dave's not here man!
More proof that it isn’t just the west and inner west who are doing it rough nowadays…
A group of pilled up youths attacked police in Killara today after a day of designer drugs and Stoli vodka.
The gang of 20-something rich kids hurled BMWs, bags of coke, Rolex watches, Arts degrees, Technics turntables, Tsubi jeans, duck-feathered pillows, leather couches, laptops, ITM slipmats, textbooks, dictionaries, non-stick woks, paintings, fingerlickin records, golf balls, hockey sticks, condoms and vitamin tablets at hapless police.
Police responded with water hoses and tear gas, injuring two boys. Both boys fathers rung Bob Carr immediately threatening legal action.
One policeman was knocked unconscious by an Honours degree from Sydney Uni hurled by a young 25 year old graduate working at his dad mate’s consultancy firm.
Police said, “these boys should know better then to throw their possessions at us. They are educated, have every chance in life and we’ve never done anything to hurt them.”
The riot was sparked when neighbours complained of loud sexy house music pounding from the backyard of the party host. Police attended the scene and things got worse from there.
Police were considering making arrests but were instructed to drop the case after one of the boy’s fathers offered to donate money to build a new gym at police HQ.
Thanks to Jaime for that 😆
Javier Drada – Deep House Session 1.37
This mix includes a cut from the new Rick Wade EP due out April ’04 on Music Is UK, also included is the upcoming Trackmode release of Kai Alce and Ron Trent (TM051) Due out March ’04.
Also worth checking out is a Trax Records mix over at Acid Mixes with tracks by artists such as Adonis, Phuture, Virgo, and Jungle Wonz.
Next week in Sydney, and the week after in Melbourne is the “Inaugural” Hip Hop Film Festival. Of particular interest to me it the opening night next Thursday night (26/02) in Sydney at the Gaelic Club. Guests on the night are Madlib (who last year did Shades of Blue on the legendary Blue Note Records), Diverse and Peanut Butter Wolf. Local supports are Katalyst, Blaze, Code and DJ Bonez. For the rest of the festival, there is a downloadable program guide here.
And if you miss out, there’s still the desktop wallpaper as well.
OK, so its not enough that Patrick is playing at High Jinks, but those crazy Popfrenzy kids (who I’ve heard are really bad spellers, or perhaps speelers 😉 ) are also kicking it on Saturday night for their Valentine’s Recess at the Metro Transit Lounge. DJ’s on the night are Cherry Phosphate, Jinx, Sloane, Enari, Tantric Robot, Smith, Sundance Kid.
A message from Cherry Phosphate:
According to the legend, if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine’s Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a pauper but live happily ever after. If she saw a goldfinch, she would be-wed a millionaire. Hmm.Girls, you can stop craning your necks. This year, Popfrenzy has made it sooooooooo easy for you so you won’t NEED to know what a bloody goldfinch looks like. If you attend a very special Valentine’s Recess at the Metro Transit Lounge from 9pm-3am you’ll find yourself with or without your heart on your sleeve, secretly swooning along to the finest tunes played by Popfrenzy’s finest Dj’s. Boys, start shining your cufflinks; you’ll need to see your faces in them. All singles will go home with a mystery Valentine’s day Card either clenched in their fist, throbbing in their back pocket or delicately tucked beneath a bra strap. Of course, couples will receive a complementary (on da house!) champagne cocktail and enter the draw for a weekend whisked away.
The icing on the cake is that it’s free before 10pm! 5 bucks afterwards till 3am. Geez, if that’s not enough to stick more goober in your hair, sappy Valentines Day films will be screened so you can steal your witty one liners and cheese ball charm from there.
Patrick HAF is playing at the Sly Fox in Enmore this Saturday night with the High-Jinks crew for a bit of techno and electro action. He says you should come down and that he is playing from 11.30pm – 1am. Other dj’s on the night are Ume (FBi 94.5), Topher, Some Freak and Señor Spitch. Also if you get down there early, Patrick HAF will be holding a kissing stall to raise money for a good cause (a few vodka, lemon, limes). $1 or $3 for some tongue action. Young boys preferred 😉 (you’d better watch out Phil!)
It’s true. For some time now, High-Jinks has been admiring you from afar. It’s fair to say that High-Jinks has been harbouring a crush on you. On the most romantic night of the year, the time has come to state the gloriously inevitable:
HIGH-JINKS LOVES YOU!!!
Les gigolos Topher, Spitch et Freak vous aime.
Les mélomanes Patrick HAF et Ume vous aime.
Tout le monde vous aime!
We guarantee that your stay with us will be soundtracked by the finest, soulfulest, lovingest electronica known to man. The cockatails will flow often and cheaply ($6 between 7 and 9). For people involved in love triangles, our free pool table offers an inexpensive and bloodless way of resolving trysts. After all, High-Jinks loves you.
