2025-10-31 (Phantom Panda Power)

Drove in to work, Tooronga

Again traffic was fine & so i arrived so early that I even had time for a sit in coffee (and muffin, egg & bacon)

(Noticed there's a 4Cyte pathology right here. I should have brought my referral, they could have done my blood test for me)

NIGHT TERRORS w/ PHANTOM PANDA POWER WIZARD MASTER SMASHER 

The pandas were a bit disappointing because they're was no drummer nor bass player. Also i couldn't hear any guitar. And the saxophone player was miming — not moving his fingers. We thought he seemed very drunk but maybe not

However, i smiled throughout. Their costumes were incredible. The mechanical stage decor included 2 inflatable tentacles & phallic objects. They played the whole set in time to bugs bunny cartoons with a backing track as a rhythm section

I found them highly entertaining, albeit not a very musical performance 

Night Terrors were amazing

The theremin is such a wacky instrument. It was memorising to watch him, Miles Brown, wave his hands and throw a series of hand shapes like he's doing one-handed sign language

BERGY SELTZER 

Bands at Stay Gold finished at 10:45pm. Afterwards, T and i went to Bergy Seltzer for a couple of wind-down beers. I ran into someone i know at the bar, Soxy (and another dude at the gig too, Trent who is at every metal gig that i go to it seems). I had a fun night

I called N in my uber home because it was after midnight & so technically her bday. She's 38 now