OK, here’s the first of two books I just finished the other day, last week and I wasn’t going to write about any books anymore on my blog but I’ll give it another go today, tomorrow. I’ll start by saying … Continue reading Great Reading: Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Bobbie Gentry would have be one greatest under-rated singers and songwriters of all-time! So it’s very cool she’s got a couple of new releases lately to highlight her totally greatest! Following the wicked epic huge box-set reissue of all her … Continue reading Cover Versions: Bobbie Gentry’s Courtyard by Mercury Rev feat. Beth Orton
Should I go out on a limb today? Calling the Bee Gees the best and greatest pop group ever? Well, maybe I should say my fave at least when anyone talks about pop music. Pop is short for poplar so … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Bee Gees
Seems I’ve just blogged about some abstract artists I dig, here’s one conceptual artist and most likely my fave. I do think conceptual art drives people away but please give a go just for today, OK? I’ve picked some of … Continue reading Great Art: Sophie Calle’s late 90’s The Life Of Maria
The next fave album of mine is from New Zealand and because it’s been such a longtime in-between albums for there, it’s got to be the next one up! I’ve just got to included in my ever expanding list and … Continue reading Classic Albums: Topless Women Talk About Their Lives by Various Artists
OK, I’ll post one more total abstract visual artists and some of his painting today before I get a little more realistic, maybe? So today I’ve got some totally blue paintings which is pretty abstract so to define or defining … Continue reading Great Art: Yves Klein’s Blue Paintings of 1959-60
Here’s something I’ve not done for a very long old while now! Made some mixtapes or well, that’s a CD-rs really because my tape desk is still rooted. I’ve been sending something to this guy who live in Canada at … Continue reading Playlist: 3 Mixtapes I send to Canada last year
I did say pop stars for a couple of weeks’ top ten tracks blog posts and Prince off course would be my number one pop star of all-time ever! He’s way more funky than most of them and some here … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Prince
Here’s the very first brand new cover of 2019 for a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds track. This time it’s by Evan Dando and company from the album they dropped yesterday entitled Varshons 2 which is the follow-up second … Continue reading Cover Versions: Nick Cave’s Straight to You by The Lemonheads
So Burroughs was really an author and writer but he did do some bloody great paintings with his shotgun, yeah a shotgun! After my art blog post the other day so just to prove art or that’s abstract art can do … Continue reading Great Art: William S. Burroughs’ Shotgun Paintings of 80’s
Just in case you missed it? I’m going to blog about it! Sometime in the last 24 hours the first new music by Cave this year was release and it’s a duet with the author Larry “Ratso” Sloman. At 70 … Continue reading New Song: Lady of Light by Larry “Ratso” Sloman & Nick Cave
You might ask how in hell do I follow one of the world’s biggest bands blog post yesterday? Well, with the total opposite so here’s The UV Race! An indie, garage, lo-fi, punk Aussie band which is not very well-know at … Continue reading Classic Albums: Homo by The UV Race
OK, This could to be one of the biggest bands if not the biggest on my little/long list of fave albums? Now I do already know a lot of people or fans of U2 don’t rate this very high at … Continue reading Classic Albums: Zooropa by U2
Let’s start the week with this! The other day I when looking for what the hell I could find online of when this happen on Aussie TV on Xmas night way back in 90’s? The Rage facebook page does have … Continue reading Playlist: Nick Cave Rage Guest Programmer in 1994
So James Osterberg Jr. which is his real name who has been called the grand-daddy of punk more than a few times so I’ve just gotta put together my own fave tracks fave list. Does everyone know who he is … Continue reading Top Tens Tracks: The Stooges/Iggy Pop
Things are getting crazy again in my art blog post this weekend. It’s literally a shit painting and sculpture and the artists’ shit too! Some people say visuals artists don’t have a sense of humor? But then again maybe this … Continue reading Great Art: Marc Quinn’s Shit Painting and Shit Head sculpture of 1997
OK, introducing yet another new blog set for this year and now the end of the month or, well first day of the next month. It’s my little version of last month and maybe sharing music with you, whoever you … Continue reading What I’ve Been Listening to in January 2019
OK, here comes some new-ish music that I’ve been digging lately and because this first month of 2019 I seem to mainly blogged and my blog contained a lot of old music this month. So let’s end January with something … Continue reading New Music: Self-titled by Moon Rituals
