September 2009
117 posts
Save the Hopetoun (The counter argument) →
Advantages of a permanent closure to the Hopetoun would include: - increased residential property values - significantly less noise pollution - significantly cleaner streets - improved neighbourhood safety - less drugs! - an improved community atmosphere for residents
This sounds like it was written by my uptight conservative cousin.
Hopetoun Hotel City of Sydney Update
Yesterday Adam, Morris and I received this lovely letter from Ms. Monica Barone.
“The City understands that NSW Police, not Council, recently issued a $3000 penalty infringement notice to the Hopetoun for failure to provide adequate security personnel in accordance with their development consent. This is a requirement of the Office of Liquor Gaming and Racing. “The decision to close the...
Dappled Cities petition to save the Hopetoun →
Mess and Noise reports Hopetoun will be closed for... →
ABC news on closure of The Hopetoun →
deeza:
#savethehoey http://bit.ly/16O03g
SAVE THE HOPETOUN HOTEL →
Because if we don’t have The Hopetoun then where will your band play their first show? The Lansdowne? For your sake I hope not.
Heavy Trash Tour
Heavy Trash Tour
BRISBANE: Wed 9 December @ The Zoo MELBOURNE: Thurs 10 December @ Prince Bandroom SYDNEY: Sun 13 December @ Manning Bar
Days Like This Festival 2010
Here’s the rest of it: Roots Manuva, The Cat Empire, Amp Fiddler, Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues, Black Seeds, Pivot, Ugly Duckling, Mayer Hawthorne, Ltj Burkem & MC Conrad, Dilated Peoples, Qunatic, The Bamboos, Joker, Marva Whitney, The Nextmen, Micachu & The Shapes, Thunderheist, We Have Band, Nickodemus, Cassette Kids, Pepe Bradock, Tom Ugly, Teenagersintokyo DJs, Brennan...
sunsetparade:
Memory Cassette - Milkey Wave...
Meredith Music Festival 2nd Announcment
YACHT + TIM SWEENEY + Kes Band + M.a.f.i.a. + Oh Mercy + Regular John + The Dacios + The Fauves + Wagons and last but not least THE SILENCE WEDGE
MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL 2ND ANNOUNCEMENT
Tomorrow - 8am RRR Radio
“We’ll see you at the Big Day Out………….NOT!”
– Stephen Malkmus last night
Newtown Festival →
This year the Newtown Festival (at most a 45 second walk from my house) has really brought out a good lineup. Main Stage
10:50am Welcome To Country 11:00am – 11:30am The Domestics 11:50am - 12.20pm Dimity Claire & the Bleeding Hearts 12:40pm – 1:10pm Parades 1:30pm – 2:00pm Barons of Tang 2:20pm – 2:50pm Jill Barber 3:10pm – 3:40pm Dead Letter Chorus 4:00pm – 4:30pm Kingfisha ...
OMG IT IS FOR REAL! PAVEMENT! →
joshdivision:
thaoandmrvierboom:
semisetadrift:
joshdivision:
platitudeproblem:
Pavement tour in early March.
Weird.
?
Huh?
COME AGAIN?
Malkmus said it on RRR radio. At least a melbourne date.
well i am there!
semisetadrift:
joshdivision:
platitudeproblem:
Pavement tour in early March.
Weird.
?
Huh?
COME AGAIN?
Another Chill Mix by Chris Bear
grizzlybeargalore:
click here to download. (via @crbear)
Melbourne Trip
It’s less than 3 months before Meredith and my excitement is reaching a critical level. I better keep a hold on it otherwise i’ll explode.
The current journey looks a little like this.
December 10 - Drive to Melbourne /// Akron/Family
December 11-13 - Meredith Music Festival
December 14 - Animal Collective
December 15 - Why?
December 16 - Drive back to Sydney /// Why? (if i...
intrazone:
Pixies - Mr. Grieves
Hope everything...
Classic Shows
Before The Hold Steady got huge and moments after Les Savy Fav ended their hiatus, they both did a tour of Australia. They also played the first Laneway Festival in Sydney which is still the best Laneway Festival in Sydney.
Oh, the things I put up with for you, Morrissey...
overdosebabyblue:
1: Was buying a coffee this morning at uni with my Smiths shirt and earphones on. Upon beginning to walk away, one of the baristas said to the other (clearly thinking I couldn’t hear through my headphones): “Reckon she even knows who The Smiths are?”
2: Just bought a new paintbrush from the place in the city whose name I can’t pronounce. The guy who served me took one look at...
Pharoahe Monch Tour
Pharoahe Monch Tour
4th December: TBC Perth
5th December: The Zoo Brisbane
7th December: The Gov (All Ages) Adelaide
10th December: The Forum (All Ages) Sydney
11th December: Prince Bandroom Mebourne
SIMON SAYS GET THE FUCK UP
PAVEMENT REUNION?!?!?! →
Animal Collective Sideshows.
10th December: The Tivoli Queensland
11th December: The Enmore Theatre Enmore
14th December: The Forum Melbourne
17th December: Capitol Perth
Support from Bachelorette.
Akron/Family Sideshows
December 10: The Corner Hotel Melbourne
December 12: The Annandale Hotel Sydney
I assume this means they will play Meredith Music Festival on the 11th.
Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit - Cape Cod Kwassa...
Why should we care?
So Kanye West made fun of someone, who really gives a shit? If anything Kanye gave us the first truly exciting bit of television to come out of the lame duck station that is MTV in about 5 years.
Furthermore, it isn’t as if winning a VMA is a big fucking achievement in the first place. It’s not as if Taylor Swift is going to be looking back on winning a VMA and feeling like this was a...