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quick shots latest local, national & international news Hobart’s Waiter have made the trip across the waves to lay down the tracks for their upcoming LP. Waiter has headed to Velvet Sound Studios in Sydney during August to finish production on their forthcoming full length album with 2002 ARIA ‘Engineer of the Year’ Anton Hagop.

The ten-day session with Hagop, who was awarded the ARIA for his work on Silverchair’s Diorama album (2002),was to mix Waiter’s ten track album followed by a one day mastering session with Michael Macken at Studios 301.

Rock Against Howard is a compilation of musicians who are downright sick of the Howard / Liberal / Coalition government and the evils they have perpetuated against our lovely country, and many other countries. These bands, rock bands, hip hop, dance, are all united in the need for a new government in Australia. They say the current government has been responsible for so many attacks on basic human rights: the rights of workers, the rights of Aborigines, the rights of children, the rights of refugees, women’s rights, the right to healthcare, the right to marry whoever we bloody want to marry! All these rights and more have been threatened, they say, or completely taken away by the Liberal government, under that little ball of hate with eyebrows, Johnny Howard.

So, down to the rock. The album came about when Lindsay McDougall, guitarist with Sydney’s Frenzal Rhomb, realised that every musician he knew felt the same way he did about Howard, and wanted to do something about it.

Countless interviews, stage banter and song lyrics screamed for a new government, so Lindsay called on these bands to put their music where their mouth is, and come on board the Rock Against Howard CD. All musicians, artists, everyone donated their work and any profits are going directly to pro-refugee and anti-howard charities, to be distributed around the country by those awesome people at the Refugee Action Coalition.

And, due to overwhelming support, it’s a double CD! 34 tracks in all!

Including an exclusive track recorded by Senator Andrew Bartlett and his 80’s supergroup Too Green For Summer! Unseating Howard is so important that even politicians are cranking up the amps against him!

Statewide Venue Renovations Some of Tasmania's major entertainment venues are undergoing substantial renovations over the next few months.

There’s nothing more fun than gett’n dirty, and smashing shit up. Which I thought was probably the

Syrup nightclub is one of Hobart’s oldest establishments, with some of TAZZIE’S best DJ’s residing there. If you already love it now! By next winter you won’t be able to leave. But I’m sure one of the friendly security staff will escort you out eventually.

The former Redz nightclub venue upstairs at Brisbane St, Launceston is currently undergoing massive work.

According to Dave Harrison, from the soon to be open Lonnie's Nightclub (open September 17th) they're making something old new again.

by Huw Joseph & Dave Williams

The younger population is growing" "There is nowhere in Launceston for people to go who don't want to be around that younger generation."

The Saloon at Hotel Tasmania in Charles St., Launceston will undergo major renovations in the last

"There's a niche in the market for a true nightclub," said Mr Harrison.

"We want to create a place where people who are 18+ can come and party in a safe, fun environment."

reason for club owner Andrew Work at Syrup Corney, to renovate Syrup. But apparently, he quite simply just wants to make it as good as possible.

Putting a sledgy through a wall is just icing on the cake.

Andrew thought long and hard about where to put the second floor DJ booth. What finer place, he decided, than smack bang in the middle of the girl’s toilets. He then thought that maybe he should remove the toilets first, in case the DJ’s get shy. Which we all know they do!

He’s been coming to this venue since he was 18; he’s been playing records (Pyscadelic Trance and more recently Fat/Dirty House) for over 10 years. So he is coming from a clubbers perspective. He bought Syrup in December last year and has obtained a 10-year lease. He is in this for the long haul ladies and gents so expect some serious action coming from Syrup. He refuses to turn the club into a main-stream (no names mentioned) bar. Preferring “The grungier feel”.

The bars for both big rooms have been completely rebuilt, so now punters can access the toilets and the new chill-out room from either main room. A BIG-bucks sound system and lighting set up is about to be installed and now the mezzanine floor has staircases at both ends. There's been a heap of work done and this place is sure to make an impact on the Launceston scene.

The Batman Fawkner Inn, of Cameron St, Launceston is also currently undergoing renovations. According to Licencee Rick Shultz they're building a new Cafe/bar, called Ric's Place, as in the movie, "Casablanca." and then after 9pm it becomes an over 30's bar.

"We're putting together a stylish cafe/bar, putting down a timber floor, a repaint, opening up the building with concertina doors (leading outside) and some leather lounge suites, so people can come and feel comfortable," said Mr Shultz.

quarter of this year, estimated to be worth around $2 million. The Saloon and the former take-away shop will be transformed into a new multi room venue with a licensed cafe and al fresco seating.

According to Hotel tasmania manager, Steve Williams, the Saloon was due for an upgrade. "We've had ten years with the current Saloon and that's been a great run. Normally nightclubs need to renovate every few years," Mr Williams said.

The renovations were costed, initially, at approximately $1 million, but this figure doubled.

"The cost went up to two million after the architect took into account the new building regulations, specific to nightclubs, came into force this year," he said.

"After some nightclub fires around the world have claimed hundreds of lives due to poor fire exits and fire suppression equipment, these regulations have come into force."

Stage 1 of the renovations will see a complete revamp of the male and female toilets. Basically clearing the whole girls block for more dance space. The DJ booth will replace it, facing the crowd. The men’s toilets moved right up the back and the women’s will be next door to the men’s. Stage 1 will be completed by October 1st, in time for Kid Kinobe.

Then stage 2 focuses on down stairs, where you will see space made for some light food and a more wine bar feel. Over all, the entire place will look a million times better. They are expecting to have everything completed by Winter next year and then……..Look out for a massive Launch party….!

Soon: Ric’s Place at The Batman Fawkner

"And there's the Federal discrimination laws requiring disabled access and facilities."

One of the new bars for Lonnies nightclub He said the economy had influenced the decision to renovate.

"Tassie's booming isn't it. The population's growing.

Mr Williams said he believed The Saloon would be the only nightclub in Launceston to pass the requirements of the new state building and fire regulations for nightclubs and the federal laws against discrimination against the disabled.

"I think there are soon going to be a lot of very surprised operators of licensed premises, at the amount of work they'll need to do to meet the new laws."

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Hobart’s Republic Bar Smoke-free What is it that you've actually done with regard to smoking here at The Republic?

Well, we've stopped smoking indoors at all times. We've got the beer garden outside, covered, and we're spending about $4000 on heating out there ... but the whole thing is about stopping smoking inside.

Why did you decide to stop smoking inside?

Well, a mixture of reasons. A lot of people complained ... people having a meal here ... even though we only had one small area where people could smoke, there's always smoke-drift and you can smell the smoke, which is quite evident now that we don't have any smoking ... whereas before you could smell tobacco smoke quite easily.

Also, for the staff, for their health. Some of the staff don't smoke. The majority do, but there's a few that don't , plus for the ones that do, it helps them cut down on the quantity they smoke. And for the customers as well, it's a better environment for people, a smoke-free environment, and for the musicians that play here ... and the crazy thing is the hotel industry is the only workplace which allows smoking in it.

Everyone else's workplace, you can't smoke there, but you go to a hotel and you can smoke as much as you like and with no concern for the workers ...

What's the reaction been from the public?

Fantastic. Non-stop. We've had emails, probably 50 emails.

We get letters nearly every day saying congratulations, thanking us, from people saying they wanted to come to the hotel but because they've got asthma ... because of this or that they could never come, but now they can.

amazing. I thought that we'd have to "police" it a bit to start with, but not one person ...

people for music, just having a drink . everyone that's come in is just so happy that we've done it.

And do you have signs saying “no smoking?�

But do you think that might have something to do with the amount of publicity that you've got?

They say, "You've opened up a new life for me," and things like that. We've had continual phone calls ... it was on the 13th July that we went smoke free and the phone for about a week rang non-stop.

People ringing up and thanking us and congratulating us and telling us what a good idea it was ... plus when i walk around the hotel people call me over and say thank you or congratulate me, want to shake my hand ... whatever. It happens all the time, every day. I walk down the street and all thee people come up to me and say stuff to me,everywhere I go people say stuff to me about it.

Yeah we've got signs, saying no smoking indoors, you can smoke in the beer garden. There's not that many of them. I only put a few up, thinking I'll put some up later, but I haven't put them up and that's been enough and it's worked. People have been quite aware of the situation and haven't smoked. Even smokers come up and say it's a fantastic idea.

What happens now, if someone doesn't know you're smoke-free and they light up?

They say, "We don't mind going out having a cigarette there. You go and visit some of your friends ...8 out of 10 friends, you don't smoke inside the house. You want a cigarette you go outside." It's not a big deal, like it used to be. if I tried to do this ten years ago ... would have been facing an uphill battle, but now they say nonsmokers are about 80% of the population, so really that 20% minority had a big in the hotel (industry) about what they can do there compared to the majority of nonsmokers.

They'll be asked if they don't mind going out into the beer garden and smoking there.

What would you say to other venues that are thinking about going nonsmoking?

Have you had anybody get upset about it?

I reckon they should do it. We have increased our turnover, not decreased. I though, at first, we might have a bit of a slow-down and work our way up a bit, but ... the first week we did it we had a record and ever since it's been really good.

That's a big reaction.

Yeah.

Since we've been doing it ... the Friday night was a record night, the Saturday was a record night and those two nights there were people everywhere inside the hotel, upstairs and downstairs and not one person lit up a cigarette, which I find quite

The Reactions Hobart based band, The Reactions, have a reputation for a rockin live show. Singer James Dilger, 25 was interrupted from mowing his nana's lawn (what a nice man) to give dave Williams the latest on the band's new CD and upcoming tour.

Did you all grow up in Tassie?

I grew up in Launceston. The other guys are from Burnie.

Have you been touring much?

No, but we're going to Melbourne in January. We're, basically, playing in Hobart and we've just done a couple of gigs in Launnie.

Have you toured the mainland before?

No. With the record coming out in September, we're trying to get some grants and hope to go to Sydney and Melbourne, 'cause the distribution label is in Sydney, and they want us to go and play over there, but we've got to get the money first of all. (laughs) Who is the distribution deal with?

They're called Reverberation. Two guys called Ian Underwood and Russell Hopkinson, who plays drums in You Am I. They put out a few of their favourite bands. We did a live recording about nine months ago and they really liked it and they said they were happy to distribute anything we put out. We paid for the record ourselves and we'll take it to small record stores, Triple J, RRR and that sort of gear. It was recorded about three months ago, but we just had to save enough money to get it pressed and finish off the artwork.

Where did you record it?

Pandemonium studios in Moonah.

The guys from fell To Erin recorded, "April Monday" there and they said it was pretty good. Andrew Emily was the guy who pressed all the buttons and he did a great job. Bit of a different background, but he was really good. We're doing a CD launch on the 11th of September at The Trout bar in North Hobart and we're

getting The Styles to come down and play with us there. We're playing in Launnie the night before, Friday the 10th, with The Styles, who, I think, have got their CD launch.

So who would you see as influences on The Reactions?

The Who. I'm a big fan of those british sixties bands like The Who, The Small faces, the Yardbirds and that whole sixties R & B thing. Then, being 14 in 1991 when Nirvana exploded, the whole grunge thing was a big influence as well.

How long have you been playing music?

Started playing guitar when I was about 18. Did my first live gig when I was 22. I finished school, had a bit of spare time, picked up dad's old acoustic guitar and way it went.

What do you do when you're not playing with The Reactions?

Work for Vodafone at the call centre. So, I never stop talking.

How do you relax?

I don't mind going to the pub, just spending time with my wife and ... mowing my nana's lawn. (laughs)

It's been really well patronised, meals,

Sure.

The publicity thing is something about it, but I think it brings out that there are so many people out there that think it's a really good idea to do it, that come in because of it, that didn't want to come in before, didn't want to go home with their clothes smelling like tobacco or they've got asthma or whatever ... now they can come in and feel quite comfortable ...

