Monday, June 8, 2009

Call me Ego.

Human ego is a very very bad thing. For those who are not qualified to manage this thing; this sticky feature shall make them put theirsef in ridiculous states. You see yourself so high that the artificial highness make a fool out of you. I mean not you. Them. He, she, they, we. errr you... On the bright side, it is fun to make fun of those every now and then. Life would have been a boring process if we all were perfect creatures with high intellegence. Right? Not that anyone is perfect. Are we clear? *clears throat and changes subject*...

Monday, June 1, 2009

Friendly Moments by the Bosphorus


Praise record holder of year 2008; Friendly Fires made it to Istanbul the night before. With an absolutely grower self-titled debut and sort of a fusion dance style specying synth-pop added to noisy shoegazing; the band did shake the newbies department; both chart and fan-wise.


Stood out clearly among the rest of line up (The Whip - Gabriella Cilmi (headliner) etc.); it was a pleasure to get to see them in a breezy Bosphorus night. Energetic, fun, pushing... Ed Macfarlane put his autograph into the night in reflect to the satisfied applauds cheering up from the crowd. His super-stylish trousers did help the image building, I gotta say!


Audience throwing "friendly" flowers into the stage and he is throwing them back; every single person at the front row jumping on their feet in the mean time. Don't remember having this much fun at a concert recently. Paris, Jump In The Fool, Skeleton Boy type of hits obviously were embraced by the hot crowd. But nothing changed with the relatively hidden gems in the album. My personal favorite White Diamonds sounded even better live.


They stayed on the stage for about an hour and we humble souls suffered from leg pains afterwards. There was booze to heal. Surely. I mean of course. Danced into the night, all together!


Anywho, all I am saying is go catch them whereever you are.


-Champers