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EDITOR’S NOTE

It’s a catch-22 the festival season. With it comes all sorts of awesome activity – catching live bands with your mates across three different stages at any given music festival; seeing cool new movies (and some beaut classics) on the big screen under the stars; checking out stranger-thanstrange art festivals - with productions these days involving some intense audience participation.

Alternate covers...

Collect them both!

The downside to all this running about, of course, is feeling exhausted afterwards. Throw into the mix Christmas, New Year, and a lot of flying to and fro between gigs, and it’s no wonder we can feel as if we need a holiday after the ‘holidays’.

In this special festival-themed issue of Rock Candy, we not only cover some great things-to-do over the summer season, but offer excellent advice on how to keep your good self in check.

On the activity front, Jake Frost takes up mixed martial arts, Lee Johnson suggests diving for crayfish in Rotto, and Jordan Leist releases adrenaline through fast bike action at the Moto GP. Our resident health advisor Heath Black provides tips on avoiding the ‘blues’ after the ‘buzz’ (beginning with pacing your drinks) while FIFO wife Debbie Russo tackles the tough questions kids ask when they’re about to venture to their very first festival.

Back to that festival theme, then, we also show you where the best gigs are at, what hangover food to enjoy after the fact, even what to wear in your great festival odyssey (enjoy our inaugural fashion spread, pages 68-74).

Ziggy Bull Terrier illustration by Olga Angelioz for Shutterstock.

Artwork by Barbara Bertoli.

We hope to catch you at any one of the great big gigs outdoors this summer.

In fact, hit us up for a mosh, why don’tcha?

Antonino Tati Editor

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CONTRIBUTORS Heath Black, Lisa Bodley, Jake Frost, Simone Harle, Amanda Harrigan, Lee Johnson, Jordan Leist, James Lunt, Michael Mastess, Jayga McMullen, Joey Pool, Debbie Russo

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CONTENTS - ISSUE 08 - SUMMER 2014

FEATURES 30. FESTIVAL CRISIS? WHAT FESTIVAL CRISIS? Despite talk of music festivals being on shaky ground, things are actually looking up for most promoters this season.

Simone Harle gives us the festival low-down.

34. THE CUT’N’PASTE CREW Cut Copy chat to Rock Candy about making trippy music, connecting with True Blood actor Alexander Skarsgard, and being “not so rock’n’roll” on the road.

39. MASTERING THE ART OF BASHING PEOPLE

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Jake D. Frost looks at the up-trend in mixed martial arts – where kickboxing meets tae kwon do, and kung-fu clashes with karate.

44. LIFE IN THE FAST LANE Jordan Leist takes to the track at the Malaysian Moto GP – and returns home with his head still spinning.

22. HOMEGROWN TALENT

49. GOING CRAY-CRAY FOR CRAYFISH

Three easy questions posed to three local musos doing very well for themselves, thanks.

Lee Johnson goes diving for crayfish in Rotto and comes up with more crustacea than you can poke a stick at.

25. GALLERY Johnny Romeo’s artwork is pretty tough – packed with macho comic book characters, fast cars, motorbikes, titty girls and crossbones, but chuck in splashes of colour and butch suddenly becomes beautiful.

58. GREASE IS THE WORD Our top ten hangover foods – and not one of them is healthy for you.

REGULARS 10. COMPETITIONS

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Heath Black offers suggestions to beating the blues after the festival buzz.

61. AMANDA’S ADVICE

13. THE BITS UP THE FRONT

New columnist Amanda Harrigan provides a survival guide to relationships over the silly season.

Comedienne Pam Ann puts the fun back into flying; the Perth International Arts Festival gets all interactive-style; Rock Candy launches its own radio station; photographer Ross Halfin shoots an army of music acts.

63. THE FIFO WIFE Debbie Russo tackles the big questions kids ask when they’re about to venture to their first big music festival.

15. GADGETS & STUFF

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17. FASHION IN, FASHION OUT Getting you equipped for that next big festival outing.

Six-year-old Mikayla Stokes is Child Ambassador for the Variety Santa Fun Run – doing her bit to raise funds for and awareness of global development delay.

You’d recognise his music more than his face: Alex Lloyd’s songs with titles like Coming Home, 1000 Miles and My Way Home possess a raw sentiment of yearning for stability.

Enough music festivals to see you running around like a headless chook, but with your arms in the air!

68. FASHION Summer fashion for the avid festival goer.

Here comes the sun, little darlin’...

20. POP CULTURE: REVIEWS

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64. LOCAL HERO

66. WHO’S THIS, THEN?

19. STICK IT IN YOUR DIARY

Six flicks you’ve got to see in 2014, plus a new book packed with ‘The Best Australian Yarns’.

There’s much more to Malaysia than shopping in KL. We venture to the country’s more ‘colourful’ quarters.

60. HEATH’S HEALTHLINE

Win tickets to Maltesers Moonlight Cinema, plus copies of rockumentary Springsteen & I on DVD and new Keanu action flick Man Of Tai Chi on Blu-ray.

Dr Dre delivers cool new ‘Pill’ speakers; iMonster make music listening utterly wireless; and new website gifts4themissus offers you hints for, you guessed it, buying gifts for the missus.

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WIN! ONE OF 5 BLU-RAYS OF KEANU REEVES’ NEW MARTIAL ARTS FLICK

So you thought Keanu Reeves could only act? And, sure, some might say that even that is doubtful… But here he is acting in, and directing, his first feature film – and one about martial arts, no less.

Man Of Tai Chi is partly inspired by the life of Reeves’ good friend, stuntman Tiger Chen, who is the sole student of his elderly master’s Ling Kong Tai Chi style. While Tiger is great with the physical aspects of training, his master is struggling to instil in him those all-important philosophical aspects.

But don’t worry, it’s not all fluff and philosophy; there’s plenty of action, too!

Courtesy of Roadshow Home Entertainment, Rock Candy has five copies of Man Of Tai Chi on Blu-ray to give away. To try winning one, ensure you’ve Liked our Facebook page then email us at competitions@candymedia.com.au by Thursday 16 January with the Subject heading ‘Tai Chi’ and answer to this question: In what country was Keanu Reeves born?

(A) USA (B) CANADA (C) LEBANON

Well summer’s here and with it comes stacks of things to do outdoors including plenty of movie-going under the stars where, heck, you can even enjoy a few beers, too!

Of all the outdoor cinemas, one of the longest running is Moonlight whose Summer 2013/14 season is packed with awesome movies.

Between December 11 and March 30, Maltesers (clever branding) Moonlight Cinema will take place at Synergy Parkland (more clever branding) in Kings Park, and the list of films is huge. Highlights include the hotly anticipated The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep’s new dark comedy August: Osage County, and a beaut one for the kids, the Disney animation flick Frozen.

The season will also welcome the return of classic favourites like Top Gun, The Castle, Breakfast At Tiffany’s and Monty Python’s very funny Life Of Brian.

Maltesers Moonlight Cinema is on at Synergy Parkland in Kings Park from December 11 , 2013 to March 30, 2014. To view the full calendar or for tickets, visit www.moonlight.com.au.

Courtesy of Moonlight, Rock Candy has 10 double passes to give away. To try winning a pair, ensure you’ve Liked our Facebook page then email us at competitions@candymedia.com.au by Thursday 16 January with the Subject heading ‘Moonlight’.

WIN! COPIES OF ‘SPRINGSTEEN & I’ ON DVD

Well ‘The Boss’ has come and gone, leaving Aussie fans way impressed with his live shows, and now you can get a hold of some Bruce Springsteen live on Blu-ray and DVD, along with great ‘doco’ style footage.

Just released is Springsteen & I – a unique feature music documentary celebrating one of rock’n’roll’s greatest icons. Fully endorsed by Springsteen himself, the film was actually put together by fans, reflecting their personal experiences while looking at what this timeless artist has meant to them – amid some amazing performance footage.

At times funny and sometimes over-the-top, the various fans’ perspectives of The Boss makes for entertaining viewing. Even the film’s executive producer, Ridley Scott (yep, the dude behind Bladerunner) commented, “This film provides a unique insight into the powerful bond between a recording artist and those who connect so profoundly with his music.”

Enjoy footage of unseen Springsteen performances of hits including Dancing In The Dark, Born In The USA, I’m On Fire and Born To Run and, as a bonus, there are six tracks from Bruce’s 2012 Hyde Park, UK, performance.

Courtesy of Shock Entertainment, Rock Candy has 3 copies of Springsteen & I on Blu-ray to give away. To try winning one, ensure you’ve Liked our Facebook page then email us at competitions@candymedia.com.au by Thursday 16 January with the Subject heading ‘Springsteen’.

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FLYING HIGH

Since FIFOs fly in and fly out a lot (hence the acronym, don’tcha know) we figured it a good idea to tell you about one very funny lady who’ll be jetting into town soon. She calls herself Pam Ann – a pun on the now defunct American airline, Pan Am – and she is soooo funny that the last time we saw her we proverbially pissed ourselves.

Pam Ann’s comedy routine revolves entirely around the subject of regular flying. Oh, and extra-curricular sex, the smuggling of illicit substances, hard-partying, political incorrectness, and a dozen or so other touchy subjects. What this girl does with a bag of fake snuff will have you rolling in the aisles. And what she has to say about Jetstar stewardesses will have you in stitches.

Seriously. If you get a chance, book a ticket to see her show Plane Filthy at The Regal Theatre, March 7. Antonino Tati

Ross Halfin recently exhibited as part of the ‘Red Bull Curates’ series, featuring his work at Ezra Pound, Helvetica and 399 Bar in Perth.

Pictured, Pearl Jam looking lost in Hyde Park, London.

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MUSIC THAT’S HARD AND SWEET

Being posted in some far-out regional spot often means fuzzy interference on your radio dial, but now you can tune in to quality music anywhere you are in this great big state of ours. Yes, your favourite magazine now has its very own internet radio station that plays an excellent mix of fresh tunes, along with a heap of classics thrown in for good measure. All you’ve gotta do is hop online to the Radionomy website (www.radionomy.com) and key in ‘Rock Candy Radio’. No need to even subscribe! Oh, and we do take requests. Simply hit us up on our Facebook page and let us know what you’d like to hear more of! MM

ROLL UP! ROLL UP!

Strangers coming up to you, asking you to do strange things… A life-size bouncy castle that looks just like Stonehenge… An entire ‘live’ performance viewed on the go on an iPad… These could only be part of the very cutting-edge Perth International Arts Festival 2014.

While there’s only a small number of free events in this year’s program – including the aforementioned inflatable Stonehenge in the Supreme Court Gardens, and several opening night spectaculars (three of ‘em!) in Langley Park featuring pyrotechnics, the complimentary events themselves are huge.

An interesting thing to note is the great amount of interactivity included in the theatre program this year. You Once Said Yes, for example, is an interactive, site-specific piece of theatre where you are the main character. Part theatrical experience, part real life, part city journey, random characters come up to you and ask questions, and, so long as you continue saying ‘yes’, you’ll be taken on a mad, unpredictable journey – a bit like Alice going down the rabbit hole!

Heck, random dudes in hotted-up cars might even demand that you get in and go for a wild ride with them, just like they did when the production debuted in Edinburgh (pictured, above).

Beyond theatre, there’s plenty of dance, circus and cinema. And on the music front, hip-hop heroes Public Enemy will lead the charge in the Festival Gardens live music line-up. So what are you waiting for? Book those tickets now. AT The Perth International Arts Festival runs from February 7 to March 1, 2014.

For more information visit www. perthfestival.com.au.

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Notorious rap artist and producer Dr Dre has added a new gizmo to his famed music product line - the Beats by Dre ‘Pill Speaker’. The lightweight, portable speaker is totally wireless and Bluetooth-enabled so you can boom music anywhere you go from a variety of devices - even change tracks via your mobile phone. Small enough to fit in your hand, the Beats Pill packs a powerful audio punch. Put it this way, after weeks of listening to internet radio from a computer in the office, and it sounding all tinny-like, we plugged this baby in and suddenly realised just how awesome net tunes can sound with a decent little speaker. Drop it like it’s hot! No wait, that’s a Snoop Dogg track…

Beats by Dre Pill Speaker, RRP $259, available from www.au.beatsbydre.com.

2. UNWIRED FOR SOUND

Ever been running on a treadmill with your earphones on and gotten the lead wrapped around the equipment’s handles?

Not a good look when you’re trying to appear all cool and collected at the gym.

