January 2010
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The hottest 99 still a hit
With a record number of more than 131,000 voters, Triple J will be patting themselves on the back after another successful Australia Day countdown.
Despite the fact that some idiot (or hero, depending on how you look at it) leaked the number one song in Triple J’s Hottest 100 last week, the rest of the countdown was deemed a great success (if you’re into that sort of thing). The...
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MUSIC: Seja - 'Sing Me The Song Like You Said' →
Seja Vogel is the latest signing to Rice Is Nice Records aka the best independent record label in Australia (not biased). You might recognise her from bands such as Regurgitator, Sekiden or Spod but aside from her amazing keyboard playing skills she is also one of the greatest human beings in the world and has a shiny solo record coming out in a few months. It’s going to be lots of...
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“QUICK REVIEW: Eels - End Times (4.5/5)”
– End Times is incredibly painful to listen to, in a good way. Some tracks made me feel so uncomfortably sad that I wanted to skip them. The first song, ‘The Beginning’, describes all the simple, beautiful things about being in love with someone and finishes the story with...
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nick & norah's infinite playlist
We saw Nick & Norah at Moonlight Cinema (last year?) and I was the only one of my friends who really enjoyed it.
The dialogue and action in the film seem very ‘scripted’ but, overall, I think it is a pretty good summation of how nights can go off on a tangent. I was really interested to read the novel it had been based on, thinking that if the movie was ‘ok’ then the...
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“Friends! Help! A guinea pig tricked me!”
– I’m currently torn between eating healthy things and eating things that I like.
Because the easiest breakfast to make at work is cereal, I have been buying boxes of the Coles ‘healthy start’ or ‘right start’ or whatever the hell it’s called, a blend of muesli...
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a date with the night →
My compadre and I rolled up in a cab to the Hordern Pavilion with a great sense of anticipation. I have a love/hate relationship with this venue, mostly in that the Hordern loves to make me hate it. Although we arrived with plenty of time to spare to check out kick-ass, local support band Circle Pit, we got pulled into the infamous drink line ‘abyss.’
After dealing with confusing...
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Weezer can't stop partying, not for long anyway
Weezer are again proving that you can’t keep a good man down, especially when he is ‘The Greatest Man That Ever Lived’, aka Rivers Cuomo.
We reported a while ago that Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was involved in a terrible bus crash that forced the band to cancel the remainder of their Raditude dates. After taking some down time to recover from lung and spleen injuries,...
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Factory Records HQ being reopened as a trendy club
The disused offices of Factory Records are being converted into a live music club called ‘FAC251’.
Located on Princess Street in Manchester, the offices have been empty since the label went bunk in 1993. But from the end of January the venue will be empty no longer. The club’s renovations have been overseen by Ben Kelly, the original architect of the Hacienda (the original...
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David Bowie tribute album a Reality
Those cheeky rumours about a David Bowie tribute album being released this year were true.
While the earlier reports of a Radiohead contribution were false, a whole bunch of other rad artists are practicing their Brixton accents for the album. The as-yet untitled tribute is a fundraiser for the War Child organisation, helping kids who have been affected by war. Originally said to be released...
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gig pick of the week (sydney)
Future of the Left @ The Annandale Hotel, Sydney, NSW. Yesterday:
I’d like to suggest a gig for this weekend but anything I say would be a lie. My real gig pick for this week was Future of the Left, last night at the Annandale Hotel. It was a sweaty mess of awesome and I’m already calling it gig of the year. If for some reason you weren’t able to make it yesterday then I...
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John Mayer is having a love affair with his...
The musician has admitted that interacting with his fans through Twitter can be just as satisfying as going on a hot date.
There was a rumour floating around a while ago that Jennifer Aniston dumped Mayer because he was too obsessed with Twitter. That rumour has just become even more plausible with the news that Mayer has written a song called ‘Half of My Heart’, which Mayer...
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Neko Case and Elvis Costello lend their voices to...
An interesting array of stars has been announced as appearing in a musical theatre collaboration between Stephen King and John Mellencamp, entitled Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. Spooky.
The three-disc production will be similar to an audio book but with a richer experience, with the full cast of voices and music making it more akin to an old-style radio show. The story allegedly contains...