tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60411692011-09-02T20:13:05.225+10:00The Good, The Bad and The UglyJared writes a defective perspectivejarednoreply@blogger.comBlogger1451100tag: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.com83tag: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.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1116569378080966792005-05-20T16:05:00.000+10:002005-05-20T16:09:38.086+10:0032 Songs - Track 18Burn One Down - Ben HarperIf you don't like my firethen don't come aroundcos I'm gonna burn one downA song about smoking marijuana is the inital impression. And for many it is the lasting impression as well. But I like to take it one step further as this song encapsulates my entire world view in three short lines.your choice is who you choose to beand if you're causin' no jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1116472372658710222005-05-19T12:47:00.000+10:002005-05-19T13:12:52.663+10:0032 Songs - Track 17Dumb Enough - Hilltop HoodsI’m scared of getting old, so when it comes D-Day,I’m a thank you all for dissing me, then say something clichéd,And when I’m dead and buried I want you in ‘Life Be In It’ shirts,At my cemetery singing…Hilltop Hoods and we’re coming up,So step on up if you’re dumb enoughHilltop Hoods and we’re coming up,So step on up if you’re dumb enough.When did rapjarednoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1116384949657788672005-05-18T12:44:00.000+10:002005-05-18T12:55:49.663+10:0032 Songs - Track16:Bug Powder Dust - Bomb the BassNever been a fake and I'm never phonyI got more flavour than the packet in macaroniRock drippin' from my every vowelI've got the soul of the sixties like Ginsberg's HowlShootin' mad ball and I'm always jukin'Take you to the hole and I'm surely hoopin'Top of the pops like the Lulu's showI'll take a walk on Abbey Road with my shoes unsoledI got a jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1116314493306337632005-05-17T17:11:00.000+10:002005-05-17T17:21:33.310+10:0032 Songs - Track 15Come Together - The BeatlesHe wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam footballHe got monkey finger, he shoot coca-colaHe say I know you, you know meOne thing I can tell you is you got to be freeCome together right now over meLike most kids I found myself going through my parent's record collection in my early teens. There was a large number of stage musical soundtracks, a whack of jarednoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1116297437864280572005-05-17T12:34:00.000+10:002005-05-17T12:37:17.870+10:00Celebrate:Three days it has taken me to convince my speedbump of a toshiba win98 laptop that the iPod shuffle my delectable better half gave me for my birthday is worth recognising.Now i have USB back and forward from laptop to work handsome desktop apple.All those horrible words sitting on the broken lump of grey plasic can now be given to the world.Now what number are we up to in the 32 songs?jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1115873215425272772005-05-12T13:56:00.000+10:002005-05-12T14:46:55.513+10:00Things:1.The Australian Government's Budget for the upcomming financial year is only a few days old. And it doesn't seem all that bad really. I wasn't expecting a tax cut at all and still got one. The shift in tax brackets always favours the higher earners and the new shift is no different. Maybe with a little extra cash in their pockets the high earners will turn around and invest the money backjarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1114489907063042212005-04-26T13:49:00.000+10:002005-04-26T14:31:47.066+10:00The doctor:Doctor Who. Finctional BBC TV character currently undergoing something of a revivial.The Doctor is one of the last of a race of beings. The only other i am aware of is 'The Master'. The Doctor has a neat trick that when he is killed he is capable of regenerating into a new physical manifestation while retaining all the memories of the prior manifestations (a simple piece of tv jarednoreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1114057183040667272005-04-21T13:54:00.000+10:002005-04-21T14:19:43.043+10:00Sounds:I've got an attention span that can be measured in nanoseconds so music needs to do something new to interest me. Thank the stars for mp3 blogs and the mp3blog aggregator.I've been listening to Coldplay's new single and it sounds like every other song they ever did. So what's the point? I'm sure there is an answer. Actually i can think