Late Arvo Sons, Bed Wettin' Bad Boys(Syd), Taco Leg(W.A), Golden Staph(W.A)

School Of Radiant Living (Feb Residency)

6th W/ Whores
13th W/ Woollen Kits + Constant Mongrel

20th W/ Bed Wettin' Bad Boys + Southern Comfort

27th W/ The Twerps

Killer

The Meanies! Old Bar Friday

Camp A Low Hum 2010!

whaddaparty!!!

I spent 10 days in New Zealand. 6 days in Wellington and 4 days in Bulls at Camp A Low festival. I had a rad time in NZ and i'm keen to hit it up again soon.

Thanks to Blink for making the festival so good!

Highlights: BMX Rapists, The Dhdfd's, Ko-Ko Nuts, Witch Hats(Pool set), Psychic Jams, East Brunswick All Girls Choir, Renegade Stage, Batrider, Gaywyre, Bum Creek, Smell The Cheese, Pets With Pets, The Tote, The Arthouse, Merch desk! and the NZ GURLZ.

Lowlights: Setting up tent in the rain at midnight, Dan Deacon fans, DZ, no bar, no NZ gurl love.

The next night some leftover Melb crew went out with Batrider for late night Karaoke, it ruled.

here's what i did this weekend...

Checking out the pool

The girls bathrooms, first night.

Witch Hats @ The Assembly

The line up - (click to view bigger)

Ouch My Face @ The Assembly

Ko-Ko Nuts @ The Assembly

BMX Rapists @ The Renegade Room

Daedelus @ The Pool

Witch Hats with Pets With Pets @ The Pool

The Dhdfd's singer Scott smashing his head repeatedly @ The Pool

Pets With Pets @ The Assembly

Bum Creek @ The Pool

This girl had 10 litres of raw milk- straight from a cows udder. It was delicious!

Psychic Jams @ Renegade

Golden Axe @ Animal House

I also wrote an in-depth article on CAMP A LOW for Negative Guestlist Zine

should be in Issue 11 or 13, but shit- buy them all

Jay Reatard Tribute Show

Jay Reatard died last week at the age of 29, one of the most prolific punk musicians and song writers of our time, leaving behind a legacy of hundreds of records, thousands of songs and millions of shows in about 20 different bands over the last 15 years.

In the last two years, he'd toured Australia twice to rabid response from Melbourne, and on Saturday 30th January Melbourne is returning the favour by paying tribute to his life and music with a one-off show at the Ding Dong Lounge featuring reatarded Melbourne bands like Kamikaze Trio, The UV Race and Useless Children.

DJs Candy Cut, Pissing On The Mainframe and Stained Circles will blast tunes from his enormous back catalogue, and songs that influenced him or were written influenced by him.

And as a one off, we will be projecting footage from one of his wildest shows in his first European tour with the Jay Reatard band early in the night. Doors are at 8:00pm,

Entry is $10, money from the door will go towards a charity to be elected by Jay's father specific to his life in Memphis.

8pm - 8:30pm PISSING ON THE MAINFRAME DJ
8:30-9:00pm JAY REATARD LIVE
9:00pm-9:30pm STAINED CIRCLES DJ
9:30pm-10:00pm USELESS CHILDREN
10:00pm-10:30pm TOM MCGUIGAN DJ
10:30pm-11:00pm UV RACE
11:00-11:30pm CANDYCUT
11:30pm-12:00am KAMIKAZE TRIO
12:00am-3am STAINED / CANDY CUT / MAX

New Zealand

So i'm leaving for New Zealand tomorrow for 10 days, pretty psyched. I'll be at Campus A Low Hum and i'll be covering it for Negative Guest List Zine, should be a lot of fun. P.S anyone driving from Melbourne to Sydney around Feb with a spot for me would be most valued at Mainframe HQ.

Get well buddy

Rest In Peace, The Tote Hotel

For anyone in Melbourne, this was THE rock n' roll bar and venue. In the last year i got to the point where i would just go there in the knowledge someone i knew would be on the bar. This is a real loss for us in Melbs. The looming closure rumours came and went and no one could ever consider a replacement for it. It was nice to go back for one last time and drink with friends and soak up the memories. This bar will always hold a special place in my heart.

Thanks Bruce!

**JUST ANNOUNCED**

The line-up for The Tote’s final show tomorrow (January 18) has been announced. In no particular order:

Hoss, Legends Of Motorsport, The Drones, Dave Graney & The Lurid Yellow Mist, Dynamo, Deaf Wish, Guttersnipes, Kamikaze Trio, Dan Kelly's Dream Band, The Nation Blue, The Onyas, The Breadmakers, Spencer P Jones & The Escape Committee, Cosmic Psychos, The Meanies, The Dacios, The Exotics, Precious Of Jules, Beaches, Town Bikes, The Stabs, Johnny Casino, Bombshells, Digger And The Pussycats.