Already back to Richter and living painter/visual artist but like I did say last time I blogged about him: I really, really, really, really do dig his artworks! This was a transitional year for him before this his work was … Continue reading Great Art: Daniel Richter’s Paintings of 2000
Over the Aussie long weekend just gone the national radio and the sister station have been doing new and old countdowns for 2018 and 1998 songs. They’ve open polls again so you, me or anyone who wants to vote for … Continue reading Re-writing the Top 10 from 1998 triple j’s Hottest 100
Here’s the third fave album this year of mine to be added to that CA list and yeah, live album do count too! I do have some live albums included but I guess I don’t have a lot them of … Continue reading Classic Albums: Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas by Townes Van Zandt
AKA Johnny Rotten! OK, I did say punk rockers for my weekly fave 10 song but here in today’s blog post I move pretty quickly into post-punk! Also moving last weeks from New York City, America to London, England as … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Sex Pistols/Public Image Ltd./John Lydon
Weekend art blog post now! I do love great installation art and in my little tiny opinion the greatest is The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s Amerika by Martin Kippenberger of the year 1994. Which was only a few years away … Continue reading Great Art: Martin Kippenberger’s 1994’s The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s Amerika
If you want to open the hole Just put your head down and go Step beside the piece of circumstance Got to wash away the taste of evidence Wash it away Evidence…got a taste of evidence I didn’t feel a … Continue reading Hiding Songs: Evidence by Faith No More
In opening or the very short version this was unbelievable amazing night but off course what follows is the very long version: In the end it was somehow an almost three hour show of Nick Cave greatest which starting just … Continue reading Live Gigs: Nick Cave @ Perth Concert Hall
Things are about to get strange, a bit weird and even a little fucked-up today! I was going to ease into this bloke’s art but I think that’s just totally impossible. Some have been very offended by it in the … Continue reading Great Art: Gottfried Helnwein’s late-70’s Drawings & Watercolors
Where the bloody hell is this gone? After the last post and while I’m at it! Why don’t they just release the full No Country For No Man live movie score/soundtrack sometime? They must have recordings of it, right? I’ve got … Continue reading TFS No Country For No Man original live film score
Right, I’m going to have to blog something about this now! It’s been about or around about 24/48 hours ago King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard posted “NeW. MuSiC. CoMiNg. SoOn. ..” with that feature image. Also below is another … Continue reading Gareth Liddiard + King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard collaboration album
Off course, I’m jumping around and there really is no order to these art posts! Today I wanted the look at Dumas’ portraits and my fave of all her stuff is the feature image or the last one on this … Continue reading Great Art: Marlene Dumas mid-80’s Portraits
Blondie plus I’m including a couple of Debbie Harry songs too but do some still see both Blondie and Debbie Harry as the same thing? If you are confused: Blondie is the band and Harry is the singer who sung … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Blondie/Deborah Harry
Yes it started when i was cleaning dishes And the phone rang in the hall I was drawn to it against my wishes Ugly memories of the war I didn’t count on mass destruction When i saw you It was … Continue reading Hiding Songs: The Way I Made You Feel by Ed Kuepper
You will find me if you want me in the garden Unless it’s pouring down with rain You will find me if you want me in the garden Unless it’s pouring down with rain You will find me if you … Continue reading Hiding Songs: The Garden by Einstürzende Neubauten
The second album of 2019 to be added to my CA list or fave albums post like list quickly follows last week’s one! Oh yeah, off course V.A. tribute albums count too! To me, this is the total ultimate one! … Continue reading Classic Albums: Virus 100 by Various Artists
Reading the sad news this morning even if we knew this one was was coming because Wilson himself letting us know about it last year sometime. Still hard reading that he’s no longer with us. So having a look for … Continue reading Remembering: Chris Wilson
The next dead artist, well visual artist or oil painter is Philip Guston and some his paintings from 1973 or my collection of some of my fave’s of his and that year here on my blog. I’m starting here because … Continue reading Great Art: Philip Guston’s 1973 Paintings
Edit (19/01/19): So after posting an old version of this a few days ago with a pile of video clips/songs missing but trying to get into my old youtube account to edit it, which that is just totally impossible! So … Continue reading Playlist: The Drones’ Rage Guest Programmers in 2009