of several. At least there are new things out jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1113887495909217702005-04-19T14:35:00.001+10:002005-04-19T15:15:31.196+10:00National Folk Festival 2005:Some shots and comments.So one day very close to the Festival my boss walks into the office and says "Jared, speak to this woman on the phone". The woman, whose name is Megan Bottari by the way, explains to me that she wants this Hotglass Roadshow from America,a glass workshop on the back of a pantec, to make an appearance at the Festival. As Megan continues to jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1113884979226007682005-04-19T13:55:00.000+10:002005-04-19T14:29:39.226+10:00Things:Sound the Sirens - A webzine with a new music blog that provides mp3s. Almost useful.Hearing stuff from VHS or Beta, The Decemberists, Bloc Partyjarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1113871656156658672005-04-19T10:44:00.000+10:002005-04-19T10:47:36.156+10:00Updates:The gig guide is updated along with the sounds and words lists.Now all i got to do is find some time to go through the photos from the Festival and buy a cheap USB drive so i can transfer stuff from my laptop to the iMac.jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1113534146994869032005-04-15T12:57:00.000+10:002005-04-15T13:02:26.996+10:00We now return you to our irregularly scheduled programming:If you were wondering why this hasn't changed much in months (and i'm sure you haven't) it was because i was busy doing this.Now that it is over i can concentrate on getting through those bloody 32 songs, updating the gig guide, ranting and all those other activities i used to do.In the meantime i'm bored with books, comics, movies and jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1103674073677919222004-12-22T11:03:00.000+11:002004-12-22T11:07:53.676+11:00Look:
Sin City Trailer
In my best Canoe impression - "Whoah"jarednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1103261155701749362004-12-21T16:50:00.000+11:002004-12-21T16:47:10.110+11:005 things i liked in 2004: aural stimulation
Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon's first release, Youth and young manhood, were songs about how cool it would be to play in a good band, tour the world, go out with exotic girls and live a life of one big party. A dream album made by four guys from one family from rural America raised by a preacher father. And the world noticed.
jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1103601688962303532004-12-21T14:56:00.000+11:002004-12-21T15:01:28.963+11:00Look:
I wonder if Carmen will hit me for showing Euan this?
Yes Euan it is available in Australia from here.
Well now she's gonna hit me for surejarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1103599650265853852004-12-21T14:25:00.000+11:002004-12-21T16:53:27.570+11:00Look:
What a wonderful invention photoshop is.
Click on the picture for the link. jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1103176358468448872004-12-16T16:40:00.000+11:002004-12-21T14:22:39.000+11:00 5 things i liked in 2005: Big Flickers
Garden State
I hate Zack Braff with the power of the heart of the sun. He stars in one of the best shows on the cathode ray nipple then has the inconsideration to write, direct and star in one of my favourite films of the year. Garden State is packed full of great dialogue and thousands of little ideas that flutter through the film like snowflakes. Plus jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1101361463154574352004-11-25T16:37:00.000+11:002004-11-25T16:44:37.830+11:00Sweat
Big Day Out
BEASTIE BOYS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE MUSIC, THE STREETS, SLIPKNOT, CARL COX, POWDERFINGER
GRINSPOON, JOHN BUTLER TRIO, CONCORD DAWN, THE DONNAS, THE D4, JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION, REGURGITATOR
SCRIBE and P MONEY, FREESTYLERS, LE TIGRE, KID 606, DECEPTIKONZ, ATMOSPHERE, HATEBREED
Limited tour Artists appearing at selected shows
THE HIVES (NZ and East Coastjarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1101360656880186992004-11-25T16:28:00.000+11:002004-11-25T16:30:56.880+11:00Dance:
Good Vibrations
Scissor Sisters, Arrested Development, Mylo, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Amp Fiddler, Bent, Dirty Vegas, DJ Format, Abdominal MC, Lyrics Born, Layo & Bushwacka, Ben Watt, Patife & Cleveland Watkiss, Bugz in the Attic, Jazzanova, Rob Da Bank, Lazy Boy Sound System, Tayo, plus more to be announced.
