A place where I can write irrelevant anecdotes that make me sound like a pretentious git.
The weekends are great again for a variety of reasons, but one significant reason is the return of the English premier league season. The last month and a half has, in particular, been sweeter for me, mostly due to the dominance of the Arsenal football team in the English Premier League. They have notched up [...]
It’s like all my Christmas’s have come at once. This weeks Timeoff Magazine featured a review of an album by the name of “Curses†by a band called “Future of the Leftâ€. Never heard of this band, but I had heard of the band two of the members used to be in ….rejoice! mclusky have [...]
A fragile connection of thoughts on sampling and music.
My friend Alex emailed me a rather interesting Youtube link last night. It was a miniature documentary concerning a six second drum break that has seen much use in modern day music, particularly in the genres of hip-hop, drum’n’bass, jungle, and trance music. The documentary is called [...]
Taken from local street press, Timeoff talking about those who attended the Valley Feista in Brisbane over the weekend.
“A sea of dumb, boorish social retards has flooded Fortitude Valley tonight, so The Troubadour [a local music venue - ed] feels like a sanctuary, a place to hide from the nauseating scenes outside.â€
So true.
I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to ‘what I want to be when I grow up’. Having recently finished my history honours, I began undergraduate law, but quit it in less than a week due to absolute boredom.
I’m working fairly regularly, but I find myself getting slightly bored. Despite the pressures of [...]
For me, there is just something that just doesn’t seem right about Triple J’s “J Awardâ€. Perhaps it could reflect my changing tastes in music or my skepticism about the quality of recent Australian releases.
If you look at the bands that get nominated for J Awards you cannot help but note that their names sound [...]
