July 2010
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Tomás Ford’s Beer Garden Pleasuredome
Here’s some news: I’m going to be DJ’ing at The Rosemount every thursday from August onward until the end of time. It’s going to be a lot of fun, I have big plans that will slowly unfold over the next few months at this. If you want to keep up with this, the official web presence is on Twitter at @tf_pleasuredome.
Here’s the press release:
Up Fitzgerald Street,...
Masturbatory Self Analysis
I stumbled across a site that creates word clouds (I know, it’s so two years ago) and thought I’d see what my most usd words on this blog are. Turns out I say “like” about as much as I would, like, expect a character from a frat party film to. I also appear to apologise for my posts too much (“Posted Months Ago”) - sorry about that. The language I’m...
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The Wrong Unicorn
Seriously life alteringly rad t-shirt by local designer Evangeline Than that I ordered from TeeFury before even realising she’s from around these parts. Currently this is my favourite thing ever, it’s a simple gag done really well.
Apologies for the hat, I’ve just been outside in a storm, so my hair looks like death. Yes, worse than the faded straw hat. And yes, you are...
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My Favourite Type Of Thon
As you can see on the left, I’m returning to The Astor, the scene of my Disco Bunker, for RTR FM’s Radiothon Opening Party. I’ll also be MC’ing the main stage. This is a bit of a killer lineup - all the acts are top shelf local music. I can’t even pick favourites, this is a great lineup to be part of.
Tickets are $20 or $15 if you are an RTR Subscriber. You can get...
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I Have A Harmless But Nonetheless Quite Potent...
A few nights ago, bored of street press and the overly wordy books I seem to prefer when at the bookshop (but hate when I get them home), I had a read of the lyric sheet for 6s & 7s’ Choose The Sentinel Blooze LP. I really only did this out of boredom, but it turns out that Josh Fontaine, their frontman, is something of a genius wonderboy. If you have room in your album...
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David Bowie Wasn't As Crap In The '90's As You...
I was just watching the great live clip of David Bowie performing the industrial album version of Hallo Spaceboy in a club (above). I think it’s super-excellent; physical industrial music up there with the best Nine Inch Nails tracks. And yet I keep reading things that tell me Bowie’s ’90s were full of gross, esoteric records that nobody liked. This may be an unpopular...
June 2010
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Flashback To Awesome
Sometimes I forget how awesome I am. Luckily, now there’s YouTube to remind me. Power awesome. This is from 2007, at the end of my first national headlining tour. The show is at Shape and it was fuuuuuun.
I miss those shoes.
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High Fives To Kids Of 88
I just wanted to correct something I blogged earlier. I mentioned how I was looking forward to the Kids Of 88 show last night but that they possibly weren’t really my kind of thing. They definately were. It was like Perth band Harlequin League covering Kylie Minogue’s electro tracks with a live show that reminded me a bit of Hot Chip. Anyway, you would have totally loved them....
Gaining A Singing Voice, Losing Vowels
Pivot. Well, “PVT”, officially, but I will be entering their new record on my iTunes under “Pivot”, because I don’t let American metal bands decide anything about the way I conduct my business.
Anyway, this is just a quick blog post because they’ve just put this out and I love it. The bit where it slows down in particular is really powerful and I can only...
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Miles To Go Before I Sleep
When you put things on a list, they look so much less difficult than you know they are going to be.
I Raped Yr Song, Dude.
I’m sorry, Zack. I’m really sorry. This remix was supposed to be awesome. Something is going wrong.
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Rockingham Famous
From the Sound Telegraph, Rockingham’s local paper. I was also in the Weekend Courier the same week, but I’ll give you this one as it’s a slightly better interview on my part.
Anyway, if you didn’t know before, I grew up in Rockingham. It was a bit of an odd place for a gentleman of my nature to grow up, what with its’ working class industrial area/naval town kind...
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I Hope You Leave Enough Room For My Fist Because...
I’ve just posted a new video blog at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS66Ms8xYSA
Which features a bootleg remix of the theme from The Running Man that I’ve been tinkering around with for a while now. There’s a content claim on the video, which means I can’t post it here and it’ll probably be taken down over the next day or so.
But at least you can go and get...
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Kids Of '88
So I’ve just confirmed to play a set with an act from New Zealand called Kids Of 88 at Mojo’s on the 27th of this month; they do a kind of pop/electro thing that reminds me of a more indie version of TV Rock or Rogue Traders, something like that… if I can say that without it sounding like an insult. You know what I mean. It’s a different kind of band for me to play...
