GYPSY AND THE CAT are touring the country for their "Jona Vark" Tour. Starting May 6th in Adelaide and finishing May 21st in Newcastle. Check the flyer above for the details and dates, I'll post links for buying tickets below.
Possibly my favourite off their debut "Gilgamesh". JONA VARK!!
For the Adelaide, Perth & Brisbane Show. Buy tickets here.
So when the new year started. Did you have a resolution? I can't remember If I did for this year. Jaydos is telling you that your resolution can get fucked. Doing videos dedicated to all the pinging alco partying cunts out there. Check them out.
I have re-released the "Trial & Errors" range. The shirts & singlets are now available for purchase at our online store. Stay tuned for the Black shirt movement. Check out the lookbook for the range by clicking the image below.
VIVID Live is a festival held down at the Sydney Opera House from the 27th of May till the 13th of June, with plenty of acts playing different days for a lot of variety. The announcement on whos playing was announced recently. The headliners are below.
BAT FOR LASHES [UK]
FRI 3 JUN SAT 4 JUN
SONNY ROLLINS [USA]
THU 2 JUN
CHRIS CUNNINGHAM LIVE [UK]
SUN 5 JUN
SPIRITUALIZED [UK]: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE
FRI 27 MAY SAT 28 MAY
YO GABBA GABBA! [USA]
SAT 4 JUN SUN 5 JUN
CUT COPY [AUS]
SUN 29 MAY
TAME IMPALA [AUS]
WED 1 JUN
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI [AUS]
SUN 29 MAY
HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE [USA]
SAT 4 JUN
THE CRYSTAL ARK [USA]
SAT 28 MAY
OFWGKTA [USA]
WED 1 JUN THU 2 JUN
WU LYF [UK]
MON 30 MAY TUE 31 MAY
AZARI & III [CANADA]
SUN 5 JUN
TOM KUNTZ [USA]
27 MAY - 13 JUN
There will also be Studio Parties with many well known DJ's spinning shit, here's the info below:
MODULAR PRESENTS "LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND IV" With The Bag Raiders, Beni, Softwar, Azari & III [CANADA] (live) and The Swiss (live). FRI 27 MAY
MAD RACKET PRESENTS With The Crystal Ark [USA], Bamboo Musik and more to be announced. SAT 28 MAY
SNEAKY SUNDAYS PRESENTS With Black Angus, Miss Connie, Van She (live), Flight Facilities and more to be announced. SUN 29 MAY
THE AVALANCHES DJs PRESENTS With The Avalanches (DJ Set), Hypnotic Brass Ensemble [USA], Canyons, Andee Frost. FRI 3 JUN
2MANYDJs PRESENTS With 2manydjs [BELGIUM], Changes, Beni and more to be announced. SAT 4 JUN
CLUB KOOKY PRESENTS With DJ Gemma & Seymour Butz, Horse Meat Disco [UK], Azari & III [CANADA] (live), Daniele Baldelli [ITALY] SUN 5 JUN
There will also be The Sony Lounge, Public Art Projects, and 2MANYDJ's spinning live on Triple J.
The Toad. Possibly the most popular design I've done from the first range, the look of it, the way it has been printed on a shirt. The filth.
By why the toad?
The toad is an abstract portrait of a friend of mine (Yes not just another innuendo piece cunts), His name is Scott Rogers, known amongst friends as Scotty, Scotty Rogerz, Scotty Fucking Rogerz, Toad, Boot, Padlock, along with other one-off satirical nonsense.
The story of getting the name Toad takes me back to Toolies 2008 (Yes not Schoolies which I attended in 2007). A few of the boys got an apartment on Circle on Cavill for the week, split very cheaply, and basically wrecked havoc and caused ruckus whenever possible.
Amongst the crew was Scott, who infact did not pay a cent to stay for the week. It was one afternoon and we're all most likely hungover right in the middle of the week, Scott is lying on the couch, slothing it up. That's when another friend Hughesie turns and looks at him and says:
"Mate, you look like a fucking toad".
The rest is history. More a less the piece has that side to it, the revelation of getting such an obscure name, the other part is the long friendship I've had with this man, sharing one day apart birthdays in December, He being the reason for my first consumption/demise into alcoholism, amongst other things.
Been through a lot and here's my way in saying Cheers Cunt.