Leading music accessories brand, Monster, now has the solution with the release of these iSport Freedom headphones. They’re wireless, deliver superb audio quality and, heck, are even sweat proof.

A rechargeable battery provides 30-plus hours of playback and calls, and what’s more, a clever button layout on the ear-cups allow for easy user interface to ensure that making calls and controlling sound is a cinch.

Oh, and should you ever want to go back to that oldschool look, you can always plug in a traditional lead and get back to thinking you’re the world’s greatest DJ… Available from Harvey Norman and JB Hi Fi, RRP $349.

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No, seriously, that’s what the website’s called, only spelt gifts4themissus to save you a few strokes of the keyboard.

This clever online store helps hopeless husbands and lovers find just the right gift for their cherished one. As well as offering advice and tips, gifts4themissus presents a well-curated product range so as not to overwhelm shopping-adverse men-folk.

The site was devised by Elissa Bramley, former GM of BigPond Shopping, after she was given a really ugly laptop bag from her husband one birthday.

Now he, and millions of other enlightened men, have a decent site to turn to so that they can make things right.

Message In A Bottle, $18.95, available from www.gifts4thmissus.com.

These quality eco-friendly cleaning products from Sydney based brand Murchison-Hume might look all quaint and vintage in their packaging but they pack a powerful punch in cleaning. And god knows modern life has a lot of crap to have to clean up after!

Available in the range are niftily named products like the ‘Spit and Polish Chrome & Stainless Steel Cleaner’, ‘Everyday Furniture Spritzer’, and ‘Counter Intelligence Food Safe Surface Spray’.

All products are natural, non-toxic, 100% biodegradable, cruelty-free (ie: not tested on animals) and the packaging itself 100% recyclable. How’s that for good and green?

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You probably wouldn’t want to lug around a drinks cooler at your general one-day music festivals – let alone would you get through security with it, but if you’re going to an outdoor film festival be sure to make your esky stand out in the picnic ground.

This ‘Tinny’ retro tin cooler fits up to 24 cans, retains ice for up to 36 hours, and is polypropylene-insulated (big words for ‘it keeps drinks really cool’). Oh, and it’s CFC-free. We’ll drink to that!

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Yes Yes BRIGHT TEES

Music festivals are all about cutting loose, so why dress in heavy gear when you already wear enough of that at work? The first thing you’ll notice at any given festival is the large number of ‘statement’ t-shirts – kooky slogans, trippy images and bastardised logos everywhere. Make sure your tee or tank is bright – so that if you get lost, your mates can spot you a mile away. Well, a few metres away, at least.

‘Disco Pirates Came To Get Down’ tee designed by John Tibbott, RRP $20 from www.threadless.com.

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QUALITY SUNNIES

Not bringing sunnies to a festival is like not bringing a hard-hat to a mine site: plain daft. Sunglasses have the bonus factor of being sexy (what, and hard-hats aren’t?). Choose your lenses carefully, like high quality Carl Zeiss lenses that provide 100% UVA/UVB protection. And, hell, let your sunnies make a statement as loud as your tee. Adidas are currently giving customers the option to put their own designer specs together with its ‘Customize’ range, while Vuerich B sunglasses, pictured, are strong on the eco theme - each pair of specs made from recycled bits of maple-wood skateboards!

‘Rad No. 439’ sunglasses by Vuerich B, RRP $439 from www.upcyclette.com.

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Trying to look hip-hop when clearly you’re not Yes, Public Enemy are coming to town for the 2014 Perth International Arts Festival but that doesn’t give you license to think you can pull off a hip-hop wardrobe. Reasons you shouldn’t go to any festival this summer dressed like a model from an Ecko Denim campaign: (01) it’s bloody hot outside; (02) denim looks skanky when it gets real dirty (ask any diehard raver); (03) oversized sports caps just look stupid – even on rap stars; and (04) you’re not Eminem.

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Rock Candy presents a host of music festivals to keep you occupied right through summer. Don’t forget that SPF, kids.

BREAKFEST

Date: December 26 Venue: Belvoir Amphitheatre Concept: Something to do on otherwise boring Boxing Day – and, hey, dancing to tunes by this lot will work help off some of that Christmas turkey…

Lineup: Stanton Warriors, LTJ Bukem, Plump DJs, Deekline, Meat Katie, Mafia Kiss, Stickybuds.

Big Token Retro Act: None, really, since ‘breaks’ is a fairly modern phenomena, don’tcha know!

Tickets: www.boomtick.com.au

ORIGIN NYE

Date: December 31 Venue: Ozone Reserve Concept: Basically one massive urban/rap fest.

Lineup: Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, Flux Pavilion, Kill The Noise, Camo & Krooked, High Contrast.

Big Token Retro Act: All the acts are pretty contemporary.

Tickets: www.theorigin.com.au

SOUTHBOUND

Date: January 3-4 Venue: Sir Stewart Boveli Park, Busselton Concept: Celebrating its 10th birthday this year, expect more surprise acts on top of the already brilliant list below; camping on-site is optional.

Lineup: Vampire Weekend, The Rubens, Hermitude, MGMT, Hungry Kids Of Hungary, The Paper Kites, Grizzly Bear, Pond.

Big Token Retro Acts: Johnny Marr (ex-The Smiths), Violent Femmes.

Tickets: www.southboundfestival.com.au

BIG DAY OUT

Date: February 2 Venue: Claremont Showgrounds Concept: Possibly the most renowned of music festivals down under, oddly enough this one has had dramas of late, but all is looking good to go.

Lineup: Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire, Snoop Dogg, Tame Impala, The Lumineers, The Naked And Famous, Flume, Beady Eye, The Hives.

Big Token Retro Act: Primus (well, now that Blur are out).

Tickets: www.bigdayout.com

ST JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL

Date: February 8 Venue: Fremantle Esplanade Concept: It’s all about the ladies this year featuring some of the hottest new female (and female-fronted) acts.

Lineup: Lorde, Adalita, The Jezabels, Cloud Control, Haim, Chvrches, Earl Sweatshirt, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Dick Diver.

Big Token Retro Act: Nope, all very post-modern/post-fem.

Tickets: www.perth.lanewayfestival.com.au

FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL

Date: March 2 Venue: Arena Joondalup Concept: A nice, diverse mix of dance and electronica (with a bit of rap thrown in for good measure).

Lineup: Cut Copy, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kaskade, Knife Party, Phoenix, Rudimental, 2Chainz, Deadmau5, Tinie Tempah, Eric Prydz, Maya Jane Coles.

Big Token Retro Act: Surprisingly no big-name retro band this year but we do know Eric Prydz loves a good retro sample...

Tickets: www.futuremusicfestival.com.au

SOUNDWAVE

Date: March 3 Venue: Claremont Showgrounds Concept: Hard Rock, Goth Rock, Glam Rock, Heavy Metal - virtually every loud band you can name all in the one ear-splitting spot.

Lineup: Green Day, Placebo, Korn, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice In Chains, Rob Zombie, Megadeath, Avenged Sevenfold, Biffy Clyro, Asking Alexandria, Alter Bridge.

Big Token Retro Act: Living Colour (please, does anybody remember their spin-out track that went something like “Everybody loves you when you’re bi”?).

Tickets: www.soundwavefestival.com

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Immortal: I, Frankenstein

SIX FLICKS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2014

Hercules: The Legend Begins

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Here’s our list of must-see movies being released over the next six months.

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1. HER

A science fiction romance film (can you believe those genres combined?) starring Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams in a relationship that’s, well let’s just say ‘out of this world’. Basically, Phoenix’s character develops an intimate relationship with a female voice produced by a computer operating system! January 16

A huge adventure film starring Kellan Lutz (the dude from Twilight) as the mythical Greek hero.

Sold into slavery, Hercules must use his strength to fight for freedom and win the heart of his foxy lady, Hebe, the Princess of Crete. Bigger than Ben Hur? We’ll have to count the box-office receipts to tell… January 30

3. IMMORTAL: I, FRANKENSTEIN

A graphic novel remake of the classic Frankenstein story, starring Aaron Eckhart as the badass monster. What do you mean he’s too pretty to be made-up ugly? February 27

4. NOAH

Another biblical tale transformed for the big screen. You ought to know the plot: man builds a big boat and invites two of every animal on board to save their species from being drowned in a great flood. We’re more concerned with the creatures that might be hiding in Russell Crowe’s overgrown beard, actually! March 28

The Amazing Spiderman 2

2. HERCULES: THE LEGEND BEGINS

5. THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2

6. SEX TAPE

A racy flick starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel as a married couple who wake up to discover that a sex tape they’d made the evening before has gone missing, leading to a frantic search for its whereabouts. Not exactly War & Peace, but we still wanna see it! July 31

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Be interesting to see if Spiderman can manage to square off against the Rhino and all-powerful Electro while struggling to keep his promise to leave Gwen Stacey out of his catastrophic life…

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The Complete Season One (Shock Entertainment)

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Who’d have thought that a rehash of an ’80s prison drama would be a huge hit in a medium that is already saturated with remakes? That’s just what Aussie series Wentworth went and did, becoming the most watched program in Australian subscription history. And finally getting to view the full series on DVD, we now know why. While the shooting style of the show is heavily contrived (lots of moody lighting, shaky shots, even the occasional slo-mo), none of this excess production takes away from the most important elements: an excellent script and lots of great storylines.

Unlike US success Orange Is The New Black, Wentworth kind of lacks it in the comedy stakes but certainly makes up for it in the drama arena.

For those who are familiar with the show it’s inspired by, Prisoner, the trick is to try and forget the original personae of each character. The names have stayed the same, but the attitudes and personalities have been majorly juggled about. Vera ‘Vinegar Tits’ Bennett, for example, starts off as an officer who’s just too sweet to even be working in a prison, while Bea Smith is timid – and far from top dog – when she first steps foot inside.

All up, Wentworth is addictive viewing. Bring on Season Two.

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Mechanical Bull: Deluxe Edition (Sony Music)

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Opening with vibrant lead single Supersoaker, Kings Of Leon’s sixth studio album sounds a lot more optimistic than previous offerings.

Although the song lyrically comes across as a plea for a lover not to ever leave singer Caleb Followil, ultimately it sends the message that he’ll do fine anyway, thanks very much. Indeed, it’s like Springsteen in his Nebraska period – but with a Chevy boot packed with enough Red Bulls to see the band through the long road trip ahead.

Elsewhere on the record, the other Followil siblings (and cousin) deliver more of that raw, nonchalant rock swagger you’d come to expect from Nashville born-and-bred musos. Even the ballad Beautiful War sounds more laidback and she’ll-be-alright-mate than its angst-ridden title might suggest.

A bonus edition of the album includes two extra tracks in Work On Me and Last Mile Home.

books JIM HAYNES

The Best Australian Yarns (Allen & Unwin) Anyone who has sat around a campfire will have been witness to that tall tale known as the ‘Great Australian Yarn’. Usually the story would be delivered by an elderly dude who has been living in the bush for ages and who still boils his tea in a billycan.

Cleverly, Aussie writer Jim Haynes has compiled this book on The Best Australian Yarns – choosing to include everything from war stories to urban myths, celebrity scandals to spooky tales about bunyips and bogeymen.

The subtitle of the text And Other True Stories is more a piss-take than fact itself, since many yarns are fictional (who do you know that’s really seen a bunyip?) and there’s plenty of material in here that’ll make you question if it’s Truth with a capital ‘T’.

Interestingly, the term ‘yarn spinning’ stems from the days when wool used to be spun by hand into yarn – a job traditionally carried out by unmarried women (hence also the word ‘spinster’). These women would tell stories to keep one another entertained and so, naturally, plenty of fiction and even the occasional dirty joke, made it into the dialogue.

A camp (pardon the pun) and entertaining read.

Homegrown talent Rock Candy asks three local musos a set of three simple questions: one about music (of course), the second about style, and the third about alternative careering.

BENSEN THOMAS

Guitarist + producer with Warning Birds

What’s on your iPod? I have a bit of a confused playlist at the moment. I most recently discovered Digable Planets’ Blowout Comb, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight for my infatuation with Talking Heads. My favourite song at the moment is probably Strange Overtones from David Byrne and Brian Eno’s collaborative album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.

Also, Jonsi & Alex’s Riceboy Sleeps has been on my nap-time playlist for about two years.

How would you describe your personal style?

I like big clothes, and also bright colours. I guess big shirts and jumpers are my personal compensation for not going to the gym. “Yeah, I’m extra large, cos I’m a man and stuff...”. I also like rings and finger tattoos.

If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?

