![]() We did the show for the last time looking over at one another and smiling, savouring all the last times we’d do things. ![]() At showtime the stars were clear and you could smell eucalyptus mixing with the smoke machine. I cried at soundcheck thanking the crew, overwhelmed by the love and care behind this group of people working so hard to get it right for me. We played at a beautiful grass and stone amphitheatre outside the city. The final show in Perth was an encapsulation of how special and right this tour has felt. At this stage in the piece I feel there are no casual fans, just people singing extremely loudly and clearly for 100+ minutes, and the commitment and generosity of this is not lost on me. You show up and you sing every word, and all of our voices is what we all hear. I’ve always felt that pop music is a collaboration between artist and audience, that a pop song isn’t truly finished until listeners add their voices to it, and I think the same goes for your participation in the show. I feel actual pride in myself, something that’s extremely hard for me to let myself feel, not just for completing it but for loving it, relaxing into it, feeling really open and free and not tight and fearful like tours past. Christmas is a tall wave and I haven’t bought anyone gifts.”Īlways amused by the drama of the past self! Had some lush swims between the storms, cooked a lot of fish, set off on the Aus/NZ tour feeling relaxed and unwound.Ī couple days ago, we played the last official sundial-and-eight-band-members show for Solar Power, the last of 70 shows in 20 countries (!!). I’m the t-shirts and underwear I hand-washed in so many hotel sinks. It sounds like how I feel these days, soft with some pain, the voice of someone who’s touched a lot of beautiful things. I wrote this, back then: “I’m playing this song my brother showed me, Mariella, over and over. Got off the plane in New Zealand and torpedoed straight into bed with a fevery cold, emerged a week later into the chaos of December, typically the start of the beautiful summer days here, instead that of several months of storms and humid rain. How have you been? Last time we spoke I was in South America, just about to turn twenty six, at the tail end of a big year of shows. Something died inside my laptop, and I’ve been putting off the repair for a few months (stubborn refusal to form a relationship with another bit of tech?), but the realisation that I was actively not doing my job due to not having one made me bite the bullet. Whoaaaaah it’s been a minute since I wrote. An entire generation of young people that is now beginning to influence mass culture and politics came of age on Tumblr, and this volume is an indispensable guide to the many ways this platform works.() (Solar Institute Bulletin No. Perfect for those unfamiliar with the platform as well as those who grew up on it, this volume contains essays and artwork that span many different topics: fandom platform structure and design race, gender and sexuality, including queer and trans identities aesthetics disability and mental health and social media privacy and ethics. Though it does not receive nearly as much attention as other social media such as Twitter or Facebook, Tumblr and its users have been hugely influential in creating and shifting popular culture, especially progressive youth culture, with the New York Times referring to 2014 as the dawning of the “age of Tumblr activism.” "This book takes an extensive look at the many different types of users and cultures that comprise the popular social media platform Tumblr.
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