Rock Salt Launceston’s Mick Attard together.

Who would you like to play with, if you could play with anyone?

Anyone? Just for the pure energy of it all, probably Bob Marley. Jeff Lang is another of my favourite artists. Ben Harper.

What does it feel like when you're playing in front of an audience?

Most of the time it's really good fun. It was so scary the first time, or the first few times, but after a while you build up some kind of immunity and you get out there and do your music as best as you can.

Most times it's good.

Mick Attard is a regular guitarist, singer/song-writer on the pub scene in Launceston. Dave Williams asked him who taught him to play guitar.

Me pretty much. me and a lot of friends. I never had any lessons or anything like that. I've just picked things upom friends over the years.

Oh yeah, sometimes you, kind of, fizz out. it hasn't happened to very often, but I play pretty cruisy music and sometimes it can go down not so well, but on the whole I'd say it's a wonderful experience.

Who has had the greatest influence on your life as a musician?

I play harmonica, guitar and bass as well, but only in a minor way. I've just started to incorporate the harmonica into my act.

Probably Jeff Lang. he used to do gigs around the pubs when I was at Uni and he'd blow me out, especially with his open tunings. It was from him that I learnt how to put a guitar into an open tuning to play in that style. I got to support him at The Lounge Bar earlier this year, which was a highlight for me.

When did you start to write your own material?

What about on a more local level, family or friends?

Probably about five years ago, but I didn't have any opportunity to get them out there, but I've been appearing in public in th last two years.

Definitely Duncan and Natasha, from Distro Musik. they supported original music, big time, when they started "Under The Covers." I really appreciate their help . And all the venues, like The Oak and Irish Murphy's.

How many instruments do you play?

Where do you play?

The first place I ever played was at The (Royal) Oak. I play also at Irish Murphy's, the Uni Bar, ja,es, Lloyds, Sporties and The Lounge too.

How do yo go about producing a piece of original music?

Only odd, weird parties?

Generally I'm in my studio and come up with some kind of guitar progressiona and I sit there and work out a melody line, by humming or something like that and sometimes it'll come out of the blue and I'll try an shape it into something I'm thinking about.

Yeah, the odd ones.

And lyrics?

What style of music do you play?

They usually just come, unless I'm shaping the song or have a particular thing to say. If it's about war or just the way humans are so silly sometimes, that's often an under current, and relationships too.

Anywhere outside of Launceston?

No. Generally not. I do the odd, weird party and things like that.

I'd say it's like a modern/folk/reggae blues. Maybe a bit of funk in there too.

Why are you a soloist instead of forming a band?

I did have a band last year, The Good Diablo, and we did pretty good in the comps, but everyone went overseas, moved to different places, moved interstate and things like that and after playing with them I found it hard to play with other people because they were so good, but I'm looking to build up a band again soon. I guess it also comes down to the ease of it too.getting around, doing the gigs, working on my material. I'm slowly hooking up with some people and trying to put an EP or an album

You mentioend before about getting together with other people and putting out an EP, why don't you put an EP yourself?

Doing it on your own, I think it's ok for a couple of tracks, but you just can't beat the fullness of a band. Once you get some really good drums and some nice bass beats in there, you just can't beat that.

Thanks very much.

Cool Dave.

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I guess that's good that people find it hard to nail you down?

No, just a plain, business, white shirt.

Pretty nice, minimal cut with a white leather tie. That's my favourite.

Yeah.

Who are the artists that you admire.

Black leather tie?

The Beatles, The Beach Boys ... stuff written from a melodic aesthetic. The Beatles stuff is a big influence on all of us ...

No white on white.

Oh yeah.

What are you listening to at the moment?

The Ghost is born by Wilco. it's really good.

I've always liked the Flaming Lips as well.

What's the most embarrassing thing that's happened to you while playing live?

In Auckland, are there a lot of pubs supporting original music or are there a lot of cover bands?

from the government, to help out indie bands. It's pretty amazing that the government's doing that.

There's been heaps more over the last couple of years. When we first started, in '98, there was one venue in the whole of Auckland and now there's 30 or something.

It's really taken off in the last couple of years. I think it's due to support from government. And a lot more original bands getting out there.

They're also funding compilation CD's?

Is the government providing funding for recording and touring?

Yeah, but New Zealand On Air, especially, over the last couple of years have had recording grants and that gives bands a chance to get something on radio and maybe interest from record companies.

They also have "radio pluggers" which are

Yeah, they've been doing that for about fifteen years.

The tour with Spiderbait, what are you expecting?

Well, we played with them in New Zealand a few years ago.

I guess things have changed a lot for you since then?

Do you get compared to other bands?

Yeah, generally it's quite contradictory, the bands we get compared to.

We've had total nightmare technology breakdowns ... and we've had to say, "Sorry, we can't play anymore" (laughs) There was one gig ... in Australia where we played two songs and our gear crapped out and we couldn't get it working again (laughs). We had to say, "Sorry, that's it."

We played a couple of bullshit things on the acoustic guitar and then, nah, shit, this has to stop.

In the song Greed, you sing that you've got a good shirt, a good, good shirt," is that where the name for the band came from?

I didn't write that one but I don't think it did.

My day walked into the room one day and I was wearing a shirt, a good shirt and we had a million names and "Goodshirt" sort of popped up when my dad said, "Good shirt."

Do you use the internet much?

Yeah, there's a site called cheeseontoast with all local gigs and stuff, updated all the time. I find myself on the computer all the time, emailing back and forth with our manager, my girlfriend at work ... and watching DVD's.

Music or fiction?

There's not much that can be done at that stage, i guess.

Well, it made us sort out our gear after that.

We upgraded and bought some reliable stuff. Nord synthesizers, which are a lot more reliable and you can create almost any sound with them. They've replaced a lot of the old gear we were using, which kept crapping out.

Both really. I just bought The Pixies CD, which has got a whole lot of backstage stuff.

Do you like to see what other bands are like off-stage?

Yeah, I love that shit.

Have you got a favourite shirt at the moment?

Have you got anyone doing behind the scenes filming for Goodshirt.

Yeah, it's pretty boring though. Just a white shirt.

We've got a camera lying around and anyone can pick it up. We've recorded some pretty drunken conversations.

The Dead Abigails@ Reality The Dead Abigails @ Reality, Launceston 25/8/04 The Dead Abigails, happily, surprised a few people at their gig at Reality, in Launceston, by drawing and holding a strong crowd until the very end of their set, in the early hours of a Thursday morning.

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with the solid performances of Randall Stafford, on drums, Corey "Cozzi" Graham adding energy and style on bass, as well as the minimalist Jason Whately on keyboards.

The gig lasted for a bit over an hour, finishing about 1.15 am and most of the crowd had stayed 'til the end, which is good for a Wednesday Night.

The gig was a show in the true meaning. The lads rocked while around them great lighting effects added a professional touch not seen by many bands in Tassie.

The band were in top form and obviously enjoyed what they were doing, playing their brand of pop/rock, with a heavier, harder edge to their sound than I'd heard before.

The sound and lighting desks were awesome and the results were worth it. The band were loud, and clear, which is even better.

Playing tracks from their "Code" EP, as well as some new material, the crowd was given a great night.

The crowd got into the gig and whistled, "Whooped" and "Yeahed" at the end of most songs. Some danced.

Front man Carl Fidler has a strong, skillful voice. Guitarist Glen Moorhouse backed up on vocals harmoniously and gave a strong stage performance weilding his "axe", along

But the room was almost full and all eyes, and ears, were aimed at the band, who had even sharper eyes on the door to their band room, noticing some fans sneaking in the

There have been bands at Reality before, since the James Hotel was renovated, but this was the best turnout I had seen.

The Dead Abigails are a band of talented performers, and were well supported by the James with top sound and lighting gear.

I enjoyed The Dead Abigails music, especially the rockier tracks and, in contrast, the tracks featuring the electronic sounds of the keyboard.

I'm keen to hear more new material in the future.

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by Huw Joseph Do you bare your soul with your music or is it not so serious?

We definitely do. it's pretty heartfelt. We always put everything on the line, every night. We spent a lot of time getting the record together and there's a lot of heart felt songs on there. There's a couple that are just fun, as well, and we love having a light-hearted cack too. Songs like, "Wannabe" is a bit of a pisstake also a lot of heart-felt stuff that we've had for a couple of years and when we play it, we really do give it our all.

In terms of "Wannabe", shows like Popstars and Australian idol are opportunities for talented artists to jump-start their career or do they just hype mediocrity?

Enjoying recent success, Melbourne’s Dallas Crane play The Republic Bar, Hobart and Launceston’s Uni Bar later this month. dave Williams spoke with drummer, Shan Vanderwert.

How you going, David.

Good. How are you.

Sorry about all that conference bullshit. (laughs) (conference call on behalf of the record company) That's all right.

It's a fuckin' pain in the arse.

At least we don't have to pay for the phone call.

Yeah, that's a good thing, but they just caught me having a leak. (laughs) Have you finished yet?

I'm just about to finish. (laughs) Hear the toilet flushing? (laughs while flushing sound is heard) I can't concentrate on anything, if I need to do a piss. You think you can hold on, but really you're stuffed.

RTghe worst thing is if you've got to do a piss halfway through a show, so, before a gig, I have about ten in the last half hour before a show (laughs), just to make sure. (laughs)

doing it all again. It's been really good fun. it's been hard work, but great fun at the same time. You hear people winge about how hard touring is, but it beats working nine to five, that's for bloody sure.

Is that one of the biggest achievements for the band, leaving your day jobs?

Yeah, bloody oath. After this tour we might need to go back and do some work, depending on how it goes, but at the moment we've been selling out shows and we're getting some money in our pockets, which is great. I came home (from tour) to my girlfriend and she asked how it was going and I told her i made $800 for the week, which is the first time that's ever happened. It feels great.

The feeling amongst the band must be pretty good, then?

Yeah, it's really good actually and when we feel good we play better shows. It's the first time we've really toured a record and we're doing good shows every night to full houses and the album's been received well. There's minimal fights in the tour van at the moment, which is good. (laughs) All we fight about is who's sitting "shotgun." The short straw is if you get the two back ones 'cause you haven't got the windows and it gets really stuffy and Pete (Satchell - guitar and vocal) takes his golf clubs on tour so you've got to put your feet over the top of the golf clubs. So we should make Pete sit there the whole time. We're too nice. Actually, mental note, Pete gets the back seat from now on. (laughs) What item will you be bringing to Tassie that you can't do without?

A few practice runs and then work up to the real thing.

I'm bringing my girlfriend down. How's that! (laughs) Not very fuckin' rock and roll (laughs).

(laughs) Anyway, enough about urine. (laughs)

I don't know if she'll fit in a bag will she?

I'm actually recording this at the moment.

(laughs) We've got a big crew coming down to tassie, 'cause we're going to make a big weekend of it. We haven't spent much time down there, other than when we played The Falls festival, but we basically flew in, performed and flew out. We spent a couple of hours in Hobart and it's just great. So beautiful.

(laughs) Ok. (laughs) So what's a typical day for you, apart from multiple trips to the loo?

For the last couple of weeks, I've been getting up and having a beer. What's the time?

That's pretty rock and roll, mate. (laughs) I've been having a ball, to tell you the truth.

We gave up our jobs about a month ago, before we came on tour, so we've just been having heaps of fun. Pretty much a show every day. Getting up, going to do a sound check, coming back, doing a few interviews, having a beer and lunch, having a couple of beers then doing the show and then

Definitely hype mediocrity. I'm sure a lot of those people can sing, but there's probably four thousand people who've got the same voice in Australia.

There's alot of really talented people out there, writing really good tunes, but wouldn't sell themselves short by going on something like Australian Idol. Stuff like this gets so much coverage and record companies put so much money into it because the Australian public follows it. It's disappointing. Australian music could be one of our biggest exports, but we just celebrate mediocrity. We always have and I suppose we always will. I guess all we can try and do is train the masses (laughs).

