Here's part of a list of my favourites of the songs that were released and caught my eye this year. I missed a lot of great 2008 music, no doubt... do comment and let me know what I should check out - I'm informed by usually-reliable sources that Fleet Foxes and Erykah Badu both put out really great albums this year, amongst others that I haven't ( Read more... )

a list of awesome stuff that i've been reading on the internet.

http://polaroidsofandroids.com/
Polaroids Of Androids is Sydney's best music blog. It's across everything that filters into Sydney airwaves and cultural spaces, from scungey Marrickville warehouse shows to the Ox Arts Darlinghurst hipsters to chart-toppers from the USA. It's pretty clear ( Read more... )

Oh, how I wish.

i'm back from the NT ( Read more... )

it's amazing what a proper meal (that you cooked for yourself and shared with yr housies) can do for your mood.

i miss Ruchi though :(

my disco, clann zu, ohana, blueline medic, love of diagrams, staying at home, to the north, talons, dead china doll, ghosts of television, snowman, the drones, the alcoholics, charge group, qua, safe hands, brisk, laura,

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand i'm back to the not taking control of life thing ( Read more... )

UTS fucked up and I can't study a truly excellent subject which i've wanted to take for a year and a half (with a lecturer who goes to DIY punk shows in Marrickville warehouses, no less).

Saturday: band rehearsal. proposed bandnames from my end include:

Intentions
Intentional
To Hell With Good Intentions
sleep-thrift

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A chorus heard throughout the suburbs - open up your mouth and fake the words
Suddenly they reawaken, snow domes shaken, a kiss on the shoulder.