to the gig to check out a Little Bird

I haven't been to a gig in ages. I think the last one was the White Stripes concert at Festival Hall about 8 months ago. Where has time gone to? But last night (a school night!), my beloved and I met up with a friend of his at the Cornel Hotel to watch one of our favourite bands, Little Birdy.

The gig experience is so unique, I can't really describe it. It's not crowd-size big like a concert - more like a mini one with only the very best fans around. I collected the tickets at the door and popped over to the Corner Pub quickly for one drink. Tickets in hand, I was skipping (yes! skipping) back to the pub waving the tickets like a lunatic. The anticipation of standing amongst the crowd, drinking watered down beer (not true, actually, the Stellas were great!) and letting the guitar chords rip through my beating heart makes me slightly woozy and silly.

I love the crowd at the Corner. Everyone is slightly alternative and left-field. No one has the perfect height or the perfect weight (not even the lead singer - she kicks arse!). Everyone's dressed in their own unique/vintage/mum-dad's old clothes/Hunter&Gatherer clothing, sporting funky hairdos, eye makeup and earrings. I felt right at home. By comparison, I always feel kinda normal. I was wearing my favourite t-shirt (from Zara, with rhino studs and fraying collars/sleeves thing happening), my favourite jeans which makes my arse look small (thank u Tsubi) and comfy boots. The Corner is also smoke-free now, which makes me doubly happy! :) It is kind of strange not seeing everything in a haze, though I think that's a small price to pay for my lungs.

Anyway, there we were, 'hanging' around the bar, practising our cool air of indifference and chugging down beer. The support act was another Perth band called One Horse Town (female lead singer as well). Not bad, but needed more polish (and hence still playing the support role!). Little Birdy finally came on at 10.30pm and started with "Excited" from their Big Big Love album. The entire crowd burst out in recognition. Have I mention how much I love going to gigs??? Aarrghhh! Delirious! The next 1.5 hours passed by in bliss, and I was quite sad it had to end (come to think of it, I feel like that everytime something's over). We hung around for a little while longer before stepping out into the busy Swan Street traffic.