Did it mean anything when you signed with (the home of AC/DC) Albert productions?

We love our rock and roll, and AC/DC is a pinnacle, so to be on the same label as them, it's pretty nice.

More importantly, they're a really cool label, which I suppose they'd have to be to have someone like AC/DC. they didn't want to change anything about us, tell us to do this or that . They liked what we did from the word go, after they'd heard our demo.

They've been bloody fantastic.

What are you expecting when you come back to Tassie to play in Launceston and Hobart? Have you got any expectations?

No, not really and the whole tour has been like that.

We went to Canberra and ...(there's silence. Shan yells out) I'm doing an interview. I'm getting told I have to hurry up. (yells out) Fuck off! (laughs) Are you still in the toilet.

No, I'm not on the toilet. We're on our way to Geelong, I think. I've got to hurry up, but I'll walk and talk.

Well that's pretty much all I've got.

I went to catch up with Aidan (guitarist) at their gig at the Trout in North Hobart. The first thing he did was buy me a beer, straight away I liked this guy. For future reference to any other bands I ever speak to, the way to my heart is through beer. Pure and simple!

The band supporting them (The Reactions) played a really good set. So, beer in hand, I was in a pretty bloody good mood.

I had a quick chat with Aidan and Emma (Bass) before they played and I was starting to get the impression that these were some cool folk.

I had no idea what to expect, because my Mum doesn’t usually let me out late enough to see bands, but then it begun.

Like a punch in the face they started smashing it, I haven’t seen a good garage rock band in ages and the singer (Chonga) was a goddamn show by himself. You know how some bands can quite easily slip into being background music. Well if your attention slipped for one second, Chonga was all over ya. I think he spent more time off the stage than on it. Then you get mad face melting solos by Aidan, and some good old-fashioned guitarist show-man-ship. Topped off by Emma and Pin (drums) who kept it so tight that no matter how far the lads stretched it, it always felt together.

After the show, and a few more beers, I had a chat with Aidan.

(Huw): “Aidan, that was an awesome gig. You guys looked like you were having fun.”

(Aidan): “Yeah, we’re always having fun. Our motto is “Go hard, have fun”. Real, honest music. We can often seem to have a pretty aggressive delivery, but everything we do is from the heart. It’s always about having fun!”

(Huw): “So what’s been going on with you guys, what’s the band up to?”

(Aidan): “Well, we’re about to take a month off to really focus on our E.P. We wanna get it finished ASAP and start putting it out there. We’ve also got a track on a compilation for ‘Off The Hip’ recordings, so we’re getting prepared for that too.”

(Huw): “Are you gonna have a launch for the E.P.?”

(Aidan): “Yep, for sure. It’s to be announced.”

(Huw): “I’ve gotta ask. What the f#@k is a ‘Roob’. I’ve never heard of that word before.”

(Aidan): “A ‘Roob’ is like a mark for a con-man. A sucker. Actually, if you do a web search for ‘Roob’, you get some crazy German porn web-site.”

(Huw): “So which came first, the sucker or the porn?”

(Aidan): “Hmmmm??? Maybe both…!”

(Huw): “Moving swiftly along. So you guys have been together for about a year?”

(Aidan): “Yeah, a bit over a year.”

(Huw): “What kind of influences brought you guys together?”

(Aidan): “Well, we all came from different bands.

Chonga used to front The Surfin Poobars. Emma was the singer for The Cryptics. We poached Pin from the Melbourne all-girl punk band The Mystaken and I used to play guitar with the Philisteins and then The Powder Monkeys. Actually I’ve got a spot at Edge FM on Monday nights at 8pm. So tune in and you can find out. But basically we’re influenced by a wide variety of stuff, mostly garage rock. Bands like (erase this and put some bands here.)

(Huw): “So when can people catch you at your next gig?”

(Aidan): “The Reactions are having an album launch at Trout on October 16th and there will be a variety show plus us. The Roobs!!!”

(Huw): “Excellent. Well good luck with everything and I’ll know doubt catch you guys again. Anyone you wanna give a shout out to?

(Aidan): “Yeah. Thanks to Trout, and a big shout out to The Reactions.”

Ok, cool. Maybe see you at the gig.

Wicked. Get some rock up ya Tasmania. (That was from Chonga!)

It is a pretty city.

We're getting taken out on a yacht on Sunday. I'm sure we'll have a few beers.

All you need is some champagne and girls and you've got a P. Diddy video clip. (laughs) And one huge mound of cocaine, and then we'll be set. (laughs) The Roobs at Trout

Pop Corn Slinkee Minx - Girl bands on the rise SLINKEE, SASSEE, SEXEE – SLINKEE MINX INTERVIEW by Danny Canak

could go on but there are just too many great artists to list from that time.

Slinkee Minx are Australia's latest dance sensation!(?) The all female trio of Annemarie Failla (A), Michelle Palmer (M) and Belinda Tartaglia (B) have just unleashed their new single 'Summer Rain' – an uplifting cover of the Belinda Carlisle classic from 1989. If the reaction to their recent performance of the track at Sydney's Space Nightclub is anything to go by, the single is set to take over the higher end of the charts in the coming weeks. I recently caught up with the Melbourne trio to further delve into the world of Slinkee Minx.

Has she heard the track? Was it a difficult process getting the approval to cover it?

Tell us a bit about the Slinkee Minx story to date. How did you all meet up?

B: Annemarie and I have known each other for a long time. We met at primary school when we were 8 years old. We started collaborating when we were 15 and wrote songs and performed together for many years. We met Michelle five years ago and became good friends. We all got talking one day and discovered that Michelle had a similar background to us and wrote her own songs too. We then decided to join forces and form a dance act – that’s when "Slinkee Minx" was born four years ago.

Your current single 'Summer Rain' is a Belinda Carlisle cover. What made you choose this particular track? Were you big fans of her music or any other stuff from the 80s?

B: We decided to remake the song as it was an old time favourite that we all enjoyed. We wanted to put a "Slinkee Minx" spin on the track without changing too much of the original melody. We all like Belinda Carlisle's music and all the other 80s icons! We admire ALL artists but especially like the 80s stars like Madonna, Prince, Duran Duran, Wham and Boy George. I

You play an instrument or 10?

B: We’re not too sure if Belinda Carlisle has heard our track but if she has, we hope she likes it! We're very happy with the response to the track we are getting so far. It wasn't a difficult process to get the cover approved, as we haven’t changed the original melody.

Are you all big clubbers? Do you often get the chance to hit all of Melbourne's hottest nightspots?

M: Yes we love to get out on the weekends!

We're all fans of burning up the dance floor nothing like a good night out with the girls! Fave spots of ours are Alumbra, Boutique, Prince Of Wales (One Love) and we also love smaller bars in some of the pokier alleyways in Melbourne Do you plan to take your music abroad at some stage?

A: At the moment we are concentrating on the Australian market and doing well here, but an overseas release is definitely on the cards. We think our music would appeal to both the Europe and UK markets as it has that international flavour.

What music are you all currently listening to?

A: We enjoy listening to a broad range of music, but I have to say we really love some of the huge dance hits that are currently playing on the radio and in clubs. We are all big fans of Mr Timothy, ‘Lola’s Theme’, ‘Four To The Floor’, Freestyler’s ‘Push Up’ and we also love listening to a bit of Kylie from time to time.

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Bangin Beats The Ministry of Sound & Kid Kenobi team up for Tassie The music is blaring in the background when Dave Williams rang Kid Kenobi in his tudio to catch up before the Kid heads to Hobart and Launceston for the Ministry of Sound.

What are you listening to?

Just then. Promo's. I've just been working on another mix CD, so i've let a lot of things go recently. So I've had to catch up on a lot of stuff and listening to these promos is part of it.

Another mix CD? I wanted to ask you, the Ministry of Sound's "Clubbers Guide to Breaks" is coming up to it's fourth release, why has it been so popular?

When it first came out there wasn't a lot of breaks compilations being released and it was the right compilation at the right time, with a lot of music that people were hearing in clubs, but didn't own themselves, so I think that's why it worked, to begin with, and it just flowed on from that.

You polled No.1 in the inthemix.com DJ awards.

Why do you think you're so popular? (laughs) It's hard to say why. I don't know. My viewpoint has always been to make sure everyone has a good time, really.

But that's the same as every other DJ. Yeah. I don't know. It's hard to say. It's a really hard question to answer.

Is the CD you're mixing going to be the next "Clubbers Guide to Breaks?"

Yeah. I'm not sure what it's going to be called, but it's the next one in that series.

And you're heading over to Europe in November?

At the moment I'm really excited. I'm sure I'll get nervous as the time comes closer, but I'm really looking forward to going back to England. In general, just being part of a different culture, a different scene, it's always fun. I go over there with little pretension about going over there and saying "Here I am." It's just fun, you know. I get to go play England. I'll go with my vocalist MC Shureshock and I'm looking forward to having a really good time.

Is there an award that you haven't won that you'd like to win?

When I first started DJ'ing, there was no such thing as dance music awards. It's only taken place in the last four years. When I started i didn't think about winning an award. in the back of my head, I've never had that as an ambition, but I'm stoked to have won those awards. The one that's meant a lot to me is winning the remix of the year (last year for Lalaland, by Green Velvet), 'cause it's an indication for me how things are changing for me in my career. It's good to have

production.

Last time we talked you were producing ring tones.

Yeah, I'm still working on them. They went well. it's still a new concept for people, 'cause people don't all have access to it on their phones (high quality sound) but it'll happen more and more as time goes by. It was really good for me personally, 'cause it got me more focussed on production.

How do you see what's happening with breaks in Australia at the moment?

When I first started liking and playing breaks, it wasn't as popular as it is now. The thing I really enjoyed about it was watching it get played on dance-floors when it wasn't played before. People got a bit freaked out by a break-beat rather than a four-four beat. I've never thought that breaks is all that should be played on a dancefloor and should be the number one style in Australia. I'm glad that it's popular and I hope it stays popular, but at the end of the day I'm much less concerned about whether it is the one that's rising ahead above all the others. Dance music works now because there are so many different styles and variations that people can use to express themselves with. I look at breaks as one way of performing dance music and I don't think it should obliterate all the other styles. Music is constantly evolving. The only difference between breaks and a lot of other dance music is the fact that it has a break-beat. Everything that happens around it or on top of it can be very similar to everything else. I don't think it will never be relevant because it's a reflection of the other styles.

Meaning through contrast?

Yeah. There's no reason for it not to be liked, but I'm not saying it's the only style that should be liked.

You've won a few awards over the past few years.

A d a m Tu r n e r - H b t If you’ve heard of Adam Turner before, then you’ll probably think this interview is about his DJ’ing achievements. When in fact, I only wanted to speak to Adam about his ‘furniture design and sculpture’ course at Uni. Actually, now that I think about it. I don’t really know anything about Adam’s furniture design. Maybe I should just interview him about DJ’ing after all…!

Adam holds a residency at Syrup and amongst many other ventures, will be up against Melbourne’s ‘Shane Ford’ in the HOBART vs MELBOURNE DJ BATTLE on October 23rd @ Mobius.

(Huw): “G’day Adam. What’s been going on?”

(Adam): “I’ve just finished Uni for the day, and now I’m having a beer.”

I was glad we got to talk a little bit about his course!

(Huw): “Furniture design and sculpture?”

(Adam): “That’s the one.”

(Huw): “So you’re the bar manager and resident DJ at Syrup. That must keep you busy, how do you find juggling both?”

(Adam): “It usually works fine, I just need a bit of notice if I’ve got a gig so I can change the roster a bit. But otherwise it’s good because I don’t have to travel far from work to gigs. Plus we got a lot of big acts to Syrup, so it works well.”