Dates:
Victoria Park, Brisbane - Sat Feb 12th
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1101249857741893142004-11-24T09:32:00.000+11:002004-11-24T09:45:40.030+11:0032 Songs - Track 14
Gorecki – Lamb
wanna stay right here
'til the end of time, 'til the earth stops turning
gonna love you 'til the seas run dry
i've found the one i've waited for
the one i've waited for
This is where I get pretentious. Gorecki is the most beautiful song in the world. People can take their Jeff Buckley, their Carmen, their Andreas Bocelli, their Kiri Te Kanewa, their Sarah jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1101249127303232872004-11-24T09:21:00.000+11:002004-11-24T09:32:07.303+11:0032 Songs - Track 13
Hold On – Crisp
Before you go and give it away
just hold on for one more day
I am, at heart, an Adelaide boy. From the tree lined streets of Parkside to the hot footpaths of Semaphore, the hill at the Oval to the balcony at the Ex. Adelaide has enough memories to keep that stick poking for a long long time.
Late one night in the early 90s I wandered into the Synagogue jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1101103705042322342004-11-22T17:06:00.000+11:002004-11-22T17:08:25.043+11:00Look:
Maybe this is the t-shirt Euan would like to wear to work?
jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1100498102222170272004-11-15T16:53:00.000+11:002004-11-15T16:55:02.223+11:00Look:
The perfect view?
What am i thinking! Of course it isn't, the bottle is mostly empty.jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1099978273130591782004-11-09T16:30:00.000+11:002004-11-09T16:31:13.130+11:00Look:
The coolest ute in the world.
jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1099978112549126452004-11-09T16:23:00.000+11:002004-11-09T16:28:32.550+11:00Look:
So one day we are sitting around at the O'Connor house of old eating Pizza Shapes for some reason (maybe because they are tasty) and the Owen pulls this monster out of the box.
Now that's a whole lot of flavour.jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1099977781107930392004-11-09T16:07:00.000+11:002004-11-09T16:23:01.106+11:00Look:
A while back i took a trip to Melbourne.
Today i finally got a bluetooth module for my computer.
Now i finally can put all those photos i took with my phonecam on the blog.
One of the holy places of Australia "The G"
Kiddie footy at the G!
You see weird stuff on walls in Fitzroy
And weird stuff in alleyways in the city
And it rains
And sometimes you see something really cool
jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1099865491779525772004-11-08T08:54:00.000+11:002004-11-08T09:11:31.780+11:0032 Songs - Track 12
Round Here - Counting Crows
"Step out the front door
like a ghost into the fog
where no one notices the contrast
of white on white"
Music is something we share. We take it in then pass it on.
When I picked up a copy of Counting Crows’ first album, August and Everything After, I think I played the first track Round Here several times before I got to the second. The jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1099259315500370512004-11-01T08:28:00.000+11:002004-11-01T08:48:35.500+11:00Think:
There is an academic paper somewhere that is a disection of voting habits. It uncovers a trend that people vote depending on how they view their life, the fortune of their sporting team, what mood they are in and the weather! If things are good then the incumbent gets a boost on polling day that never appears in the pre-polls.
Could the Republicans be getting a massive boost in Kerry's jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1098941274197007502004-10-28T15:24:00.000+10:002004-10-28T15:27:54.196+10:00Ponder:
So the Red Sox win the World Series.
I wonder what the death toll is going to be?jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1098426714048742992004-10-22T15:58:00.000+10:002004-10-22T16:41:03.466+10:00Read:
The roster for season 2004-2007
Liberal Roster
Labor Roster
Liberal Captain/Coach John "The Rodent" Howard has named a virtually unchanged lineup.
Young upand comer McGauran has been shifted from Science to Citizenship and Multicultural affairs. The Captain when asked for comment said he considered McGauran a closing pitcher and since doing a stirling job of shutting down Australian jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1098418343760377282004-10-22T13:50:00.000+10:002004-10-22T14:12:23.760+10:00Thought:
I like baseball and i've kept my ear to the ground as the American and National league title bouts have been going on between New York and Boston and St Louis and Huston.
Political pundits have been hoping for a Boston v Huston to mirror the presidential race, Kerry is from Mass. and dubbya has a stake in the Huston Astros. But this was a pie in the sky hope.
