And the winner is....

Listen here for Sarah Blasko who won best female artist award at the Arias last night. Her album 'As day follows night' and particularly the featured song here speaks to me in volumes and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Sarah is a brilliant artist and her album is fabulous!

I actually missed the ARia's last night as I caught up with a friend. An oldie but a goodie. We have a lot of great history and it was excellent to sit and talk about music, gigs, festivals and great musicians including how bad we play the guitar. Well I should say how badly I play the guitar. We always pick up where we left off which could be a week, months and up until recent times it was years. They are the best kind of friendships don't you think? We forgive each other for our slackness/busyness and pick up the thread like a dropped stitch. If you pick it up freely, easily and with love, these friendships never unravel.

So...back to the Aria's. I'm not sure I missed much - caught the last half hour and gorgeous Rove wore a shirt that seriously sucked and I couldn't take him seriously! Hang on! Can I ever take Rove seriously? Caught Kiwi chick 'Ladyhawke' who picked up an award for Breakthrough ARtist. She rox but needs to reconsider those panda eyes!



And what was with the presenters? Kate Ritche and Gyton Grantley, they just didn't seem to fit but then hey, I did miss practically the entire show and seeing things out of context can have detrimental results. Yes, I'm nitpicking - I guess that's the point I'm trying to make. We often criticise things especially when we see or hear snippets of conversation, whether it be TV programmes, overhearing the distressed mother or dissatisfied wife in a coffee shop and so on...

I'm sure the Aria's was fun and I'm just stoked other great bands like 'Empire of the Sun' picked up so many awards. There were so many great contenders, the lovely Lisa Mitchell, Eskimo Joe, (I was a tad disappointed they didn't pick something up) and too many others to mention here. Click the link above to visit the ARia site for more details...

Rock on to friendship, OZ music and Sarah Blasko!!


Time to stop rambling
Midnight rambler signing off...