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.
With three-piece popsters Superscope warming up the crowd I took a note of my surroundings – there were a hell of a lot of women here to see riot grrrls Babes in Toyland and they were all ready to mosh really hard.
With Melbourne’s Spiderbait drawing huge crowds of punters all weekend, there was no doubt the evening’s entertainment was to multiply with the deft wizardry of Cinema Prague.
With three of Australia’s loudest and fastest rock n’ punk bands on the bill, this was not going to be your average university cafe eve. The cavernous fast food grotto that by day is the UWA refectory, was this night transformed into a sonic sweat pit as the majority of Perth’s student skegs fogged up … Continue reading “Tumbleweed; Spiderbait; Bodyjar, UWA Refectory, 7 July, 1995”
This from the socials, a find by Circus Murders’ Roly, it’s something I need to archive too. Check the responses in the link.
BRISBANE—I haven’t done a music review for 23 years, literally, so I sipped a few Coopers on the balcony and did this for a friend. Or possibly enemy, as no-one likes a reviewer.
BRISBANE–Wrote this in a flourish when dad died. Not quite right then, with so much detail, now found it makes sense.
Family and friends gather on my balcony for my 50th.
BRISBANE–I’ve finally cleaned all the silverware, dusted off the Dusty Springfield, and squared away the Squarepusher to organise my 50th. Beats and eats in my ample backyard and sprawling balcony on Saturday May 28 from 3pm.
BRISBANE–Inspired by a photo found by Adam Trainer featuring Glide with me in 1995 in the RTRFM studio, I wondered what goodies were in that battered suitcase — see bottom-left — I flat-packed with hundreds of CDs without jewel cases 22 years ago.
BRISBANE–Okay, I’ve finally been suckered into the FB data collection twaddle contribution of ‘post yr fave albums’. While there’s no call for ‘why’, I do feel a bit of a need to vent.