(Huw): “Makes sense. I’ve seen you support some pretty big acts. Do you feel like name dropping?”

(Adam): “Not really.”

(Huw): “Fair enough. As it turns out I’ve got a list here of all the acts you’ve supported, so what I’ll do is, name drop for ya. How’s that sound?”

(Adam): “Sounds better.”

(Huw): “O.K. bare with me, I only learnt to read recently. So correct me if I’m wrong. So you’ve supported Dave’s Seaman, I mean, Dave Seaman, Adam Freeland, The Stanton Warriors, Soul Of Man, Krafty Kuts, Tayo, Tipper, L.T.J. Bookem & MC Conrad, High Contrast, Kid Kenobi, Phil K, Q.45, Groove Terminator, Poxy

Music, Infusion, Sonic Animation, 1200 Techniques and Koolism. Amongst others!

How did I go?”

(Adam): “Yeah, that sounds about right.”

(Huw): “So what other gigs and ventures have you got going on at the moment?”

(Adam): “I’m one of the residents at ‘The Beez Neez’ along with Matt and Gillie which is every Saturday night at Syrup, and ‘Break even’ with SpinFX which is on the first Friday of every month at Syrup. I also play a lot of the Boom Box party’s and do supports for most of the Uni Bar gigs. SpinFX and myself (Diamond Geezers) are doing a studio mix for the 2nd ‘Have You Dropped Something’ compilation cd.

Also I’ll be representing Hobart in the ‘Hobart vs Melbourne DJ Battle’ at Mobius on October 23rd as well.”

(Huw): “Yeah, the battle will be sick. So in the battle it’s SpinFX vs Matt Hofman(DarkBeat), you vs Shane Ford(Kinetic) and Seb vs Bensai(Tilt)?”

(Adam): “Yep that’s right. Also with DJ’s Robbery, Grotesque and T-Ray playing before and after sets. It’s gonna be a massive night so come along peoples and support ya locals. Ask Ruff Cut for tickets, don’t miss out.”

(Huw): “So your mainly playing breaks at the moment?”

(Adam): “I’ve definitely found my niche playing breaks , but my roots are in house music, and it’s something I’ll always continue to play and go back to.”

(Huw): “So you moved here from Launceston about 4 years ago, did you play your first ever club set up there or down here?”

(Adam): “My first residency was at Bar 39 in Lonny. But my first big set was at ‘Free Form 1.1’ before Infusion. Chris B hooked me up.

There was just more happening in Hobart, which is primarily why I moved here.”

(Huw): “Well thanks for sharing your life with Tasmania Adam. Have you got any shout out’s?”

(Adam): “Yep, shout out to Chris B, Spinna, Corn Dogg.”

(Huw): “Thanks Adam, take it easy.”

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Mdusu Local Hip-Hop in Hobart is still pretty underground, with only a select few clubs supporting it. But with crew like Cerberus (Mdusu, Caddy and Crixus. That’s right folks they’re called Cerberus, not Robbery) and a growing list of local DJ’s and MC’s getting more and more respect, it’s just a matter of time before the scene is blowing up with heads bopping all over TAZZIE. I spoke to Mdusu early one afternoon to organize hooking up for an interview, and since it was such a bloody nice day we decided to head to Knopwoods to smash a few beers down. So a couple of beers later, I decided to ask him some questions, before the day (beer) got away from me, and we just ended up sitting there talking shit all day.

Mdusu is now hosting ‘On Point’ the MC Battles at Mobius, and won the Hobart rounds for ‘Underground Sound 3’ at Halo with Hunter and Dazastah, to battle at the finals in Melbourne where he came 4th. He got knocked out in the semi’s because he lost concentration (his mind was elsewhere, apparently…).

(Huw): “I’m gonna get a beer, do you want one?”

If only more interviews started like that, the world would be a better place!

(Mdusu): “Nah, still going thanks.”

Brief gap here…………for purposes of refreshment.

(Huw): “Alright, first things first. I saw an article recently that seemed a little bit confused about the name of your crew. When Cerberus supported Koolism, the reporter apparently thought you guys were called Robbery. I spoke to DJ Robbery and he seemed stoked to get such fu$#ed up exposure.”

(Mdusu): “Yeah, that was pretty wak. You’d think, since that guy called me up, he would put in a bit more effort to research what he was writing about. I kinda don’t mind though, cause Rob’s a cool guy.”

(Huw): “So for the record, you guys (Cerberus) supported Koolism along with DJ’s Grotesque and Robbery!”

(Mdusu): “Yeah. For the record, that’s right.”

(Huw): “So you took out the Hobart rounds of the ‘Underground Sound 3’ MC Battle at Halo with Hunter and Dazastah and went to Melbourne for the finals. How was that?”

(Mdusu): “It was heaps of fun. I could have slayed that guy in the semi’s if I’d been on point, but I was kinda ripped by then, & this girl there man, ahhhhhhh. After spending a bit of time with her, there was just no way I was gonna be on point. I kinda lost concentration, but it was cool. I had fun anyway, and the girl was dope.”

(Huw): “So what’s going on with Cerberus now that Crixus has moved to Melbourne?”

(Mdusu): “We’re still in contact heaps and we’re all busy writing music. Me and Caddy are maybe gonna head over there early next year.”

(Huw): “And what’s going on with your solo stuff?”

(Mdusu): “Well I’m working on a 16 track album at the moment, there’s a fair bit of local collaboration on it too. I’m working really hard on it, so hopefully I get a good response from people. I’ll be doing a solo set at the next ‘On Point’ (8th September @ Mobius), so come along people and check all the local talent.”

(Huw): “Yeah, I’ll be there. You’d have to be a spaz to miss ‘On Point’; it’s one of the best local nights. So come along folks!!! You look like your enjoying hosting it.”

(Mdusu): “Grotty has done a really tight job of getting ‘On Point’ organized, I’ve battled heaps of times there. I especially like battling Rigby, she’s amazing, we always have fun.”

(Huw): “Alright, is there anything you wanna plug before we rap this up?”

(Mdusu): “On Point @ Mobius September 8th and Bias B @ Mobius September 10.”

(Huw): “Shout out’s?”

(Mdusu): “Massive shout out to Rigby. That’s it!”

(Huw): “Nice one, cheers mate!”

(Mdusu): “Thanks Huw.” That’s it ladies and gents. Dr Huw recommends a solid dose of Hip-Hop to keep your immune system strong. So go see specialist Mdusu for a check up! You know the date, so don’t waste it sitting on yours!

Ends and Means For those heads out there that haven’t heard of ‘Ends and Means’ yet, you will.

Very soon. But let me fill you in on some background info on the lads from Sydney.

These guys are an 8 piece hip-hop crew, when they play live it’s basically like your hearing a full scale studio recording in progress. The MC’s fronting the band are no less than some of the country’s finest.

Hijak, Kye and Torcha. They’ve released an E.P and are currently working on an album, for which they will be touring and (cross fingers) heading down south to blow some minds for TAZZIE. I had a chat with (guitarist, DJ and producer) Cameron Deyell to find out what the lads are doing and to try and coerce him to come to TAZ.

(Huw): “So what are you guys up to at the moment?”

(Cam): “We're all super busy, because we're all involved in such different shit. I'm working on a jazz festival at the Opera House, Hyjak, Kye and Torcha have been doing shows down at the snow, and as a band we've been doing gigs in Bondi and we've got one coming up in Kings Cross.

We're really hyped at the moment to get back in the studio. We had such a blast recording the E.P, and we've been testing out these new tunes at shows, which have been getting this great crowd response so we can't wait to get in and get to work on our debut LP. (Huw): “So rumor has it you might be touring. Can we expect 'Ends and Means' in Tazzie?

(Cam): “We're looking at doing some shows in Melbourne in late October, and we're so keen to head down to rock Tazzie! I did a DJ set at Mobius a few

months ago, where I played live as well, and the place just rocked! The crowd were so up for it, and it showed me that Tazzie really supports local hip hop.

(Huw): “Yeah, they get behind their crew here. There are some wicked acts emerging now and people go nuts for it.

It’s bloody good to see. You go to places like Melbourne and if you’re not famous already, it’s supa hard to gain support and interest. Has the recent success of Hyjak and Torcha helped the band?

(Cam): “For sure, it all helps. The way the whole E&M family works, is that we're constantly bouncing ideas off each other, hanging out, BBQ’s in the studio then recording till all hours. So having Jak and Torch around working on their stuff means that a Hyjak n Bonez track might get recorded followed by a new Ends&Means track on the same night with everyone hanging out and getting rawkus. When our E.P. dropped a few weeks after ‘Drastik Measures’ came out, we thought there might be an issue with radio saying they're already sick of Hyjak (we were, ha!) but that didn't seem to happen. I reckon Kye, Jak and Torch are some of the best MC’s in the country and that hearing them with Bonez or with a live band, doesn't matter, it's all good!

(Huw): “You've personally been to Tazzie a few times this year, do you come for a bit of ‘down-time’, or because you love the sausages at the Salamanca Market?”

(Cam): “Nah, it's all because you can't get Cascades 4 Seasons up here! I've been coming down a couple times a year for the last 3 years to work with Is Theatre Ltd, on some crazy cross art form jams, with other musos, dancers and visual artists. It's been amazing because here in Tazzie there's an opportunity to make something

by Huw Joseph totally new, something that I can't do here in Sydney. Hobart's leading the way!

(Huw): “Hobart’s leading the way! You say all the right things Cam. Bloody smoothie!

So the full bands an 8 piece. Do you cut down for a tour band or just rock up and take over?”

(Cam): “If I tried to cut down the band, the band would cut strips off me! There really are 8 of us, because we're going for the full live produced sound. It rocks live. I reckon live hip hop is where it's at! You can't beat that energy, the crowds really respond. Sure it makes it tougher to tour such a large group (I'm a bit scared of putting all these crazy freaks on the same bus, someone might not survive!) but the rewards will come with pulling off live shows around the country. Wait till you see it!

(Huw): “I will see it if you ‘come to tazzie’.

Any shout out's?

(Cam): “Just quick ones to Island Cafe in Nth Hobart, the crew at Mobius, the crazy cats at Is Theatre Ltd, the White Lounge on Edge radio, Move Clothing and the mad villains at Ruff Cut Records!

(Huw): “Awesome. Thanks for your time Cameron!”

(Cam): “My pleasure, thank you! Hopefully we’ll see you guys soon.”

You can pick up there E.P. from Ruff Cut Records or contact 0400 272 964. I reckon they will come to TAZZIE, so keep an eye out for them and check the style. These guys rock!

Bangin Beats Infusion It was about 12.45am in London, England and Frank Xavier had fallen asleep. So drummer Manuel Sharrod stepped in to take Frank's place. Dave Williams asked what the band were up to in London.

We're playing at Creamfield (festival) on the weekend, so we're having a few days R & R before we truck on up to Liverpool and play this bloody big festival.

How many people are you expecting?

I really don't know. It'd probably be a couple of thousand ... any where between 20 to 50 ... I don't know ... but we'll see.

our tracks. Frank (Xavier) ... he's controlling our .. sequencer sampler ... he's got control over all the loops that make up all the different tracks that we have and he has the capability to mute and un-mute al he different sounds that make up the tracks ... basically build the track from scratch. Jamie is "riding" the mixing desk, mixing live ... he's controlling all the levels and a lot of the effects. It is, pretty much, a huge remix session. We've got all the elements from all the tracks that we've written over the years and we muck around with them, on-the-spot and see where they go.

Are you happy with the response to the new single, "Better World"?

Is it an outdoor thing?

Yeah, it is. It's about an hours drive outside of Liverpool (with) The Chemical brothers, Sasha, Dave Seamen, The Scissor Sisters, countless other people and us, somewhere at the bottom of the bill (laughs) How did you get that gig?

Through our UK booking agent, really. We've been to the UK a few times now ...we've played a few places and met a whole bunch of people, so word trickles through the system that we're around ...that sorta thing.

