Mar
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2008

Rockwiz @ Moomba

(Add / View Comments) (0)Sunday, March 9, 2008 - 11:44:44 pm
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Photobox ImageThis afternoon we headed out to Moomba. It's the second time that we've gone, however, this year we had a particular event that interested us - Rockwiz. Last year we went to just check it out, and in addition to the stress of Katie having an orientation session in the afternoon (or was it a class? Orientation was probably over by this stage), there wasn't all that much there for us. Which made it really cool seeing that there was the Rockwiz gig this year. Which there was last year also, but we didn't know about it. I'm not sure if Rockwiz was back on TV this time last year (and hence, if not, Katie wouldn't have even known of it's existence. But I digress...)

In anycase, definitely a reason to go to Moomba, beyond, well, for the sake of going to Moomba. Plus, it was a pretty good deal, as we'd actively tried to go to a taping throughout the second half of last year, unfortunately never scoring tickets. So it really worked out nicely for us. Not that we won't still try to see it at the Espy this year.

I wasn't sure what to expect given the venue, but it was excellent, and I really don't think the fact that it wasn't the normal Espy gig took away from it any. What was really surprising was, despite the size of the crowd (quoted by Brian as 4,000, which I actually highly doubt), it didn't at all feel crowded, and we had an awesome view of the stage.

The other major coop was the musical guests. Which, with Rockwiz can really be hit and miss - which Katie will pretty much point out before every episode. [wink] But hey, the Who Can It Be Now? segment begs for that sort of response when you've never heard of the performer your supposed to guess! Anyway, tonight it was Katie Steele from Little Birdie (okay, means nothing to me, but Katie's heard of her / them) and Chris Cheney from The Living End. We were just hoping for someone we'd heard of - it being Chris, IMO was a big score. Incidentally, he played What's On Your Radio.

In usual Rockwiz fashion it was highly entertaining and comical, I kicked ass (as always [smile]), and it was cool to see the behind the scenes picking of the Rockwiz contestants (the first hour), which is only ever shown briefly on TV.

Briefly,
  • Dougal for a day was awesome
  • Julia is even hotter in person
  • Enough with Evie! [wink]
Here's to hoping that the air it. Not that it would make much sense if it didn't...

Photobox ImageRight afterwards were the fireworks, which I must say, were quite impressive. Given the ones at the Melbourne Show last year, I wasn't expecting much at all, but the show along the Yarra was quite long and impressive!
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