By the way, this is SOLD OUT

R.I.P Jay Reatard

Jay died in his sleep yesterday.

I don't think i've listened to any other records more than Jay's.

My condolences to his family and friends and all those at Goner.

R.I.P Jay.

Watch the whole set from a 2007 performance at Cake Shop NYC

this is weird-

The Diamond Sea

This Saturday at The Tote is the second week of Teen Archer's residency. I'm definitely going to this. It'll be the last ever Melbourne show for the Diamond Sea and Gold Tango are playing as well. The show starts at 5pm and it's free!

For the Sydney peeps, there's 2 final shows, one with Street Chant (NZ), The Thaw and The Kill Room at RED RATTLER, MARRICKVILLE.

Then the last show is with Royal Headache, Street Chant (NZ), Southern Comfort at SHOGUNS ABODE.

Last Tram Home, Redux

Local man about town T.J Honeysuckle has come up with the goods again for the second installment of his Last Tram Home Presents.

This week we have:

Kids Of Zoo

Deep Where All Drown

and

The Dacios.

Sunshine & Grease

Sunshine & Grease is a small record store in the city that stocks some great underground music. The store is moving to Clifton Hill soon which is fine by me.

To farewell the city store, they're having a final instore performance with Silk Ears(second show) and Woollen Kits(champs).

It's on Friday the 15th and it starts at 6pm.

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Sunshine & Grease is now at 9 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill.

Opening hours: Thursday 12-6, Friday 12-8 and Saturday 12-6

For more information, go to www.sunshinegrease.com/

Kelly Stoltz + Sprial Stairs w/ Dick Diver

Tonight - Tuesday 12th at The Tote ...

Kelley Stoltz (USA)

Spiral Stairs (USA)

Dick Diver

Sarah Bethe Nelson (USA)

Doors at 8pm and it's $15 to get in.

The Saints - Know Your Product

Last night King Khan & The Shrines covered this classic Saints song.



To download King Khan & The Shrines set from Oxford Art Factory, go to SYDNEY LIVE

Teen Archer Tote Residency

Teen Archer w/

week 1 - 9/1
Dozers + Beat Disease

week 2 - 16/1
Diamond Sea (Last Ever Show!) + Gold Tango

week 3 - 23/1 (CANCELLED Due to The Tote Closing)
Daddy Long Legs + Blue Peter

week 4 - 30/1 (CANCELLED Due to The Tote Closing)
Useless Children + Bunyip Moon

Pissing On The Mainframe Mix #2

Mix of songs that i couldn't get out of my head in 2009.

DOWNLOAD

Let me know if you're into it-

zac.oblivian@gmail.com

Rowland S Howard - She Cried

If you want to download his second last show then head to Sydney Tapes to get it. The last show which was at Prince Of Wales was filmed with 5 cameras so expect there to be a dvd release in the future.

R.I.P Rowland S. Howard

Rowland has recently passed away due to liver cancer. He'd been sick for a while with illness and so it's sadly not surprising to hear of his death. He was my favourite Birthday Party member and i've recently been caining his new album, "Pop Crimes". I was at his last performance on October 29 at the Prince Of Wales, he played well and was in good spirits. It's unfortunate that only in the last few years of his life he's finally gained public acceptance. I suppose it's the way with people when they are on the way out.

I'll be listening to his back catalogue for a while this summer.

Read the article

R.I.P Rowland


-Zac

Oh P.S!, don't quote me on it but i think the last interview with him(that was any good) was in Mountain Fold #3 - go to the Mountain Fold site to snag a copy.

Also, Rage released this statement: ''We're very saddened to hear about Rowland S. Howard's passing - Rage will be paying tribute this Saturday night at 11.15pm on ABC1.''

2009 End Of Year Sum Up

It's been a pretty rad year here in Melbourne.

We had U.V Race rocket to stardom, Royal Headache in Melbourne, Ghost of Tape Man Tour, a few Eddy Current Suppression Ring shows, Reuinions by Grong Grong, The Hitmen, Primitive Calculators, (am i forgetting anyone else?), Jay Reatard smashing it at Laneway, Late Arvo Sons album, Slug Guts Melbourne shows, The Gimmies from Japan, The Stabs album, Flip Out Festival, Ooga Boogas LP, Thee Oh Sees tour.. (am i forgetting anything?)

Bring on 2010!

Thee Oh Sees + Eddy Current Suppression Ring tonight!

