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Gaslight Music: Melbourne’s Most Naked and Awesome Record Store

September 28, 2009

Melbourne’s best and most bizarre record store has got to be the sadly-demised Gaslight Music. What other music store was famous for annual nude days, semi-secret promotions which involved making a spectacle of yourself in the store for free CDs and in-store appearances that constantly resulted in the store’s destruction? Although it closed in 2005, [...]

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Sexist Septoplasty

July 28, 2009

Over the past few weeks I’ve been spending a little quality time with a nose specialist. No, I’m not flirting with the notion of transforming my honker into a sharpened beak that could sharpen a knife. Just getting my nasal breathing problems fixed, as I mentioned a few months ago. My regular doctor referred me [...]

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This is the Most Fascinatingly Awful Band I’ve Heard in Eons

July 13, 2009

Look, I do my very best not to give anyone crap for liking a particular musical artist. Lord knows my own taste is highly suspicious: although I’m primarily a fan of punk, hard rock and metal, it’s no secret that my gym playlist is frequently home to the tackiest pop groups in history. You may [...]

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Why So Serious?

July 6, 2009

What is that causes fun-l0ving musical artists who don’t take themselves seriously, to suddenly go all solemn and release an album that’s a po-faced platitudinous musical fart in the wind? I’m all for bands exploring their sounds, but is it necessary to be belting out a fun lovin’ rock anthem one moment, only to violently [...]

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List of People Who Should Always be Followed Around in Public by Someone Playing the Benny Hill Theme on a Loudspeaker

June 16, 2009

Mark Latham The Queen Andrew Bolt Gretel Killeen, whenever accompanied by a toy boy Sam Newman (with pauses in the music whenever he opens his mouth) Anyone who appears in a Zoot Review Danni Minogue, whenever confronted with cameras Any metal singer, whenever they tap or punch their own chest Todd McKenney Anyone working in [...]

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If You’re a Journalist Suffering ADHD, I’ve Got a Magazine Who Wants to Employ You

May 25, 2009

For many years now, I’ve subscribed to Kerrang! magazine. If you’re unfamiliar with the subject matter, it was recently described as “the metal equivalent of a teenage gossip magazine” by the host of my favourite music podcast. He’s bang on the money. There’s been a few things that’ve started bugging me about the magazine in [...]

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There’s a Bloody Good Reason Why CDs were Limited to 74 Minutes in Length

May 16, 2009

Now that MP3 downloads are about to supersede CDs completely, there’s an unexpected threat on the horizon. To date, artists have been forced to limit their albums to 74 minutes or less, to fit within the maximum length of a CD. Albums in MP3 format terrifyingly remove this time restriction. Did you think the recent [...]

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Music Genres That Homos Should Claim As Their Own, IMMEDIATELY

April 2, 2009

The world’s current financial regurgitation has caused me to notice that everyone’s too bloody distracted to pay attention to whimisical matters at present. So, I’ve been concocting a plan. For too long, us gay folk have only lorded over the kind of dance music that perms hair through audio power alone. Disco is also a [...]

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Biffy Stalko

March 25, 2009

Last night I was lucky enough to see my favourite band, Biffy Clyro. They’re Scottish and still building a fanbase here in Australia, so I was extremely excited – it’s only their second tour here. Of course, the first tour they ever had in Australia last year – well, I went a little overboard with [...]

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The Truth About Xavier Rudd

February 11, 2009

It’s interesting to see how Xavier Rudd has grown in popularity over the years. Deliriously independent, socially conscious, so goddamn acoustic he makes Jack Johnson seem like Kerry King by comparison; everyone certainly seems to have warmed to him and his ways. All of which is utterly alien to me, because XAVIER RUDD USED TO [...]

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