Legendary Berlin techno label Tresor has started offering their catalog on Apple’s iTunes Music Store. After seeing Warp Records start up their Bleep service last month, it will be interesting to see who is next.
Crazy beatboxing finnish-style with a harmonica.
Tranzfusion has a a rather politically vocal interview with Derrick May.
At some place called Indio in California (excuse the ignorance) there is a festival called the Coachella Valley Music Festival. All I know about it is that it has an absolutely dizzying array of amazing artists. Check this list out for size.
Saturday: Radiohead, The Pixies, Kraftwerk, Wilco, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Rapture, Desert Sessions, Laurent Garnier, Hieroglyphics, Kinky, Stereolab, Future Sound of London, And you will know us by The Trail of Dead, Peretz, Death Cab for Cutie, Sparta, LCD Soundsystem, Living Legends, Sander Kleinenberg, The Black Keys, The Sounds, Howie Day, Junior Senior, Mark Farina, Moving Units, Sahara Hotnights, Electric Six, The Stills, Seb Fontaine, 22-20’s, Da Lata, Juana Molina, Phantom Planet, Mindless Self Indulgence, Dios, Jem, Q and not U, stellastarr*, Erase Errata, The Section Quartet, DJ Icon.
Sunday: The Cure, The Flaming Lips, Air, Belle & Sebastian, Basement Jaxx, Paul Van Dyk, Bright Eyes, Atmosphere, Thursday, BRMC, Cursive, Le Tigre, The Crystal Method, Dizzee Rascal, Adam Freeland, Mogwai, Ash, 2many Dj’s, Muse, Sidestepper, Donald Glaude, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, The Thrills, Broken Social Scene, Richard Fearless, The Sleepy Jackson, Ferry Corsten, Prefuse 73, !!!, The Cooper Temple Clause, Sage Francis, T. Raumschmiere, The Killers, Home Town Hero, The Section Quartet.
Kraftwerk played at Helsingin Jäähalli, Helsinki, Finland and the event was sold out (about 4,500 people). Since this is their tour for their new album Tour De France Soundtracks, the show is a bit different from what I saw at the Enmore Theatre and the Big Day Out last year. Nice to see the Robots in action though. (Setlist orginally from the Antenna list via 313)
The setlist of show was:
Hütter, Schmitz, Hilpert and Schneider were dressed in dark grey suits with red shirts and black ties.
curtains close
curtains open, now Hütter, Schmitz, Hilpert and Schneider ties are fitted with LEDs like “The Robots” video.
curtains close
curtains open
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curtains open, now Hütter, Schmitz, Hilpert and Schneider are wearing the “new” green light-emitting suits
From the N*E*R*D community on Orkut:
N*E*R*D is from the heart. When I say the heart, it’s like, if you spread your arms out and you put hip-hop in one hand, all the syncopation and hi-hats and drums, and in the other you put all the feeling and psychedelics of classic rock of the ’70s. Somewhere in the middle, where they meet is right near the heart. That’s where you’ll find N*E*R*D – the heart. That’s a perfect point of existence for N*E*R*D.
Ahahahaha 😆 Give me a hug right thuuur bruva!
I was searching in Google for “Robin and Friends” and this is what I got. Eeeck!
BTW, does anyone remember Robin and Friends? Was it called something else? Robin and Friends was a cartoon which featured a little dude with a pointy beany on SBS probably around 1998 or so. Robin and his friends used to get up to crazy adventures like breaking into warehouses and skiiing on mountains of cocaine and other such fun. They also featured in a Radiohead film clip for “Paranoid Android”. Anyway, I’d love to get my hand on a DVD or atleast some more information on this cartoon. I can’t seem to find any information at all, except for a brief mention on the Triple J website years ago in reference to the Radiohead filmclip.
If you haven’t read all about it, its now time to find out that that Orkut is the cool kid on the block now for personal networking, not Friendster. One thing I like about it is that its actually fast. 😉 And the communities feature is quite nice as well. At the moment, its invite only. I think I’ve invited pretty much everyone I have an email address for. If you haven’t got an invitation from me yet, drop me a line.
Now that Deviant Art seems to be working a bit better, I can actually view more of Gunstar-Red’s work. At the moment, I’m totally feeling the gamers series which consists of a US, a UK and a Japanese gamer.
Oh well, guess I’m never going now ðŸ™
Japan’s world famous nightspot The Liquid Room has closed down after almost a decade of being one of the key venues on the international DJ circuit, DJ Magazine reported this week.
Looks like In The Mix are now selling tickets to the Theo Parrish party for $36. And apparently supporting is Mako and Simon Caldwell.