jonah

we went to see jonah matranga the other nite at the evelyn. soooooo good!!! best gig i've been to in ages! all of his stuff that i knew, i knew from california (when jonah was onelinedrawing) cuz zac used to play it all the time in my car (even before we were good friends) and in his room so it reminded me of driving down the mountain to the city on sunny days and spending our after lunch break during the week listening to it.
jonah is so passionate about what he's doing and when he's up on stage its more like he's just playing for a group of friends cuz he loves to sing and play guitar. he played at our friends' wedding last year in america (unfortuantely it was 2 months before we were up there). he's just a genuinely nice person who's doing his passion for a living and doing it wholehartedly. i like how he tries soooo hard not to fit the corporate image of rock and roll-- no roadies, no encores, sliding scale for all his merch... all though he has ruined it a bit by having coke use one of his songs in an add last year. its ruined that song for me-- and i really liked it too. definately gonna be going to his gigs next time he's out in oz and any time it works out when we're in north america.
photo courtesy of smallstakes on flickr.