Paul Fisher seems like a regular Aussie reveller. Except whatever havoc he gets up too, he's got a camera there to capture it all. I posted a video yesterday on the book called Dam Day, where him and professional monster wave surfer Ryan Hipwood, slide down a dam on boogie boards and basically make the viewer uber jealous. Got plenty of other videos on his website and vimeo account, should check them. Fish makes mistakes is certainly one for the ages.
LA Noire is an upcoming video game developed by Team Bondi with Rockstar Games. It s set in "a perfectly re-created Los Angeles" of 1947, with players being given an open-ended challenge to solve a series of murder mysteries.
As the title suggests, the game draws heavily from both plot and aesthetic elements of film noir - stylistic films from the 1940s and 1950s that shared similar visual styles and themes including crime, sex and moral ambiguity and were often shot in black and white with harsh, low-key lighting. The game uses a distinctive coloring-style in homage to the visual style of film noir. The post-war setting is the backdrop for plot elements that reference the detective films of the '40s, such as corruption and drugs, with a classical jazz soundtrack.
L.A. Noire is also notable for using Lightsprint's real-time global illumination technology, as well as Depth Analysis's newly developed piece of technology for the film and video game industries called MotionScan, where actors are recorded by 32 surrounding cameras to capture facial expressions from every angle. With this technology the look of the characters in the game are almost life-like. Check out a few clips for it below. The game is due out May 17th in the US, May 20th in Europe.
Went out for a work friends 21st friday night. sported a Dozer tee, some sweet braces and acid wash jeans. Night got loose, Happy birthday Mel. Tuttle is responsible for the snaps.
With one record Yolanda Be Cool have gone straight to the top of the music industry a list. Their second single – ‘We No Speak Americano’ (co-produced with DCUP) sold over 5 million copies and hit number 1 in 18 countries; infiltrating radio waves, TV shows, and pretty much every dance floor in the world over the summer. You’d need to be a Tarantino assassinated corpse to have not felt its impact in some form. With a name nodding to the final scene in Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction when Samuel L Jackson’s character shouts “BE COOL YOLANDA!” to the crazed female armed-robber, this renegade order to keep your calm when you hit the big time has now taken on more relevance than ever intended. Also known as Johnson Peterson and Slyvester Martinez, Yolanda Be Cool have demonstrated that with the panache and production skills to back it up it’s possible to cultivate an international smash hit without the need for a major label vehicle, instead releasing on homegrown Australian indie ‘Sweat It Out’. With over ten years DJing under their belts their musical influences extend far beyond their Native Sydney, from old school hip hop, to Chicago house to techno to pretty much everything in between. Bondi beach locals at heart, when out of the studio or not playing at the biggest clubs in the world you’ll find them at the beach catching waves. The distinctly tropical flavour to their productions and fiercely educational attitude to sampling (in the case of We Speak No Americano crate digging as far back as 1950’s Italia) combined with their big room pull to pack out festival stages and mammoth venues, as a dance act, nods more to creative sampling heavyweights like Switch than any of their more current peers. With demand calling on tours in North and Central America, South America, Australia Asia and Europe in the first half of 2011 and the follow up single to ‘We Speak No Americano’ about to drop plus an artist album in the pipeline while Johnson and Slyvester may be keeping their cool, they’re certainly not resting on their laurels… Expect big things from these guys in 2011.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER is an upcoming superhero flick about the comic book superhero CAPTAIN AMERICA. The film stars Chris Evans (Fantastic Four) as Steve Rogers, deemed physically unfit for the US Army in World War II, until he signs up for Project: Rebirth. The film also stars Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving & Stanley Tucci. The film will be out July 22nd and the trailer is below.
It's Friday again and I thought I'd make a note of the song that fatcats from all around the world are dubbing the "Worst Song Ever". Rebecca Black's "Friday", has hit over 40 million + views on Youtube alone, also reportedly earning $1 million dollars from sales on the iTunes store.
Everyone is giving her shit yet she and the producers of this god awful track are laughing all the way to the bank. I don't blame her for it, she's the product, she's the face that producers sell to make their money, she's the puppet. They wrote the song, made the video, auto-tuned the fuck out of her voice, put some creepy old rapper in the vid, and now are cashing in on it.
