They Just Keep Comin... We Love Sounds Initial Lineup

CROOKERS
 LAIDBACK LUKE
MARKUS SCHULZ
STEVE AOKI
TIGA
FELIX DA HOUSECAT
M.A.N.D.Y. live
ZOMBIE NATION live
GARETH EMERY
THE PROXY live
JOACHIM GARRAUD
ELLEN ALIEN
+ many more still to be announced
Arenas by:
TURBO RECORDS
DIM MAK
GODSKITCHEN
+ more




Sat 5 Jun – Canberra (satellite club show)
Sun 6 Jun – Perth
Sat 12 Jun – Sydney
Mon 14 Jun – Adelaide
Melbourne & Brisbane (Winter Sound System) – TBA!



yeah boi....


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Creamfields 2010 Line Up Revealed

Euro festival Creamfields is on its way to Aus this year round early may-ish and the line up has just been announced:

The Bloody Beetroots pres. Death Crew 77 (6 piece band)
Steve Angello
MSTRKRFT
Ferry Corsten
LMFAO (6 piece band)
Dave Clarke
Marco V
Green Velvet
Dirty South
Kid Sister
Joris Voorn
Lifelike
Riva Starr
Tommie Sunshine
Bingo Players
Zoo Brazil
Filo & Peri
Oh Snap!!


Dates:
Sat May 1st – Horden Pavilion, Showring, RHI & Surrounds, Sydney
Sun May 2nd – Venue TBA, Perth
Mon May 3rd – Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane – Public Holiday Long Weekend!
Sat May 8th – Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne

its only $80 so i might have a look if im not doing anything else that day i guess...

more details and tix go here



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*Porn Banker Update*

A couple of days ago I posted a video from the channel 7 news where a bank worker was caught in the background of a report looking at porn. Well it has now surfaced that he was looking at nude pics of Miranda Kerr from a recent saucy GQ shoot. With the poor worker now looking like losing his job Miranda Kerr has come out and spoken in his defense saying that she hopes his bosses dont come down to hard on him  and if there is a petition going around to save his job she would most certainly sign it (mmmmmm she can sign my petition any day).

read more on the story here 

oh yeah... and check out Miranda's sexy shoot over at GQ

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Men at Work Lose Kookaburra Case

 For those that may of been following this. Men at Work have lost their plagiarism case, with a court ruling that they stole the "kookaburra sits in the old gum tree" flute riff for their 1983 hit "down Under". The band is now looking at coughing up 40-60% of thesongs earnings to the songs origanal creator Marion Sinclair, who wrote the classic australian riff in 1935 for a girl guides jamboree. This is a case that origanlly came about after attention was brought too the song after triple j's Lindsay McDougall ran a competition for listeners to name where the riff was from late last year.

Read more on the story here

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White Rose Movement - Helsinki

Not quite sure why Ive never heard of these guys before, but i've found them now and i am quite stoked. The london rockers will have u recalling sounds not unlike robert smith, joy division, maybe a touch of fischerspooner and other electro clashers. I dont know what it is, but there is something very satisfying about new tunes thats sound old? I dono, anyways heres a little sample from their new album soon to drop sometime this year. have a listen, you know its gunna be good...

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Some Guy checking out Porn on the News Last Night

Caught this on the Channel 7 News last night, pretty funny. When they cross to Macquarie Bank watch the guy in the background to the left of martin Lakos's head. The best bit is when he realises his live on national TV

Pretty Lights

One of my mates in Denver put me onto local boy Pretty Lights's  tunes the other day, and I like. Hes a prolific producer with a fresh electro/hiphop sound. I stumbled across this interview with the man himself over on Dazed Digital so check that out.
...oh yeah you can download any one of his albums for free from his website, so you got no excuse, go have a listen. NOW!



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Le Tigre Stoked on Teaming up with... Christina Aguilera?

 

Ummm yeah read about it over at Pitchfork...?

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Fake Daft Punk Exposed

The fake Justice tracks didnt fool me for a second, but i gotta say i thought Daft's leak The Crash was the real deal for sure. Then when Kenye frothed out on the track on his fashionista blog i thought it was confirmed, but no...

