January 2010
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WatchWhere the Tony Soprano Things Are
Awesome video by Hugh Atkin. Mixes Soprano’s audio with Where The Wild Things Are video.
Big win for live music venues →
LIVE music venues are expected to be the big winners from an urgent meeting today between the Director of Liquor Licensing Sue Maclellan and representatives of the live music scene. It is believed the licensing regulator will reverse blanket high-risk enforcement on all music venues, an approach that has been blamed for the closure of popular Collingwood live music venue The Tote.
Good.
WatchMarko Slavic wins $100,000 Nikon Festival prize
Chase Jarvis:
Huge congrats to Marko Slavic for taking home the $100,000 Nikon Festival prize for his short film “Chicken vs. Penguin”. I was lucky enough to speak with him by phone from the Sundance Film Festival yesterday to congratulate him—what a great guy. Humble, hardworking and knows how to tell a good story on film. When I asked him...
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Cool Ice Cream: Last Drinks @ The Tote →
Yet another review of the night. This part is particularly good:
And then the static gave way to that riff, and the silence erupted into one of the most memorable roars of my life.
Unforgettable.
At the end of the last song - ‘My Pal’ - I will always remember looking around and seeing a bunch of grown men that look like bikies in tears. It was hard not to feel emotional - everyone...
Live Review - 'My Pal' - Last song at the Tote,... →
This piece by Marcus Teague is the best review of one song I’ve ever encountered.
Marcus Teague:
‘My Pal’, which over time has become the legendary bastard child to ‘Back in Black’ or ‘Khe Sanh’ or ‘Friday on My Mind’ or whatever “quintesential” Oz Rock track is sitting on top of some list in the back of Qantas Magazine. To this...
Review: Last Drinks At The Tote →
Clem Bastow:
What do you write, really? How do you put this into words? I feel like I’m writing an account of the time I saw ‘them’ bulldoze my primary school, or the year my grandmother’s house was turned into an AV Jennings wasteland. I want to sit in my bathtub, hold last night’s clothes to my face and inhale deeply, because last night the Tote smelled like home.
Click through to read the full...
Hope for The Tote as minister meets wealthy... →
This sounds a little like bureaucrat meets aristocrat. But any step to keeping it open is a great step. Great to hear that at least one MP cares. Now where were the Greens when we needed them…?
Last song at The Tote.
The Drones with Joel...