FRIDAY 18TH DECEMBER BILLBOARDS NIGHTCLUB MELBOURNE
RADICAL AWESOME TOURS AND AARGHT! RECORDS PRESENT:

EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING
THEE OH SEES (USA)
WITCH HATS
THE TWERPS

Thee Oh Sees are doing a (not so) secret show on sunday(my birthday!!), if you don't know about it and you want some info then get in touch or check Mess+Noise!

-Z-A-C-

- To download the set or watch a video of it, go here!

>Photos!

THEE OH SEES

EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING

Deaf Wish Interview

After drinking so much at the Tote for Dan Lewis' birthday, by the time i bumped into Jensen at Prudence bar i was pretty wasted. Can't quite remember how the interview came about, but i think it came out okay.

Deaf Wish Interview

Jensen = J
Zac = Z

Deaf Wish - Reality & Visions

Z- When does the album come out?

J- December 19.

Z- Whats your favourite track on it?

"Bartender hits the Last Drinks gong"

J- Probably, ahh good question... Track 7 Slow Me Down or Smash, track 2.

Z- Did you write those songs?

J- No, no we all write everything together.

Z- Is there a reason why they're your favourites?

J- Yeah they happened really quickly.

Z- Naturally.

J- Yeah yeah, that's why they're my favourites.

Z- Does that help them to translate live very well?

J- I think so, i think so because when you record them real quick they can only get better live.

Z- So when you're going into a show with Deaf Wish, is there something you're looking for in it?

J- Yeah i wanna be real. I want it to be real.

Z- Real?

J- Yeah you want it to be real. And you don't want to repeat yourself so much.

Z- So is there something you want from the crowd?

J- I can't see the crowd, because i'm short sighted. Yeah i can't really see past four or five metres. And when i had more hair- for years it was just hair. Thats all i could see.

Z- So if you could see would you be worried about it?

J- Probably but you know, i went to see my girlfriends band last night and i saw what they were looking at and it wasn't that scary.

Z- So when you've got like 2 hours before a show, do you look at your clothes and think about whether you should change?

J- That's a weird thing, i used to- i used to think about it. Now i just try not to repeat myself. I bought 20 flannellette shirts from a shop in North Melbourne just around the corner. That was my wardrobe for about 4 years. Now i just don't want to repeat myself. Like i'll have my Cut Sick shirt with the red flannie or maybe the Cut Sick shirt with the green flannie. I wish i was good at it but i hate thinking about it.

Z- So you just try not to think about it then?

J- Yeah, getting dressed.

Z- The way you present yourself is important- even if you don't want it to be, It kind of is.

J- Yeah your exactly right, you do think about it.

Z- But i guess your not about to buy an Armani suit for a gig?

J- I would like to though, I'd like to look really good. I'd like to look really sharp. Like how Amy supported Jon Spencer last night. He looked really sharp.

Z- But he's probably worn the same suit for 10 years.

J- Probably.

Z- So is there anyone in Deaf Wish that you're jealous of?

J- Daniel Toomie started wearing turtle necks between Tri-State Lovers and Hate Club and our mate Sam Agostino(Digger & The Pussycats, Kamikaze Trio) said to him "I know now why you wear the neck tie and it's because when you go to play, you go to work." and he's been wearing neck ties ever since.

Z- Do you think it makes him play better?

J- He's always played great. You know i was at this jeans shop last year loading up on black jeans and-

Z- You love your bulk shopping.

J- Nah i just hate shopping that much.

Z- If i need a pair of jeans i buy one, with the intention of buying more. Even if i've got the money, i'll just get one. Because i figure i'm not gonna waste money on clothes, i'd rather buy six 7 inches. Then the one pair.

J- Well i like that about you.

Facebook event here

Z- So have you got a favourite suburb to play in? How do you feel about playing St. Kilda?

J- Yeah St. Kilda's always been kind of fun. How do you describe going to St. Kilda and playing the Espy. I like the Lounge bar up the front, that's the one you want. In terms of Melbourne places to play, Town Hall Hotel in North Melbourne. Probably seen and played the best gigs of my life there. When i moved to North Melbourne it was 2001. You'd see punk bands playing with no shirts on a tuesday night. I've never wanted to leave North Melbourne since.

I do like playing the Pony 2am shows as well, always an interesting night. But i suppose if you want to talk about venues with good stages and spiritual significance, you can't go past The Tote Hotel. You can't go past it. The only time you can beat the Tote Hotel is on the footy field.

Z- Go the East!

Twombs

Jensen

Nick

Pete

Jensen

Nick

(Photos taken by Zac O at Sydney Flip Out - Manning Bar 2009)