If I weren’t making music I’d probably be watching movies. I’d like to think that I’d be writing and creating them, but I don’t know if I have the patience to create a screenplay for a feature film. Maybe our lead vocalist Sam could write it and I could pretend that all the cool bits were my ideas.

Warning Birds’ new single Horrors is out through MGM Distribution.

BRIDGET TURNER

Singer + guitarist with Simone and Girlfunkle

What’s on your iPod? Mostly terrible half-finished demos dispersed here and there with Euro dance hits from the early ‘90s and The Mamas and the Papas. Yeah it’s not great on there. If I lost it, I would pity the fool who found it and switched it on. It’s like musical Jumanji in there.

How would you describe your personal style?

Mostly I like clothes that are functional and comfortable but I do have a weakness for Peter Pan collars that I cannot explain. I think I’m quite normal personality-wise. I think everyone thinks they’re quite normal.

Probably a little more exuberant than some, but completely ‘suburbs’ normal otherwise.

If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?

Watching a lot more television, that’s for sure. Saving da money and chillaxing, eating fancy cheeses.

Simone and Girlfunkle’s new release Hurry, Harry is out through Firestarter.

HAYDN MANSELL

Singer + “maker of melodies” with Our Man In Berlin

What’s on your iPod? Massive Attack, Atoms For Peace, Cat Power, everything Radiohead or Thom Yorke has ever done, Stone Roses, Portishead, Mos Def, The Panics, The Smiths, James Blake, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Bon Iver.

And heaps more.

How would you describe your personal style?

I dress exclusively in Dolce & Gabbana, and I enjoy long walks on the beach.

If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?

Well, I’m a part-time primary school teacher, so maybe that, but fulltime...

Although I definitely feel like I have to be creative to feel good, so perhaps I’d try and write a book or something.

Our Man In Berlin’s new single Airhead is out through Firestarter.

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●●Tissue Tone, 2009, acrylic and oil on canvas 137cm x 137cm

Coming from an artist with a name like Johnny Romeo, we’re not surprised to see a bunch of butch images romanticised in bright colours in this here gallery. Romeo’s artwork is pretty tough, in subject matter at least, what with all the macho comic book characters, the fast cars and motor bikes, titty girls and crossbones. But throw in splashes of colour, and butch suddenly becomes beautiful.

The guy’s works have graced the walls of some of the finest art galleries in the country, including 19 Karen on the Gold Coast, AP Bond in Adelaide, and Buratti Fine Art in Perth.

There’s plenty of international interest, too, with recent showings in LA, New York, London and Milan.

As for customer appeal, there’s heaps of that, too, with a client base as broad as the spectrum of hues on his canvases (Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Gossett and Blink-182 are all regular buyers, thank you very much).

But what we love most about Johnny Romeo’s artwork is his unabashed slashing of notions of ‘cool’ and ‘camp’. Even the English language gets a sharp blade put to it, with letters of familiar phrases scratched out, turning them into something altogether radical.

It’s as if Johnny was buddies with both English and Art in school, but just couldn’t help barracking for the latter as it beat up the former behind the bike-shed at recess.

Still, full marks for postmodern interpretation. Antonino Tati

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●●Tempo Riots, 2012, acrylic and oil on canvas 120cm x 120cm ●●Poppy Rock, 2013, acrylic and oil on canvas 101cm x 101cm ●●New York School, 2012, acrylic and oil on canvas 120cm x 120cm ●●Dove Love, 2013, acrylic and oil on canvas 101cm x 101cm

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●●Foreign Film Tobacco, 2008, acrylic and oil on canvas 76cm x 76cm

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●●Ghetto Super Star, 2013, acrylic and oil on canvas 101cm x 101cm ●●Dink Rake Race, 2009, acrylic and oil on canvas 101cm x 101cm ●●Aero Public, 2008, acrylic and oil on canvas 76cm x 76cm ●●Benny The Jet, 2012, acrylic and oil on paper 71cm x 71cm ●●[opposite page] Revo Lution Tobacco, 2011, acrylic and oil on canvas 101cm x 101cm

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To view more of Johnny Romeo’s brilliant work visit www.johnnyromeo.net.

Signed prints by the artist are also available (approximate cost $220 per print) through Buratti Editions.

To purchase visit www.burattieditions.com.

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DESPITE TALK OF MUSIC FESTIVALS BEING ON SHAKY GROUND, THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR MOST FESTIVAL PROMOTERS THIS SEASON. IN FACT, FROM ROCK CANDY CONTRIBUTOR SIMONE HARLE’S PERSPECTIVE – WHICH IS OFTEN FRONT-ROW, CENTRE – THEY’RE LOOKING POSITIVELY BRILLIANT.

f you’re really into your music festivals you’ve probably noticed a couple of your favourite events disappearing (Good Vibes, Summadayze), shifting venues (St Jerome’s Laneway, Origin), changing names (‘Parklife’ to ‘Listen Out’) and even changing ownership in the past twelve months (Big Day Out).

Personally, it’s been great to watch it all unfold because at the end of the day what’s left standing is a bunch of quality West Australian produced, supported and programmed music events that deserve our patronage. So instead of focusing on all the festival events that have died in the arse, let’s blast out some massive kudos to the ones left standing.

Running festivals on any scale is undoubtedly a risky vocation, but our promoters are negotiating great partnerships, changing formats, and hunting down the best venues, all for you. They’ve basked in the good, driven on through the guts of the bad, and even embraced the ugly to stage the most diverse events with the biggest acts in the world, again, all for you. Some of these events you might be reading about for the first time; others you will know very well; but what they all have going for them is management with a true passion for music, unrivalled environmental charters and, believe it or not, a social conscience.

All parents out there will be happy to know, for example, that Future Music organisers recently introduced mandatory drug and alcohol testing at their spin-off youth festival ‘Good Life’ (in Perth, March 3).

Sure, we want to see festivals making a profit – especially the good ones – but it’s not always about the dollar, often more about producing the best festival experience possible for each and every punter. Etching great music moments to memory. Creating the soundtracks of our lives.

Fremantle-based promoter Sunset Events (West Coast Blues & Roots, Stereosonic and Laneway) has certainly landed bolt upright in ‘longevity’ cement.

An indisputable poster child for tenacity, Sunset

sticks to what works, and doesn’t panic at the first sight of hard times, showing a fluid approach to downsizing or expanding at the right moment.

They’re also at the top of their game in the regional market, with Southbound (Busselton) hitting its 10-year milestone, Groove In The Moo (Bunbury) going from strength to strength, and a timely entry into the Pilbara with Sunset’s newest homegrown event, the North West Festival (Port Hedland) rolling confidently into year three in 2014.

Another highly respected local, Boomtick Events, has been navigating festival sinkholes by waiving the ‘business diversity’ flag over their four Perth venues (Villa, Flyrite, Parker and Ambar) thus keeping them in touch with music trends and consumer demand within the electronic music sphere. Enter Breakfest, Boomtick’s first-born, locally produced and internationally acclaimed festival – voted by punters as ‘Best Event’ at the Perth Dance Music Awards for the past 10 years. The Breakfest philosophy is ‘Your Tunes, Your Crew, Your Day’. Held on Boxing Day, it’s the perfect way to catch up with your mates and get over post-Xmas family palaver and food pregnancies.

Boomtick director Liam Mazzucchelli also managed to pull off a courageous festival swap-out in 2013, retiring Parklife but replacing it with Listen Out. Although format changes of the pared-down event addressed annoying problems like artist clashes, sound overlaps and distance between stages, it was hit hard by the weather gods.

Punters were ill-prepared for the random arctic conditions, highlighting a need for festival organisers and attendees to be more prepared for the shitstorms Mother Nature can sometimes throw up at us.

Now, for all of you FIFO greenhorns who might be embarking on your first summer ‘away’, looking at this festival round-up is probably going to be torture. Many have walked this well-worn path before you, and I’m sorry to say it but you’ve just gotta suck it up.

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erase the verb ‘whinge’ from your vocabulary, ensure you don’t miss any flights, and don’t use lame excuses about best-man duties, dogs needing amputations or grandparents needing transplants. If you stay focused, it’s a small price to pay for the luxury of planning your very own festival odyssey with your mates when leave-time comes up. Odds are that your R&R will fall on at least two of Perth’s awesome music events this summer, so plan ahead and make sure you buy your ticket early and book a ‘mate play-date’ in. You better believe that it is possible to live it large without going M.I.A. for the 05:55 back to your day job.

Oh, and one more thing, never leave your drink unattended. There are some losers out there who think you need illegal drugs to enjoy music, but the consequences for you will be dire (just sayin’…).

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BREAKING IT DOWN Breakfest is the first festival on the summer calendar and possibly the one you are most likely to be home for because it’s on Boxing Day. If you’re lucky enough to be home for Boxing Day, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll be looking for something to do on New Years Eve, too.

Perth-born NYE event Origin continues to age gracefully, busting a move back up to the Big Smoke after two successful regional events, and continues to show off the best and most diverse line-up of urban artists for the well-informed music lover. This is the second event testing out the new digs at Ozone Reserve. You can even score a great view of the New Year’s Eve pyro action down at the foreshore, so a city hotel reservation might not be the dumbest idea you’ve had.

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or the ‘Big Day Off’ as international artists affectionately call it. BDO has been around long enough to cover Generations X’s and Y’s first festival experiences, but it remains to be seen if it has enough juice in the tank to survive the uppercuts of the last 12 months.

In more recent months a change of ownership (Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah bought in) and a very public dressing down

by UK artist Blur (announcing on Facebook they would not be performing at BDO, citing “challenging conditions of the organisers”) have certainly done BDO no favours. All that said, the new line-up is a serious contender for best in 2014, and if you’re looking to earn some ‘cool’ brownie points and bond with your kids, buy their tickets and invite yourself, showing them that you know all the words to Pearl Jam’s songs and that you don’t mind a bit of Arcade Fire (if you don’t know who Arcade Fire is, just tell ‘em you

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Above: Lovin’ that Breakfest mascot. Opposite: 01. Kasabian’s Sergio Pizzorno at BDO 2012 02. Fedde Le Grand at Summadayze (RIP) 2012 03. M.I.A. at Summadayze (RIP) 2012 04. Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Keidis at BDO 2013 05. Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell at BDO 2012 06. Drapht at BDO 2012 07. The Presets’ Julian Hamilton at Parklife (RIP) 2012 08. Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig at BDO 2013, also performing at Southbound 2014 09. Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O at BDO 2013. Credits: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Presets, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, Fedde Le Grand and M.I.A. photographed by Antonino Tati. Soundgarden, Kasabian and Drapht photographed by Jayga McMullen.

like the track with the Bowie vocals on it, and you’re in).

Now, if you’re the type that went to high school on a music scholarship, plays multiple instruments, and makes Flumeesque music on your Mac in your donger, you’re quite possibly in that generation that has successfully heralded the return of The Beard & RayBans Look. Your greatest opportunity of reaching musical utopia this summer is by heading to St Jerome’s Laneway Festival. Laneway has made a seachange and is now headed down to Esplanade Park and the historic West End in Fremantle this summer, a move which won’t do it any harm whatsoever.

For those of you accustomed to checking your R&R 12 months in advance with your partner, stressing if you’ll be around for the birth of your first-born and for Christmas

Day, you already know the drill: stay calm and fill up the patience tank when it’s on half; try to avoid the dreaded brown liquor hangover on that 14th day; and pray hard there are no Red Alerts on your fly-out days.

There’s a couple of ways to get your fill of ‘musical moments’ this summer - Option 1: ‘Date Night’. VIP tickets to something like West Coast Blues & Roots Festival will include great food and drink options, a comfortable lounge area to retreat to, and a nice clean portaloo for the Missus.

Option 2: ‘The Spousal Leave Pass’. You will need to start early negotiations for the ‘SLP’ as it usually requires blatant blackmail tactics including babysitting duties and suitable gift purchases. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to round up your mates and get up close and personal with some ‘Marshall Stacks’ (avec ‘foamies’

for eardrum protection, of course) as you re-live your misspent youth in the mosh-pit at Soundwave.

Finally, probably the biggest festival news in the last year was the liquidation of the Future Music Group of companies. To cut a long story very short, a shifty but clever offload of Future assets including trademarks to Michael Gudinski’s Mushroom Group meant Summadayze was sacrificed to save Future Music Festival. So if you’re feeling charitable this season, and you love the Future line-up like we do, get your tush up to Joondalup Arena and keep another festival alive! ▪ For an idea of the acts performing at some of this summer’s bigger music festivals, see page 19 which will also lead you in the right web direction for further information.

