September 2010
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DECIDED TO STREAMLINE EVERYTHING. GO TO THE NEW... →
August 2010
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I still haven't read the comic, but I will judge...
It’s probably telling that of all the jokes in the film - and there are a lot of jokes in this film - the funniest in my mind was a subtle, off-hand comment said during a crowd scene:
“Everyone is going to say the comic book is better than the movie”
It broke the fourth wall, it made a stark-yet-true prediction, it was a tell-tale sign of modern blockbuster cinema. In my...
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The National Interview →
elmokeep:
Brooklyn quintet The National continue to garner critical accolades off the back of their new album High Violet at such rapid pace, they are beginning to resemble one of those little bowerbirds that decorate their nests with coloured bits of plastic; except in place of shiny plastic things, it’s the top of rock critical lists; and they are people, not birds. Read the rest? RELATED:...
thesensiblemule-deactivated2011 asked: I'm so jealous that you went to Glastonbury... and saw The National, amongst others who so infrequently come to Australia... Loving all the pictures and write ups :) Keep them coming!
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Before Richard Ashcroft jumped off stage at...
…during an interview. And after 6 minutes as well. All in all, I think I got to hear more of Richard’s voice than some Splendour punters.
After the declaration that his new album (currently the worst reviewed album by consensus on Metacritic) would be “One of the biggest hip-hop records of all time”, I asked him about how he felt when lesser bands quote his work as...
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July 2010
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Phototumbling! Tumbling Photos! Pumbling Totos!
With a lot of photos and memories yet not much to show for it yet, over the next few days I’ll be presenting a few more of the pictures and stories from my European travels. This includes the Glastonbury, Roskilde and Bilbao festivals, as well as such artists as Gorillaz, Stevie Wonder, Muse, Prince, The National, Florence and the Machine, Thom Yorke, Pearl Jam, Faith No More, Japandriods...
“Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a boat big enough to...”
– David Lee Roth
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Roskilde Festival: Day One Highlights
With Photos To Come!
Waking up and finding the Media Centre has free WiFi
Attempting to organise an interview with Gorillaz and failing
Attempting to organise an interview with The Kissaway Trail and winning
Realising every single female at this festvial looks like Xuxa
Waiting for Paramore, drunk
Getting a call during Paramore to go to the area behind the restaraunt
Subsequently finding...
June 2010
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So I am at the Roskilde Festival
I’m currently in the Media Centre trying despreatly to get some work done and organsie some interviews. In both cases, to no avail.
Still, I’ll start posting up some daily reports because this entrie festival is just made of weird. I ordered a meal and got a condom for free. There’s a set of swings that make electrnic music. The guards do the lindyhop for you. EVERYONE here is...
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Arcade Fire’s first US Single Ready To...
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New Arcade Fire! And does anyone speak French...
So to start with, a simple plead: I have discovered that the one day I am in Paris is the one day Arcade Fire will also be there. My research shows that tickets are either sold out, yet to be sold, or my French is atrocious. So if anyone with the slightest bit of je ne sais quoi about their tongue contact me? In return: photos, setlists, reviews and that by me.
To sweeten the deal: Some new songs...
WatchMark Ronson - Circuit Breaker
Sometimes nostalgia does get the better of me. In this case, LOOK IT’S FUCKING LEGEND OF ZELDA IN MARK RONSON FORM!?!?!?!?!
Also it took me way too long to realise this existed.
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A Tribe Called Quest - We Can Get Down.
Get ready...
Review: Boris for Vivid live, 28th May 2010
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