According to urb its the work of Pilotpriest (whoever that is?) and the track is really called body double. So is this new marketing gimmick going to take off? who knows...? i dont really have time to discuss, i have to get my new Avalanches track finished off. peas

Back...

after a few months of my computer being on the fritz, im back. more posts to come stay tuned...

I Heart Johnny Depp...

Because he is turnning two of my fav books into movies:

Hunter S. Thompson's "The Rum Diary" and...

Gregory David Robert's Shantaram.

Due to be released 2010 and 2011 respectively.

hells yeah



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Crystal Seinfelds

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God is Listening...

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Bam Margera ODs - Oppurtunity Kocks?

TMZ are reporting that Jackass Bam Margera has suffered a suspected overdose. Only early days yet so not to much information. Will this be a good career move? to soon to say, though my guess is, it will. Pretty safe bet i think, drugs have always been a pretty cool thing to align ur image with.
Anyways, Im just curious what he would of OD on? If u were working in the PR firm representing Bam what would you have him OD on? what drug controversy would best aid, maintain and compliment Bam's brand/image do u think?



Heroin?
I think although heroin embodies rock n roll and hedonistic traits which Bam represents, a heroin OD might risk alienating the teen market that currently pays his bills. Might be useful when he is over the hill and not as marketable anymore with some kind of "rock-bottom-2-come-back" style gimmick. This one tends to favour musicians (see Anthony Kiedis, Pete Doherty, Eric Clapton, Russel Brand).



Weed?
Seems like an obvious choice sure. Though apart from the fact you cant overdose on weed (as far as i know) I think it is to late a stage of Bam's career for any weed related controversy. A Prince Harry style weed episode would of been perfect back when he first started finding his fame, I dont think anyone would really blink a eyelid today though. Weed seems more appropriate choice for athletes/peoples held in high esteem for that "he shouldnt do that but at least hes human like us" kind of publicity. (see Michael Phelps, Bill Clinton, Prince Harry, Peter Garrett).




Coke?
Probably the best bet. To date Bam's appeal as far as i can tell has been his "average reckless kid to riches via skateboarding" story which people can identify with and live vicariously through as he flys jets, and drive ferarris around the world. Cocaine seems an extension of this hollywood lifestyle in which most fans would accept and want to be a part of i think. (see Kate Moss, Richard Pryor)



Prescription Cocktail?
Very popular. This is always a good one because you receive more sympathy from the wider audience. As your dealer is instead the doctor/doctors there is less responsibility placed on you for your problem. Due to the "legal" nature of this one it can be hard to gain any impact unless you actually die or something. (see Heath Ledger, Elvis, Michael Jackson).

Have I left any out?

The Circle of Life

The main thing I learnt this week is that music goes to Coles Supermarkets to die. After long journeys through space and time, dancing a beautiful dance with peoples emotions, impacting on many lives, helping shape society, opinion and character, it seems music’s twilight years before death are spent at Coles. With this in mind Coles has become a kind of holy place for me. Walking the aisles I can’t help but be over come with strange feelings I don’t quite understand. I feel happy for all the time I’ve had in my life to spend with “Dancing Queen” and “Born to be Wild” but then I feel saddened to think these songs don’t have much time left. You don’t know what you got till its gone hey.
I started to feel angry and confused and I needed some clarity, so I went and I spoke to my spiritual guide/drug dealer. He said to me “yo, you just need to be reminded of the circle of life and that will give you perspective man”. Circle of life? This was an entirely new concept to me, it goes like this... apparently when the music is dying at Coles small children are listening and some are inspired to go on and make even better music! It soothed my pain a little to think Annie Lennox may have been inspired to write master piece “Sex Crime 1984” after hearing like the Bee Gees or something in a supermarket.
So now when I’m walking down the Coles aisle I am not overcome with anxiety of any kind any more. Rather then feeling the agonising pain of loss I now feel a kind of joy. I feel at peace with the earth. Today as I tapped my foot to “Groove is in the Heart” a small child looked up at me, I looked back at the small child and smiled. A truly special moment where I realised life is truly special. Cherish it.