deeerapht comin live n direct.

went and saw drapht at uber last night. wore my new red shoes. it was a super good night too. rowdy as fuck crowd, so rowdy that they had to keep stopping to tell everyone to calm down. but that was ok, cos i love drapht, and i was gettin pretty wild too. he's one of my all time favorite aussie hip-hoppers, which was easy to convey after 8 beers when i went for a quick chat after the show, and sounded like a complete blabbering mess. but i recon he loves it.
walked back to daves afterwards, through southbank, exclaiming that just about everything in sight 'gets wasted all the time'. was so much fun.
no bikes gets wasted all the time
skateboards get wasted all the time
light pole gets wasted all the time
southbank gets wasted all the time
etc
etc

crack rocks.

so im not as much of a fashion fiend as i used to be. kinda got a bit over it when i moved to the city for some reason. still, i cant go past a great tee. and pete vs. toby make great tees. they fit perfect, and they're made of the softest material. their new summer range is out. this one i'm particularly fond of. check out some others right here.

fucking splendid.

this years latest splendour post award goes to me. so late infact that i've forgotten all about it. uumm it was amazing. its always amazing. it was my 7th. probably one of the best, the first one ive been to since i turned 18. it makes a huge difference because now nearly everyone is about my age. lightspeed champion were great, as were the presets, band of horses, and a few others. i cant remember. fuck it. thanks to dave, dave, hugh, rosie, ro, mel, liesl, lucy, tom, sam, luke, celine and dillon for being loads of fun to hang around with. thanks to djari, foxy, helen, dave and tom for a totally awesome trip up and back.

live from the bag vol.1

here ya go, the first mix i've ever posted. its not planned or polished, and far from perfect, but its free, live and i was actually wearing a sleeping bag for the whole thing.




live from the bag vol.1 [35min:32mb]

eddy grant vs. digitalism - zdarlight avenue
van she - sex city (nightmoves remix)
pnau - baby (breakbot remix)
villains - thrilla
groove armada - superstylin' (school of thought breaks remix)
the ting tings - that's not my name (doctor werewolf bmore remix)
cameo - word up
prince - erotic city (computer club reflip)
tag team - whoomp! there it is (spinstyles remix)
mr. oizo - flat beat
r!m!e! - to the ground
the ting tings - that's not my name (la riots remix)
busy p - to protect & entertain (crookers remix)

hey pase.. PLAY SOME HIPHOP!

friday night was pase rock at empire. friday night was fun.
missed the train, took 2 buses. that worked well. went to empire, bought beers, went to chinatown, then back to empire, found dave, watched anna lunoe.

anna lunoe was totally 100% super amazing in every way. defs one of the highlights. then pase rock came on and i was fairly disappointed to tell the truth. what i wanted was some B.O.O.T.A.Y-put-that-pussy-on-me spank rock styles, what i got was fairly plain electro that culminated with him playing that "show me love" song. maybe i have the wrong idea about the track, but van she tech and mstrkrft dropped it at splendour, and i was gobsmacked. isn't it some highly manufactured shitty pop song that gets played at birdees on a daily basis and sung to by dumb chicks and guys with big muscles? anyway i walked straight out. then back in. then he played it again. grrr. sampology was on next and he was amazing. i'll be getting out to see him again asap. then i was out on the balcony and pase rock walked out with a bottle of champagne in hand. i said "great set man" and he, rather nicely, said "want some champagne?" so i drank some of pase's champers, which almost made paying 20 bucks to see him worthwhile. later on there were 2 dudes rockin the 1 and 2's upstairs, i don't know who they were, but they were great too. so many good supports, such a mediocre headliner, such a good night.

badly packed kebab.

i fucking hate funwall posts. i abhor "press forward and see what happens?!?" type things. i loathe most facebook applications. circle of trust? hatching eggs? astrology? yuck. however, the other day while looking at my mate simon's profile i found a really good one. its called 'the bloody offensive aussie insult generator'. type in a friends name, then offend them like they've never been offended before. it goes like this: you have 3 dropdown menus that fill in the gaps of "(friends name) is a ............. ............... with a face like .......................". call your friend an aggro bushpig with a face like a smashed crab, or a ratshit bearded clam with a face like a badly packed kebab. especially if they keep sending you drinks.

thehypefm

as a budding young dj and fresh music lover, heaps of my time is spent perusing thehypemachine in search of new tracks. and i fuckin love it. the hype machine is for sure one of my favourite websites/search engines/concepts. for anyone who hasn't checked it out, do so now. and its not just me. here is what others think,

“A great place to hear stuff that’ll be big in six months”

“Nearly too good to be true, a fool proof weapon when it comes to seeking new music that you’d otherwise not have a chance in hell of hearing.”

“a stethoscope on the chest of aural awesomeness.”

“The Hype Machine is really what makes the tides work. Screw the moon.”

so its great. however today i came across something else, while not being in exactly the same league, is equally as good. its thehype.FM. its an online radio station programmed by bloggers with their fingers ahead of the pulse. endless good tunes. day and night. and mixes and interviews and the like. just stick it on in the background and it does the perusing for you. simple.

p.s. on a bit of a graphic design tangent, the guy who designed thehype.FM website, eric hammond, has a website of his own just here. pretty good flyers and logos and album covers and things.

Familjen - Det snurrar i min skalle.

heaps good photo

heaps good photo hey. not mine. clearly. found it somewhere.

august.

here's whats happening for the rest of my month. i'm posting it not only for your perusal, but so i don't forget what i need to go see.
and this is how its shaping up:


which is on my birthday, then



and


and


which is a preeety good month in my books. so much good stuff on. i don't see myself getting very far ahead at uni though.

sick kicks.

i'm really digging the olympics, but not as much much as i'm digging these new, limited edition, olympic inspired nike dunks. available in all the olympic colours, i'd do just about anything for a pair.

avocados

i like avocados. i never used to, but now i do.


also, i'm pretty sure its old news around these parts but the 2 many dj's 'as heard on radio soulwax' mixes are pretty fuckin good.



today i listened to the first three and loved them, even if the track selection would be more recognisable to my parents (or maybe just someone a few years older). the mixing is ingenious and they're full or awesome spoken word snippets and great mashups. check them out for sure. and they're going to parklife, which i am super excited about.