I blame them, this sort of stuff reminds me of how much the music business is just cashing in on shit repetitive teeny/tweeny pop music, dance music, electropop music, yet real artists writing their own songs sit casually independently or unknown. They are other songs with young tween singers that the Ark Music Factory has released, personally I'd say they're all better than Friday, but not that hard to do so.
One good thing to come from this are the parody videos. They are plenty floating around the internet and I'm going to post a few up below. Enjoy.
Alex Williamson is an Aussie stand up comedian, who posts plenty of hilarious stuff on youtube. From sketches and segments involving safe sex, sexting, drugs, the continuing NRL & AFL sex scandals, and of course Ben Cousins. I'll post some of his videos below, certainly some funny segments. Here's a little more about Alex, courtesy of his official website:
"After watching Jurassic Park as a 5 year old, Alex Williamson knew exactly what he wanted to do in life – get involved in film…whether he was directing, writing, acting or just making coffee for Sam Neill between takes. He also wanted to start a Dinosaur amusement park, but luckily his father talked some sense into him with a length of hard bamboo.
Growing up in the small country town of Willunga in South Australia, Alex discovered there wasn’t much to do, which inspired him to get his first video camera at the age of 15. Alex then began to film various artistic pieces of cinema with his friends (throwing water-bombs at cars on the highway) and developed his technical skills through his high school media studies, and his social etiquette skills through 6 hour Seinfeld marathons.
Alex has been a stand up comedian in Adelaide for several years now, performing at venues such as The Rhino Room, Pj O’Brians, The Highway and the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds since he was 18. He was a state finalist in Triple J’s Raw Comedy in 2009, and also had the opportunity to participate in the the Sammy D Charity Gala in 2010, where he performed alongside Arj Barker, Tom Gleeson, Wil Anderson and Damian Callinan.
His involvement and obsession with sport, in particular Australian Rules Football, prompted him to utilize his media skills and acting ability to produce a short film about an obsessed AFL ‘Dream Team’ Coach (2009). The success of these videos resulted in Alex having a segment on Channel 7′s AFL Gameday (2009), which appeared on sunday mornings on television sets right around Australia.
Since then Alex has produced comedy videos alongside some of the AFL’s most talented players (Embley, Tippett, Motlop, Porplyzia). Along with his various online sketches, Alex has also been involved in two successful online web series, ‘Too Easy’ (Alex Williamson, David M. Green 2010) and ‘Lapse in Motivation’ (Alex Williamson, Jack Ellis 2010).
A move to Melbourne beckons, as Alex begins to understand there are limited opportunities in Adelaide (none)."
As I've already notified the world of internet. A few of our shirts are selling at we say so in Kiama NSW. Owner Shane has sent through a photo of evidence (after constant nagging, sorry Shane). If you're nearby head on down and see it for yourself.
Here's another intimate gig for you. Local goldy group RUSSIAN KIDD and Brisbane group INLAND SEA will perform an intimate gig at Unplugged at The Basement, At the Gold Coast Arts Centre tomorrow night. Doors/Bar open at 7:30 with tickets at the door going for $12.50. Plenty of local geezers have played Unplugged and is certainly a good chilled atmosphere.
Taco. A delicious mexican dish. To state a funny story that happened recently. I was asked what was the "deal" with all the food designs.
Such an innocent, blessed by ignorance soul child, for it was only a matter of seconds I would ruin the idea of Tacos, Pancakes, and Hot Dog/Chilli Dogs for the rest of time.
It's been the easiest one to open up about, simply cause it isn't as graphic as the others, Taco = Women's Woohoo to quote a studly genius who was interviewed recently.
Brisbane alternative big name DEAD LETTER CIRCUS will tour the country this coming week, starting at the Tivoli in Brisbane is Friday, ending up in Fremantle on April 8th. Tickets can be bought at http://www.deadlettercircus.oztix.com.au. The tour is supported by FLOATING ME, [ME], ARMY OF CHAMPIONS, SELF IS A SEED & WOLVES.
This Saturday at HARD ROCK cafe in Surfers is JAM JAH Vol. 2. Three Great Flavours of talented local reggae/dub/soul artists. COLOURFIDE, A FRENCH BUTLER CALLED SMITH and MARK LOWNDES are on the line-up. It's also Hard Rock's 15th birthday bash.
