Aug 30th, 2010
Territory Day, the 1st of July, is a public holiday in the Northern Territory to celebrate the anniversary of the creation of the Northern Territory. On this day and only between certain times, people are allowed to let off fireworks and it’s a firmly entrenched tradition. Outside of those times on Territory Day the letting…
Writing reviews are a funny thing. I really enjoy doing it because I think a good review imagines a conversation between the author and the reviewer. Most reviews are not approached this way. Many simply present very personal views or they are quite technical analyses based on the standards and conventions for the genre of…
Jun 7th, 2010
So, my impending move to Darwin is getting closer and with each day so the thoughts regarding how I plan to transplant my life to this distant city become more concrete. You can only make a decision like this if you can imagine yourself there, but this does not always translate into the practical reality…
Jan 14th, 2010
Alice Springs is a weird and wonderful place in the most clichéd and unique ways – it is both iconic and exotically foreign. But this fact goes largely unnoticed and ignored whenever Alice Springs scratches the surface of the national public consciousness. Because of The Alice’s iconic status we outsiders think we know why things…
Feb 2nd, 2009
So, a talk-show radio presenter in Brisbane, Michael Smith, has gone for a classic talk-show radio cheap shot and likened wearing the burqa to donning KKK robes. To many, this is wrong. But why? And what name do we give to it? Suliman Sabdia, the president of the Islamic Council of Queensland, said this in…
Dec 31st, 2008
While I’m not intimately familiar with the work of Freddie Hubbard, I’ll never forget seeing this jazz great live at Sunset/Sunside in Paris in 2001. I had read a couple of old articles about Hubbard and was pretty amazed at the breadth of styles in which he played. But I was most impressed by his…
Feb 13th, 2007
I know this post is going to earn me the label of cultural/urban/hip-hop elite or some other tall poppy synonym, but I don’t care…I’m the one that had to sit through this experience…not you! So, I begged and pleaded with Sara on Saturday to come with me to a hip-hop gig – local artists, Dan…
Feb 6th, 2007
Much searching and downloading and nostalgia has produced this – my list of favourite hip-hop mp3 blogs. Criteria for being on this list is mainly based on how rare and old school the material is and how knowledgeable the blog authors and visitors are. Most of these guys also craft their own mp3 mixtapes. Check…
Feb 2nd, 2007
Bust the facts has put nothing but old school, out-of-print hip-hop albums up for download on their blog. Most of the mp3 downloads come from other sites that these guys have scoured. This stuff is so old that M.C. was still written as an abbreviation for “Master of Ceremonies”. Today, it’s become a word in…
Mar 7th, 2006
In reply to my request for help I got a veritable cacophony of French sounds. Thanks to the french last.fm peeps that led me through what seemed at first like the dark caves of a foreign scene… Birdy Nam Nam Turntablism influenced hip-hop production from these four DJs. Very easy to listen to and very…
Feb 19th, 2006
Voici mes albums du hip hop francais: Akhenaton – Black Album Akhenaton – Métèque et mat Akhenaton – Sol Invictus Arsenik – Quelque chose a survécu Arsenik – Quelques gouttes suffisent Assassin – Touche d’espoir Bams – De ce monde Birdy Nam Nam – Birdy Nam Nam Château Flight vs La Caution – Crash Test…
Feb 17th, 2006
Have you listened to Tekilatex, Pijall & P-nut-butterfly – Tradition-destruction? Do you have any idea what Tekilatex is saying in the chorus? I can’t even pick the language. I just wanna know if it’s random nonsense (which wouldn’t surprise me) or if he is actually saying something… Originally posted on my last.fm journal
Jan 19th, 2006
It sure feels lonely on this side of the world when there are in-stores like this: There are a few FREE IN-STORES coming up….one tomorrow night! THURSDAY JAN 19TH we have lightheaded and Giant Panda @ 6PM SATURDAY JAN 21ST we have Havana @ 3 PM SATURDAY JAN 28TH we have One Be Lo @…
Jan 16th, 2006
Like my musical taste? Can’t listen to some of my more obscure artists/tracks on last.fm? Join the hype on AllPeers. Although not yet released this neat little Firefox plug-in is probably going to see to the revival of a mixtape culture (I hope!). Join up and pm me after it’s released and running and let’s…
Jan 11th, 2006
Two fantastic entrances to VV tracks… Track: Viktor Vaughn – Dope Skill (feat. Carl Kavorkian) Alias/Group: Viktor Vaughn Album: Viktor Vaughn – Venomous Villain "It’s Vik, known to kick a no joke vocal / And given a chance, yoke ya slow poke local yokel / Don’t smoke krill, won’t need topal / If the fluoride…
Jan 9th, 2006
Time to sift through the end-of-year french hip-hop acquisitions… Starting with Cuizinier and his "Pour les filles" mixtape release. I can’t say how much I dig this emcee’s "naughty" style on the TTC releases, but this album is not all that impressive. It contains mainly remixes or US hip-hop and pop tracks with him dropping…
Dec 23rd, 2005
Sara gets back today. While anticipation runs high, I have had to occupy myself with things to do today. I awoke this morning to find that Downsyde’s When the Dust Settles finished downloading overnight (I promise to purchase this one after the new year). Only had one listen but it sounds really good. The production…