Our booking agent does their job and ... (we get) a possie on the Creamfields list.

The UK's got a pretty constant dance scene. I mean, there'ssomething like 60 million people there, so there's always going to be a million that's into dance music?

It's early days yet. It was only just released. I haven't seen the finished video clip yet. (laughs) How long did it take for you to record the album, "Six Feet Above Yesterday"?

Most of it we recorded at our house. (laughs) ... in our studio, on the computer. it's not very exciting. WE're just in a room with a computer and a whole bunch of gear, and piece it all together, in just one room. It's become far easier for people to create stuff at home . You don't have to go out and get heaps of gear to make good music, these days. You can do it all on the PC. How did you start making electronic music?

What do you think of that?

When I was a kid, I learnt piano and did singing ... but electronic music, for me, i got into through listening to old records .... my parents had old mood synthesizer albums and even The Beatles, using tape loops going through, "I am the walrus .. " (laughs).

I'd listen o things and have no idea what a (particular) noise is and ... want to make it.

The other guys got into it through other ways.

Frank got nto it through listening to a lot of '80's hip hop, rap and stuff like that. And jamie got into it from listening to film soundtracks, like Vangelis and Jean Michel Jarre. So we all approached it from different angles, but we all liked the same thing being able to create some odd sounds and make some cool stuff out of it.

It's not bad. I mean, it's good.

What do you remember of Tassie?

What do you do to get that title?

I think it's because when we do play live, every night is different. We don't know what we're going to play until we get on stage. We do this big on-the spot, improvised, remix session ...

We've been to Tassie a few times. It's good fun, man. I really like Tassie. We've played launceston a few times. We played the Albert hall and down on the docks, some fishinghall-thing ... and we've played at Syrup in Hobart and one or two other places I can't remember.

Every gig?

So you're almost Tasmanian?

Yeah, every gig. So every night is different.

(Laughs) I don't know about that. I've been there three or four times now, but...

Yeah. It's pretty big here, but at the same time, it's hard to tell where it's at at the moment here. It's big, but the whole DJ culture thing is, kinda, on the down-slide.

Everyone's getting into going and seeing bands again, which is good for us, 'cause we're a band! (laughs) I heard you'd been called Australia's best live act ...

Well, there you go (laughs)

That must be a bit scary and exciting.

Don't you want to be Tasmanian?

That's the point, really. The way we've played since day one, about ten years ago. I think if we played the same set every night, over and over, we'd get really bored by now. So that's just the way we do it and we're not really going to change, that much, in the next year or so.

What is the set up on stage.

Well, I'm singing and playing keyboards and I've got a few effects pedals and that sort of thing ... I'm mucking around basically, playing stuff and singing stuff over the top of

I don't know. I like the place, but ... We played the Uni in Launceston last year, so it'll be good to play the Uni again.

What do you enjoy doing when you're not making music?

Watching load of DVD's ... that we buy while we're on tour. We've been away on tour quite a lot this year and we always end up coming back with half a dozen DVD's ... we just sit at home and try to get over our jet lag by watching way-too-much TV. (laughs)

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Bangin’ Beats Jack Splash & Plantlife What type of music do you like the most? It's a tough one.

Yeah, it is a tough one .. I have a really wide taste in music, everything from Johnny Cash to AC/DC to Run DMC, Public Enemy ...

AC/DC, Run DMC and PE have a similar element which is super-bad-ass drums.

I't something that appeals to me because of the enrgy and the attitude.

Dave Williams talked with Jack Splash of The Plant Life from LA, who have been compared with Outkast, due to their mix of funk, hip hop, soul and rock and found a talented sincere artist, stoked to have released his latest, "The Return of Jack Splash".

It definitely feels good to be spreading it out, you know.

What does music mean to you?

Wow. It's really everything, other than things that I recognise as being equally as beautiful as music, you know, like family. Music has been my one constant since I was a little, little kid. You haer about people saying, I'm blocked. I can't write," and

for me, since I was little, i'd be waking up in the middle of the night with songs. I've got a little mini recorder so I can record my ideas. At a certain point, it was definitely an addiction, where I would put that above everything else in my life.

Girlfriends, friends, whatever. Now I've got it under control. I still create all the time, but I realise it's place. I don't let it overrun my life. (laughs)

Attitude, totally. I only used to listen to hip hop when I was little, and that's what I grew up on, but as I got a little bit older I got into everything ... I think I wanted to create something that was brand new and exciting. A lot of people are not sure whether my music is retro or future and I think there's elemts of both. There's elements of rap in there, and funk, but the overall thing that ties it together is a hip hop attitude. I bug out when I think about the attitude that Run DMC had. Goddam, they were so fuckin' dope and they were talking about positive shit, you know. And Public Enemy.

So fuckin hard and they were talkin about some positive shit, you know. We wanted to have something that felt so fresh, so new. 'Cause all those groups you were talkin about, there was nothin like them before them. I think some people compare us to other people Outkast or those kind of groups and I totally dig them also, but listen to our records back to back and I don't think they souind anything alike.

Why do you think you ended up making this kind of sound?

It might be because you both have new sounds, so you get grouped together.

Why did it come out this weird way? (laughs) Can I ask you a question first?

I'm not going to be the ignorant, naive artist and say, "Fuck them, we don't sound anything like them." One, is a compliment, but all we're trying to do is some new shit. It's like I mix all this shit up in

Yeah, sure.

Bangin’ Beats Flux @ QVMG @ Inveresk Flux @ QVMAG - 21st Aug '04 What a great venue for an event like this, so much room, so well set up. With two big screens positioned behind the dance floor displaying colourful and random shit and a massive display behind the decks, the place was rigged for a visual onslaught.

Upon my arrival the first DJ was well into it and the atmosphere was relaxed, time to have a look around and let the music soak in. Try too at least...

The first DJ being Randall, was playing a rather weird mix of percussion and I don't think the crowd was really feeling it, as the dance floor became quite empty quite quickly.

After a subtle shuffle of vinyl some deeper house beats emerged and started to build up a good rhythm for...

Declan Lee, just as his bald head appeared before the crowd he dropped in one badass beat that had the whole floor jumping too high. For the next 2 1/2 hours he had the crowd lovin it, keeping the beats deep and dirty whilst still having a funky house feel.

When placed together with the spectacular visual display by VJ Matt Perkins, it created a high energy environment that had me encapsulated all night.

The museum was a great place for this event, it really worked well, there was a really good turnout and it attracted a good mix of people.

Lots of chillout space including an outdoor area that was a surreal place to catch a breath.

a pot and this is the way it came out.

Do you bare your soul through music or is it not as serious as that?

I'd say no. I never use my music as therapy too much, 'cause I don't know how they do that. A song wouldn't do the trick for me, you know. If I was depressed before I wrote the song, i'm probably going to be really fucking\ depressed after I've written the song. But, I do write from personal experience. On this new album, the songs work a little as therapy, 'cause I allow myself to say some shit that I wouldn't say to myself. I don't meditate. I don't sit around talking to myself (laughs) so there's a lot of songs on there and the lyrics may sound happy, and it is happy, but there's some personal shit going on inside it. I went through a really crazy break up the year before I made this album, so I was dealing with all those issues. I'd say alchohol was my therapy (laughs). So, I was drinking waythe-fuck-too-much. To try and numb the pain.

I read that you decided to stop mucking around with all the strippers you'd been dating and make this album.

(Laughs) When I was younger, I was wild.

Experience was fucking important to me. I always had to have something exciting going on. I was focussing on music so much that I forgot to live. I'd been in a period, with an ex girlfriend, where I really hadn't been living, so when we broke up, it wasn't just the pain of the break-up, but, damn, I was dead, too. My soul was gone, so I thought, "Let me get that back." So, I was going out and really living life again. Yeah, I ended up in a strip club a lot, you know. In LA everything closes at 2am, which is way early for the States, so there’s not too much to do except go to house parties or go to strip clubs. (laughs) So I was the mayor of the Sunset Strip for a little bit (laughs).

Eric Powell Eric Powell started DJing in Manchester, his hometown, in what was to become known as the Summer of Love. He went on to DJ at all of Manchesters most important clubs including the world famous Hacienda. It was not long before Eric became one of the UKs most sought after guest DJs and in 1994 he took on residencies at the Zap Club in Brighton, at a night called Protection and the Red Club. Both these nights have won awards and much respect throughout the UK. Eric Powell is the operations manager for Bush Records, one of the most recognisable and sought after dance labels in the world today.

He is responsible for introducing to us, the talents of artists such as Dave Clarke, Felix the Housecat, J Daniel, Rozzo, Thomas chumacher, TrevorRockcliffe and Devilfish, on the house side Eric launched Boo Records at the end of 1998 which so far has given us such gems as SF Express "My Love Is Stronger" and Phats and Small's "Turnaround".

Eric has DJied throughout Europe , touring Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland and Holland. He has mixed a CD for the Psychotrance seriesalongside the likes of Darren Emerson, Mr C and Slam, and has mixed live on the Essential show on Radio 1, the UKs only national dance show. In November 1999, a DJ mix set was broadcast on the Universe show in London.

Eric arrived on our Australia shores on 1.1.99 and since then has rocked the dance floor at many of our most prestigious clubs and parties.

Eric first played here at Two Tribes, the massive dance festival here in Melbourne, which attracted 10000 partygoers, and boy, did he make an impression! His next big event was at Hardware 15, alongside Devilfish, where he drove the crowd wild and entertained us all with his fresh mix of tek house and house selections. Eric has gone on to play regular guest spots at through outAustralia and Asia.

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TOP 40 Natash Bedingfield 3 Of A Kind Goldie Lookin Chain Busted The Streets Stonebridge Shapeshifters Anastacia

01. These Words 02. Baby Cakes 03. Guns Dont Kill People 04. Thunderbirds 05. Dry Your Eyes 06. Put Em High 07. Lolas Theme 08. Sick and Tired

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01. Lean Back 02. Sunshine 03. Goodies 04. My Place 05. Turn Me On 06. Slow Motion 07. Dip it Low 08. Pieces Of Me

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06. Pattern Recogition 07. Ch-Check it out 08. Hot Night Crash

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In their only Tassie show. Support: Nellie & Fat Band plus DJs Return bus from town available must contact venue prior to event for reservations.

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PD Hale (melb) J i m i H o c k i n g ( m e l b ) ( ex - s c re a m i n g j e t s / a n g e l s ) Chrome Daddies featuring Pete Co rnelius Th o s e B l o o d y M c ke n n a s ( m e l b ) N at h a n K aye ( by ro n b ay ) revo l u t i o n a r y s l i d e didge/multi-instrumentalist Th e G o S e t ( m e l b ) k il t s, b a g p i p e s a n d ro c k ' n rol l

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Bangin’ Beats Sauce goes on the road in Tassie with Old Des Peres Something about missing a court case and not approving of the service. Her partner/lawyer’s complexion changed two shades as it became apparent that the promised coffee and croissants were not going to be forthcoming.

As the tension rose and the possibility of physical violence became real Old Des started running a betting ring with the other passengers. The circling pack of onlookers could smell the possibility of blood and were more than keen to part with there festering money.

The eventual pool of $13.50 was won by a confused grandmother from Sri Lanka who knew the certainty of backing a pregnant air hostess.

The fine Hobart police eventually were able to scrape together enough of the remains to arrest something remove it from the plane drag it away and begin the beating again, Tasmania Style.

IT is the hustle that really is setting the tone for this tour. The first café we stop in fresh faced, bleary eyed, straight off the plane we stand out like ducks to a sleep deprived hunter and the café owner knows it.

“That’ll be $33 thanks.”

For two plates of scrambled eggs and a coffee that is still reveling the twisted state of my taste buds. Yes Toto we are not in Kansas now.

The Plane Ride.