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ith a name like Cut Copy, it’s no wonder this fourpiece Australian electronic outfit have plenty of followers in the tech-y world, and not surprising to learn that the band’s founder, singer Dan Whitford, started out as a graphic designer (Cut/Copy/Paste - geddit?).

But just as designer dudes get into them, so too do indie fans and festival goers - for Cut Copy deliver a brand of music that melds electronica and traditional rock in a truly innovative way.

Thanks to guitarist-come-keyboardist, Tim Hoey, there’s a certain ‘edge’ to the band’s sound - kind of like the Chemical Brothers meets Primal Scream with a bit of Cream thrown in for good measure.

Hoey has a knack for taking guitar samples, feeding them through synthesisers and, once laced with the other guys’ instrumentation, and Dan’s quirky vocals, comes out sounding like a blend of pop/ rock/dance that appeals to allsorts.

Sometimes the band will get other artists to remix or even cover their songs - just to throw a bigger spanner into the already genre-bleeding works.

Rock Candy chats with Tim about the band’s creation of “music to escape to”, their connection to True Blood actor Alexander Skarsgard, and about being “not so rock’n’roll” on the road...

Interview by Antonino Tati Your current single Free Your Mind has got quite a ‘house’ vibe to it. It almost takes you back to the days of rave music, really.

Yep, you’re back, you’re back to those rave days!

And you don’t even have to pop an illicit substance to sense the trippiness of it!

Nah, we’ve taken care of all that already - it’s all in the music. There’s certainly an early Nineties-house thing going on there. Even going back a little further to the Chicago house scene, which we’ve always been big fans of. And we kinda like that crossover into psychedelic rock music, too.

The video for the song is pretty wacky - featuring Alexander Skarsgard of True Blood fame. What’s the connection between you guys?

We met Alexander two years ago when we were touring [previous album] Zonoscope. We were playing a show in Rio and the promoter came up to us and said, ‘Do you know that guy from True Blood, Alexander? Well he’s downstairs and he’s a fan of your music and would love to come and meet you’. So we said of course, we think he’s amazing! So he came up to the band room to introduce himself and then we ended up hanging out all night.

Did he tell you any interesting stories?

Yeah. Like, he made a television show called Generation Kill with the writers of The Wire. He said it was very difficult subject matter and that shooting the show was extra-gruelling, but he had a copy of our album In Ghost Colours with him at the time and said that the record really helped him get through the shoot. And we were blown away by that.

I’m sure you would have been. So you stayed in touch?

Yeah, we stayed in contact, and then Chris Hill, the director of the clip for Free Your Mind, suggested we get in touch with Alexander; that he’d be perfect for the role of the guru. Initially we were kind of like ‘we don’t want to feel like we’re exploiting the friendship’ but Chris kept pushing us, and we just caved in and sent Alexander an email. Surprisingly, he was really into it. So we moved the shoot up to LA and got it made.

You said your music helped him get through a gruelling situation. Do you find a lot of fans use your music to escape?

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environments. We like them to work in a club, or at home – just chilling in the lounge room, or just listening to them walking around the city with headphones on… For us, the music needs to exist in all those different contexts. It’s funny because every now and again we get these amazing letters and emails from Cut Copy listeners – people telling us they’ve had a certain connection with the songs. And that’s really flattering to us; really fulfilling.

About the structure of your music, a lot of people don’t realise how much genuine instrumentation goes into Cut Copy songs. I mean, there’s a lot of guitar there to start with; it’s only that you’re sending it through digital software…

Yeah, it’s funny because a lot of people say they don’t really hear a lot of the guitar on our records, but on this new record there’s actually guitar on every song. It’s just the way the guitar has been treated. I really like the idea of making the guitar abrasive, metallic, industrial sounding. So there are a lot of things on there that people think are synthesisers but are actually guitar sounds.

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Do you think the digital treatment of instruments is what draws different audiences to liking Cut Copy? I mean you’ve got your rock followers, your festival goers, your clubbers…

Totally. And it really reflects where and when we started – which was with a combination of computer music and fourtrack music. In the early days, one week you’d find us in a pub with live instruments playing to a rock crowd, the next week we’d be in a dance club surrounded by samplers and playing to ravers. And we’ve never been inspired solely by one genre.

That’s evident with your side projects, as well. When you guys remix other bands, you pick quite a variety of talent – from Fleetwood Mac to Maroon 5; The Presets to The Rapture, there’s quite a variety of music there that you’ve added that Cut Copy touch to.

Yeah, and even the way we get people to remix our work, I guess it is quite broad. With Free Your Mind, we’ve gotten DJs to make clubbier remixes of it and then we got [British ‘space rock’ band] Spiritualized to do a cover of it. So there’s something

for everyone there, and it just makes a song so much more interesting.

When you remix for a band as big as, say, Fleetwood Mac, is it something you guys have whipped up in your garage and then sent to them, or is the work commissioned?

Generally the request will come from the label, or even the artist. Dan does a lot of remixing when we’re on tour, to keep the creativity flowing.

It’s good to break up our live shows with it. In fact, a lot of the mixing will get done on the tour bus and in hotel rooms.

You tend to tour a lot. When you guys finish a gig, do you like to cut loose and go out partying?

I usually don’t anymore. In the early days it was just exciting to be overseas touring, and so there was a lot of partying. Now it’s like I can’t really destroy myself because I have a show the next night, and if I put on a bad show people are going to be upset. We also DJ a lot, and after our shows we usually have to go to some club to play [records].

So we’re certainly striking the balance there with the touring lifestyle and enjoying ourselves… Touring our last

record, I didn’t have a drink for the entire year because I was paranoid that I’d get sick and have to cancel shows.

But that’s so not rock’n’roll of you…

I know, I know. Instead I’d be spending all my time after the shows on the bus watching NBA Basketball or re-runs of Seinfeld or something. So I’ve probably ruined the image of what it is to be in a band now!

Yep, you have. Do you ever get home-sick when you’re touring?

Yeah, of course. As much as I love travelling, it’s always great coming back home. The grass is always greener with stuff like that. At first you’re, like, I want to go away, I want to be in a different city, I want to do this and I want to do that. But when you’re away you really appreciate how much you miss home. Not just home itself, but friends and family. I guess we were encouraged pretty early on to maybe move overseas because that’s where a lot of our audience was. But we kind of like having that separation, or that isolation now from the rest of the world. It’s strangely kind of grounding for us. ▪

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Under controlled but treacherous circumstances, they have to dig deep, going into dark, unchartered places to find whatever energy resources they can. And despite contributing to one of the world’s booming trades, they are often misunderstood, with some even opposing the industry because of its alleged damaging effects. No, it’s not mining.

This is the brutally beautiful sport of Mixed Martial Arts.

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o down to the local pub on any given Sunday, and now instead of showing the races, they’re airing punch-ups on the big screen. Most of us know it as UFC, but the Ultimate Fighting Championship is just a company; the most popular brand name that leads the world in Mixed Martial Arts comps. They’re a bit like the iPod of MP3 players, or the Jim Beam of bourbons.

To the average outsider, a UFC fight can just look like a couple of thugs locked in a cage trying to kill each other. And even though in some ways it is ruthlessly primal, if you wipe away all the blood you can see that it’s actually one of the most powerfully sophisticated art-forms on the planet.

It’s the age-old battle of man versus man in unarmed combat: mastering your mind and body in a true test of skill, strength and agility. It also happens to be the fastest growing and most highly professional sport in the world today.

Essential to MMA are three different disciplines, or ranges. There’s striking, pulled from other martial arts such as karate, kung-fu, tae kwon do, kickboxing and traditional boxing. There’s wrestling, which has all the grappling and takedown moves inspired by everything from judo and sambo to Greco-Roman and modern-day, Olympic wrestling. And then, once it’s on the ground, the control and submission game comes into play, the most popular being jiu-jitsu with its crazy, contorted choke and limb-breaking holds. When joined together, it becomes the most lethal form of full-contact fighting; creating the ultimate human weapon.

In the early ’80s, before the term ‘MMA’ was even coined, Vince Perry travelled the world seeking out and practicing different combat arts. He is now one of the most experienced and successful MMA coaches in Australia and currently has two UFC fighters (Dylan ‘The Villain’ Andrews and Benny ‘Blanco’ Alloway) training under him at his Gold Coast gym, PUMMA. Vince responds with a great analogy when asked if any of the three disciplines is more important than the other.

“You’ve gotta be skilled in all of them,” he says. “It would be like someone in a triathlon not being able to swim; they’d drown.”

Current UFC fighter and Aussie MMA legend Anthony Perosh is a living example of this.

“I have a third degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, but I can’t just survive on that alone,” he told Rock Candy from his Sydney home. “So I’ve got a boxing coach and a wrestling coach… and I need to learn all the other ranges inside and out.”

Just as well he’s learning, because after getting knocked out in seven seconds at UFC 149, he bounced back this year and repaid the favour by KO’ing Vinny Magalhaes in 14 seconds at UFC 163.

Despite looking like it’s a no-holds-barred

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slugfest, there are heavily sanctioned rules in MMA. In the UFC there are no head-butts, no biting, no hair pulling, no eye gouging, no kicks or knees to the head of a grounded opponent, and no small joint or wound manipulation (youch!). Oh, and of course, a man’s manhood is out of bounds. But fighters are allowed, and whole-heartedly aim, to choke their opponent until they pass out, break bones in submission holds, or completely knock them unconscious with strikes. Even if a blow knocks a fighter down, there’s no standing eight-count to allow them time to recover, so it’s in for the kill until its lights-out or the referee sympathetically stops the slaughter.

On top of all this, the fingerless gloves they use in Mixed Martial Arts are much smaller with far less padding than conventional boxing gloves; the octagon they fight in is bigger than a ring; and the rounds go for a full five minutes as opposed to three.

It’s open slather, and when compared, the freedom and multi-facet features of MMA make other combat sports seem rather one-dimensional and restricted.

ROUND ONE: STARTING FROM SCRATCH It’s not easy for a novice to simply step into MMA training. I guess, unlike most other sports, you can’t just quickly learn the necessities and jump into a practice match.

Because it is such a complex and dangerous activity, even when done recreationally, it takes a lot more guidance and work hours to build the skills to train safely.

With more and more MMA gyms popping up around Australia, you’ll find the majority won’t actually allow you to immediately join a pure MMA class; instead they start by pulling apart the ‘Mixed’ in ‘Mixed Martial Arts’ and breaking it down into more manageable parts.

“We have MMA classes three times a week,” Perosh explains, “but beginners can’t do those classes, so it’s really only for the more experienced martial artists. You need to learn the individual techniques in the individual styles. So I encourage all my new students: go do our kickboxing classes, go do our jiu-jitsu classes, go do our wrestling classes and get all your basics, then you can come to MMA and put it all together.”

Perosh tells of teaching the rookies only a couple of techniques per lesson, making them repeat the drills over and over to really drum it in. Considering there are an infinite number of possible combos, it’s a tough slog with no shortcuts. And with each discipline having its own grading system to move up the ranks, students are tested from head to toe to prove they’re ready for that next level.

So what type of maniac wants to put themselves through this torture?

“I’ve got all different kinds of students, from unemployed guys to doctors,” says

Vince. “Probably the oldest I train is around 65, and then I have a juniors program.”

Anthony reiterates this, saying his Sydney pupils “come from a variety of backgrounds”. He then adds a profound point, “But everyone who steps on the mat is an equal.”

Sparring is a big part of MMA schooling.

It’s the closest you’re going to come to replicating a real fight. As they progress, students are allowed to pretty much go at it full-bore in submissions and wrestling training. I saw this firsthand at the PUMMA gym.

“See where those guys are there?” Vince asks, pointing over to one guy pinning another to the fence of the cage in a tussle of brute strength. “That would be at fight level.

He wouldn’t want to go any harder than that because he’d gas himself too quickly.

“Striking’s the hard one to really replicate. You can go almost 100 per cent in submission training and not get hurt, because you can tap before the pain comes. It’s really hard to tap when someone’s about to hit you in the face.” Yeah, fair call.

ROUND TWO: ENTER THE OCTAGON For those wanting to take the challenge and compete in a proper cage fight, the foundations are there in both training and in local MMA shows to step up to the plate.

Despite ‘full contact’ MMA being illegal in Victoria and West Oz, Perosh boasts that “the scene is great in Australia; there’s lots of opportunity”.

