Retroactive lll @ CCAS Manuka
Posted on August 28th, 2008 by loadedog
The Cashews CD Launch - A Review
Posted on August 27th, 2008 by loadedog
The Cashews CD Launch, Corroboree Park Hall,16th Aug, 2008
by Skip
The evening was crisp - fortunately, I had my scarf.
And so, four years after Pete Lyon and Alison Procter formed The Cashews duo to win a competition, I braved the weather to witness one of the longest-awaited album launches in the Canberra music scene. I certainly wasn’t the only one. In fact, a veritable swathe of forearms were already imprinted with smiling red cashews.
But, where were they? I had glimpsed a corner of piggy tail, but pink was not the colour I remembered. Then, a further glimpse of dimples and strangely perfect teeth. I tensed. Was it them? Were these mirages the very same acoustic nuts I expected? Perhaps they were, but I wanted no longer to dwell, and so chatted aimlessly with friends.
Round John Virgin and The Strange Bedfellows @ The Phoenix… Tonight!
Posted on August 27th, 2008 by loadedog
Alex Asch: Now Showing
Posted on August 26th, 2008 by loadedog
Canberra artist and curator, Jas Hugonnet, started a little internet gallery venture a while back. It’s rather on the minimalist side. Currently showing there is my good friend Alex Asch whose work below, a collage entitled ‘The Ocean Diviner’ represents a startling departure in medium.
Pasha’s Lounge
Posted on August 25th, 2008 by loadedog
For whatever reason, only about 50 people turned up for the CMC’s second show (following the resounding success of the Cashews cd launch the week before it was bound to be an anti-climax), but Pasha’s was still a great evening (I reckon, and yes, I admit bias) and the CMC will be hiring the DNA Studio again in the future.
Lounge was the operative word for the evening, with the RiotACT crew going so far as to bring their own futon and bedding. That some of them took the opportunity to catch a few z’s was more a reflection of their drinking habits combined with soporific cosiness than any reflection on the music which was outstanding (out of modesty I exclude my own band from that comment). I took a few pictures, just a small selection because I was too busy unfortunately, but we do have (single camera fixed) video and a multi-track recording of the whole show which might see the light of day one day. Click the picture to see the gallery. And more pictures at RiotACT here.
Posted on August 24th, 2008 by
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SeaChange Soundtracks?
I am searching for copies of the SeaChange soundtracks from series 2&3, but especially the second series CD with tracks by Felt (Ocean Beast), Vika and Linda (Hard Love) Archie Roach (Dancing) and The Habibis (I’ll Break Cups) on it.
If you have copies you would like to sell or even just to lend for a very short time if you can’t bear to permanently part with them, I’d be grateful if you would call me on 0430-18-3932. Ta in advance. Julie.
Festival Ticket
Got in early and bought ticket to the Narooma Blues and Rockabilly Festival but sadly now can’t go. $200 for full weekend ticket. Phone Fay 0419294164
Guitar for Sale
it’s time for me to upgrade my guitar but i will have to sell Bessie lest I become one of those guitar wankers who have 60 of them. I’m selling her (Maton EM225) for $900 - $500 below RRP and $300 below online listed prices. all details are available here.
Miss Kitka’s Searchlights and Sirens
Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by loadedog
Ainslie Footy Club, Friday 29th Aug, 7pm
Mr Fibby and Crooked Fiddle - Review
Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by loadedog
Merry Muse 8th August 2008
by Giselle
The audience attending this night conversed loudly all the way through Matty Ellis’ lovely songs in his walk up spot and clearly weren’t there for a show, so when Mr Fibby forcibly arrested the attention of that crowd before the end of the first bow stroke – acoustic…. on the floor…, without the advantage of stage visibility, the surprise was like a good whack to the side of the head. They held us through 45 minutes of four original pieces on violin, cello, guitar and spoken word, (er, spoken is an understatement)… “Was it theatre or was it concert ?”, “Were we in awe or delight?”, these questions hooked us into engagement.
Coffee Bitch #50. Guru, Canberra Centre
Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by loadedog
No one likes a franchise really. No one with a brain.
However there is no sign of complacency in the mix here. In some cases the individuality and efforts of the barista can wrangle something palatable from the provisions and standardisations of the corporate corrale. This particular cafe without walls is perched central to central in the Canberra Centre, street level. This, babe, is a filling station for passing, hovering, and occasionally sitting city workers.
Tableaux Deux
Posted on August 21st, 2008 by loadedog
Tableaux Vellum Sunday 24 August 6:30-7pm and 7:30-8pm. Smith’s Alternative Bookshop. $15 Please book - 62474459
Tableaux Attic Sunday 31st Aug 6:30pm. M16 Artspace 16 Mildura St Fyshwick. $5 entry
CSA Blues
Posted on August 21st, 2008 by loadedog
Ahh, the Child Support Agency. You’ve got to love it.
Today I get rung up by the CSA asking me for the $80 or so that I apparently owe them for my dear loving ex-wife. I’m not averse to paying maintenance for my kids, though I’d have rathered we lived in the same city and I contributed by parenting (but that’s another story…), but at this delicate stage in my career as a dilettante artist, I don’t make much cash and up till this fin year I was only paying $28/mth, reasonable thought I.
But last March I apparently got a letter telling me I was to pay $180/month from July 1 due to a change of policy. If non-custodial parents are reporting income lower than the rate of Parenting Allowance, they are automatically assumed to be cheating and are charged that much. Now I understand you can dispute the charge of cheating and if you can prove a meagre income, they’ll accept that and put you back on minimum maintenance. Fair enough. But that would take actually reading the letters and doing something about it. Which I didn’t.
Coffee Bitch #49. Carlo’s
Posted on August 19th, 2008 by loadedog
Slowly the bleak suburbia that is Watson has softened around the edges. No longer one of the town’s northern extremities. Trees grow. Gardens fill out.
You wouldn’t have found two cafes at Watson shops two decades ago.
National Science Week
Posted on August 19th, 2008 by loadedog
National Science Week kicks off on Wednesday. Here’s some of the less geeky things you might want to attend.