Our own personal terrorist, our pregnant hero and a diversion through a pea soup.

Trouble started as we circled over what was meant to be the fabled city of Launceston, and

The Cat Empire

indeed it looked like a setting from the travels of King Arthur.

The fog was so thick that we expected to see the arm of the lady of the lady rise up through the soup with Excalibur glinting the rising sun into our eyes lighting the way to our intended safe landing like the beacon it is.

Instead the dullset tones of the captain informed us that Launceston was inaccessible and we were off to Hobart for coffee and crossaint all care of the airlines.

That this arrangement did not sit well with the couple sitting behind us became apparent when a steady stream of expletives aimed at any staff member that happened to pass within earshot, arose.

Klaus “Heavyweight” Hill

The Cat Empire are currently in a bus somewhere in Europe on tour. Soon they will play in Hobart and Launceston.

It’s all a long way from The Cat Empire’s beginnings in 1999, when Felix, Ollie and Ryan Monro came together to form a jazz trio. “We did every week in a sushi restaurant where, if we played Moon River, the chef would make us the best dinner,” recalls Felix. “We played in the strangest, most diverse venues and parties imaginable: from Mormon weddings to end-ofyear bank staff parties (by far the most demented) to midnight parties in the country to gigs by the sea. And when we finished our early gigs, Ollie and I would go to lock-up parties and play there until the sun came up.”

It took a year before the trio started changing shape – first of all, trumpeter Harry Angus joined the line-up, then Will Hull-Brown added his expertise on drums and, last but not least, Jamshid ‘Jumps’ Khadiwala introduced the guys to hip-hop culture.

“For us, there’s an attitude to the music,” Felix says. “It’s not so much about what we’re playing, but how we’re playing it. It’s very earthy and we have a lot of fun. But we also think it’s important for the idea of Australian music to progress - we want to be able to go onto any stage in the world and represent something that is inherently Australian.”

Soon to play at Halo, in Hobart, Klaus “Heavyweight” Hill is a bona fide stalwart of the London breaks scene. This guy loves making music, whether in the booth wok-tossing mentalist breakbeats to the bassbin max, or in the studio stir-frying basslines so heavy they be impossible to lift. Already name-checked by goodfella’s Rennie Pilgrem and Meat Katie, Klaus’ sound is a barnyard blend of tough beats, booty-wagglin groove and inspired darkness.

As part of 2Sinners (alongside Carl Hovland) he has delivered tracks for labels such as Bedrock, Distinctive, Botchit & Scarper, TCR and Ministry Of Sound. He has given the remix treatment to James Lavelle’s UNKLE project as well as Jakatta.

Over the part 12 months this multi-talented musician has been back in the studio, busy producing his solo project for Tayo’s Mob Records and his own 2S2 and Conehead labels, as well as accepting an invitation to mix the second installment of the acclaimed Mob Deep series for the label. Voted in the IDJ magazine’s Top 20 producer/DJ’s to watch, 2004 is going to see colossal solo releases for Klaus that will take him touring from South London to South Australia.

Welcome to Launceston. The Saloon Bar What a reception. Red carpets dancing girls, peacock feathers, marbled baths full of milk, why do more bands not tour this kingdom of the apple? This is great.

Next week Cold Chisel is playing here which excites us all. We get to play where the veterans of Australian rock play. We then realize that we are nothing like Cold Chisel. In fact we are a long way from Cold Chisel.

The possibility of being torn apart by jilted Cold Chisel fans that have turned up a week early suddenly seems very real. In the end though we played to a group of rowdy cowboy folk.

That tends to make a lot of sense when you play in a cowboy bar. The Johnny Appleseed tour was all countrified and excited. Cheers and Yeeha to the saloon people who treated with a dazzling display of southern hospitality.

Lost in Salamanca. The Republic We survived the rigours of Baghdad. I mean all those news reports of fighting and bombing seemed completely out of place when we passed through. We couldn’t even find an American anywhere.

With some time to kill we ventured down to the fabled Salamanca markets. Two hours later and know an hour late for sound check we emerged from a haze of honey dripping, home made jam, flavoured by an assortment of wine and cheese platters.

The Republic bar offered us a respite and some wonderful social lubrication. A theme that continued all night long in a giddying display of hedenisim that resulted with a fantastic rendition of our closing song belted out by Tony, the owner, to the delirious cheering and jeering of his staff.

This seemed to be the place in Tassie that has the hedonism that we more associated with Sodom and Gomorrah, down to a fine art.

Excellent party dude (if you say this with a slight drawling Spanish accent it is quite funny.)

Many promises were made some were kept and the dawn arrived, raising its ugly head to tell us to go home now.

Ok so we wil,l but we as an entity have decided to keep this Tasmanian tour as an open ended ticket. It will continue.

LIFE BYTES DVD

by Elle

‘City Of God’ Miramax

‘Deep Impact’ Universal

‘Cold Mountain’ Miramax

‘Unshackled’ Universal

Based on a true story, City of God is a film that makes you sit up and listen. Director Fernando Meirelles gives us a rich insight into the seedy world of Brazil's drug culture ruled by guns and violence.

DEEP IMPACT is a film about America sacrificing its all in the interest of the greater good of the world in the face of global catastrophe. The film opens with Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood) discovering an unidentified star which turns out to be an asteroid the size of New York City heading for earth.

Somehow one of the greatest bands in recent memory slipped under the radar. What happened? First there was an excellent second album that was largely ignored and then what… to me Supergrass haven’t looked all that ‘super’ for a long time.

To coincide with the release of their 10th anniversary Greatest Hits collection, the Oxford lads run through 21 of their promos including three versions of 'Caught By The Fuzz' (US Version, UK Version, Acoustic Version), the Chopper-racing frenzied 'Alright' video, the original and kid-friendly versions of 'Mary', the puppet-tastic 'Pumping On Your Stereo' and current new single 'Kiss Of Life'.

If that's not enough they've also included 'A Home Movie - Supergrass Is 10' documentary, a 78 minute film about the band's beginnings and rise to fame. You can also play with the nifty Multi-Cam Feature where you can mess about with the band's Richard III video. Top stuff I guess if you’re a Supergrass fan.

Unshackled in the true story of two men, Harold Morris (Burgess Jenkins) and Doc (James Black) in the American justice system during the racially tense 1960’s. It chronicles the hatred of the two inmates in a southern U.S. Penitentiary and how it developed into life-long friends, specifically concentrating on Morris and his goal to educate American youth.

An innocence is brought to the film by telling the story through the eyes of Rocket, a young man who escapes being directly involved in the dog eat dog world of drug running by pursuing his passion for photography.

Rocket somehow remains at arms length from the violence which is incomprehensible for many in the western world, but which is an unquestioned reality for many in Brazil. Where gangs rule the streets and disputes are resolved by the way of the gun, this confronting but highly artistic representation of the streets of Brazil is often shocking and heartbreaking.

The notion of innocence is shattered as we witness brutality of and by gangs of very young boys and the total disregard for life and love.

Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni), is an up and coming reporter who stumbles upon the biggest story in history. While chasing an alleged affair within the White House, discovers the White House affair is actually an asteroid on a course to earth and she is the only one who knows. The FBI take her to the President (Morgan Freeman) who convinces her to hold the story until he can tell the nation. Freeman reveals that NASA has teamed up with Russia to build the biggest spaceship ever, The Messiah, which is going to knock the asteroid off course to save life on earth.

An entertaining movie with some great actors and for a change, America does not always win.

Athens 2004

by Matt C

Determined by the racial stereotypes of the time, the movie begins in the segregated prison, Morris and Doc in separate racial wings. After a federally enforced ruling mandating the end to racial segregation, the two must learn to cohabitate and find a friendship where else, but on the hard court in a basketball game. As they coach and play for the prison team against locals, they are also teaching one of the guard’s sons how to dribble and shoot. k like a local gymnasium on a low budget.

Essentially, Unshackled is a springboard for educating adolescent youth to avoid the perils of booze, drugs and violence, but lacks the power and political statement of shows like SBS’s Oz.

Digital Equipment Review

becomes boring. Luckily, that only takes out half of the games in this compendium. There are 25 events to compete in, in the main areas of gymnastics, aquatics, athletics and arena. Arena covers horses, archery and shooting (but you don't get to shoot the horses!).

Graphically it’s come a long way since Daley Thompson's 1984 classic, although for all the eyecandy, it’s no more fun. Yes, everything has more depth, the rendering of the objects is pretty good, but at the end of the day, that adds little to the game. For example, in the high jump, you need to follow the footprints to make it over the bar - it about the sequencing of the button presses. The swimming may as well be the 1500 metres, or the hurdles, if you want to throw in another button. The equestrian event is pretty cool, with Athens 2004 being the first game to feature a fully motion captured horse, great if your into horse riding, but in all honestly I found this event rather boring.

It seems appropriate that I have to review the official game of the 2004 Olympics, just as the Games have kicked off. I had to laugh initially as when the game was sent to me, the stadiums in Athens were still in construction, but it features seven official venues which all have been recreated using accurate architectural plans and photography to ensure an exact replication of the real life environments.

Games in this genre have been around forever. I can still remember hours of agony from the button pressing frenzy of such classic games, namely Summer and Winter Games and Daley Thompson’s Decathlon on the good old’ Commodore 64 (really staring to show my age). Athens 2004 brings this old concept back, giving the gamer an opportunity to test the finger coordination over loads of events. The basic game play is the same, being prepubescent, there was some status in being able to alternately hit two buttons as a fast as you can. As a beer-swilling man, you reach a point where tolerance ends and hitting buttons

For me the highlight event was the gymnastics, with both the male and female floor routines being a standout. It’s quite funny to watch my gaming friends competing over who has the best routine, however it’s quite short lived, but definitely worth a laugh.

Athens 2004 comes into its own with four players all competing. Its fun playing against your mates, and its fun to reminisce on these old classic games. Players can choose to be one of 800 different characters from 64 countries so there is countless choice to model your character.

This game provided a bit of fun as a lead up to the Olympic Games, and I must admit, I have watched some different events thanks to playing this game. I know understand skeet shooting and how equestrian events work (just wish there was a cheat so you could shoot the horse [sic]). As for a single player game, the fun is short lived, but as a multi player, it will provide you with a few hours of fun with your mates, but that’s about it. Personally I’d rather watch the real thing.

Graphics ***** Sound **** Game play ***

Multiplayer Yes Overall ***

Digital Grand Piano Kohler

M65 Siemens

If you're looking to have a grand piano in your house (!), and you like to compose and record music, using modern keyboard/synthesizer utilities, then the Kohler digital grand piano may be just the thing for you. It looks impressive and the range of programmable options available is impressive too. However, it lacks the wow factor that comes from the sound of a real grand piano, like a Steinbach. There is some compensation for that complaint that pianists have about keyboards, that a keyboard's keys lack sensitivity, with a range of sensitivity settings. And the sound is pretty good, if we're talking about a comparison with a grand piano, but there is still a hint of "buzz" which makes the sound recognisable as electronic. The keyboard provides 332 different sounds, there is a third damper pedal, a built in recorder capable of seven tracks plus the keyboard, as well as MIDI connectors for the computer or another midi device. A high-end synth it's not, a grand piano it's not, but it is $10,000 less than a grand piano, big and beautiful, with a good sound, especially in the lower notes, with capabilities for composing or a bit of fun. .

Pitched at extreme sport lovers is Siemens' water, shock and dust resistant M65 and Bike-oMeter.

The triband GSM handset features integrated VGA camera and video capability, rubber housing that not only protects the video/camera lens but also guards the phone against water splashes and dust.

The metal protection frame and rubber bumper "absorbs shocks and judders whether on bumpy crossroads or rocky mountain slopes", according to its press.

Available for purchase with the Siemens M65 is the Siemens Bike-o-Meter The Bike-o-Meter combines a robust mobile holder and advanced cyclometer with additional tour-management functions and navigational elements.

