tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60411692009-02-21T15:26:31.405+11:00The Good, The Bad and The UglyJared writes a defective perspectivejarednoreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1161342198784221232006-10-20T20:46:00.000+10:002006-10-20T21:03:18.826+10:00Listen:10 AlbumsBecause i missed the ABC cutoff here we goPet Sounds - The Beach BoysNothing i had ever heard before. Hoping they invent waterproof earphones so i can listen to this while bodysurfing Sandy Beach.Surfa Rosa - The PixiesThe only band i have left to see so i can die happy. Surfa Rosa is The Pixies at their bestCrowded House - Crowded HouseChildren of the sixties have Bob Dylan. jarednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1151406331488111012006-06-27T20:08:00.000+10:002006-06-27T21:05:31.503+10:0032 Songs - Track 26Seems Twice - The Cruel Sea No lyrics here buddy, just driven rhythm. Yeah!Couldn't think of any better way to blow away the dust bunnies and pull this whole thing from under the rug where it got lost than with Tex and the boys. And let's get one thing clear right here, right now. Tex may be sex, but as far as I'm concerned the real movement in the trouser region happens when jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1151402805779950222006-06-27T20:06:00.000+10:002006-06-27T20:06:45.806+10:00`so that's what that key on the top left hand of the keyboard does.awesome.jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1139888361448060402006-02-14T14:34:00.000+11:002006-02-14T14:39:21.460+11:00Look:Any guesses?Go here for more.Then come back so i can tell you "How cool is that?".jarednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1138847550227323692006-02-02T13:28:00.000+11:002006-02-02T13:32:30.236+11:00Hmmm:Scaryjarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1134453898266945982005-12-13T16:58:00.000+11:002005-12-13T17:04:58.276+11:00Watch:From the blog of Joel Trussell comes this image. Which is one of the coolest things i've seen all year.And then i downloaded this.jarednoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1134451676012585222005-12-13T16:27:00.000+11:002005-12-13T16:27:56.023+11:00ThoughtI’ve just read on the Sydney Morning Herald website that the legal team of David Hicks is “confident” that the British Supreme Court will grant Hicks British Citizenship within the next 24 hours. This will, hopefully, fast track his release from Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay where he has been held since the end of 2001. Why? Because Tony Blair condemned the USA’s detaining of British jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1134084970402424232005-12-09T10:05:00.000+11:002005-12-12T10:24:59.446+11:00Musical Moments of 2005By Jeezus i love my sounds. Running off of a conversation last night with my beloved and Sean, Nick and Eliane here are my favourtie musical moments of 2005. Albums, songs and gigs.I am a bird now - Antony & the JohnsonsThis album just got under my skin after the record label sent it into the office. It sounds like nothing else i know and is simple beautiful.Thunder jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1134013091590047452005-12-08T14:28:00.000+11:002005-12-08T14:38:11.600+11:00Let it all out:I've spent the last three days trying to work out why the work interwub wasn't loading certain websites. One of which was our payment gateway which is currently churning through ticket sales. The ISP was, to put it bluntly, no bloody use and when i got really stroppy and told them to pick their arse up and walk across the road to us from their office i was told that the whole jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1133396439334076702005-12-01T11:12:00.000+11:002005-12-01T11:21:12.516+11:00John Peel = Big Honkin LegendMy sheer worship of radio legend John Peel is not unknown. If anyone doesn't own the FabricLive John Peel disc go out and buy it immediately. Some time ago The Times online released an article about a box of 7-inch singles that Peel kept and treasured. It's a pretty odd list and many of the tracks are no longer in print or available. However thanks to the Interwub, jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1131598570493754332005-11-10T15:35:00.000+11:002005-11-10T15:59:14.056+11:00Down the Rabbit HoleCos that's where the money goes.Dings me-um be likey here-um Josh Pyke seems to be a talented little bugger. His song Middle of The Hill is currently on high rotation on my machine. His new EP and the previous one will no doubt be in my possesion tomorrow. Fell is without a doubt one of the best bargains going around. 3 local dollah gets you a complete little adult story withjarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1130460665075767892005-10-28T10:19:00.000+10:002005-10-28T10:51:05.110+10:0032 Songs - Track 25Levi Stubbs' Tears - Billy BraggWhen the world falls apart some things stay in placeLevi Stubbs' tears run down his faceI've often wondered why i am so enthralled by culture. Why do i enhale writings, sounds, pictures, shapes and all their combinations like they are oxygen? The best reason i've come up with is because it is a sharing experience. To be able to introduce someone jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1126848679386086172005-09-16T15:16:00.000+10:002005-09-16T15:31:19.393+10:00Gimme Gimme Gimme:More stuff to fill up the brain juices. One day someone will juice my brain and the essence of the 21st century willl be in it. They won't know what the fuck it is, but it will be there all the same.The Delgados - Universal AudioShimmering Shiny Scottish pop music. How the bollocks did i miss this the first time round? Wasp - Eric Frank RussellGo out to a second hand book shop jarednoreply@blogger.com91tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1125620451680918992005-09-02T09:25:00.000+10:002005-09-02T10:20:51.703+10:00Floating the BoatThe old grey