Elvis Sinosic is a national pioneer of MMA. He fought against Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz for the UFC Light Heavyweight Title back in 2001. Speaking from his Sydney gym SPMA that he runs with Perosh, he agrees that the local industry is looking tops Down Under.

“Now, people training in the sport have the stepping stones to work their way up,” Elvis explains. “We now have amateur matches for the guys to compete without elbows and with shorter rounds. They can accrue a bit of an amateur record then move into the pro ranks when they feel comfortable. From those regional comps they can springboard to bigger, national shows like ‘Brace’ and ‘CFC’ (Cage Fighting Championship), where sometimes even international opponents are brought in for the main events.”

You’d think that putting your body on the line at this type of elite level would bring home the bacon, but even Australia’s best can’t rely on homegrown winnings to survive.

“At the local level, if you’re a pro, you still get paid but it’s not a lot of money,” Sinosic breaks it down (pardon the pun): “It’s not something you’re going to be able to live on.

If you really want to make it your life and career, you need to get into the UFC.” »»

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Dylan ‘The Villain’, with a record of 18 professional wins and five losses, knows all too well about this. He was the 2012 Nitro Middleweight Champion of Australia, but says, “Those titles are just recognition more than anything. I still had to work a full-time job, just like any person.”

Here’s a guy who has done the hard yards. Determined to make it into the UFC, he tried several times to get on The Ultimate Fighter TV series. TUF is a reality show that chucks a dozen or so fighters from around the world into a Big Brother-style house, and then lets them bash it out each week to see who takes the final prize of a six-figure UFC contract. On his last attempt, Dylan finally made it into TUF Season 17, where he went all the way into the semi finals. From there he’s had two fights for two wins in the UFC as his career continues to take off.

An animal in the cage, but softly spoken out of it, he doesn’t try to sugarcoat his MMA journey.

“I think anything good in life is hard,” he says. “For me, I wanted to get to the top of the sport, you know? To say the road I took for the last 10 years was easy? It wasn’t. There’s a lot of sacrifice, but for me it’s paying off.”

Now that he’s cracked the big time, this sacrifice means training three times a day, six days a week. On top of regular fight practice, there are things like Olympic weightlifting sessions and killer hill sprints.

Having been there and done it for many years, Perosh describes it as a full-time commitment.

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ROUND THREE: MIND OVER MATTER

“UFC athletes are professionals,” he says. “They have to train in all disciplines; they have to do body strength and cardio conditioning exercises; they have to eat well, see physios, and have doctor check-ups regularly.”

So what do you get out of all this pain and suffering? Once in the UFC the cash is obviously good. Fresh into it, Ben Alloway scored $40,000 for a one-punch ‘Knock Out of the Night’. The bigger, main-card fighters can get anywhere from around a hundred grand to half a mill’ per fight, and then you have sponsors, like Nike, coming on board.

Adding up all the incentives, it’s certainly no chump change, but hearing these guys talk passionately about their sport, it certainly seems more about the thrill of the fight than the money in the pocket.

“There’s nothing like stepping into that arena,” Elvis says of his octagon experience.

“I guess for those sporting people it’s like going to the Olympics. The atmosphere in the place is indescribable. The place is just buzzing. There’s nothing compared to fighting on a big show in the UFC. It really is electric!”

MMA is not all burly brawn and blood.

A bigger part of fighting than you might think happens exactly in the space where you do think – in your mind.

“There’s the mental side – you’ve got to have perseverance and dedication,” explains Elvis. “To step into that environment you have to believe in yourself. You really need to have that attitude, that mental fortitude.”

And Mixed Martial Arts has more benefits than just being able to choke your boss to sleep if he’s giving you the shits.

“Once you do MMA and you see yourself getting stronger and better in technique, it’s a great confidence builder,” Anthony clarifies. “I’ve seen shy students come in; they’re unfit and uncoordinated, and then after training for some time they’re walking tall, proud and more assertive.”

Since it can take anywhere between six and 15 years to get your black belt in jiu-jitsu, mastering the full mixture of arts isn’t going happen overnight, but that’s the beauty of it.

Elvis finishes up with some wise words: “It doesn’t matter how far you get in MMA, there are always new things with the sport that are constantly evolving. Even myself, I’ve been doing it for so many years and I’m still learning new stuff. The great thing about the martial arts is that they can be a life-long pursuit where you always get something out of it.” ▪

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t was my first time travelling to Malaysia and my first time that I had the chance to catch a glimpse of some highoctane motorcycle racing - in the form of the Moto GP event that was held at the Sepang International Circuit, about an hour out of Kuala Lumpur.

One of the first things you notice about KL is the amount of traffic there of the two-wheeled variety. Around 50 per cent of the road users are on motorcycles.

The heavy traffic and poor state of the roads means motorcycles are the only sensible means to get through the mess, that’s if you can handle the humidity.

Most of the bikes I saw were from the big four Japanese companies - Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, and Kawasaki, with bundles of other names I had never heard of before, many probably from local manufacturers. Most of them are less than 135cc. Reduced fuel costs are the main reason, with maneuverability in heavy traffic being the second. There were larger motorcycles in and around town and most were ridden by the young and the daring. Night-time seemed like a popular time for the big dogs to come out to play.

With motorcycles being such an important part to the road system I was intrigued to see if that correlated with a love for motorsport. It was no surprise that it did. Bike after bike after bike ventured out to the track on race day to see the real racers. Riders donned team shirts, helmets and colours as they rode to the track in packs to see the action. One of the highlights for the locals was the return of Muhammad Zulfahmi Khairuddin, who is one of only two Malaysians to become a full-time rider in the sport. Known as ‘Fahmi’ he is a figure of national pride for his country and races for

MOTOR MANIA Above: Actually a rare moment in the city of KL when the streets aren’t too busy. Normally traffic is bumper-to-bumper.

Other images, this page and opposite: Just some of the action at the Malaysian Moto GP, which draws visitors annually from around the world.

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Much to the crowd’s dismay though, he was declared unfit the day o/f the race after some recent wrist surgery, and it was his teammate Luis Salom who went on to win ‘his’ race.

The crowd at the circuit was massive, with locals having made up the majority of the spectators, but there was a huge presence of Aussies amongst it. Hanging proudly from one of the main grandstands was the Australian flag, while inflatable boxing kangaroos could be spotted left, right and centre.

The first thing that hits you about the racing is the extreme sound of the machines as they fly past in unison. Like a swarm of angry bees, the bikes travel at ridiculous speeds and can reach a top of 350km/h when pushed hard enough. That is insanity in anyone’s language!

On the corners, the bikes and riders can hit about 2 lateral Gs. The crowds are just as loud and as colourful as the bikes, mind you.

The Malaysians love their motorcycle racing and they deliver an electric atmosphere come race time. The smell of local foods being cooked is a fantastic inclusion on the day. Race times are similar in length and everything runs remarkably smoothly. Earlier in the day, a select few special guests and a throng of die-hard supporters were permitted to go on the pit walk. For a short time, you can get right up to the bikes and the teams working on the machines. Promo girls lined the walkway and the fans lapped up every moment of the rare opportunity to be that close to the weapons on race day.

As for me, I just walked around and tried to take in all that I could from my first Moto GP race. It was far different from the drag racing and burnout comps that I’m used to. The fans are more loyal, more passionate and more over the top than anything I have seen before.

In sum, if you love your bikes and your racing, you’ve got to book a trip to next year’s Moto GP and see what it is all about! ▪

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he sound of water lapping against the side of the boat on a gloriously peaceful sunny day is interrupted by woohs and hollers. The divers have emerged from the crystal clear waters of Rottnest Island and they are very happy.

After making their way to the back of the boat, they climb the ladder, struggling with their bulging catch bags. There’s no chance of being able to fit one more crayfish in any of them. Still, there is nothing quite ●● Lee Johnson with his catch of crays

like coming up from a dive with a bag full of decent-sized crayfish, and this season is already proving to be a fantastic one for divers.

With the added bonus of an early start from Fisheries this year (due to the reduced number of crayfish caught recreationally last year), Summer 13/14 is predicted to be a bumper season for catching the favourite and often-elusive seafood critters we all love to eat.

With the average price around town of $39.95 per cray (just for a standard-sized one), it’s easy to see the attraction to diving for your own seafood bounty. I mean where in the world can you trade a five-dollar air-fill for $320 worth of crayfish? The answer to that question… is right here.

So we know they are there – and this season they are there in abundance, but how do you catch a crayfish?

First you’ll need the right tools, starting »

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with a ‘cray loop’ or snare – a hollow stainless steel rod with a spring-loaded handle on one end that pushes down, opening a steel cable at the other end, and springing back out when you let go, closing the steel cable – hopefully around the unsuspecting cray’s tail.

You’ll also need a catch bag, and make it a big one for this season. Use a spring-loaded bag as this stops your seafood dinner from escaping. Another important piece of hunting equipment is a pair of quality gloves – to save you from getting cuts from the fish’s very sharp shells.

Then you’ll need a dive torch. This is so that you can find the critters, who love to hide in dark places, away from potential predators. The next thing you’ll need is a ‘cray gauge’ so that you can measure your catch to keep it all legal.

And on that subject, you’ll definitely need a license. You can get one of these online at the Fisheries WA website (www. fish.wa.gov.au) for just forty bucks. Catch one crayfish, and you’ve got your money’s worth.

Catch two, and it’s a bonus!

So, now you have all the right gear, just how do you catch your first cray?

I have been diving for a few years now and have witnessed many ways of catching crayfish. Some methods work very well while others leave you wondering if the person doing it has ever tasted crayfish at all.

First you need to find them…

Looking for crayfish is part of the fun as it gives you a chance to really observe the dive sites, where you’ll find all sorts of cool stuff, as well as cray.

The unfortunate feature for crayfish is the very thing that helps them find their way around… their feelers. Feelers make finding crays much easier as they stick out from beneath ledges and out of holes where you might normally have swum right by. Crays generally tend to hang around in groups, but occasionally you will come across a jumbo crayfish which seems to want to be on its own.

Occasionally you can hear them cackling away in conversation with each other which is

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“Crayfish do a weird ‘buzz’ of their antennae that if you aren’t expecting it, will make you let go. It’s almost like static shock, and the cray is just trying to psyche you out. But don’t freak out and you’ll get your dinner.”

FROM THE TOP: ▪ Patto with his catch from 40 metres ▪ Josh dives for crays at Rottnest Island ▪ Sometimes crayfishing can really get on top of you!

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always another good way of spotting them!

If diving into caves – the favourite place for most crays – you’ll need to make the most of your torch. Don’t shine the torch directly at the creatures as it will definitely scare them and make them walk backwards to safety (you’ve probably seen this in funny animated movies – but it is a fact).

Shine your torch to the side; it will work well enough to light up the area without spooking them. Then choose your cray. I know that sounds easy, but it’s not. If there are a few of them, check where they are likely to go once you disturb them. Find that exit area where they might flee to, and start taking them out from that side.

The crays are clever enough to know that if their mates are getting caught from a particular direction, they don’t want to be going there.

Next, consider your cray’s size. We all want to score the biggest crayfish but there’s a catch when going for the biggest.

It will put up the biggest fight and will scare its mates out of the hole, leaving you with just one cray – that is if you manage to bag it.

Once you have selected your crayfish, steady yourself on the bottom. If there is a surge, you will need to lock down so that you aren’t drifting back and forth. Push your cray snare to the right-hand side of the crayfish, gliding it past your intended

catch. At this point the crayfish will use its antennae to feel what has just been put beside it. Don’t move, or it’ll back away. The trick around this is to stop the movement until he is happy that there is nothing to worry about, then slowly push down on the handle to open up the loop which is now behind the crayfish. Don’t touch or scare him at this point. Then, once the loop is fully open, bring the whole snare back towards you. The idea of this is that you bring the loop under and over the top of the tail at the same time. Once your loop is nearly touching its back legs, slowly release the handle so that the loop closes in around the tail. Then, when the loop is just about to touch the cray – let it go. The real trick to catching a cray is now.

Whether you keep or lose your cray depends on the next few seconds. Slide your hand to where the handle meets the rod and grasp firmly. This stops the creature from flapping about and stretching the spring to escape. I’ve seen many a crayfish fly by as my buddy curses, simply because of this ‘minor’ detail. Once your hand is in place on the snare, and the crayfish has the loop around its tail, there will be a few seconds of chaos as it tries frantically to escape. Usually they will flap their tails around, which can push your loop in a different direction if you aren’t holding on tight enough…

Next, check the size and sex to make sure you can legally keep him (or her) – all the details are on the Fisheries WA website and in the license brochure. The bag limit per person per day is eight crayfish. The boat limit is 24, but only if at least three people on the boat have licenses.

