $15.50 while in Singapore it is around $7. Though I did just get a couple of free movie tickets so, that's good.
Shopping here is expensive but there are so much more variety than in Singapore and especially Jakarta. I'm sure I'm not the only one when I say I am bored of the same looking young adults with the same styles wearing the same or similar brands. In Sydney, you get more variety. Even the people don't all dress the same, and there are lots who dyed their hair eccentric colors and not get stared at like back home. Seriously though shopping here is much more satisfying than in Singapore or Jakarta. I once bought Rick Astley's first album on vinyl for $2 and a tip top Return of The King DVD for $5. And the amount of vintage stores here, legit vintage stores that does not charge you $50 for a secondhand dress.
The gigs. Oh dear Lord the gigs. It is heaven. The problem? I have no gig buddy. So far I have watched Big Day Out (see previous post), Bombay Bicycle Club and Karen O's production of Stop the Virgens. In the future, I have secured tickets to see The Black Keys and Radiohead, and am thinking of going to Rufus Wainwright, Dark Dark Dark and hopefully Sigur Ros and Beck.

OTHERS

• First day in Sydney, my mother and I were walking near Haymarket and this shirtless guy was in the middle of the street screaming "FUCK YOU. AND FUCK YOU TOO. FUCK YOU ALL. AND FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU TOO" to everyone in sight. It was a nice warm welcome.
• One of my friend borrowed $200, he payed me back in 5 cent coins. You know how heavy a bag full of 5 cent coins is? Very. I looked very foolish on the bus. And when I went to get it changed in the bank, a random lady from across the room turned around and laughed at me.
• The lonely friday nights where I decide to stay home and then usually you can see drunk people fighting from across the street through my window so I just sit there and watch them fight with one another until the police comes.
• Once I just bought the unknown pleasure t-shirt and was very happy with my purchase, later that night as I was wearing the t-shirt and telling my friend of how happy I am a drunk guy stumbles, stopped, look at the tshirt for 5 seconds then look at me while slurring "y-yeeh like joyyy division?" Is that so surprising?
• Went to Melbourne for the weekend and bought One Ring. Now I wear the ring everywhere. I am the ring bearer b-tch.

See? It's not very interesting is it?

Confession: I miss Singapore more than I miss Jakarta.

BIG DAY OUT

most attractive crowd

battles I don't know how to explain this really, this is basically based on my personal opinion and well....

most fun crowd

art vs scienceit's amazing how they could make the whole room dance and kneel. Literally they made the crowd kneel, everyone, and those who didn't comply got pointed out and got told to kneel down. The lighting in the Boiler room made the art vs science fans 300% more crazy, from strobes to laser lights the light guy must also be an art vs science fan or knows their song very well as the timing was just so dead on.

most sucky sound

my chemical romance they themselves was good but, the sound system. Did not expect a huge festival like BDO would allow such a big letdown.

the energetic frontman

cage the elephant Matt jumped to the crowd for the second time, came back on stage with a flower bandana, put it on and said "thank you for this, i'm pretty now"

most amusing sight

man and tween girl having a somersault battle in front of HOT PRODUCE stage, man ended up winning as he kept doing cartwheels and falling down and doing it again, occasionally revealing his buttocks and big belly.

the downside

weakest signal ever, don't bother trying to call or text anyone while that person or you are in the orange/blue arena, your text would be received 10-30 minutes after you send it and your calls would just fail.

most dedicated fans

a tie between my chemical romance/kasabian, I've taken this one into a lot of consideration (by a lot I mean, I thought about it more than once), I also considered Soundgarden but looking back, MCR's and Kasabian's fans touched my puny little heart most, especially when kasabian started playing 'Fire'.

notable fangirls/fanboys

in battles guy in the front row wearing a battles tshirt from their last album and was not sold in the festival happily caught half of john's drumstick (literally, half of a drumstick). As the guy next to him got the other end of the drumstick, they both share a smile and exchanged their happy comments about the show. Another man chimed into the conversation and state that he got John's other drumstick. First man said: "WHOA MAN you should sell that I mean I would buy it!" The two other men laughed and the first man laughed along. He then suddenly stopped laughing and in a serious voice said to the third man "no seriously i'll give you 50 bucks for it"

biggest wtf ever

An Australian tween boy wearing a Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kala campaign shirt circa 2003/2004. Being Indonesian, I find this extremely weird, and I hope I didn't creep him out by staring at him with a 'wtf' face as he passed in front of me.

douchebag of the day

Kimbra was playing on stage and in between breaks when the singer ends the song and communicate with the audience, one drunk douchebag would keep on yelling "HEY KIMBRA YOU'RE A SLUT" and "I WOULD FUCK YOU KIMBRA" and other obscene and sexual comments on the amazing singer who either did not hear the douche's shouts or decided to do the smart thing and ignore him. He would then push away the white haired 20-something petite lady in the front which would of course piss anyone off. Things became heated and the girl shouted at the douche while trying to push him away, the douche slapped the girl across the face and pushed her on the face so hard she almost fell back but was lucky enough to be caught by a friend behind her. A series of "dude get the fuck out" and "fuck off" emerges from other concert goers that were there to see kimbra but the mood was ruined by the douche. My friend politely asked the guy and his friend to leave as they are disturbing the concert, and their reply? "We're not doing anything mate, we're not doing anything at all."

notable douchebag

Guy went up to my friend who was wearing a Beatles t-shirt and slurred "The beatles aren't playing here mate" which was quite funny at the time so we all laughed. My friend replied, "haha I wish" and the douche replied back "they're all DEAD". Dickhead fuck off one they're not all dead get your fucking fact straight and get the fuck out. Dick [getting too emotional over the beatles].

shoutouts

to sydney surfer boy Johnny, newcastle party girl Kim and her cousin for keeping me company as my friends are busy watching Kanye West. Thank you Kim for sharing me your personal relationship story and Johnny for the interesting 'kanye is a twat' conversation.

NOTE: this is all totally bias since it is my blog and I am free to express what I thought of the festival, and unfortunately i did not get to see all of the acts. The acts I did see is written below.
ACTS SEEN: Abbe May, Papa Vs Pretty (one song), Nantes, Cage The Elephant, Boy and Bear (half set), The Jezabels (only the beginning), OFWGKTA (2-3 songs), Battles, Kimbra (half set), My Chemical Romance, Architecture in Helsinki (half set), Kasabian (half set), Girl Talk (half set), Soundgarden (3/4 set), Art Vs Science, Kanye West (one song), Nero (1/4 set).