Martha @ TBMC / Much Ado

So yeah, went to see Martha Wainwright in the Temple Bar Music Centre and she was suitably fantastic, etc. Alot of people had said she was disappointing live but that certainly wasn't my experience.

Ok, it was stop start and not the most professional show but the passion, fun and talent make up for that and lend her, that quirky, sensual charm. She has a really distinct voice, though faint echos of both Joni and Jeff Buckley can be heard at times.

Support act and son of England's finest electric guitarist (according to Dick in High Fidelity), Teddy Thompson, sounds -vocally- so scarily like Neal Casal, it's well, frankly, scary.

But fun was had.

Things to do...

- Book flights with USIT AKA Denise (& Air Alaska???)

- Sort out Travel Vaccinations / Travel Insurance / Australian VISA

- Talk to bank and sort personal loan

- Take out 2nd credit card

- Talk to Car Insurance peeps about Car Rental in the States or NZ for that matter

- Buy gear 4 trip (New boots, new backpack, etc.)

- Learn some Latin American Spanish while I'm at it. I've got 3 months to bump up on phrasebooks.

- Xmas presents! ARGH!