First gig

Ari attended his first gig on Saturday. Well, his first gig out of the womb (he did hear lots of live shows in utero, including Jurassic 5 and Elvis Costello when I was quite, quite pregnant).
He saw Ryan Sterling, a fabulous Melbourne musician, at the La Terra Acoutstic Festival in Collingwood. A small disclosure - Ryan is also Ari's uncle (check him out at http://www.myspace.com/ryansterlingmusic)
It was lovely to be able take him a daytime show. I've often wondered why no one has offered rock music for little people - there are baby discos, baby symphony performances, baby yoga classes and baby music lessons.
When we recently went to the Big Day Out, part of our day was spent feeling a little bit guilty because a lot of Ari's favourite bands were playing - he would have absolutely loved dancing to Battles or seeing the Arcade Fire perform. But the music is too loud and the day too long for a little boy - it will be a few more years until he can go to a proper music festival.
Unless of course our dream comes true and the Arcade Fire come back to Australia and play a daytime show for kids.