Last challenge? Get him in your bag by getting a firm hold on the crayfish’s tail before you release the loop, then you should be taking it home. They do a weird buzz of their antennae that if you aren’t expecting it, will make you let go. It’s almost like a static shock but it doesn’t hurt. The cray is just trying to psyche you out, but don’t freak out and you’ll get your dinner.

When holding the cray, hold the tail, not the head; the tail has all the strength and will flap in a last-ditch attempt for freedom. Drop him in your bag and go for the next one, making sure that you’re really careful not to let him out of the bag when you open it up to put the next one in.

This season is set to be the best of seven so far as the catch goes, so get in amongst it and make sure you have some beautiful crayfish on the BBQ next time friends come ’round. ▪ To get the gear, tips and advice on catching crayfish, visit Perth Scuba in Canning Vale. Phone (08) 9455 4448 or email info@perthscuba.com.

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US golf stars Dustin Johnson and last year’s winner Bo Van Pelt joined the line-up of European and Australian golfers. Johnson attracted much attention not just for his seven PGA Tour wins, but also for having his fiancée Paulina Gretzky – daughter of Canadian ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky – with him in Perth. He came out strong on the first round but fell back in the second and third, before finishing with his strongest round that saw him tying for 12th.

West Aussie and winner of back-to-back European Tour events Brett Rumford (pictured, above) was a favourite to win and after a strong first round, poor second round and impressive third round, producing 8 birdies, he missed opportunities on the last day and finished outright sixth.

Other local lads a lot further down the world rankings gained worldwide attention during the tournament. Busselton’s Brody Ninyette and Mandurah’s Jason Scrivener were stand-outs amongst the tour stars. Ninyette won Round 3 finishing 8-under the card and one shot clear of Rumford in just his second year on the PGA Tour

of Australasia. It was a dropped shot by Ninyette during the final round that caught him out.

Tournament winner 24-year-old Jin Jeong (above right), unheard of by most golfing commentators before the Perth event, had mixed results during the week but retained his composure to achieve a remarkable victory after a playoff with England’s Ross Fisher.

Jeong burst on to the golf scene as an amateur in 2010 when he enjoyed two stints as the highest ranked amateur in the world, as well as being the leading amateur at The Open Championship.

He turned pro in 2011. He had recently progressed through the First Stage of The European Tour Qualifying School, but has now earned a two-year exemption to The European Tour.

There was no question of the quality of the Lake Karrinyup course, receiving praise from golfers from all sides of the globe.

David Garland, Director of Tour Operations for The European Tour, said: “It has been another fantastic edition of the ISPS Handa Perth International and our players have had nothing but praise for the outstanding course set-up and facilities at Lake Karrinyup Country Club, as well as the warmth of the unique Aussie welcome we all received in Perth.

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Kuching, kuching Rock Candy contributor Jordan Leist usually writes motor stories, but we thought we’d really test the guy by sending him on his first photographic mission: to Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, on the coast of western mainland Malaysia. We reckon he’s done an amazing job in capturing the action and colour of the place...

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Words and photography by Jordan Leist.

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eing given the opportunity to travel to Malaysia with my camera in tow to cover the infamous MotoGP was something I didn’t expect to happen this year [to view Jordan’s feature on the Moto GP see pages 44 to 47]. Yes, I am a writer and photographer in the area of motoring, and this is where my skill set rested. Or so I thought.

To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect or what I possibly might witness on my visit to the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpar, and the city of Kuching in Sarawak.

I actually went in pretty blindly, preferring not to Google too much information on either city, hence the people and culture of both places came as quite a surprise to me. I did have one advantage though – I was being escorted by guides throughout my trip, and that certainly made life easier.

When I arrived in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, I was blasted by the heat and the humidity. Be prepared for some pretty serious weather conditions when you visit, for while it is generally hot here, there are often thunderstorms in the mornings and heavy showers in the afternoon.

The airport is around an hour from central KL and the drive-in is pretty interesting. Road rules appear to be non-existent and the ‘random merge’ is king.

The hustle and bustle of the inner city is something else too.

There’s a lot going on in KL, and rightly so. It is the most industrialised and fastest growing region in Malaysia. Things are really

taking off with an influx of capital being injected into development and tourism alike. KL is now the eighth most visited city in the world, and number three in the top 10 Asia/Pacific destination cities. It enjoys over 9 million tourists per year (9.2 million last year) with tourism appearing to be driven by the city’s cultural diversity. There are Chinese, Indian, Muslim and Malay populations all living side by side, with each lending their own spin on services and products alike. With so much happening before my eyes, I was keen to get out and amongst it.

Walking around the city with my camera in hand, I tried to capture as many variants of the people and of the architecture as I could. Sadly, time was against me but I did the best I could. I armed myself with my Sony A99 DSLR and fitted it with my ‘nifty fifty’ lens. I hardly shoot any of my automotive stuff with this lens but it is perfect for urban work and for portrait shots. The faster lens allows you to let more light in, and shorten your shutter speeds, and you can play some neat tricks with depth of field. The 50mm lens (hence the ‘nifty fifty’ bit) is renowned for making you a better photographer. Why? You can’t just zoom into a subject; you have to walk around it and think more about the composition before you press the shutter, which often makes for better photos in the end. You might think that you aren’t much of a photographer and you don’t want to race out and buy a big DSLR, but start looking at lightweight and technically amazing devices like the Sony Nex7 or the Fuji X100s. These cameras will have you creating amazing images, with a number of prime lenses to choose from. To be [cont. pag.57]

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honest, I didn’t get many phenomenal images from KL: it was too busy and congested for my liking. What I wanted to see was the ocean, the jungle and the local people who work and inhabit places further out.

My wish would come true as I flew to the city of Kuching, capital of the state of Sarawak. Instantly, I knew this was going to be a more prosperous location for images.

Once again, cultural diversity in this region was huge. The city was much neater and more reserved than the hectic streets of KL. I raced around capturing people, shooting unique architecture, and finding lots of interesting places to represent the place as I saw it. The spice markets, the open air butchers and fish markets, along with some massive fruit and vegetable shops made for some great places to shoot in. People were happy to be photographed and happy to allow their houses and businesses to be shot. Due to language barriers, it was hard to not have the subjects just go about their daily lives without stopping and ‘posing’ for me. Off the cuff, unplanned shots is what I was chasing but it was hard to get those moments. If you are shooting people, remember to fill the frame up, to get in nice and close, and to not be shy. Also remember to shoot a variety of people – different ages, races, genders and social standings. If you are in a foreign country, it’s good to soak in all the aspects of life, both traditional and contemporary – from locals in national dress, to everyday folk going about their random duties and leisure activities.

When you’re on the streets, look for images rather than just photos – search for colours, shapes, textures, and how the light falls on things. It’s amazing how something so simple can look so

beautiful if captured the right way.

Fortunately for me, I was staying at the Permai Rainforest Resort which is a small eco-resort located on the shores of the South China Sea, and at the foot of Mount Santubong. Carefully designed to minimise impact on the natural environment, it offers a great rainforest experience and it put me right out into the outer areas of Kuching, within the villages that I wanted to photograph. Once again, with a lot on my plate I didn’t get as much time as I needed with the camera, however I did get an opportunity to experience one of the most enjoyable photographic efforts of my life. An hour away by boat was a little fishing village situated in Kampong Salak.

You can only enter the village by water. The houses are built on stilts with walkways used to link the village up because at high tide the water levels rise to the doorsteps of the houses. At low tide, the children play soccer in the mud right in the town’s centre. The colours of the buildings, the warmth of the people, and the spirit of community made for some amazing images. Being in the middle of nowhere with people who hardly see international visitors was something else, and I wanted to spend the day there to really work with some of the locals, but time and the stormy weather were not on my side.

Sarawak was my first effort at travel photography but it definitely won’t be my last. I am already thinking about my next trip and what I would like to capture. Perhaps next time when you are heading overseas you will look at creating some amazing images rather than just ‘taking photos’. Don’t leave your camera behind, take it everywhere with you, and shoot everything. You never know where inspiration will strike! ▪

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festival special

Grease is the word It’s all good and well running from festival to party and pub to club but if you’re drinking plenty of booze in between, inevitably you’re going to end up with a hangover… or three.

Rock Candy presents our guide to the best hangover foods, choosing to throw that goodie-goodie guide out the window.

That’s right, hardly any of the following is actually healthy for you. But by golly does it help soak up the alcohol.

Compiled by Antonino Tati >> Photography by Jayga McMullen >> Styling by Lisa Bodley >> Model Matt B (at Alpha Models).

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01. CHEESEBURGERS FROM MCDONALDS

Two dollars doesn’t get you much these days but it will score you something scrummy from McDonalds’ ‘Loose Change’ menu.

Stack three double cheeseburgers (total cost just six bucks) and you’ve got a meal in itself, really, with plenty of fat and cheese to soak up last night’s boozy suds.

02. YUM CHA

As delicious as its name suggests, yum cha is traditional Chinese morning tea, the term itself being Cantonese for ‘drink tea’. But to Westerners it’s less about sipping cuppas and more about the tasty food that accompanies the hot brew: sticky rice, sweet pork buns, prawn dumplings and egg tarts being among the more popular dishes. Also known as dim sum or ban ming, the buzz around yum cha never seems to diminish. Just pop into a Northbridge Chinese restaurant on any given Sunday morning and you’ll see how hugely popular this post-fest feast is.

03. HOT DOG WITH THE LOT

Who cares about those stories of hot dog meat being made up of all those unmentionable bits of piggies, when it tastes that good? Throw on some mustard, relish, ketchup and onions and

it’s junk food heaven. Top with cheddar cheese, and it’s diabolic.

04. THE CHEESIEST PIZZA YOU CAN FIND

You can either go ‘boutique pizza’ on this one, opting for a fancy topping like teriyaki chicken, satay beef or sweet potato, or plain and simple with a humble margherita. Just be sure there’s plenty of cheese. Aussie cheddar or mozzarella, parmesan or provolone, Gouda or gorgonzola: no matter what cheese you pick, it’s bound to give you a good, greasy fix.

05. KFC ORIGINAL RECIPE

Kentucky Fried Chicken can introduce any fancy take on its chook that it likes (we even tried the sweet sesame-coated breast recently which wasn’t too bad) but for sheer decadence in postboozy-night junk-food feasting, you can’t go past a bucket of the Colonel’s original recipe chicken.

Well, alright, we’ll let you chuck in a couple of Hot’n’Spiceys.

06. CHICKEN TREAT CHIPS

You don’t get Chicken Treat on the other side of the country, much to the disappointment of many a Sydneysider, Melbournian and Brisbanite. The WA-owned fast food brand might have a

tough time competing with the big chook brands like KFC and Red Rooster but when it comes to hot, crispy chips, Chicken Treat ones are the darn best.

07. KEBAB WITH THE LOT

A traditional dish of sliced meat originating in the Middle East, kebabs are now the staple food of drunken lads who’ve lost their mates in the club and need an iron fix in between one-too-many shots and chasers. In some countries, it’s called a kebap or a kabob, but then we’re not sure if that’s because the verbal order might just sound like that when it’s coming from a drunken dude who can’t say kebab.

08. BACON & EGGS

Otherwise known as ‘The Big Breakfast’ at your local café, not only do bacon and eggs taste better after a heavy night on the tiles; they’re actually quite good for you.

Here’s some food for thought: scientists say that starting your day off with a plate of B&E is actually better for the heart, waistline and blood pressure than carb-rich foods like cereals, breads and pastries since they set up the metabolism for the rest of the day, making it easier to burn off other meals and snacks. Now you don’t have to feel like such a little piglet!

09. KWAY TEOW

A national favourite in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, kway teow (pronounced just like it’s spelt) are rice-cake strips stir-fried with veggies, shrimp and thin slices of meat. Topped with chilli, chives and soy sauce, it’s a meal in itself and one very delish dish. The high fat content and low cost of kway teow makes it an attractive food option to natives of the aforementioned lands. And to geezers with not much dosh left over from last night’s big pub-crawl.

10. BLOODY MARY

Though the vodka in this is kind of cheating, the tomato juice is actually good for you, as is that celery stick. Some say the name ‘Bloody Mary’ comes from a famous femme fatale in history, but we think it might have something do with the name of the dude who was first served the good drink: Vladimir Smirnov.

