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ah, i don't mind. i suppose you mean it's all rock oriented instead of funked up?? there were a few bands who tried it but, really, we were just abunch of suburban kids from down under and the funk just passed this part of the world by when it was invented. not sure if you'd like some of the...

last night - kate and anna mcgarrigle and rufus and martha wainwright live in sydney right now - the residents' commercial album: lovely

someone mentioned mimaroglu's ...warrants cd but, really, his best stuff continues to be the still out of print "wings of the delirious demon" and "face the windmills, turn left". both are essential listening.

well, i love it entirely. it shows off cale's muscular bass playing to great effect - probably the best place to hear it as the VU albums he's on are all produced so poorly. and i think cale's more rigid keyboards and riley's all over the shop notes and quarter tones fit in together quite...

just heard an interview with green gartside where he said that supporting the gang of four at brighton was the last performace the early scritti politti did. after that he went to hospital and came out changed... and PSF have an interesting interview with andy gill ...

down down down up??

australia's Chapter music will be releasing a comp of recent Japanese material early in the new year - http://wwww.chaptermusic.com.au

but it's tuesday pm sydney time (where i am) and it's still not up...

i still listen to Henry Cow every month or so. they still do it for me every time, from the canterbury influenced Leg End through to the hard edged bombast of Western Culture (although the later is very heavy going indeed). i went on a R.I.O. search this last month getting things by lesser...

ege bamyasi is the one i've always loved but, that too, was the 1st thing of theirs i purchased so maybe the constant repeat playing in my bedroom had something to do with it. i'd read about the band in NME mid 70s and wanted to get the records badly but could never find them (australia being...

i've got them and love 'em to bits. sound quality wise - ege bamysai has sparkled up best but probably only because they had better recording equiptment at that stage. in any case, all of them sound far better than the previously available spoon/mute cd releases. no hiss! more bass. better...

5 hours commuting leads to : crosby / nash : has some very good songs, much to my amazement mandarin - fast present future : unexpectedly quite good parkins / mori - phantom orchard : just lovely soulwax - any minute now : god, i hate this saturated rock production a short apnea - just...

used to be in bands from 78-84 then stopped completely until this year when i picked up some vintage keyboards and borrowed a digital delay so that i could make improvised spacey jams with friends. i know that sounds horrible but it's was quite an enjoyable experience to interact with other...

redcresent: mendes was a terrific musician (which, btw, is something i actively abhor in most things) but he couldn't write a good song if it killed him. that's why he did versions of all those great tunes that others wrote. i agree with you completely about ze (and, i suppose, gil and vaeloso...

so where do you stand on the great crooners - sinatra et al? i can listen to their best material all day long but am repulsed by later roxy and ferry's solo things. and what about when the brasilian person sings in english? there's definitely some deep sonnection between the portugues language...

i download and then cut to cd-r. i can't stomach the idea of playing music on the computer, even if it does eventually go though a good amp and speakers (like i have in my lounge room). instead, i love being able to browse through my collection of cds and cd-rs manually instead of via an...

i really can't see what's so appealing about most of this music. i have a few of the 60s and 70s brazilian things like gilberto gil and caetano veloso and it does very little for me. i can see that the melodies are intruiging but the delivery of them irks me somehow. the only thing i've really...