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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Category: Live
How many years of my life have I spent waiting for the band to start?
Rocket Science Single Launch – Corner Hotel, Fri 30 Nov 2001
Review by Daniel So, the question is, did they or didn’t they? Having seen this and having been scared and confused, would the smocks
Read MoreSlayer live in Dublin
review by Anna Several weeks ago I found myself at one of Dublin’s largest venues, surrounded by thousands of long-greasey-haired, skinny, sickly-looking, hopelessly drunk
Read MoreSunglasses After Dark 21st Birthday (The Tote, Sun 21 Oct 2001).
It’s too loud and I’m too old. But a good cause, a good show (The Redresser, Mustang, Casanovas, Speed Demons, Fez Perez and Six
Read MoreIt’s no rock shock – Hamish honks
review by rox-teddy So bad it’s coming soon to JJJ. Due to the astonishing lack of advertisements shown before Friday night’s 6.40pm screening of
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Another nail in the coffin for live music in Melbourne: Punter’s Club sold
The Continental, The Espy … now The Punters Club. It’s official, The Punters Club has been sold. Here’s the press release.
Read MoreNever Mind Lash, Here’s This Is Serious Mum (Evelyn, Fri 21 Sep 2001)
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 …
Read MoreWhat gigs are you off to this weekend?
It’s your turn to write something. I’d like you all to list what gigs you’re thinking of attending in the coming week (the rock
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Conti to return as a live venue?
According to Whammo, the Continental is to return as a live venue. “The good news is that while the Continental Cafe will change names
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Jodi Phillis, Fibrotown – Cornish Arms (Brunswick, Melbourne)
Jodi Phillis: What you’d expect, well worth not missing. Fibrotown: Country indie rock, surprisingly good. Cornish Arms: Good venue. Rating: Damn fine night out.
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Tales from the Conti: blues promoter, journalist, flight of stairs
The Conti may be gone, but the legend lives on. And, of course, there’s a darker side. This is a story about big men with short tempers and the small women they pick on…
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Roll Up For the Conti! or The Grass is Greener in Prahran
Melbourne’s Continental Cafe has been eulogised and tributes continue to flow in about this fine Melbourne venue as it moves towards closure. Yet Melbourne’s media is loathe to point out the Conti’s true culture. In today’s rarified, amphetamine-anger business atmosphere, there are few live venues around where the musicians not only get asked what they want to drink when they arrive, they’re either plied with joints before the show or offered one of the classic ten paper didgeridoos to finish the night. Soulman Rushdie offers this personal insight into a grand old gonzo institution…
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