After a few glasses of this stuff, the name ‘Vladimir’ might well end up sounding like ‘Vloody Mary’. ▪ Alright then, if you do want to play healthy while curing that hangover, try any of these: Plenty of water; Sports drinks (eg: Gatorade); Ginger tea; Fruit juice; Vinegar, salt and water; Bananas; Oats; Spinach; Chicken noodle soup; Miso soup; Toast with honey.

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Heath’s Helpline

Heath Black

It’s not called the ‘silly season’ for nothing.

The levels of drinking can get ridiculously high over the holiday period. And just when you’ve conquered the Christmas hangover comes a plethora of music festivals and other social shindigs in which alcohol often plays a major part.

Rock Candy’s resident health advisor Heath Black offers some tips on pacing your drinking, and getting rid of that dreaded hangover.

Interview by Antonino Tati

Avoiding the blues after the buzz

First of all, let’s talk about some of the social activities that might see people going too far during the silly season…

Well, let’s focus on men in particular.

Often we don’t have the opportunity to drink in large groups throughout the year, but at Christmas time and during the holidays it can happen three or four times in a matter of weeks. And once you get more than three men involved in a ‘shout’, we often try to out-drink one another. Whether it’s a strange tradition, or simply men being men, we get into shouts and we try to keep up with the ‘pace leader’, who tries to drink us all under the table.

Then lo-and-behold, it’s past midnight and we’re making poor decisions.

Just that term itself – “drink you under the table” – it sets of images of being legless and ending up on the floor.

Absolutely. And it’s not just older guys. I find a lot of youth I work with at schools – year 10 and 11 students – come back on a Monday and boast, “Little Johnny drank 15 cans on the weekend!” as if it were something to be proud of. Then it’s up to the next kid over the next weekend to drink 16. It’s no different to grown men.

What about women and their general drinking habits?

That’s a whole different kettle of fish.

Women don’t often drink beer; they drink champagne, and sometimes mixed drinks – often with caffeine involved. So then you have an alert drunk – a person who is high on caffeine while intoxicated, but who has the impression that they are sober – and they continue to go on and on.

Caffeine the next day, too, can bring on huge anxiety in some people – in my experience anyway. I’ve nearly had a panic attack because I’d taken huge amounts of caffeine the next day, just trying to deal with a hangover.

There’s a lot of that ‘Girls Gone Wild’ attitude on the social scene, too, which can see women getting into more strife than usual.

In this day and age, from the ages of 14 to 25, females tend to binge-drink more than men. I know for a fact that there are more hospitalisations of women as a result of drugs and alcohol but that’s probably because a sensible female would take herself to a hospital, whereas a bloke would probably prefer to lay in his own spew.

That’s putting it bluntly. I suppose it poses physical dangers, too; for

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example a guy might be passed out and not realise he’s done damage to any given part of his body.

Exactly. Even the mental repercussions can be bad. If we put a mental slant on this, we might notice that a co-worker is down and the first thing we tend to do is ask them if they want to go out for a drink. Unfortunately for the person that is depressed, a few beers can turn into more. The mate who organised the drinks goes home and he might wake up with a bit of a hangover, but the person who is depressed wakes up with extreme anxiety, and the depression can get worse.

How can drinkers combat something a little less complex such as the dreaded hangover?

I’d suggest having a good meal before drinking. Obviously drinking water between each standard drink is wise, since it hydrates. It’s also a good idea to not include yourself in shouts. I won’t include myself in shouts at all. If I did, I’d try and keep up with the lead guy like I used to back in the day…

How does that make you feel, then, when your mates are shouting one another and you’re at the bar with your own twenty bucks buying your own beer?

With me it’s a little different because… well, because of me and alcohol. I think people respect my decisions these days. But back in the day my mates would have gotten stuck into me if I was buying for myself. I would have been called a tight-arse.

I suppose now you can explain to a mate that this is about pacing and being sensible, and that it’s okay for blokes to have that dialogue?

Yeah, and I think the best way to approach it is to compliment the bloke who is the ‘lead’, by saying something like, “Oh mate, there’s no way I’m going to keep up with you.” Give that person an ego and let them annihilate themselves if they want to.

What if someone really wants to go to a string of bars, parties and festivals; surely there’s a way to pace their drinking?

Personally, I wouldn’t find myself in a bar during the festive season. Even music festivals I don’t go to anymore, but I used to. The good thing about music festivals is that it’s really hard to get a beer, because of the lines. If you actually compare your ‘festival drinking’ with your ‘pub drinking’, the festival scene is more positive – you struggle to get a drink because

the queues are so long! And that’s a positive thing, really. Then, if you do get a drink, you’ve got to go to the toilet, and you’ve got to wait another 20 minutes just to go! So festival drinking is more easily kept in check.

And you’d want it to be kept in check, if only for the sake of not missing out on something great.

I mean, who wants to be too drunk and miss out on seeing a great gig

by Pearl Jam or Vampire Weekend?

That’s true! I have a plan in place before I start drinking. It includes things like: why was I going to an event in the first place; how am I getting home so that I’m not stuck in the streets; who might be driving; even how many drinks should I be having.

You know, a lot of people don’t realise that our livers can only extract one standard drink per hour, and that’s not very much considering a full-strength beer is 1.4 standard drinks. So if someone’s had 20 drinks, they need at least 24 hours for their liver to extract that alcohol from the night before – hence the hangover.

And how can someone with a hangover beat the blues after the buzz?

I think the number one thing is sleep.

If you are going to go bananas, try to get at least eight hours sleep after the fact. Next would be to take huge amounts of vitamin B. Powerade is good, too, to help replace depleted sugars. And I’ve heard Japanese miso soup, with all its antioxidants, is really good for a hangover.

There’s the myth that if you have a hangover, you’ll hate partaking in physical activity. I’ve gone for swims with a hangover and I’ve actually felt better for it…

Yeah, I think going to the beach and putting your head under cold water or even doing laps can help you feel better. I myself used to always do exercise, so that I’d punish myself for actually getting drunk in the first place. And in the end that became a positive tool.

So, suck up the hangover, basically, and you might learn for next time to pace yourself ?

Exactly, but unfortunately a lot of us, if we do wake up with a hangover, will crack open a beer. Usually that ‘hair of the dog’ thing will be done in group situations because of all the macho, blokey-bloke, bravado bullshit. I mean, I don’t thing you’d ‘hair-of-the-dog’ it if you were on your own, do you? ▪

Amanda’s Advice

Keeping It Together Your survival guide to relationships during the silly season

Amanda Harrigan Relationship & Infidelity Coach, Emotive Health Feel free to email coaching@emotivehealth.com.au or visit www.emotivehealth.com.au

With the party season upon us, the team at Rock Candy thought it would be useful to offer advice on navigating through what is often one of the most fun, yet stressful, times of the year.

The holidays can cause stress for everyone, and these feelings can wreak havoc on your relationship. The silly season can cause frustration, tension, conflict, the re-emergence of old arguments and, sometimes, a relationship breakdown.

According to a study of more than 10,000 Facebook updates, the peak time for break-ups are the weeks leading up to Christmas and spring break.

The study concluded that couples are twice as likely to break up over the holiday period.

Unfortunately, with more work parties, social engagements, and summer fun in general – where alcohol is a predominant factor – it becomes a popular time for infidelity, as well.

Some of the main reasons people have affairs can be found wrapped up in holiday stress. If things haven’t been going well on the relationship front, then the added stress, emotionally and economically, as well as extra drinking and eating, can add fuel to the fire.

Sexual Health Australia estimates 60% of men and 45% of women report an affair at some point in their marriages, and about 70% of marriages experience an affair.

In a survey conducted by the infidelity site VictoriaMilan.com. au, whose Australian members total more than 10,000, 38% of the Aussies surveyed have had a fling with a colleague at a work Christmas party while they were in a relationship.

“One of the main reasons people have affairs is to counteract feelings of stress, separation and loss,” explains Savannah Ellis, CEO and Founder of the Infidelity Recovery Institute.

“And the holidays can bring all these feelings up at once.

We are easily stressed out, and often the first place where tension shows up is in our relationships.

“Additionally, the emotionality and pressure of the holiday season creates a vulnerability exacerbated by lowered inhibitions brought on by more eating and drinking than normal. This creates the potential ‘perfect storm’ for people seeking solace outside their relationship.”

Having a few drinks with your mates is a lot of fun, but there is always the ‘morning after the night before’ when the realisation of what has happened can quickly turn to deep regret.

Here are some ways to avoid piling on the stress and to reduce risking your relationship: ●● Be careful about extra eating and drinking, as comfort food plays on stress in a negative way and can cause more sexual cravings. ●● Be aware of your limits: Don’t internalise additional stress or emotions, and practice using the best judgement possible instead of just enough to get by. ●● What you think is flirting, your spouse or partner may classify as cheating, so it’s best to ask yourself if you would like to see your spouse in the same situation. If not, then you shouldn’t be doing it either. ●● If you have been noticing advances from someone at a party, then make sure you make it very clear you are in a relationship. Better still, take your partner to parties with you. ●● Practice saying “no”: Why not take the opportunity to stay in and spend time with the people closest to you? After all, isn’t that what the season is about?

Now that we have parties in hand, let’s reduce Christmas and holiday relationship stress. Remember to:

●● Keep your relationships in perspective: A large part of holiday relationship stress is contextual. This means there are unique circumstances during the holiday season that are not present at other times. Bringing conflict into the open and working through differences is a foundational strategy in all healthy relationships. However, due to the unique context of the holidays, the best strategy may be to not rock the boat if you believe that working through conflict may not be possible. Keeping this perspective can help you walk away from potential conflict or disagreements. ●● Take a time-out to refresh your relationships: One of the best strategies for reducing holiday relationship stress is to have a plan to take a time-out.

Notice when you are feeling stressed and use this as an indicator that you need to remove yourself from the stressful situation to regroup. Taking a time-out can have a number of benefits, which include: ●● providing space to give you a fresh perspective on a problem; ●● allowing you to defuse escalating tension or conflict with a relative; ●● giving you time to reduce your own relationship stress reaction; ●● slowing down and interrupting increasing anger or irritation with your partner; ●● recharging your mind and body to prevent exhaustion or fatigue.

Taking a time-out is a simple, but powerful strategy for regulating your emotions.

It will often help you avoid an unpleasant interaction that may be difficult to recover from and spoil your holiday.

Take care of yourself and your relationships, and have a joyfilled holiday season. ▪

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Fifo Wife

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Debbie Russo | bio We’re stoked to have The FIFO Wife, a.k.a. Debbie Russo, on board here at Rock Candy as our regular rock chick columnist.

She tells it how it is, from the other side of the FIFO fence - as one of those perennially waiting for a partner to return home, only to go back to work just weeks later, literally left holding the babies.

Says Deb: “Im 35 but I will forever be 26. I have three yummy boys aged 6, 4 and 2. I live in the country and I love it.

I’ve been a FIFO wife for 13 years now. I love it most days - note the word most - and I believe this is a lifestyle you either make work or you don’t. It’s up to you. It is hard work, but it’s worth it.”

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I am a Mum to three boys, so I don’t have a lot of feminine stuff going on in my life. There is a lot of wrestling, superheroes, and much dinosaur hunting going on, but not a lot of talk on shoes or makeup. Shopping is purely for replenishing energy supplies so that we can refuel for the next BMX bandit tour through town.

Yet for the past year we have had my niece living with us, and I have latched on to the added oestrogen in this house like it’s my last whip of sanity. She is as dear to me as my own children, and I treat her as such. So, imagine my surprise - and hyperventilation when she said to me she was going to a festival okayed by her parents, followed by the question: “What’s it like to get drunk and get stoned, Auntie Deb?”.

I looked at my niece - my jaw dropped slightly (pretending that she meant): “An arts festival?”

She looked at me with that ‘Are-you-kidding-me?’ gaze that all teenagers appear to muster so instantly, as I stared at her, trying to remain collected while all the while freaking out on the inside.

On a personal note, I didn’t attend my first music festival until I was in my twenties, had moved across to Perth, and was about to get married.

I learnt things at that festival that even Dirk Diggler or Linda Lovelace wouldn’t have known, and I naively learnt that punters don’t go to them solely for the music.

The festival I attended, though it shall remain nameless, was awesome and extremely well run. As I remember it, it was hot, dirty, muddy; they watered you down like cattle; it was crowded; the fast food cost a slow fortune; and the guys and girls there wore very little clothing (apparently clothes were optional). People had sex in unusual places, ie: out in the open, and yes, even though I hadn’t been born then, it was all very ‘Woodstock 1969’.