The Yankees quickly got jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1098414230665448882004-10-22T13:00:00.000+10:002004-10-22T13:03:50.666+10:00Look:
Superstar comic artist Alex Ross may not be entirely happy with current political climate in US going from the cover of the latest Village Voice
jarednoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1098095368535798632004-10-18T19:51:00.000+10:002004-10-18T20:29:28.536+10:0032 Songs: Track 11
Public Enemy - 911 is a Joke
So get up get, get, get down
911 is a joke in yo town
Get up, get, get, get down
Late 911 wears the late crown
Holy Fuck! What the Fuck is that?
They are the seven words that came out of my mouth on a Friday afternoon during art class in late 1990 when someone placed Public Enemys Fear of a Black Planet on the stereo. And you would be hard jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1097634128119768492004-10-13T13:18:00.000+10:002004-10-13T12:22:08.120+10:00Listen:
"If you could fight any celebrity, who would you fight?"
"alive or dead?"
"Doesn't matter. Who'd be tough?"
"Hemingway. You?"
"Shatner, I'd fight William Shatner."jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1097623976440999882004-10-13T09:19:00.000+10:002004-10-13T09:37:13.036+10:00Look:
Just because you own a big shiny 4WD does not mean that you know how to drive on snow.
This public service announcement has been brought to you by some idiot who thought otherwise and delayed us for nearly and hour one perfect day.
jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1097479669959926852004-10-11T17:27:00.000+10:002004-10-12T14:37:42.236+10:00Fuck:
The Liberals return for three years and Christopher Reeve has died.
This is going to be a shit fuck of a week.
jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1097123760646206832004-10-07T14:34:00.000+10:002004-10-07T14:36:00.646+10:00Watch:
It is rather good.jarednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1097100536259469162004-10-07T07:46:00.000+10:002004-10-07T08:08:56.260+10:0032 Songs: Tracks 9 & 10
Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches & Underground - Ben Folds Five
I... I felt strangely hypnotised,
I was in another world, a world of 20,000 girls,
And milk!
I was never cool in school
I'm sure you don't remember me
And now it's been 10 years
I'm still wondering who to be
But I'd love to mix in circles, cliques, and social coteries - that's me
Only twice have I jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1097022300882530322004-10-06T10:25:00.000+10:002004-10-07T08:11:35.256+10:00Big Day Out 2005:
Beastie Boys
Chemical Brothers
The Music
Freestylersjarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1096972525919663042004-10-05T19:42:00.000+10:002004-10-05T20:35:25.920+10:00Election 2004:
I spent a couple of hours this morning in the company of the Australian Federal Police Bomb Squad, members of Star Security and a bloke called Dave.
No, I wasn't under arrest. I was instead in the company of these fine fellows, and a bomb-sniffing dog, while they checked the National Tally Room for explosive devices.
I was scheduled to meet the guys from the Bomb Squad at nine jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1096888582141968442004-10-04T20:37:00.000+10:002004-10-04T21:16:22.140+10:00Election 2004:
I'm lying on my back in the living room doing my nightly stretch routine. It's peaceful in the dark. I'm enjoying the moment.
Then Ingrid starts yelling at the TV.
It seems that the ACT Liberals have kept their advertising budget in check and are now blowing a fair wad of it by buying big during the breaks for Australian Idol. Which is a smart play. Plenty of people across many jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1096344837245842632004-09-28T14:05:00.000+10:002004-09-28T14:13:57.246+10:00Purchase:
jarednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1095855510762922092004-09-22T18:47:00.000+10:002004-09-24T16:45:04.680+10:00Read:
So the ACT Brumbies, the bastion of local rugby union, are no more. Having decided that the three letters A, C and T are a shackle keeping them from achieving the the giddy heights of world fame and glamour they have cast them assunder like a pair of stonewash levis. From hence forth they will be known as The Brumbies and sports fans around the globe will tremble at their marketability.
jarednoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1095730060996153322004-09-21T08:24:00.000+10:002004-09-21T11:27:40.996+10:0032 Songs - Track 8
Never Ever - All Saints
Sometimes vocabulary runs through my head
The alphabet runs right from a to zed
Conversations, hesatations in my mind
You got my concience asking questions that i can't find
I'm not crazy
I'm sure I aint done nothing wrong
Now i'm just awaiting cos I heard that this feeling won't last that long
Whoosh.