Mounted in direct view on the bike's handlebar, it displays information on standard cyclometer functions and gives you the option to record new tours on the move or to follow predefined trips that are indicated on the phone's display.

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‘To The 5 Boroughs’ Beastie Boys

‘Doppler Shift’ Clan Analogue

‘Fiji Baby’ Goodshirt

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Electro Selections

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The Beastie Boys make their long awaited return with To The 5 Boroughs, their first full length album since 1999's Hello Nasty. This sixth album shows how they have matured since their debut party album Licensed To Ill that concentrated on beer drinking, women and Led Zeppelin samples. In contrast, the trio now poke lyrical jabs at George Bush and the American ideology of declaring war and creating enemies worldwide, mixed with Buddhist references and their expected witty puns and obscure tid-bits.

The album is the Beastie Boys traditional bouillabaisse of genres within one album, but isn't quite as diverse as we have come to expect. The 5 Boroughs is more rap driven than their past albums which have included diversity through dub, moog, ballads, and hard rock alongside their hip hop stylings.

Rest assured, the nearly forty year olds continue to be driven by their off beat humour, but 1/4 of their prose now accounts for voicing their personal ideologies through songs like It Takes Time to Build and We Got The. This is even more evident in An Open Letter to NYC, where they show how things have changed in their resident New York in light of recent years.

Doppler Shift is the latest compilation from Australia’s electronic arts collective Clan Analogue. It provides a great insight into a group of artists that laid roots in Sydney in the early 90’s creating their collaboration out of their frustration with a lack of live venues and releasing mediums catering to their genre.

Over the years, Clan Analogue has offered compilations focusing on eras, this time throwing their electronic talents into the spotlight. The disc offers a diverse from many old and new members with a mix of electric beats from many General Electrik, breakbeats from Victor X-ray and house from Itch-e and Scratch-e (one half of which is Paul Mac from The Dissociatives fame) to name a few.

Electro Selections provides a great insight into the explorative nature of the Clan with the inclusion of vocals on some tracks laced within the diverse beats. Although the disc may falls a bit short for some familiar with their previous compilations such as Cognition and Jaunt, it is a great sampling of the Clan’s strength of musical talent who create a distinctive Aussieelectro sound that still resounds with influences from across the global underground.

Kiwi rockers Goodshirt cross the Tasman Sea with their latest release Fiji Baby, a heavily pop influenced album that draws comparisons to similar counterparts that are commonly found on commercial radio these days. Lacking a bass player in the group, they are reminiscent of groups like Sum 41 who cater to the masses through party infused songs, humour and a bouncy sound.

At times Fiji Baby drifts from this recipe by attempting to emulate sounds such as the Pixies on tracks like Sand, but merely sounds like a poor cover band. How will I See You and Cold Body Blues provide insights into the versaility of the band in a more laid back, reflective sound, but primarily the first half of the album especially, resorts to the sounds that will cater to the adolescent age group and fans of mainstream pop.

Additional listening allow the listener to find a new underlying quality in the album and allows for more careful dissection of tracks that will likely not be heard on the radio when Goodshirt tour Australia in the next few months.

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‘SCAR EP’ Missy Higgins The Scar EP has some lovely, simple melodies and a real accent from this little Aussie lady makes you want to drink beers in the sunshine.

The piano melodies are integrated nicely with her accoustic guitar and her rich vocals. A mix of blues, indie rock and backyard lamenting, this EP is filled with a variety of musicalities including some interesting uses of brass and woodwind.

The 20 year old from Melbourne who has been touring with the likes of John Butler and The Waifs, deservedly won Triple J's Unearthed competition in 2001. I get the feeling this woman has a history that is feeding her heart and fingers to bring out her tunes in classic form. She is not just on the bandwagon of newborn piano popularity following the success of Nora Jones and Delta Goodram, but has found her style through an obviously vast range of musical influences. Spending time in the studio with U.S. Producer, John Porter( The Smiths, Ryan Adams) and mixer Jay Newland (Nora Jones), her feminine strength will speak to the ladies out there and perhaps the men can learn something too.

Spending a year backpacking around Europe in 2002 has paid off in ensuring she is rich in experience and not just another 2-bit pop star.

‘Forget What You Know’ Midtown

‘I COM’ Miss KItten

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It has been said this band's inspirational theme is that nothing is what it appears to be and this is true with this, their third album. Within two years of forming, Midtown toured with blink-182, and the opening tracks of "Forget What You Know" have a similar big stadium, moshing, frantic rock sound. For fans of this style this is great stuff, but it didn't break any new ground for me. The second half of the CD is much more inspiring, including "Empty Like the Ocean" and "Waiting for the News". The CD is finished off on a high note with a work of great originality, the 13 minute, "So Long As We Keep Our Bodies Numb We're Safe," which is a hypnotic, rock mantra. After listening all the way through, because of and in spite of such a variety of styles, the album holds together well as a whole. And the lyrics are printed on the inside cover with groovy modern-art pics.

Miss Kittin, nee Caroline Herve, is a former pole dancer from France who now performs instead as a techno DJ/singer/producer. Initially she comes across as an electronic PJ Harvey, spouting disdain with the music industry and the trials of being a cog within it but evolves into a lyrically talented crooner when self-publicising herself within the album.

Throughout I Com, Miss Kitten displays her many influences by infusing electronics with deep beats, rock guitars and a touch of pop.

Unfortunately, these sometimes make for a muddled album that drags on, especially on songs like Meet Sue Be She and Requiem For a Hit, where the song primarily consists of is the same line ‘I’ll beat that Bitch with a Hit’ countless times. The lyrics and singing of Kittin are the highlight and she would be best served to maintain the singing entirely on her albums.

An interesting album to investigate, that improves with subsequest listens and serves as a nice sample of a female musician who performs in both her native tongue and English, showing no signs of submitting to anything but her own creativity.

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Victor Tilley - Red Herring’s Big Fish Sauce Staff by nearly 14 years.

Since it was the original company ‘Sea World’.

They changed trading names in 1993 to Red Herring Surf, because a shipment of 135 dolphins was delivered to the store by mistake.

(I made that up about the dolphins, incase it seemed far fetched) Victor was recounting the days of “Push’n broom” and his steady climb through the company until, in 2001, he bought Red Herring Surf.

When you ask most people what they think about Red Herring surf/skate stores, generally they say stuff like “There’s heaps of beautiful chicks and cool clothes” or “I bought my first skateboard there and still cry with joy every time I go into the store”.

One bloke even said ”They kicked me out for trying on clothes without undies on” but don’t listen to him!

All this sounds great, sure (except for no undies man) but there’s more to these Lil’ TAZZIE rockers than hot dax and new boards.

I asked owner/general manager Victor Tilley exactly what that was.

Victor has been apart of Red Herring Surf for

Sk8 profile -

Red Herring is now a major player in Youth Support Activities, raising money and awareness all through out the year.

Victor said, “You have to pay the bills, but it’s not all about money.

I want to put something back into the community the most effective and fun way possible.

We’re working hard every year organizing events and campaigns and I think we reach a lot of people!”

He’s heading out to Hobart College soon to give a speech to the young crew about having the courage to look outside the square and following your dreams when it comes to a career.

George Newsholme

Rock and Roll tour that’s happening from September 11th to 16th all over Tazzie.

I was really impressed with the park, but unfortunately I couldn’t enjoy it that much because some young bloke was absolutely destroying the place and I couldn’t stop thinking of breaking his legs.

You’ll even see his face in some of the worlds best skateboarding magazines.

An ageing bum like myself deserves to have a bit of space to breathe at a park. Not be put to shame at every goddamn turn!

Anyway he seemed like a nice enough fella, so I thought I’d slap his face in the mag.

George is 17 years old.

He’s collected a few sponsors during his 6 years of skating (ELEMENT-RED HERRING SURF-LAKAI) and will be one of the lads heading the ‘Red Herring Surf’ crew for the

Not only do they have a staff member from the Launceston store being nominated for TAS-STA ‘Trainee of the Year’.

Red Herring Surf are also nominated for next year’s ‘Employer of the Year’ Awards.

David K Q Williams Publisher / Editor

Simon Hancock Graphic Designer

Elle Tiffen Writer

Huw Joseph Journalist

Matt Carswell Journalist

Kris Sales Journalist

Shane Dearing Journalist

Amber Wilson Journalist

They must be doing something right!

Personnel/trainer Kylie Barwick says “We encourage our staff to just see life as an experience, and enjoy it.

We keep it really personal and take the time with our staff to find out how they are and where they are at”.

How on earth do they find the time to run their 5 stores in Burnie, Launceston, Rosny, Northgate and Hobart, as well? It’s simple.

Victor doesn’t sleep. EVER!

They support numerous local clubs/bands/athletes and the list goes on.

I remember the first time I skated EC Skate Park when I moved here.

Not fair!

Huw Joseph

I asked him a couple of questions so all the kids out there can get an idea of what to buy George for Christmas.

Favourite Skaters? Rob Welsh and Alex Harvey.

Favourite Video? Ace Ventura; Pet Detective.

Favourite Spot to Skate?

Cenotaph.

George is such a nice bloke that he wants to yell out to his mates!!!

Laif JohannesenAlex HarveyTrav PennelGuy CritchleyNice one George, keep ruling mate.

Red Herring are purely TAZZIE owned and run.

They do all their own store designs and concepts.

Keep an eye out for ‘The Rock and Roll Tour’ heading to a town near you from September 11th to 16th.

Featuring the Red Herring skate team and local bands smashing it up for all the kiddies in Burnie, Launceston, Kettering, St Helens, Bridport and Hobart.

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Book review

by Carl Fidler The music biz ain't all beer and skittles.

Some may say the music biz these days is more about biz and less about music. In fact the distance between a finished product and an actual release is so great that it's easy to get lost on the way.

A potential roadmap for the trip is "Music Business Made Simple" by J.S.Rudsenske.

J.S."Skip" Rudsenske is an entertainment attorney and has represented companies and artists in music, film, theatre and television, so he brings those perspectives and experience to the text.

His intent, apparently, was to produce an easy-to-read, step-by-step approach to understanding the business.

It's a good book with a lot of useful information. I didn't feel it had any new information, but what it did have was EVERYTHING for someone just starting out.

It's written from a Texan's perspective, so apart from a few cultural differences, it is still relevant to the Australian industry.

The book is divided into four simple sections: Getting Started, Development, Professional Personnel & Getting A Record Deal.

Living Artists Week Design On The Move Drummers which kept the crowd entertained before a movement performance piece that left everybody stunned.

It freaked out Shane who had come with me. The night finished off with selection of Tafe Ceramics students work.

The crowd was a huge mix including the local arty crowd, artists and students.

Design Centre - Launceston 20/8/04 As a part of Living Artist Week the Design On The Move Catwalk Parade proved to be an extremely popular event.

With People packing out Launceston’s Design Centre to see some of Tasmania's talented artists show their works in a different way.

Using a mixture of theatre, dance, catwalk modelling and music to show off their Jewellery, Ceramics and Fashion, the crowd was also entertained by some Taiko Drumming

by Simon Vanyai Alister Mackinnon and Jame McArthur.

First up on the Catwalk was a selection of Jewellery by Susannah Mitchell and Dressmaker Denise Wells.

Then a performance by the Taiko

Overall it was well quite well organised, it’s interesting to see another take on the normal catwalk fashion parade.

I especially liked the part in Getting Started titled, "Be An Artist First", which urges the reader to accept themselves and not to torture themselves if they don't make a million straight away.

It says, "Do what you love, and the money will follow ..."

Development is a little more practical, outlining the necessity for practice, tips on stage performance, recording and how to create promotional packages.

Part three, Professional Personnel, is a list of all the professions you will encounter in the music business, from how to find them to what they do, including lawyers, managers, producers and booking agents.

