One lifetime is not enough, for all my words – Koraly Dimitriadis

Scrolling text

September 11, 2010 at 3:16 pm (Creative commentary, Reviews) (bullet for my valentine, overload poetry festival, Spoken Word, Trial Kennedy)

Text scrolls in my mind, in waves, but it will be scrolling horizontally, vertically, and on all sorts of different angles during the Overload poetry festival. Two of my short poems ‘The winter winds’(part of it is in the image to the left with my name) and ‘One lifetime’(the current title of my blog) will be scrolling at Federation Square from today until September 19. I’d love to hear from you if you see them. What an amazing image, picturing the bustle of Flinders street station and your words, drifting above the chaos. It can’t get any better than that.

Also part of the Overload poetry festival, spoken word events, and the Overload poetry final. I competed in a slam heat and got fourth, a possible wildcard entry to the final. Two of the wildcards from all the heats will be selected at random on the night of the final to participate. Fingers crossed, toes and all that. A week before I was recorded performing my poem ‘Surrender’ at Passionate tongues by Channel 31′s poetry show, Red Lobster. The episode is also online. Look out for me at 10:15.

Music. Music. How can I write on my blog without mentioning my music? I was surprised and excited this week to learn that Trial Kennedy, the band I studied for Misplaced, are playing a gig before the Shihad gig in November. It’ll be their first gig for almost a year, and they’ll be straight out of the recording studio, and all pumped to hit the stage I’m sure. Friday 1st of October, Bada Bing 8pm in Frankston.

This week’s main inspirers were the UK band Bullet for my Valentine. BFMV electrified Festival hall and enthralled fans with their original melodic screamo sounds. BFMV played tracks from their debut album ‘Poison’, their second album ‘Scream, aim, fire’ and their recent album ‘Fever’. Tracks from ‘Fever’ were interspersed throughout the night, which was a thoughtful approach since many fans would have only recently been introduced to this album as it was only released here a few months ago. Many people are surprised when I tell them I love BFMV since their music is so dark and confronting, but I appreciate a wide spectrum of music, from classical to hip hop and beyond, and I believe that every piece of music has it’s purpose and place and that people get different things out of different pieces of music. What draws me to BFMV is their ability to draw the listener in with alluring melody, melody that drifts and infiltrates the soul and then to transition to wounded screamo which, for me, is a release of emotion. This transition from the warmth of emotion to the darkness is captivating and therapeutic. It’s honest and raw, like life. The performance at festival hall by BFMV was one of the best concerts I’ve been to in a long time and the performance is still resonating with me days later. The foursome produce music that is so cohesive it almost seems effortless and they present as a solid entity on stage which makes their performance believable. Not only that but they sound just as good live as they do recorded, but live is even better, because they carry an energy in their persona and have the ability to pass that energy onto their audience. The only let down for me was the regret that I should have brought tickets in the under 18 section – they seemed to be having more fun and abandoning their inhibitions unlike the over 18 drinking section who were either sitting down or standing, still. Next time, I’ll brave the mosh pit.