That was my credibility going out the jarednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1095393055419131782004-09-17T13:49:00.000+10:002004-09-17T13:50:55.420+10:00Brittle not broken:
Where have the last three weeks gone? If anyone finds them can they hand them back to me?
I'm back in Canberra now for good. The world having beaten into me that holidays and leaving the are a bad idea.
It's time to make some thanks public too. So thankyou to
The Dolphins who kept me company down the coast while i tried to escape the world. And thanks to Troy for providingjarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1094712213665758532004-09-09T16:20:00.000+10:002004-09-09T16:43:33.666+10:0032 Songs - Track 7
Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters
Don't want to be your Monkey Wrench.
One more indecent accident.
I'd rather leave than suffer this.
I'll never be your Monkey Wrench.
I'm glad that Dave Grohl had the opportunity to go solo when he did because The Colour and The Shape is, quite possibly, the best rock album ever released. It's seems that quite a few people may agree with me jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1094635476086980782004-09-08T19:18:00.000+10:002004-09-08T19:24:36.086+10:00Election 2004: Week 1
Last week our esteemed lying bastard of a Prime Minister took a drive down to visit the Governor General and to let him know that on the following day he would notify both houses of an election on October the 9th and how nice it would be if the old boy would prorouge them. It's a nice bit of ceremony that actually has no real purpose. The journos have been acting like blow jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1094527096149809652004-09-07T13:16:00.000+10:002004-09-07T13:18:16.150+10:00Stonefest 2004:
Friday Night (29/10):
Dexter, Archie, Kate Munroe, Two Square, Kid Kay Ferris, Nick Toth, Yoshii, Q45, Butterfingers, Downsyde
Saturday Day (30/10):
The Von Bondies, Rocket Science, Something For Kate, The Beautiful Girls
Tix $51 from Landspeedjarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1094280254906519602004-09-04T16:31:00.000+10:002004-09-04T16:48:40.976+10:00Election 2004
I got asked last weekend if i was going to cover the election here in the gbu. Truth be told i had no intention of it until someone asked. Now it's festering like a mutated singing dugong faced blister on my arse.
I went and spent a week in isolation to get over it and practice my yoga (which didn't go as well as i planned)
Then Cynan had to go and see if i wanted to carry on jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1094278524761144282004-09-04T15:52:00.001+10:002004-09-06T13:19:27.286+10:0032 Songs - Track 6
Into Temptation - Crowded House
Into temptation
Knowing full well the earth will rebel
Into temptation
Safe in the wide open arms of hell
Crowded House was introduced to me by Milos. He has also given me the joy of The Clash, The B-52s, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Men at Work and more recently Buck 65. I was very young and visiting him with my family when he put Crowded House's jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1093568912131116472004-08-27T11:00:00.000+10:002004-08-27T11:08:32.130+10:0032 Songs - Track 5
Where is My Mind - The Pixies
Your head will collapse if there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind?
I came very late to The Pixies. It was a fascination with the song Cannonball by The Breeders (off the album Last Splash) that set me on the path. The Breeders bass player was Kim Deal and the terrific bass line that opens up Cannonball, and then runs jarednoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1093308436173488402004-08-24T10:32:00.000+10:002004-08-24T10:47:16.173+10:00Read:
I am a failure as a human being.
Not because I don't believe in God. Not because I hate cats. And not because I am not as good as I could be. I am a complete and utter failure as a human being because I have yet to do the one thing that my entire existence is based upon.
I've yet to assist in bringing forth the fruit of my loins, so nature has no other choice but to brand me a failure. Ijarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1093241525778054682004-08-23T15:23:00.000+10:002004-08-23T16:12:05.776+10:00Gloat:
Canberra showed its' true self over the weekend with thousands flocking out on Friday night to just about everything but failing to appear at anything on Saturday night.
