You know how it goes. You kind of lapse into a non-update period, and then it all seems like too much effort to update and explain yourself. That’s where I was. Can’t say I feel awfully guilty, although I probably should.

So, what’s been happening on my end? Not really an awful lot. Watched a bunch of movies,  played a lot of games, and finally managed to start and finish LOST. That in itself is quite an achievement I would say!

Looking to the future. Friday the FIFA World Cup starts. I’m sure it’ll be lovely, but I’m not a sports person as such. I hope South Africa manage to showcase everything that’s great about this country though.

In August we’re going to the UK and France for our vacation. Everything’s in place except for our Visas, but we’ll be getting those sorted soon. Then it’s just a matter of waiting it out. Can’t come soon enough, that’s for sure.

Work-wise… I moved to Sandton, still doing the same work, just in another place. Traffic’s much worse, but one gets used to it. However, with the launch of the Gautrain, I might finally be able to use public transport to come to work. Will give it a bash and see how it goes.

And that’s pretty much all I have for now. I might go into detail on some things as time goes on, we’ll see.

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Local music at least made a decent showing on my listening chart, which I feel good about. It’ll be interesting to see what 2010 holds in terms of new music discovery!

Every time there’s a music festival in South Africa, I held thumbs that one of the announced bands would end up being The Killers. And every time I ended up disappointed on that wish, although we did have some stellar performances by some of my other favourite bands, so that didn’t turn into a huge bummer.

So imagine my joy when I saw the announcement that they are heading to our shores. This started the initial wait for tickets to go on sale, and then the agonising wait of months for December 4 to arrive. Eventually the weeks passed, and the big day arrived.

We arrived early at the venue, first to catch a early dinner, and then to join the Golden Circle queue. We were fortunate enough to be the third group in the queue, which pretty much meant we would be getting standing space at the rail

After a 3-odd hour wait in the queue, the doors opened and the mad rush for standing space commenced. Luck was on my side, and I managed to secure a rail position, right in front where Brandon Flowers would be performing. My biggest complaint of the whole evening would be that getting the rail position meant that we couldn’t see the whole stage, but this is hardly anything to complain about. It did mean that most of my photos I managed to snap focussed on the lead singer and the bassist though.

The support band for The Killers were Zebra & Giraffe. I’ve seen them once at Joburg Burning II, and enjoyed them. Being in the presence of such a big international act must be quite intimidating though, but they managed to pull of a decent performance given the circumstances. They’re a talented bunch of guys, and with the right exposure they could go far.

And then the time arrived for The Killers to come on. Their arrival was signalled by the sound of wind coming through the speakers, and then they were there. The crowd went crazy and the band played on. The performed all their biggest hits, and had the crowd eating out of their hands. By the time they played their mega-hit Human the crowd was in a frenzy! I can’t recall the setlist, I was swept away in the musical performance, and it all merges into one huge happy memory of the evening. Favourite moment that pops into memory was the crowd singing “I’ve got soul, but I’m not a soldier”, bringing me full-circle in my love for The Killers. I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

This has definitely been one of the best shows I’ve witnessed this year, and is currently fighting Muse’s performance at Coke Fest for best act of the decade. It’s going to take something special to top that!

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