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Ill Advised Late Night Public Image...
This is my new thing. Video blogs. I dig them. I plan to do more of them as they are extremely self indulgent fun. To kick things off, I’ve done two this weekend for you:
This whole thing started because I was messing around with the vocals for Nice and started craving the attention I get on stage. Turns out from stupid ego-based bullshit, beautiful things can grow.
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Boomtown Boombox: Snow Bros
I’m not sure if you were at my Amplifier gig for the WAMi’s a little while ago; if you were, you may have seen the act before me, Snow Bros.
They’re a Perth production duo who have just put out a very nice collection of beats called Second Mystery. It’s got a cartoon spy theme groove to it and I must say I’m feeling rather partial to it at this late hour while I wait...
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I Am Sitting In A Video Room.
I’ve just come across this fantastic bit of video (thanks to this Gawker article); its’ inspired by the Alvin Lucier piece recently performed in Perth by the new music ensemble Decibel with Peter Holland on vocals, I Am Sitting In A Room.
Sound artist Ontologist has taken the original concept of that piece in a very different direction and has ended up with one of the more elegant...
May 2010
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Kylie Requires Serious Statistical Analysis
What are the actual stats on this? Are people who wear foundation really more likely to fornicate with each other? Is it really possible that Kylie has been with that many people (luckily she dates mostly actors so casting this video would have been easy)? How much plastic surgery can you have before your face starts to take on a rubbery, bouncy appearance? Is this song meant to make me...
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Patricia Piccinini Freaks Me Out
This is a still from the first work I ever encountered by Patricia Piccinini, Plasmid Region. I’d never felt such a strong sense that I was about to vomit, just from watching a video. These things mutate and change and it’s seriously, amazingly disgusting. Or it was at the time anyway. Taken along with some other work from her flooring We Are Family exhibition, she instantly became...
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T. Raumschmiere Have Come To Kick Your Ass
What can be said about a tune like this? Turn off your brain, turn up your stereo and throw yourself around the room. One of my all time favourite tracks.
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Greetings From Port Headland
I’m fresh back from a holiday in Broome; we flew to Port Headland and then drove to Broome. Headland is a very exciting place. They have salt! They have anthills! They have trains! They have possibly the most unreliable air services in the country!
I was bored while I was there so I thought you would enjoy this photo essay. I present to you: the splendour of Port Headland.
All your...
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Victory Laps: I Am Doing Them.
In this photo, taken by Brash And Sassy’s Gennia Febbraio, you can see me posing with my WAMington for Best Electronic Act. You will note my Myer catalogue facial expression. You will note the pure class and sexuality with which I hold myself while posing with the cake. You will see my hair, finally sitting perfectly after three weeks of continuous bad hair days. You will see a man who...
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Street Cred.
I just came home from the Craft Awards of the 2010 WAMi’s (Western Australian Music Industry Awards), where one of the three categories I’ve been nominated for this year was presented.
In slightly awesome news, I won it.
Those of you outside of WA might not be aware, but WAMi’s are presented in delicious cake form. So, this is what I won (photo taken pre-eating - the taste was...
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World Famous In Perth
Yep. That’s me. Up the back, behind the enormous hair. In the hideous 80’s jumper. That’s right, I’m magazine famous now.
It’s WAMi week next week, so my Perth penpals are in luck. I’m playing at the Saturday Spectacular at Capitol, which is my only show for a bit. But more oddly, I’m playing an acoustic set as part of Love Is My Velocity’s...
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Loudspeeka Cassingle Superparty Playlist!!
To get you in the mood for firing up your old boombox for some oldschool cassingle loungroom blue light disco action, I’ve made a bit of a playlist up for everyone. It’s not so much my version of guest programming Rage as it is my version of programming Video Smash Hits on a saturday morning in 1994.
If you prefer to watch these in a row on your laptop while you have a bath or...
April 2010
4 posts
Super Happy Loudspeeka Video Surprise
Ladies and Gentlemen, for your entertainment, allow me to present the new video by and of Tomás Ford, the supreme early ’90s rave-pop powerfest that is Loudspeeka.
I see you there, wanting a copy of this track. Fair enough, I would too. Even better, you can get a combined Cassingle & MP3 pack that gives you the glory of a cassingle with the practical use-ability of an instant...
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Tapes And Tapes!
Finally! The tapes have arrived! Do they not look amazing? Do they not blow your mind? To further blow your mind, they come with DOWNLOAD CODES so you can have the tracks from the tape on MP3 (or FLAC/AAC/OGG VORBIS) for no extra cost!