I felt like I was back at university, and just like university there were groups among groups.

The chemical heads, the free lovers, the free-for-all dancers, the goths, the metal heads, and of course, the ocker-ish piss-heads.

But surprisingly they all looked like they were having a great time together.

I was, ahem, among any of those tribes at any given time.

The music was mind-blowing.

The line-up, sensational. I danced until my legs ached and until sunstroke got the better of me and, yes, I would go again in a heartbeat, even now in this older and wiser of ages - my mid-30s.

But back to my niece. She is 15.

I looked at her nervously, knowing my answer was as important as if I was in Eddy’s hot seat and as though the $250k was just about mine.

“First of all,” I said, “getting drunk and stoned is not allowed in the venues. (Semi-denial is your friend again when you’re a parent). “And you and I both know that getting drunk and taking drugs of any sort is a bad choice, with consequences that could be everlasting - it could see you end up as a vegetable, which as a result would see me wiping your bum for the next 40 years. And personally, I don’t have time for that.”

“Right,” she said, unassuredly.

“Drugs are bad, no matter what anyone tells you,” I said in my ‘been-there-done-that’ voice, regardless of my experience with alcohol and drugs that I wasn’t about to impart it on her.

“Oh,” I continued, “and alcohol curbs your ability - especially at your age - to make good judgements. Especially with boys.”

She shifted in her seat, obviously displeased. I think I’d turned what was supposed to be an awesome event into a definite downer...

“My advice to you, baby,” I continued, “is to stay with your friends; say no to drugs - you don’t

need them; don’t drink alcohol you don’t need that either; drink from your own water bottle; wear a hat - and sunscreen.

“Oh, and make sure you have cash on you and that you keep enough for a taxi in case you lose your friends or need to make a phone call to me. And, most importantly, know that I trust you. I trust you to make good decisions because you know there is a risk every time you pop, snort, drink or lick something; that a backyard chemist just might have got it wrong this particular time.

“What if my friends make me?” she asked, as if the verb itself might be redundant.

“Well,” I said, “no-one can make you do anything, and remember that everything is your choice and the consequences are yours.”

“So you will be angry if I make the wrong one?” she asked.

“I won’t be angry,” I said. “I will be disappointed. I will be angry if you make the same decision a second time. You can call me anytime, and I will always come for you. Being angry will not change anything, but I will stop trusting you after the second disappointment - which is detrimental to your flourishing social life.”

What else could I say? I was a teenager once, who made stupid decisions that could have turned out for the worse.

Finally, I said, “Just know that I will be waiting outside the gates at 11pm to pick you up. Don’t be outside those gates beyond 11pm without a truthful, legitimate answer as to why you’re late or I’ll embarrass you so bad that you’ll regret your desion to be a smart-arse and defy me. Capisce?

(I ended the conversation - more as a rhetorical question).

“Capisce,” she said, nervously but with a smile. “So... what should I wear?”

“A burka with a camelback.” ▪

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Mikayla Stokes with dad, Brett, and mum, Belinda.

Photography by Jeremy Tan.

MIKAYLA STOKES

Q&A Local Hero Global developmental delay (GDD) can effect children in various ways: speech, cognition, social behaviour and/or self-care. Although treatment is not yet available for most cases of GDD, new treatments are constantly being tested and will hopefully be available in the near future.

This is where WA charity, Variety, enters the picture – helping to raise awareness of GDD and to recruit funds that will go towards testing and treatment.

Mikayla Stokes is a brave little girl who faces the challenges of GDD every day. She was recently named Child Ambassador for the Variety Santa Fun Run and has been doing a brilliant job in helping to promote the cause.

Rock Candy finds out more from Mikayla’s mother, Belinda Stokes.

Hi Belinda. Could you tell us a little about Mikayla’s brave story, and more about global development delay?

Mikayla is a happy little girl who, despite being ‘non-verbal’ so far, and mostly restricted to a wheelchair, is full of personality and finds ways to let it be known how she is feeling. The global developmental delays are as a result of the epilepsy, although she has been making great progress in the past six months, having gotten past a few rough patches. She is indeed brave and resilient!

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At six years of age, do you think she understands that something important is going on?

Mikayla is unable to verbalise her thoughts and feelings but she finds other ways to express herself. The smiles of joy that we get tell us as parents that she is happy, when we’re trying to give her as much enjoyment as possible.

Variety WA is doing a great job in helping kids with global development delay to get around easier, by providing standing frames to families to assist them in getting manual wheelchairs in hard-to-get places such as automobiles.

Have you found it easier employing the standing frame?

The standing frame and other mobility equipment make a huge difference to Mikayla, and allows us to physically challenge her and to help her grow stronger – albeit ‘one step at a time’.

What are Variety’s aims in so far as helping children with global development delay?

Variety help a wide range of children and their families, not just those with GDD. That is why they are ‘The Children’s Charity’, and why it is important that events like the Variety Santa Fun Run are able to bring families together to raise much-needed funds to continue the good work they do.

By the time this article is published, the Fun Run will have already been held. What else can people do to support the GDD cause?

GDD is experienced by various people with disabilities and can be associated with several underlying conditions. Awareness and acceptance of people with disabilities is becoming greater in our community, and the National Disability Insurance Scheme is certainly a step in the right direction in this ongoing journey.

A couple of questions about living in Western Australia; firstly, what is one of the most beautiful things about living in this great state of ours?

Whilst Perth is the most isolated capital city in the world, West Aussies are also known to be independent and resilient in general, and are also well-known for their level of generosity and support of various charities for good causes.

Who are some of your WA heroes?

One could name many, however specific to the area of medical research right now, we cannot go past Fiona Stanley – whom the new hospital is being named after. Also Bruce Robinson – WA’s recent nominee for Australian of the Year – for his work in cancer research.

Could you describe the aim of the charity you are connected to in a sentence?

‘The Children’s Charity’ – it says a lot… well, it almost says it all!

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Coming home You might recognise his music more than his face. Alex Lloyd’s songs with title like ‘Coming Home’, ‘1000 Miles’ and ‘My Way Home’ seem to possess a raw sentiment of yearning for stability. Five studio albums, two ARIA awards, five years of living in London, and one pledge campaign later – and Alex Lloyd is back in the limelight with a catchy-as single ‘Better The Less You Know’ and new album ‘Urban Wilderness’. Rock Candy catches up with the man to talk about his return to Oz, memories of Heath Ledger, and avoiding the dreaded hangover.

Interview by Antonino Tati

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WHO’S THIS, THEN?

Your previous single Better The Less You Know was fairly ‘pop’ sounding. What made you go in that direction?

I didn’t really have a direction on this record [ie: the new album]. They’re songs that I’d written over the past six years, so I didn’t really have a specific purpose to write them.

What else were you doing in that time?

I believe you were involved with some film soundtrack writing, working with a couple of WA directors…

Yeah, I did some work with the Pigram Brothers for the film Mad Bastards, which was great. I’ve also done a few docos.

Where did the title for your new album Urban Wilderness come from?

I’d been living in London up until last Christmas and I haven’t really been doing much at all since I’ve gotten back. So I guess that’s where the title comes from.

Basically I feel like I’ve been in the wilderness for a bit.

It appears as though the video for the song Better The Less You Know features people on the streets of London and some Aussie capitals, lip-synching to the track...

Yeah, the video was based on a very simple idea to just document people’s reactions hearing the song for the first time. We put all the reactions we recorded in the final clip because we were struggling to get the numbers!

That surprises me, that you were struggling to get the numbers in this age where it seems people will generally do anything to get their face on YouTube.

If you approach someone cold on the street and ask, ‘Do you wanna listen to this song’ and then ask them to sign a release form for use of the footage in a video, people are generally guarded. More-so in London, actually, than in Australia. People were more up for it here than they were over there.

What did you think of the weather in London?

I didn’t mind that sort of horrible, wintry weather so much. The darkness gets a bit much after six months of it. But I had a studio at the back of my place and it was a very warm place to be in.

Why did you choose to move to London?

My wife’s a food stylist and she had some job offers over there. It was kind of her turn to do some stuff, so I took on more of a role in looking after the kids. We’ve got four children now, so ultimately we came home!

And we just had another one – a little girl – and she’s the last!

That’s quite a big family for modern times!

It’s a huge family. And it’s completely crazy.

Do you find family and friends often inspire your songwriting?

Definitely. Better The Less You Know was written for, and I guess you could say with, my youngest son, Elvis. He was about one at the time. I would drive my bigger boys to school every morning in London, and on the way back Elvis would get a bit upset so I’d sing that ‘ding dang dong’ bit to him as a way to kind of chill him out while we waited in the traffic. And it worked. Eventually it developed into a song.

Did you have any hesitation using all three of those, er, words – ‘dang’, ‘ding’ and ‘dong’– in the one song?

When I first wrote it, I had no hesitations at all, because it was just to my son. ‘Dang’ actually means damn, so it was kind of my way of not showing road rage in front of my son [laughs]. By the time I turned it into a song, I kind of liked it.

It’s a very short song. You’ve gone back to the length that they used to make songs in the 1950s: two and a half minutes!

Well, two minutes and 52 seconds. The thing is you can only get away with saying ‘dang’ so many times in one song.

Where is the strangest place you’ve heard one of your songs being played?

I recently did a performance at the palace for the Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark, so there I guess.

Are they fans of yours?

Yeah, they’ve been fans for a while. It was her 40th birthday party. It was a great experience, actually, going to Denmark; it was pretty cool. Prince Frederik told me a long time ago that they fell in love to the song Black The Sun [from Alex’s first album of the same name]. So I performed that, and I think I performed Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah as well.

Let’s go back to your beginnings in music. I believe you joined something called ‘The Songwriting Clinic’.

I did, many years ago. Miles Copeland, who used to manage The Police, had this beautiful castle in the middle of France. I was invited there to go work with a load of other artists including – believe it or not – Rick Astley. And we wrote a song together.

One of the girls from The Go-Betweens was there. It’s basically where songwriters got together and collaborated. They put us in groups of three and we had to write a song by the end of the day. And that song would potentially be used by another artist.

Did you hear the end result of any of the songs you co-wrote?

I think one of them ended up in a horror film. I can’t really remember, to be honest.

I’ll have to look it up.

Many of your songs have a real inner-city vibe to them. Were you brought up a city slicker?

Yeah, my Mum had a place in the Cross [Kings Cross]. One of those old warehouses down there. My Mum actually used to work at the tobacconists in the train station.

Really? I remember they used to sell the cheapest cigarettes there.

[Laughs] Yeah, and she had a place in Potts Point, too. She was an artist and she liked living in that area, so us kids stayed with her on weekends and stuff.

The first time I saw you perform was at an after-party for the film Two Hands.

It was at a venue in the Cross, and the movie starred Heath Ledger.

Oh yeah, I remember that night. Those early days, things were a bit overwhelming, but I enjoyed myself, I can tell you that.

Since then Heath has sadly passed…

Yeah, that was very sad. I’m very close to a lot of people that he knew. Over the years Heath and I hooked up from time to time.

Inevitably there was a party or something like that. Anyway, it was a very sad loss to see Heath go.

Do you think some of our talent are a little unprepared to live in big smoky cities where you can get into drinking or drug-taking habits?

I do. It’s funny, isn’t it? In Europe, kids get to drink at the dinner table when they’re 15 years old. Here, there’s not much moderation taught at an early age. It’s not until you’re 18 that you’re allowed to drink and then it’s everything in excess. And then, when you get into a situation where everything is free and it’s all on tap, maybe one can tend to over-indulge. I don’t want to say that’s how it is with everyone but in my experiences that’s how it’s been.

How did you tame yourself ?

You’ve got no choice when you’ve got a family. I can’t afford hangovers any more: it’s unbearable with four kids screaming in the morning. So cutting back on drinking is just something that occurred naturally. I mean I often have a glass of red. But when I’m writing is usually around four in the morning – because the kids are asleep and there’s no-one talking. Obviously I don’t drink then, but I am a bit sleep-deprived.

Maybe that’s my new drug. ▪ Alex Lloyd’s new album Urban Wilderness is out now. New single Waterfall is also available in good record stores and through iTunes.

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It’s difficult enough surviving a year in the fickle world of fashion, so to make it to 20 years deserves a big fat slap on the back. Friends and clientele united to celebrate Atlas Devine’s milestone of making it through two decades in the fash biz, enjoying cocktails and hotdogs at the newly refurbished Parker Bar (which used to be Black Betty’s, don’tcha know).

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