The result was that Owen, myself and about thirty of our closest friends were able to attend the Greatest Party That No One Was At. A three hour set was provided by two progressively drunker English Gents that covered jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1092963973293124542004-08-20T10:57:00.000+10:002004-08-20T11:07:14.360+10:0032 Songs - Track 4
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
“Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on”
The 80's. Tight leather pants, big hair, falsetto voices, over produced guitars and thudding drums. Van Halen, Poison, Warrant, Guns n Roses, Motley Crue, Metallica, Iron Maiden, the list goes on. Def Leppard’s Hysteria album opened the door to a whole new world for me after a bloke named jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1092727244685561292004-08-17T17:15:00.000+10:002004-08-17T17:20:44.686+10:0032 Songs - Track 3
Sweet Transvestite - Frank N Furter & Rocky Horror Cast
"I'm just a sweet transvestite,
from transexual,
Transylvania"
My Dad is a drama teacher and my mother an ex-NIDA student and actress. They met while involved in the Adelaide theatre scene of the late sixties. The result of this was they managed to produce a son who has a comprehensive knowledge of show tunes and jarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1092354195651235082004-08-13T09:29:00.000+10:002004-08-13T09:43:15.650+10:00Sigh:
While Dallas Crane were in fine form last night at the Green Room the sound guy was afflicted with both a frontal labotomy and chronic deafness. I'm getting sick and tired of sound guys who think distortion level is the only way to listen to music. Despite the bleeding ears Dallas Crane proved themselves, yet again, to be the best rock band in the country with a show that meandered amongstjarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1092286220074290272004-08-12T14:45:00.000+10:002004-08-12T14:50:20.073+10:00Watch:
Almost enough to make me sit in front of a PS2. Chuck, no doubt, gave himself a prolapse while laughing all the way to the bank. I hope he died from it.jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1092004528838788492004-08-09T08:24:00.000+10:002004-08-17T17:22:35.850+10:0032 Songs - Track 2
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
"BIllie Jean is not my lover,
she's just a girl who claims that i am the one"
Like Gra I have fond memories of the Jackson 5 cartoon. The bright colours, the big 'fros the funky songs and dance moves. There was something innocently cheerful about it all. Now look how it all turned out for them.
The album Thriller is the point where Michael wentjarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1091600652748365132004-08-04T16:07:00.000+10:002004-08-17T17:28:08.100+10:00Track 1:
Return to Sender - Elvis Presley
"This time I’m gonna take it myself
And put it right in her hand.
And if it comes back the very next day
Then I’ll understand "
When I was very young I spent at great deal of time at my Bapcia's, the Polish word for Grandmother, while my Dad worked and my Mum was studying. Most of my early memories involve being at her house and down at the beach. I jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1091575247146474862004-08-04T09:20:00.000+10:002004-08-04T09:22:51.166+10:00Helpin:
It is important to help out your friends in their time of need.
So here is what I'm going to do. I'm going to match Graham track for track on his odyssey.
I haven't read '31 Songs'. I tried to get one of the limited edition copies with the CD but failed and never saw the point of buying just the book. I'm not aware of the rules, if there are any, or the tracks chosen by Hornby but jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1090913618292875762004-07-27T16:55:00.000+10:002004-07-27T17:33:38.293+10:00Read:
Join me now for a stunble down memory lane.
On the 19th of May 2001 Graham, Nick, Marcus and I moved into a house at 61 National Circuit.
18 months later Nick, Marcus, Byron, Owen and I moved out.
2 weeks ago, and four years later than was sensible, the house was demolished.
And I'm feeling a little blue about the whole situation. So while i sit here with a Hat Lifter Stout at my jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1090885153688772552004-07-27T09:34:00.000+10:002004-07-27T09:39:13.690+10:00Bang:
jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1090813890222785162004-07-26T13:50:00.000+10:002004-07-26T13:51:30.223+10:00Bodily Fluid Explosion:
Make sure you are nowhere near Euan when he watches this.jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1090220278536280512004-07-19T16:52:00.000+10:002004-07-19T16:57:58.536+10:00Read:
It was only a matter of time until it built up the defences. 30 years of regular and constant raids was bound to have an effect. The deep probing attacks had minimised the native personnel and resources to a minimum so guerrilla tactics were the only way to go. The rules of warfare are clear on this fact. Still I wasn’t expecting it from my nose.