matter aint what it used to be (which wasn't all that much anyway) so this is a good way to remind myself what i'm into and maybe spread the word a little bit.Cherish the new single from breakbeat producer and dj Ils has been an aural addiction for about a month now and i've been getting my fix from a live set he did for Kiss FM that's sitting on my iPod. I've been jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1122014484598198122005-07-22T15:19:00.000+10:002005-07-22T16:41:24.633+10:0032 Songs - Track 24Soldiers - You Am I“Around the corner every morning just to see you get across.The civic fathers divide us up into cats and dogs.The seargent major of the neighbourhood is weighing up the cost.”I’m starting to notice that my appreciation of certain songs comes from a single line rather than an entire song. I’ve always been a fan of the witty comment or the vivid description jarednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1121392643105592232005-07-15T11:23:00.000+10:002005-07-15T11:57:23.110+10:0032 Songs - Track 23Broad Lick Nic - The Doug Anthony All StarsIt's a broad lick Nic, And I'll tell you while I'm able or I'll smash your skull, If your not drinking enough Black Label. It's a hard man's drink and though the bottle's broken, Put your money on the table, Strain the glass through your teeth.My early years in Canberra are intrinsically linked with a future dance tv-show host, a jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1120803841456284312005-07-08T16:00:00.000+10:002005-07-08T16:24:45.646+10:00You Spin me right round baby:The ugliest Dj in the world is causing me to wriggle in my pants with his new track First Day. His site is spinning his new disc for zip.My intial reaction to the first release from Antony & the Johnsons was a quick dismissal as annoying and flat. However after the disc floated across my desk and repeated listens i've completely changed my tune. The vocal quality thatjarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1120553549851137892005-07-05T16:50:00.000+10:002005-07-06T17:00:42.003+10:0032 Songs - Track 22Block Rockin Beats - The Chemical BrothersBack with another one of those Block Rockin' BeatsTo quote another of this group's songs - "Where do i begin?"The Chemical Brothers are another of those bands that drastically altered my perception of songs, music and the world. But I don't think there is anyone who has heard an early track from Tom and Ed that didn't end up having the jarednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1120187613072813272005-07-01T13:12:00.000+10:002005-07-01T13:13:33.076+10:00Look:My boss thinks this is the funniest thing. I'm not sure if i'm inclined to agree with her. Though i'm sure many of you are.jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1119594384288424002005-06-24T16:05:00.000+10:002005-06-24T16:26:24.296+10:00Books:You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be saved?The Complete Works of William ShakespeareNot because it’s large, not because of it’s importance to the development of the English language and not because of it’s almost canonical reverence. But because this book is just full of lots of good stuff and when the world is burning around my ears I want to read about foolish jarednoreply@blogger.com82tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1119420442490487452005-06-22T15:29:00.000+10:002005-06-22T16:07:38.890+10:0032 Songs - Track 21I Got You - James BrownI feel good I knew that I would now I feel good I knew that I would now So good, so good, I got you!No matter where you are on the planet chances are if you pick up a daily newspaper somewhere in it will be a list of notable people born on this day. Sometime in primary school (when these things are important) I looked in the paper and discovered that I jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1118796703496754662005-06-15T10:13:00.000+10:002005-06-15T10:51:43.510+10:00think:A while ago i mentioned how The Beatles Abbey Road album just doesn't work as well on CD. It was designed to be a double-sided record as each side starts solidly and then finishes with a closing song. This habit faded with the invention of the tape player and completely vanished with the CD.The White Stripes Elephant is probably on of the best CD albums ever made. And i'd throw Oasis' jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1118731705900139382005-06-14T16:01:00.000+10:002005-06-14T16:48:25.916+10:00Think, Listen, Read, Absorb, Consume:Twin Freaks - Really Love You/Lalula double sided single.Paul Mc and The Freelance Hellraiser go for a slash and burn followed by some extensive re-landscaping through the big Mac's back catalouge.Starwars v HatirisFor some reason i can't stop listening.The Go! TeamIt's a party in my ears and the entire neighbourhood got invited.The PanicsThe red dust, hot jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1118300424329364892005-06-09T16:57:00.000+10:002005-06-09T17:00:24.336+10:0032 Songs - Track 20Living Doll - CLiff Richard and The Young OnesGot a rovin eye and that is why she satisifies my soulGot the one and only walkin talkin livin dollSince we are on the topic of defining moments I guess The Young Ones would have to crop up at some point. In 1985 Dave, Nathan and I used to charge around to Nathan’s house after school to view the latest episode of The Young Ones. jarednoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1118043033712855172005-06-06T17:16:00.000+10:002005-06-06T17:30:33.716+10:0032 Songs - Track 19Blue Monday - New OrderHow does it feelTo treat me like you doWhen you’ve laid your hands upon meAnd told me who you areI really don’t know how to start talking about this track. It’s a bit like saying to someone “Whack out a hundred words on how the colour purple tastes, oh and let me know how Kylie’s I should be so Lucky smells”. The repeating drum loop that starts it off andjarednoreply@blogger.com0