They’re only $10 plus a small charge for P&H so head to the store to buy them - I’m pretty sure these will sell madly and although...
WAMi Nomination Fever
Yep. WAMi’s are coming up again. Last year the festival ended up being a lot of fun, I had a hugely fun showcase and won an award for Best Electronic Producer in a field that included Pendulum (! - still pretty amazing when I read it back, I was as surprised as anyone else there) and a couple of local Drum And Bass producers I have a lot of respect for - Sardi and Taku.
Tonight they...
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[ REC ] Shit Getting Together
OK, OK, you caught me out, fine. I’ve been using the Loudspeeka cassingle as an excuse to not update my blog. I’ve been really busy doing cool stuff, too, so I’m a bit pissed at myself for not keeping you in the loop.
I did a Melbourne show. Was awesome.
I had my Cassingle launch. Was huge.
My Perth shows have been stupid amounts of fun, all of them.
I went to Fairbridge...
March 2010
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Loudspeeka Cassingle! And Launch Party!
Throw your hands in the air! P-p-party! Party!
It’s been a while coming, and it kind of happened by accident, but my rave-rap anthem Loudspeeka is geting a cassingle release!
You can stream it here:
And if you click into my store, you can pre-order a copy of the CASSINGLE, which will be in a glorious plastic case, on a printed colour cassette with a shiny inlay. You will...
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My Minor Inconveniences Are Now Your Page Six News
For those of you that don’t live here and so might have missed it, Perth was hit by fairly major storms on Monday. Not, like, Haiti-level major, but for a small city where exciting things are generally thought to “happen somewhere else”, that place usually being Melbourne, it was kind of a big deal.
The back half of my house flooded and my car broke down, forcing me to run...
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New Single Announcement WEDNESDAY!!!
I don’t know how to break this to you, so I’m just going to say it. It’s important, so I’m going to shout it in caps.
I HAVE A NEW SINGLE.
IT IS COMING OUT ON SATURDAY APRIL 3, WITH A PERTH LAUNCH AT MOJO’S BAR IN FREMANTLE.
I WILL ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH ARTISTS TOMORROW.
YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO STREAM IT AND PREORDER IT FROM TOMORROW.
I can’t tell you...
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It's Not That We Can't Ever Have What Jarvis...
Jarvis Cocker is a pretty fascinating guy to watch. I mean, in a broader, overall career sense, as well as in the way he moves around a stage. His band Pulp were my favourite band from the time they put out Different Class to even a couple of years after their last record together. I usually get bored of things, but I can keep coming back to their records and I think I’ve actually...
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Kinetic Carnival Will Blow Your Head Clean Off
I’ve mentioned this in an earlier post, but I’m really excited about this show: I’m playing the Kinetic Carnival, a new film festival bringing together people who are into using film in wierd ways. It is a pretty exciting program, including Supermarket from South Australia who I actually suggested on a whim after they played with me in Adelaide and the festival director...
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In Which The Artist Rants For Many Paragraphs...
I was having a fairly shitty morning playing Debt Collector (my least favourite game, but being a self managed artist in an industry where nobody likes to actually pay anyone, it’s one I have to play every so often), and feeling pretty shit.
Suddenly my brain became fixated on the idea of hearing of Montreal’s party jam Misguisings. And almost instantly upon pressing play on the...
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Drinking In Fremantle And Not Hating It
Went out drinking last night with some friends and stumbled across this new place calling itself The East End Bar & Lounge where The Bog used to be. Thought I’d let you know about it in case you’re in the area, as this kind of place is definately to be encouraged.
It’s really nice inside - big old, comfortable chairs and beautiful curtained walls. It’s definately the...
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6000 Red Want To Be Like You
Geoff Baker, who you might know from my sleeve notes as the gentleman who recorded my vocals for the Bash Myself EP and has been helping me lay some down for the new album too (along with other things, he’s a bit of an enabler), was until fairly recently in a band called 6000 Red.
They did pretty well, getting some interesting ad placements in the US like this one:
But the...
[REC] Return To Studio-ing.
This image is irrelevant. I am not this man. This is not my gear. I never wear denim. I have fuck all resources.
So I’m back to recording, in between working on stuff for my upcoming Perth and Melbourne shows. I’ve been hammering away on some tracks I used to really enjoy playing but that musically didn’t fit anymore into what I do; one of them is this semi-industrial thing...
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John Whitney Is Better At Being A Pioneering 70's...
