The Waiting Man

Last night, Long-Suffering Partner surprised me with 2 tickets to RockWiz Live at Sydney's State Theatre RockWiz is a long-running Australian TV music quiz show, where ordinary audience members have the chance to appear alongside Australian & international musicians in a 2 team game to see who is the biggest music nerd. The show also features a live band & performances by the musical guests & has always been filmed in the Esplanade Hotel in Melbourne, a well-known music venue pub, so it always has the atmosphere of a great live gig. Of course, I've been watching the show for many years, doing that possibly annoying thing of answering most of the questions on my couch, before a lot of the contestants on the actual show do... so when the show started going 'on the road' over a decade ago, playing at various theatres & music festivals around the country, L-SP made it her mission to get me on there. Last night, on our 3rd attempt, I made it

( The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd )

Long-Suffering Partner now needs a new Quest & is wondering how she'll top this one... I really don't think she has to - this was a night I'll never forget. Which is why I'm writing it all down now, before I forget it