Sunday, August 31, 2008

love is a verb

23.02.08
Soundwave Festival
Brisbane Riverstage + Parklands

There were multiple acts that were on my viewing list; The Matches, Plain White T's, Boys Like Girls (missed them), Motion City Soundtrack. However, the draw card for me was definitely Incubus. You can probably tell from all the photos I took. I went to the stage when Thursday were playing and I have to say that they were not worth my attention. Incubus were worth waiting for through Thursday and the pathetic crowd just to have a spot near the front. It was a gorgeous day and the night scenes were delicious. Seeing Incubus live again warmed my heart and I look forward to the next concert here in Australia.

Warning: A lot of photos of Incubus and mostly Brandon Boyd.


This little guy just appeared on my windscreen when I was driving through Brisbane to the festival. It was so very random and the traffic was slow, so I had to take a photo.


I found my friends Carmen & Craig there.


Emma




Me and Nomes (my bodyguard in the Thursday crowd)


Plain White T's. The only photo I took - I was not moving from my spot.




The circle of death = The circle of complete wankers.


Incubus were finally on for their too short gig.


















Then he started to walk towards me (my side of the stage)


Naturally, I had to take a bunch of photos while he was so close.
















The singlet comes off. The song In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins comes into my head (I've been waiting for this moment all my life).


If I could just run my hands along that back ;)




and then they were gone. I look forward to when Incubus come back to our shores and hopefully this time if they do come for a festival they will do a sideshow in Brisbane too.

These photos are nothing like the photos I have seen from the Soundwave festival of people who were bang smack front and centre and with greater cameras than mine :)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really like the photo of Carmen and Craig. You can tell from the people in the background of your photos and what they're wearing that Soundwave is a different scene than Parklife. You should also start playing with the settings on your camera to get better night shots.

P.S I can't remember my Blogger login, but it is me Mel. hehe

black ribbons said...

They are such a cute couple and really suit each other, don't they? Soundwave is very different to Parklife. A different variety and feel with the line-up. If it wasn't for Incubus, I probably wouldn't have bothered. I don't know why the night shots were so bad that night. Every other time I've taken photos since then they were okay (though there have been a few random ones). It was like there were tiny little water droplets on the lens or something. Incubus should come back so I can try again.

Unknown said...

Absolutely delicious.