Melbourne rapper ILLY began his "The Chase" tour last month, and the portion of the tour is now heading along the East Coast. Starting on Thursday in Byron Bay, Friday in Brisbane, then back down to Coolangatta on the Gold Coast. The Byron show is free entry at the Beach Hotel, The Brisbane show sold, but tickets are still being sold for the Cooly show. Head here to buy tickets. Show is supported M-Phazes.
Providing a regular point of reference for people with an interest in creative arts to interact in a relaxed and informal atmosphere, "On The Wall" exists to gain meaningful exposure for local artists across various mediums and present them harmoniously.
---------------------------------------------- "ON THE WALL"
w/
NINE SONS OF DAN [live]:
These guys play music as an extension of their lives. Inspired by their friends, shredding harder than Edward Scissor Hands pruning a bush and straight off the back of a Big Day Out performance.
ALEX JAMES [DJ]:
Master of deep house & techno, Alex James and elsewhere know each other well - definitely no first date - and boy has he been busy pumping out releases across a string of worldwide labels.
GIV [DJ] STRETCH PAPER CRANES [DJ] ----------------------------------------------
Cut Copy are touring the country to promote their latest album "ZONOSCOPE", released in February. I have the album and find it delicious. Shows and dates are on the above poster, head here to buy tickets or here to buy the album.
Think you're game to portray legendary rapper Tupac Shakur in an upcoming biopic. Information courtesy of InSearchOfTupac website.
"Morgan Creek Productions and Skee.TV/Karmaloop.TV are excited to announce the online casting call for the highly-anticipated motion picture “Tupac,” based on the life of the legendary icon Tupac Shakur, produced by James G. Robinson, David Robinson and LT Hutton, directed by Antoine Fuqua.
We are looking for individuals who embody Tupac for this starring role. Applicants must follow the instructions below in order to submit their audition for consideration.
1. Download the scene that is to be performed.
2. Read the scene on-camera. Only the individual submitting the scene should appear in the video.
3. Perform your favorite Tupac song/rap on camera. Please limit your song rendition to 1 minute.
4. There is a five minute time limit and 100mb limit for each submission. Only one submission per person.
Submissions will be accepted from 12:01am on March 18th, 2011 through 11:59pm on April 30th, 2011
We are looking for individuals who embody Tupac for this starring role. Applicants must follow the instructions below in order to submit their audition for consideration."
Adrian Jenkins & Ian Adams are taking the sex sells part of advertising and put it into their latest adverts for selling houses on the Gold Coast, check out the clips below, quite cheeky.
Nathaniel Hale, better known as NATE DOGG, passed away on March 15th due to congestive heart failure. He was 41. The rapper had suffered multiple strokes the past couple of years, first one in 2007, and a second in 2008.
The rapper was best known for his collaboration work with many artists including Dr Dre, Eminem, 50 Cent, Warren G and many more.
He was nominated for 4 Grammy awards for his work with Warren G on the song "Regulate" in 1995, Dr Dre's "The Next Episode" in 2001, Ludacris' "Area Codes" in 2002, and finally Eminem's track "Shake That" in 2007.
Plenty of artists are paying tribute to the man who "liked good pussy and liked good tree". Here's a few clips below, RIP.
THE LINCOLN LAWYER is an upcoming mystery thriller film starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe & Marisa Tomei. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Michael Connelly. The plot is below:
"Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a Beverly Hills playboy and son of a major businessman who is accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller."
The film is due out this friday in the States, but will be out in Australia March 31st.
Discovered a new hip hopper last night, from watching the Ryan Phillippe interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, this guy is simply known as WAX. He's from California and a few days ago released his debut mixtape called "Scrublife", hosted by DJ Skee and Dale Firebird.
Big Wax is now signed to the major hip hop label Def Jam. He describes his music as a mix of "Johnny Cash & Jay-Z", while Ryan Phillippe describes it as a mix of "Eminem & Sublime".
I'll quote a part of his bio from his website which I'll put below, but definitely download the free copy of SCRUBLIFE now. I'll post a few tracks also.
"As Wax continues his journey to fame, with a fan base constantly swelling (he’s already had fans show up on his doorstep), he maintains his Scrublife mantra while reinventing the wheel of Hip‐Hop. “Picture a rapper with a gold chain and a car…I’m the exact opposite of that,” he says. “Beer bottles all over the place, and a smile on your face.”