Which is why I was surprised to find half jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1089974926254173252004-07-16T20:48:00.001+10:002004-07-22T17:20:24.000+10:00Read:
I'm warming to winter.
The soft sound of ice crunching sharply beneath my shoes.
The cool lick of air around my flush-warmed face.
The slow retreat of fast descending fog.
The loneliness of the footpath on the rush-hour street.
I'm warming to winter.
jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1089435861729579522004-07-10T15:02:00.000+10:002004-07-10T15:05:09.990+10:00Look:
Okay Gra, not bad, but i'll throw some Punk Conservatives on the pile.jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1089435250219079012004-07-10T14:37:00.000+10:002004-07-10T14:58:59.446+10:00Arrgggghhhhh:
On the left is John Edwards. Democratic Party nominee John Kerry's running mate in the 2004 US Presidental Elections.
On the right is The Smiler. The fictional US President from the comic book series Transmetropolitan who masturbates into the american flag, murders his family for a bump in the polls and removes free speach.
Now i'm really getting worried.jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1089328138908082092004-07-09T09:04:00.000+10:002004-07-09T09:08:58.906+10:00Visit:
I see your challenge Gra and raise you not one but two.jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1089252285314781852004-07-08T11:49:00.000+10:002004-07-08T12:04:45.313+10:00Visit:
Sigh jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1089156736371919702004-07-07T09:29:00.000+10:002004-07-07T09:32:16.373+10:00Look:
Forget Sam, Toby and Kirsten. This is the way Spiderman was supposed to be seen. Would have saved some cash too!
jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1089070222733183332004-07-06T08:43:00.000+10:002004-07-06T09:30:22.733+10:00Read:
What a weekend. The Press Gallery and a large number of government staffers are walking around kicking walls this morning because John Howard didn't get into the family station wagon yesterday and take a drive down to Yarralumla. I'm doing the same. The smart money was on an August 7 election but now it's an open book. The AG's department, DFAT and PMC are still working around the clock. jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1088642017932020162004-07-01T10:29:00.000+10:002004-07-01T10:35:18.553+10:00Wanted: 1 cave to retreat from modern society in
Shockwaves first reverberated through Ise on April 23.
Written in thick, black marker on a guardrail on the road leading to the Ise Shrine was a shocking piece of graffiti that read: "I'm going to rape Kyoko Sonobe."
And she was a tiny young girl not even into her teens who had just graduated from elementary school less than one month earlier.
jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1087341726400295412004-06-16T08:47:00.000+10:002004-06-16T09:22:06.400+10:00Melody of discord:
I stumbled into the ANU wanting to come out hours later with my ears ringing. Four hours of interviewing potential bosses and talking about folk music had taken its' toll. I wanted the noise.
J. Mascis, former frontman of Dinosaur Jr, was just finishing his solo thing on stage. Seated and plucking away at the guitar in his lap was certainly not how i expected to see him, butjarednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1086910969861623182004-06-11T09:28:00.000+10:002004-06-11T09:42:49.860+10:00Look:
Three images as Venus glided between us and the Sun's corona. These are from a Norwegian observation point on the ground. Remember we get to do this again in eight years. Someone asked me why the 120 year then 8 year pattern. Well it all has to do with the plane that the planets orbit the sun on. All the planets orbit the sun on plane tilted in a different direction and angle so it is a jarednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041169.post-1086909798385495832004-06-11T09:12:00.000+10:002004-06-11T09:23:18.386+10:00Think:
The American military has finally gotten around to laying charges against David Hicks. Am i the only one who thinks it strange that his American military lawyer is saying that the justice system he will be tried under is neither fair or established?
And while we are talking about subversive let's talk about being given change. Cashiers like to play a nice little mind game with you when jarednoreply@blogger.com0