The unfortunately-timed TISM greatest hits compilation, tism.bestoff, (which is being released less than a year after their last studio album DeRigueurmortis, which was delayed by two years anyway) was launched at Melbourne art gallery fortyfivedownstairs on Tuesday night. If you’ve ever harboured a desire to have Ron Hitler Barassi serving you sushi, you shoulda been there.
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More Clear Channel bashin’ fun
“Mr. Alan also used phone calls he had recorded during his live show in San Diego, editing out local references to make them usable in Boise.”
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TISM, Punters Club, 31 Jan 2002
One week’s notice, twelve bucks, no pre-sales, venue of only 300 capacity. Yessss. The Punters is having a month long fling of special gigs
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Jock Cheese: The Jock Cheese Platter
Disclaimer: I host a site called TISM Self Storage, and Jock Cheese is the bass player of TISM, and I could therefore be considered
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Promoter sues Clear Channel for monopolistic behaviour
Reidy’s latest column for The Hooligan deals in part with the fact that Clear Channel not only own entirely too many radio stations, but
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Bird Blobs, Vodka Party – Empress, North Fitzroy, Sat 01 Dec 2001.
Bird Blobs: Ian Wadley is the greatest guitarist in rock. Vodka Party: have a tuba. A good night surrounded by unfamiliar attractive people.
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Brave refusal to censor semi alternative single by Clear Channel station
Accidentally heard on Mix 101.1 this afternoon, the Ben Folds single ‘Rockin’ the Suburbs’… but not the radio edit. When you hear RtS on
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2nd TISM show at the Evil Lyn – next verse, same as the first. (Apparently.)
A loose roomful of people paid six bucks to see TISM tonight (Friday 22nd Sept.), except for the quarter of the audience who were immediate family members. Personally, I’m left thinking “But now I’ve paid twenty fucking dollars to see what will probably be an identical show???” Well, I’m clearly a …
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Burt Fucking Whoopee
After a few glasses of water to clear the slightly hung over feeling, I realised something that had been bothering me from last night. This is stupid, but I feel I have to respond to certain assertions made in the TISM song “BFW”. It has primarily to do with the idea of the artist vs producer divide which has emerged in the last twenty years. (Hey, the URL says Rock Nerd – you can’t have the rock without the nerd.)
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Rock Widow.
In light of recent attempts of mine to pick up, it’s probably good to remind myself of why screwing musicians sucks. This article was written a few years ago and is a little bit dated – I’m not sure if Michael Gudinski has any actual influence in The Biz these days – so if anyone has any ideas to update it I’m not too proud to steal them.
Dedicated to the forgotten buttress of the rock industry, the non-musician wife or girlfriend.
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Blow your brains on to the ceiling
OK, those of you who had TISM’s ‘Kill Americans’ on high rotation for the past week – you do understand that it’s you being taken the piss out of, don’t you?
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New Waver no longer a live act? Melbourne band New Waver have recently announced their retirement from the live music scene, claiming they will
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