one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
The ‘Fly exists for gigs like this – punters armed with bottles of red, various cheeses and old whiskey barrels for the paddock-worn Blundstones to rest upon. Ah, and both kinds of music: country and western.
On FBI 94.5FM, Sydney. 1. Roni Size r’mix Takemura – Brown Paper Bag 2. Jaylib – Raw Shit 3. Jay Chou – Ninja (Ren Zhi) 4. Soma Rasa – I Like It 5. Tim Rogers – Damn Songs 6. Teenage FAnclub – I Need Direction 7. Screamfeeder – Same Mistakes Again 8. Dappled Cities Fly … Continue reading “mix | FBI Weekend Overhang January 4 2004 Part 1”
Eh, a quick, 800-word rant which could have easily been blown out to many, many more words and justifiers, but word limits are word limits son, and thanks to That I was able to gloss over the full implications – but it’s funny :P
When body surfing, stage diving and head banging came to Hong Kong.
Sandpit hail from the thriving Brunswick Street live circuit of Fitzroy, Victoria, but their coy little lilting tunes are usually the stuff found bouncing between the Merge label in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and New Zealand’s Flying Nun roster. Theirs is the sound of sweet discordance, born of bedrooms and really cheap guitars which go … Continue reading “interview | Sandpit (1997) – Interview with vocalist/guitarist Brendan Webb”
i know it’s a bit long but there’s a lot of comment which has to be said here. the crowd were absolutely cuddly. With the recently thriving Fremantle community of musicians throttled by the closure of almost every venue in town, I have oft wondered what this huge and extremely loyal base of bands and … Continue reading “Air Ensemble; Squidfinger; Triggerfish, Fly By Night, July 19, 1996”
The Electric Mistress CD launch was always going to be huge – you could tell by Spank’s collective fingers bitten to the quick and the poster glue on their clothing. And as Spank guitarist Sam Hobbs jigged at the side of the stage to Beaverloop with over five hundred punters in the house, you could … Continue reading “Spank; the Eidelweiss Dance Troupe; Cinema Prague; Beaverloop, Fly By Night, June 1, 1996”
greetings! i’m just doing my abdominal crunches for the dead can dance i/v tonight. oh well, back to the “ab roller plus” … adm schwarzenegg aaarrgh. With one’s back firmly planted against one of the many heaters spread throughout the Fly By Night Club you can sometimes forget that you are within a sheet-metal aircraft … Continue reading “Not Enough Rope; Honey, Fly By Night, May 11, 1996”
It was with infinite sadness that one of Perth’s worst bands, The Feends, left this plane of existence last Friday night. By the way, ‘worst’ is their word, not mine!
sorry it’s late, the vaccuum cleaner ate my parrot. When the faithful all congregate to hear the mighty words, sounds and thudding drumbeats of the mob, there is little one can do to escape its fearful spell.
