dot com baby vol. 01 - last day of 2025
vol. 01 – Last day of 2025
My day started at @webstersbarnewtown Rooftop. I wanted to see @_maxcherry play live. I had never caught her set in person before. She was playing alongside @bumpin.syd . I stayed for about an hour before saying goodbye to Max.
“I’ll see you on Saturday,” I told her. “In any condition.”
From there, I moved to @theviconthepark to catch @kittyofthevalley_ . They always play in a way that feels slightly unreal. Their music lands better live. I said hi to the whole band and ran into @twomillionfreckles , the director of Venus, Examined. The venue was too loud for a proper conversation, so I typed questions into my phone notes and passed it back and forth between us.
Questions and answers:
When she found the boots, that's the sign she got the first help on earth after she was born? (Such as education etc?)
Yes sort of ! Getting the gumboots were the first sign that she was turning "mortal" ie . Nor direct connection with the land by wearing shoes, she all of a sudden is wearing something to protect herself, shield herself.
Why she decided to go back to the clamp (the womb)?
She realised how devious the world around her is...originally I had her walking into the ocean to go "home" but to us, as the audience it’s and obvious suicide. She is not giving up, in no way. She is tired, she has learnt what she needed to learn.
What do you want to deliver to the audience from Venus, Examined?
A story about the feminine body, about growing up and realising that you carry a weapon with you ... of love lost and won and lorn. It's about grief and stretching yourself to the extremes in an attempt to outride it, to cheat it. It's about, really, autonomy.
After that, I headed to Lidcombe to visit my friend @maximilianmmj . We played a drinking game, talked for hours, and let the night stretch until it was almost morning.
My friend @yerikhoo drove me home when we decided we were done.
Happy New Year.