Sydney and New Order

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Went to Sydney with caseopaya on Thursday for a few days, including a concert booking at the Sydney Opera House to see New Order in conversation with Mark Reeder on Friday night and then in concert with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. The conversation event was good if not brilliant, but the concert was really something special. I have not had much more than a passing interest in New Order since Substance 1987 as most of the music after that point is not really to my taste. But this really was a superb concert, and in a sense I think the ACO made an enormously important contribution - from their opening rendition of Elegia onward.

Whilst also on Sydney had dinner on Thursday night in Pyrmont with laptop006, John August, and Jiri B. The following day went wandered around Potts Point, Paddington, and Elizabeth Bay, spending quite a lot of time in Ampersand Bookstore and Cafe, which is quite a serious dangerous place for book lovers to visit, whereas a lot of Saturday was spent visiting more bookstores, gaming stores (quite a haul from Games Paradise), and record stores, primarily in Darlinghurst and the city.

The weather, it must be said, was quite humid and stormy throughout the three days and is getting worse with strong winds and floods. Our flight back to Melbourne was delayed for over two hours, with one hour spent sitting on the tarmac as other runways were closed on account of the weather. I could help but notice the absence of cats - zero spotted - and the plethora of dogs - about a hundred spotted. Where has Sydney's cats gone?

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I would have loved to see that concert!

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Expect a review on Rocknerd later this week.