PROM NIGHT is another party organisation that has started up on the coast, running at elsewhere every month. I believe this is the second one with 3 acts from Sydney, ELMO IS DEAD, OH GLAM & ASTRIX, supported by Sammy Owens & Hey Arnold. Thursday March 31st is the date to save critters.
We're all looking for Success, in any sort of given field. Whether it be in the business, romance, creation, fame and fortune.
Success the design shows a dude with two ladies, most men would call that a success. Talks of reversing it for a womens design. A vision is in the works.
What is important with success is happiness, the old cliche money can't buy happiness, I think I can for awhile, eventually it probably turns on you. If you're happy and successful, you're winning, If you're unsuccessful and still happy, you're still winning. Enjoy what you do, who you are, enjoy yourself.
GRAVES is "a regular party coming to you from the Dead Coast". Parties with emerging bands and DJs. Its having its first birthday on March 25th, and having a Mexican themed fiesta, at the infamous Elsewhere bar. Here are the acts that are playing. ∆ DOORS OPEN 10PM ∆ 18+ $15.
DOLPHINS [LIVE] Come party and you can see and touch some Dolphins, just like Seaworld!
DUNE RATS [LIVE] What’s cooler than being cool? DUNE RATS!
COUNTRY JUNK [LIVE] Just like J-Lo, he’s got junk in his trunk!
GALAXY HUNK DJs [DJ] The 50s and boobs are his two favourite things. He’ll be playing 50s, so you should show him your boobs to make it a double win!
Goldie indie band OCEANICS are releasing their debut EP entitled "GET FRIENDLY, MISTRESS MAYBE" at the end of March, and are doing a leg of NSW to support the release. Here are the dates.
Wed 30th March - The Filth Beachroad Hotel Bondi w/ Die!Die!Die! (NZ)
Thurs 31st March - The Phoenix, Canberra
Fri 1st April - MUM @ World Bar w/ Bonfire Nights, Fix and The Retreat
Sat 2nd April - Great Northern, Newcastle
Wed 6th April - Brass Monkey, Cronulla
Fri 8th April - Macquarie Hotel, Port Macquarie
Sat 9th April - Armidale Club, Armidale
Fri 15th April - Great Northern, Byron Bay
Sat 16th April - Lennox Hotel, Lennox Heads
This band has certainly a unique sound for something come out of the Gold Coast, a good brit-pop indie sound. The band has played plenty of notable gigs, most recently the local stage at the 2011 Gold Coast Big Day Out. Suss it.
Local muso ANDREW TAYLOR is having an EP launch at the Old Museum next Saturday. The gig features old friend of mine Jayden Courts amongst other names. Buy tickets at the Old Museum website or at the Door. There is a show on Tonight and next Saturday. solid.
High-school friends that started a band after a couple bad breakups in Australia's California; The Gold Coast. Played everywhere they could for 2 years. Made friends, broke hearts, kidnapped garden gnomes and Glued a toy horse to the front of their van, then moved to Toronto to do pretty much the same. Four friends who love rock’n’roll, still standing on the wall and slurring all our words.
Cardboard Castle play songs about girls, that melancholy that comes with nostalgia and those hazy summer nights you can't forget.
Mainly about girls...
---------------------------------------------------------------- POP TART presents: CARDBOARD CASTLE EP Launch/Back in Oz Party
w/ CARDBOARD CASTLE [live] STELLAR GREEN [live] + PAPER CRANES [DJ]
Thursday March 24 Doors 10pm $10 entry/$15 with copy of EP
"A trusted global brand for over 70 years, Polaroid is best known for pioneering instant photography. Today, Polaroid has reinvented instant photography for the digital age and is a world leader in consumer electronics." - Polaroid
Be able to purchase Polaroid and share your Polaroid images. It's like Polaroid Social Networking. The featured gallery at the moment is by rock band THE KILLS. Check out some of the polaroids below. All rights go to THE KILLS.
Enjoy Yourself is an Australian clothing brand based on the Gold Coast, producing fresh new threads. This is our blog, you can learn more about us, what we do, and other shit we like here.
check out our range here: http://www.enjoyyourselfclothing.com
