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.
TAIPEI–Phew. Back in Taiwan. Got home 8pm Wedn to DJ at 10pm. Missed my 2:25pm flight – thanks Ai ;) – but got a standby to TPE. Peso set list below a little sparse due to travel lethargy re: ferry, train, plane, bus and bus; and catching up with friends. Adam BD at Aliang’s Sun … Continue reading “Mental Notes: May 2002”
Peso playlist Sunday April 28, 2002
Peso playlist Sunday 4/21/2002
We came, we ate, we then created a kick-arse dance party on the streets of holiday getaway Kenting. Then the police came. (February 2002; 1.9MB)
When body surfing, stage diving and head banging came to Hong Kong.
Metropolis Perth For the many kids who saw the end of the pop and pulp Countdown generation mutate into the all-embracing Rage regeneration, Dinosaur Jr has alway signified low-brow indie rawk and roll. In its early years, ABC TV’s Rage would screen the video of Dinosaur Jr’s Freak Scene every weekend as the epitome of … Continue reading “Dinosaur Jr, Sunday September 28, 1997”
Metropolis Fremantle With the demography of their audience swinging wildly between conservative listening-led folk canoodling their partners and dancefloor-bound style councillors hip to the remix craze sweeping the Anglo world, Everything But The Girl could hardly please everyone all of the time.
Sue/Ara, could you fill in the name of TMOC’s bass player, I can’t recall who he is! Ta. With the stretch marks and face imprints still fresh on the walls from Saturday night’s Tumbleweed, The Mark Of Cain, The Fauves and Motorspirit doorbuster, Sunday instead saw both crowd and band members brush shoulders in a … Continue reading “Tumbleweed; The Mark Of Cain; The Fauves, Planet, October 27, 1996”
What a great time to catch a couple of mooted maestros of our megalopolis! Ensconced in warm loungerooms throughout Perth, most of the local gig-going public were doing their benchpresses for this week’s Kiss My WAMI marathon, thus the hardest of hardcore heads got their chance to swing cats in near empty venues and check … Continue reading “Caterpillar Now; Team Jedi, Grosvenor Hotel, May 18, 1996”
Perth’s sonically-disjointed, indie-rock outfit Flashing Tablet would probably be the first to admit a slight genre clash in their place in this line-up … not that they disappointed. Here was a case of indie kids gone metal!