Title says what I wanted to say. His work is pretty awesome, he basically invented the lifestyle Flash animation nerds around the world enjoy today. Painstakingly sitting around computers, inputting pretty mathematical patterns and colours. This is my favourite thing of his, but if you’re in the mood for looking at pretty digital things, search his name on YouTube and see what comes up,...
Another Post About A Male Strip Club
So this should be fun. On March 19 I’ll be taking over the Republic’s Horror Shop show. Last time I played The Horror Shop, it was when it was running at Shape, which provided a thousand hilarious audience reactions from the electro emo hipsters in attendance - there were awesome people too, which meant there were people to share those fucked up reactions with.
The Republic is a...
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Tomás Ford's Disco Bunker: Thoughts On It.
I’m still recovering from my time in Tomás Ford’s Disco Bunker eight weeks eight days later.
It was a pretty awesome experience, I’m kind of weighing up how I thought it went; on one hand theatres are agonisingly middle class, a conventionally seated crowd is really hard to work with and I think the ticketed nature of the event priced out a few people I would have liked to be...
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I Also Want To Ride A White Horse
Had a power fun spoken word gig at The Moon this arvo. Though I’d set aside this arvo for blogging, I still haven’t had a sec to chill out since Disco Bunker, so I will blog about the AWESOME goodness of that gig tomorrow.
Meanwhile, I’m watching Goldfrapp videos. The new one (above) is pretty hilarious, almost as good as a track I only recently discovered because it was...
Disco Bunker Flashbacks
Photo by William Buck for FasterLouder.com.au
Well, what a terrible dribbling of shit that last post was.
Coverage for Disco Bunker is slowly starting to seep out of the media; FasterLouder have posted this great gallery of shots from the shows which give you an idea of what you missed out on, and Spaceshipnews have posted the first review and incidentally made me their first “Band Of The...
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TV. Why, TV? Why?
In the two days since my Disco Bunker (which went off by the way), I’ve had some time to chill out and watch TV. Which is awesome (will post about it tomorrow).
Unfortunately, everything I’ve seen has been SHIT.
I am currently watching Ross Noble recreate Billy Connolly’s 90’s Australian travelogue show. Almost shot for shot. Why is this happening? Surely he is better...
February 2010
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Tomás Ford's Disco Bunker SELLS OUT! 10pm Show...
We’ve sold all our tickets to the 8pm Disco Bunker show. But don’t fret. We’ve decided to add a 10pm show, which you can book tickets for now. Above the 10pm show is a listing for the 8pm show, which reads SOLD OUT. I am enjoying that a little more than I probably should.
I’m really excited. You’re coming, right?
Here’s the dodgy press release I knocked up in...
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King Of The Silent Disco at Future Music Festival...
In what will no doubt be a fucking awesome way to come down from the excellence of my Disco Bunker shows the night before, I’m DJ’ing at the Future Music Festival next Sunday from 6:30-7:30 in the Silent Disco. Come by and visit to warm yourself up for Empire Of The Sun, The Prodigy, Booka Shade and Boys Noize :)
Wooohoooo!
(Mad photoshop skillz. I haz them.)
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Lady Gaga Has Her TV Eye On You
Oh Lady Gaga, you are so batshit crazy. I love you. If you haven’t seen her performance at the Brit Awards yet, even if you don’t like her usually,click the link below, it’s probably the closest thing I’ve seen to the kind of big production art-pop performances Laurie Anderson and Grace Jones used to do in the 80’s.
UPDATE: Oddly, Tumblr won’t let me post...
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Get Your Pass Into The Disco Bunker! Next...
Look, tickets for this thing are burning up faster than if I doused them in oil and threw napalm on them. I’ve been talking to people though, and I get the sense that there’s a lot of people who want to come, and in fact fucking plan to come, who haven’t bought tickets yet.
We’re at the stage now where the 8pm show is just about sold out. We’re considering adding a...
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Kinetic Carnival
So I feel like I need to make up for the intense lamenitude of that last tune a little by posting something pretty awesome. Supermarket are an audio visual funky techno duo I played with at a show at the Crown And Anchor in Adelaide last year. They’re some of the most interesting video artists you’ll meet.
Following that set, I suggested them to Ivan who is the director of...
Australia! Good News!
This has recently done the rounds on Twitter. It’s an authentic eastern european party bomb that captures the grace, beauty and most importantly the dignity of our wide brown land and frames it in glittering disco.
It’s shit, I know. But you have to watch if only for the dancers doing “the kangaroo”.