Mental Notes: November 2002
Peso Playlist, Friday October 15, 2002
Go With The Flow
Mental Notes: November 2002
Let me explain about these playlists: as I select music on da fly I have a little bit of breathing space to type in what I am playing. These are NOT prepared beforehand. They are inflicted as per the occasion and people in the room, or lack of people, and via my own ignoble persuasion … Continue reading “Mental Notes: November 2002”
Mental Notes: May 2002
Peso playlist Sunday May 12, 2002
Mental Notes: January 2002
TAIWAN–While the Chu Mei-feng VCD saga has been rattling the bedposts of Taiwan’s citizens for well over a month now, the repercussions of the former Hsinchu City Cultural Affairs Bureau chief’s brazen – and by all accounts admirable – sexual performance in the 40-minute liaison, continues to do what centuries of foreign perversion has failed … Continue reading “Mental Notes: January 2002”
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, Monday March 31, 1997
Burswood Superdome, Perth One would have thought that Gloria Estefan had far outgrown the Latino strut and golden shimmer of Miami Sound Machine. Still technically their lead singer, she has overshadowed the big Florida party band sound with her solo accolades and through the synthesiser-swelled conservatism of love balladry and tales of broken hearts.
AdVitriol | Pelican
(insert at end: Trademark (©) symbols have been added to references that are probably covered by copyright, dead peoples’ estates or simply for a further belch that any culture’s language is not free from commercial plunder)
Silverchair Freak Show album launch
Moore Park Sydney For iZine, 20 January 1997 The event had already been described weeks earlier as “the must-have ticket in Australia today”; the venue: a peculiar tent and paddock arena where the Circus Oz gymnasts set each other alight each night; the cost of it all: the gross national product of several African states.
Spiderbait; Screamfeeder; Snout; The Fauves; Verona, UWA Refectory, November 30, 1996
Energised with a huge young fan base, their energy and machismo overflowing, the upper echelons of the Australian scene finally deserve a clap. Case in point: Spiderbait nestled amongst the Xmas ‘Best Of’ pap in the charts. Truly a reason to be thankful.
Underground Lovers – Ascending for Now
Having been on the receiving end of widespread dancefloor hugging and acclaim for each of their last few albums, Underground Lovers’ lead singer Vince Giarrusso tells ADAM CONNORS how they pulled out of the record company apparatus for their new album to keep their sound as pure as their swirling, sweeping sounds.
Dead Can Dance, Capturing the Spiritchaser
Interview with Lisa Gerrard I was dressed in pyjamas when I first confronted Dead Can Dance – the imagescape of 1993’s Baraka was flowing over me with The Host of Seraphim, from Dead Can Dance’s 1988 tome, The Serpent’s Egg, invading my soul. The theatre was full, but I think I had been standing throughout … Continue reading “Dead Can Dance, Capturing the Spiritchaser”
