i say nye’s a night to hang with friends and not get too caught up in hype. but the big parties are mostly heavy on that action, and i’m sure people are super down with that. anyway, i can’t say there’ll be any dj mag number one djs at the party i’m playing at. but it’ll be strictly electro funk indie bling bling battle bizzness.
it’s a popfrenzy against frigid crew new years eve.
the frigid corner is representing with sub bass snarl, sir robbo, ollo and prince valium.
pfft. a bunch of nine pound weaklings.
popfrenzy is stepping out with calico, enari, jinx, thepopmanifesto, fflloyd quinlan and deth stare.
tickets available from moshtix.

dsico seems to have a new haunt… go there and listen to him take guy sebastian down to jam with leonard cohen (if he’d done a cover of wordy rappinghood on his album the future).

somehow i managed to get up in time to cover the all ages show yesterday on 2xx. i got the call in on friday when the usual host couldn’t make it… but after playing a 5 hour dj set at the graphic design grad show, then hanging out with friends for quite a few more hours i only managed to wake up because someone called at 12:30. leaving me 30 minutes to get up, get some records together and race down. glad i did tho, i think i much prefer playing these sets than the regular dance-centric ones. i featured the new mf doom album – mm food – and played quite a few songs from the golden age’s great demo (which you can download here).
anyway here’s what i played…

jesus + mary chain – rollercoaster
the cramps – god damned rock ‘n roll
the golden age – the desert song
iron on – fifty four equals two hundred
camera obscura – i don’t do crowds
purdy – on the roof of the world
other people’s children – sheffield
mf doom – figleaf bicarbonate
the smallgoods – abraham lincoln
terranova feat mike ladd – heroes
tzu – curse of the word
smart artisans – yeah, but eh
the rezillos – flying saucer attack
mu – chair girl
les savy fav – hello halo, goodbye glands
teenage fanclub – what you do to me
the golden age – daybreak
mf doom – fillet o rapper
blastcorp – 1000 miles away
hykoo + mantra – peacekeeper
atmosphere – gotta lotta walls
the fall – why are people grudgeful?
tv on the radio – poppy
disaster plan – age of consent
mid-state orange – casualties of casual ties
toekeo – john howard is a filthy slut
the golden age – saturday morning

gross motor is taking shape… the only real worry is whether toast will stay open long enough. after playing there last night i think it’ll be alright tho. here are the rules for a fun, good music and hanging out with friends kinda night.
A) Cheap to get in – $5. Paying too much to get in detracts from your drinking allowance, and we can’t have that on our heads
B) Early start. Kicking off at 6 pm to fit in all the bomb acts, so come down in your spunky corporate uniform if need be, long as you don’t miss the bomb sets.
C) Would be good to see a few trashy elves and rednosed santas tho.
D) Feel free to buy the acts Beer. We don’t pay them much after all, so if you feel that they have earnt some amber, don’t be shy.
E) It’s the launch of Pencil’s Abandoned Shopping Trolleys in Love zine. Buy one. We might throw in a free CD or 2 as well.
E) Bring loads of People. There is no excuse not to. We have the best live acts and jocks in Canberra throwing down awesome electro funk indie bling bling bizznezz through a large PA with cheap drinks. There really is no reason why you cannot make it down. Plus it’s the super merry xmas edition of gross motor Like I said, no reason not to come down.

the lineup’s stabilising too… OLLO, Bec Paton, Stalker, Kreme Karmel, Low Ki, Skatter, Scotch Fingers, Shunji, Dot-0-Dot, Get Well Mary Kate, Beau Nanzha, Calico and The Abandonerz. also hana is going to put together some stencils for the night – she’s done stencils for our two people get real nights.

btw dj/rupture has to be one of the most inspirational djs around. he whipped up this mix inna post us election rage. you can really feel it too…

if you’re in canberra, head out to bruce for the uc graphic design grad show. lots of great new designers, plus free drinks and i’ll be playing from 6 through til 11.

if you’re thinking about nye and you’ll be in sydney, maybe you should be thinking about an uber indie beats bonanza at the old newtown rsl. popfrenzy and frigid are hooking up for a 4×4 dj mashup.

more urthy goodness can be found here (10/11/04) and here (13/6/03.
you can also listen to no rider here.
and vote for it in the triple j net 50 here!

bread + water can so easily be toast + tea. that’s something a friend of mine used to always say. comes back to me at the oddest times.

toast is pretty likely to close for good just before christmas. it’s pretty sad, though probably a good move for the owner. 3 years of hard work, but he just can’t get his head around the twin management tasks of delegation and promotion. it’s such a refreshing place to hang out in canberra – everything else is so sterile in comparison.

fortunately we’ll be having a farewell party there on dec 10 – hopefully it stays open long enough! – at the moment it’s looking like…

margot’s fences and abandoned shopping trolleys in love present the gross motor christmas party, friday december 10 at toast in canberra.

trashy elves, red-nosed santas, blood spattered saviours. come one, come all.

music and pictures from stalker, ollo, the abandonerz, phong, vj skatter, scotch fingers, kreme karmel, calico, low ki, levins, dot-0-dot, bec paton.

a leonard cohen tribute show in australia. featuring nick cave, jarvis cocker, the handsome family, kate and anna mcgarrigle, beth orton, linda thompson, teddy thompson, martha wainwright and rufus wainwright.do you think i’m joking?

i wouldn’t joke about this.

no rider entered the net 50 at 46 a few weeks ago… then jumped to 22 and now is at number 7! apparently it’s even getting plays on commercial radio in canberra and sydney, as well as channel v, rage, triple j.

here‘s my original post about this brilliant track. you can vote for it in the triple j net 50 here.

every friday night on 2xx 98.3 fm. the magic of therapy. this week it consisted of the following.

umod – on the down low – sonar kollektiv
eric b + rakim – microphone fiend – mca
sequel – i’ve been waiting – sonar kollektiv
primal scream – loaded (weatherall mix) – creation
ty – groovement – big dada
tortoise – in sarah mencken, christ and beethoven there were woman and men (d’s winter crazy dub) – thrill jockey
chiapet – westworld (termination mix) – yoshitoshi
the orb – perpetual dawn – island
dot-0-dot – we are well – cdr
upbeats – psyesta – cdr
kelis feat andre 3000 – millionaire – virgin
troubleman – strikehard – far out
i wolf feat cesar – never leave – klein
cinematic orchestra – man with the movie camera (domu mix) – ninja tune
nitin sawhney – rainfall (bugz dirty bruk down mix feat rodney p) – v2
meat beat manifesto – mindstream (orbital’s mind the bend the mind mix) – shock
superfoot – tough in the sky – stinky jim’s
bass elefant – triple 6ers – inertia
blastcorp – thousand miles away (dub) – cdr

finally the latest cyclic defrost is out… interviews with decoder ring, twotone, domu. a couple of event reviews and a huge run of album reviews, plus lovely art from macross matrix (and an interview with him too).
if you’re thinking how do i find out about the fresh music that cyclic cover, you’re in luck. check out their music club, which runs on similar lines to the book clubs people keep talking about.