The final part, and this is the clincher, Getting a record deal explains the differences between major and independent labels, what a label can do for you and how to get their attention.

There's a small chapter on signing the deal which enforces the need of legal representation or at least a third party to read the contract thru.

If you've had dealings with the industry before, then this book probably won't tell you anything you didn't know, but if you're sitting in your garage with your hot new track and no idea which step to take next, then this is the book for you.

SPOTLIGHT EXHIBITIONS 5pm-7:00pm Friday, 3rd September 2004 Exhibition dates: 3 Sept – 13 Sept Venue: Powerhouse Gallery & Art Space, Inveresk Exhibition title: I.D. From Sew What? – Textiles Club from the University of Tasmania This is an exhibition exploring how textile artists develop and grow in the current contemporary art world. Through examining the world around them, the textile club has created wide-ranging works, exhibiting high skill level and intriguing insight.

Sew What? exhibition co-ordinators Nicolette Marek and Katherine Hardy strongly believe in the value of a textile presence in contemporary art. Both are third year Bachelor of Visual Arts students at the Academy of the Arts at Inveresk.

Marek states that although there is often a general acceptance from the public when other art forms combine, textiles rarely receives the same treatment. “There is a stereotype that we are trying to break away from. People think ‘You do textiles, you must print T-shirts’ and although this is what some people create, it isn’t the only thing that textiles is about.”

The collection of work will present an image of textiles in the contemporary art world.

Audiences will have the opportunity to discuss the works with the artists at the exhibition opening that begins at 5pm, Friday 3 September. The exhibition continues until September 13, with the gallery opening 10am5pm weekdays and 11am-2pm weekends.

General C:43 <TALENTtime> 2004 The CATCHMENT43.NET is promoting October 2004 as <TALENTtime> 2004. In line with this venues in ‘The Catchment’ are being encouraged organize events to flush out the latent talent in the Tamar Esk Catchment.

While <TALENTtime> 2004 most obviously relates to the performing arts it need not be restricted to that. The Metz on the corner of St. John’s & York Streets will be organizing a series of events for <TALENTtime> and others wishing to use this self moderating MESSAGE BOARD to post comment and information about their project during <TALENTtime> are encouraged to do so. <TALENTtime> 2004 will run from Friday Oct 1 to Sunday Oct 31

Dance RUB COLLECTIVES The Rub Collectives will show case three signature works by local dancers and choreographers.

This newly formed project, with the emphasis on entertainment will certainly create a stir in your winter wonders, with physical, intelligent and poignant dance performances. The works will relate to many of today's social issues.

The Rub Collective are: Malcolm McMillan, Natasha Middleton, Catherine Freeman and Trisha Dunn.

Where: Earl Arts Centre When: Sept 24th @ 7.30pm & Sept 25th @ 6.00pm Cost: $10 Door Sales Only

Bare Threads

Name: Heath Age: 21 What’s your passion: Gardening Most important issue today: Havent got any Favourite band: Hed PE Favourite track: Bartender (Hed Pe) Favourite drink: Jonny Walker I’m gonna: Make your day

Name: Jodie Age: 20 What’s your passion: Hairdressing Most important issue today: Everything Favourite band: Enreque Favourite track: Black Betty (Spiderbait) Favourite drink: Kahlua I’m gonna: Conquor the world!

Meme (Hobart) Unique clothes, spunky young blokes and chicks, talented designers and the latest fashions and art. Look no further than Meme in the Hobart Bank Arcade, behind the Argyle Street car park. About three months ago, 7 talented, driven young people decided to pool their talents and break into the fashion world, by opening their own store, with their own unique designs. After walking past the vacant store for a couple of weeks and deciding Hobart needed a new outlook on t-shirts, art and fashion, Aaron, James, Charlie, Tim, Friedel, Elly and Nat decided to do something about it.”

Aaron, why did you decide to open the store?

“The shop space was empty for months, and we saw a lack of an independent outlet supporting local designers...”

How did you guys end up where you are today?

street fashion

Name: Malcolm Age: 28 What’s your passion: Choreography Most important issue today: Blue Tier Fave band: The Dead Abigails Fave track: Whipping Boy (Dead Abigails) Favourite drink: Coffee I’m gonna: Enjoy the weekend

Name: Melody Age: 29 What’s your passion: Social Justice Most important issue today: Exercie Favourite band: Underworld Fave track: Skyscraper (Underworld) Favourite drink: Chai Latte I’m gonna: Fix the world

Local design “What are you guys aiming to achieve?

regular exhibitions in the shop, anything from street artists to studio artists...”

” “We're hoping to promote local design culture within Hobart, giving local designers an independent commercial outlet.”

What advice do you have to up and coming designers?

What has influenced you guys to get out there and do what you are doing?

“We saw that there was a lot of great design work going on, but there was no outlet for it - a big part of Meme is trying to create our own design culture to support our (and others) individual pursuits...”

They talked of turning Meme into a “hybrid design/art space”, with clothes and art, as well as featuring exhibitions of other designers work.

The call has been put out to all young designers who think they have an edge and want to display their work.

“Sipping martinis by the pool with Paris…”

Where are you guys from and where are you headed?

After chatting to the guys, it was pretty clear that they are hell-bent on kick-starting their own fashion/art careers and giving a helping hand to other local young designers who feel the same.

“We are a collective of designers, ranging from architects to graphics to fashion... world domination. We're really keen to get a wider network of people involved, and start having

by Samantha Greeen

“Play hard and fast... bring your stuff into Meme if you want to get it "out there...”

On an end note, and to put you on the spot, why should people come into your store?

“We are the only store in Hobart stocking exclusively limited edition local designs...”

Meme (pron. meem): A contagious information pattern that replicates by parasitically infecting human minds and altering their behaviour, causing them to propagate the pattern. (Term coined by Dawkins, by analogy with "gene".)

Individual slogans, catch-phrases, melodies, icons, inventions, and fashions are typical memes.

An idea or information pattern is not a meme until it causes someone to replicate it, to repeat it to someone else. All transmitted knowledge is memetic.

Put into layman’s terms, James and Tim gave

an example of Meme to me, as when you’re walking down the street and for no apparent reason, you start singing the Harvey Norman jingle… I just thought I was going nutty when that happened.

So why not take a stroll down to Meme in the Bank Arcade, because the guys are more than happy to have a chat with you about getting out there and getting known.

Meme is open Monday to Friday, 10 til 4 and Saturday, 10 til 3.

Thurs 2/9 MESH - Hobarts oldest club night, breaks/drum+bass with resident DJ SPIN-FX and guests.

Fri 3/9 Downstairs 8pm: KO - Resident DJ's Seb, SPIN-FX & Gnosis 'Laying down the Chunks"O"Funk' Downstairs 11pm: BOOGIE - 70's & 80's FUNK with resident DJ's Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs: BREAKEVEN - Phat breaks & Electro with resident DJ's AdamTurner, SPIN-FX and guests.

Sat 4/9 Downstairs: TACKYLAND - 70's 80's and 90's RETRO with resident DJ's Nick C and the outPSIder.

Upstairs: The BEEZ NEEZ - "if it's good we'll play it" - house, electro & breaks with resident DJ's Gillie, Adam Turner, Matt B and guests.

Thurs 9/9 MESH - Hobarts oldest club night, breaks/drum+bass with resident DJ SPIN-FX and guests.

Fri 10/9 Downstairs 8pm: KO - Resident DJ's Seb, SPIN-FX & Gnosis 'Laying down the Chunks"O"Funk' Downstairs: BOOGIE - 70's & 80's FUNK with resident DJ's Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs: LaCasa - Vocal House with resident DJ's Matt B, Gillie and Guests.

Sat 11/9 Downstairs: TACKYLAND - 70's 80's and 90's RETRO with resident DJ's Nick C and the outPSIder.

Upstairs: The BEEZ NEEZ - "if it's good we'll play it" - house, electro & breaks with resident DJ's Gillie, Adam Turner, Matt B and guests.

Thurs 16/9 MESH - Hobarts oldest club night, breaks/drum+bass with resident DJ SPIN-FX and guests.

Fri 17/9 Downstairs 8pm: KO - Resident DJ's Seb, SPIN-FX & Gnosis 'Laying down the Chunks"O"Funk' Downstairs: BOOGIE - 70's & 80's FUNK with resident DJ's Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs: LaCasa - Vocal House with resident DJ's Matt B, Gillie and Guests.

Sat 18/9 Downstairs: TACKYLAND - 70's 80's and 90's RETRO with resident DJ's Nick C and Rollie.

Upstairs: The BEEZ NEEZ - "if it's good we'll play it" - house, electro & breaks with resident DJ's Gillie, Adam Turner, Matt B and guests.

Thurs 23/9 MESH Hobarts oldest club night, breaks/drum+bass with resident DJ SPIN-FX and guests.

Fri 24/9 Downstairs 8pm: KO - Resident DJ's Seb, SPIN-FX & Gnosis 'Laying down the Chunks"O"Funk' Downstairs 11pm: BOOGIE - 70's & 80's FUNK with resident DJ's Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs: PICKLE - TECHNO, HARD HOUSE, ELECTRO,TRANCE & NRG with resident DJ's: Kir, Modal, Doofa, DSKO, Corney.

Sat 25/9 Downstairs: TACKYLAND - 70's 80's and 90's RETRO with resident DJ's Nick C and Rollie.

Upstairs: The BEEZ NEEZ - "if it's good we'll play it" - house, electro & breaks with resident DJ's Gillie, Adam Turner, Matt B and guests.

Thurs 30/9 MESH - Hobarts oldest club night, breaks/drum+bass with resident DJ SPIN-FX and guests.

Fri 1/10 Downstairs 8pm: KO - Resident DJ's Seb, SPIN-FX & Gnosis 'Laying down the Chunks"O"Funk' Downstairs 11pm: BOOGIE - 70's & 80's FUNK with resident DJ's Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs: MINISTRY OF SOUND, National Breaks Tour 04, featuring KID KINOBE & MC SHURESHOCK + local BREAKEVEN crew.

Sat 2/10 Downstairs: TACKYLAND - 70's 80's and 90's RETRO with resident DJ's Nick C and Rollie.

Upstairs: The BEEZ NEEZ - "if it's good we'll play it" - house, electro & breaks with resident DJ's Gillie, Adam Turner, Matt B and guests.

COMING EVENTS: MINISTRY OF SOUND - NRG TOUR - JOHN FERRIS, JASON MIDRO OCTOBER 30th.

Renovations taking place at the Syrup venue during the month of September.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

SYRUP THURSDAY - SATURDAY 39 SALAMANCA PLACE, HOBART manager@syrupclub.com

UK DJ ERIC POWELL FRI 10th Tickets Pre Sale $15 or Door Sales $20 The Bush Records Retrospective Tour

CAT EMPIRE

THU 23rd

$25. Be quick. This will sell out FAST

'FRYZIE' Ryan FRI 17 Big Brother Star makes a personal appearance at the Saloon.

MINISTRY OF SOUND

WED OCT 6th

Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock will be at the Saloon for the Legendary Uni Night Legendary Uni Night

Super Saturday

Chilli Dance Party

Karaoke

Great live bands Best drink specials Best happy hours in Tassie Free buses to and from uni Free student entry before 11.00 pm

Every Saturday downstairs in the Saloon with Tassie's Best Party Atmosphere.

With the best of Local and Interstate DJ's playing every Saturday night in the Upstairs "Lube Bar".

Wednesday and Friday night Upstairs in the "Lube" Great competitions 100's of songs to choose from

COMING SOON: Saturday 16th October

THUNDERSTRUCK will blow you away.

Saturday 23th October

Triple J's GROOVE TRAIN at the Saloon. Look for details soon.

Saturday 30 October

COLD CHISEL will ROCK the house.

Sunday 31 st October

"Little Birdy" back for a sensational tour. If you missed them last time make sure you get here for this one.

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