Music
OCTOBER 2006 - Congrats go to a friend (one of Rob's best mates), Scott Horscroft on his recent success with The Sleepy Jackson and Phil Jamieson (of Grinspoon) latest musical releases. Scott produced both recordings at his studio Bigjesusburger Studios in Sydney. Such success has seen him at the helm of Silverchair's next offering to be released soon. Meanwhile on the homefront very occassional work continues on original material in preparation for some recording during next cricket off-season. A demo of a Song co-written by Rob and myself was recorded not long ago. Rough but not bad.
JULY 2006 - After demoing a few songs last off season (and losing them) we will start working on a few songs this month. This is one slow project but I will get there. I was pretty happy with what was coming out last year. One of the songs (The Tragic Child) is now my ring tone so not all was lost when Rob's computer crashed. Rob is currently playing in two bands so finding the time between is not always easy.
My good mate Rohit who is married to my Cousin Leanne and (he also works at Kingsgrove Sports) has just finished recording a Nepalese Rock Album.
More info here
Also went out to see iconic 80's band Split Enz. Great concert. Here's an excerpt
Six Months In a Leaky Boat
Noel Going Off
June 4th 2005 - Well finally a start has been made. Teamed up with Rob from the Bravados today and started work on "The Great Deep Blue", a song I wrote almost 10 years ago. Laid down a rough accoustic track and recorded several vocal tracks over it. Then added some nice slide guitar hooks into it. Left it at that. Lets see what Rob adds to it before we meet again.
Here are my latest purchases -
Albums -
Sleepy Jackson - Personality
Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon) - The Last Gospel According to...
Goldenhorse - Riverhead
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
The Whitlams - Little Cloud
On an Island - David Gilmour
Singles -
The Game
Dedicated to the memory of GEORGE HARRISON.
RIP.
The Countdown
Finally, here is THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. At the end of the old Millenium I worked out my all time favorite songs, albums, Classical pieces, album covers etc basically because I'm an only child and we do these sought of things. Over the year I have been counting them down with each update of this site and we have finally made it to my No.1's. To check out prior lists click on the music link.
SONGS -
1. BURN FOR YOU - INXS
2. Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns N' Roses
3. Better - The Screaming Jets
4. Who Cares - Extreme
5. Mr. Jones - Countinmg Crows
6. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
7. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
8. Khe Sahn - Cold Chisel
9. Estranged - Guns N' Roses
10. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
11. Epic - Faith No More
12. Africa - Toto
13. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
14. Solace Of You - Living Colour
15. One Slip - Pink Floyd
16. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
17. I'll Find My way Home - Jon And Vengellis
18. Cult Of Personality - Living Colour
19. Sunless Saturday - Fishbone
20. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
21. I Alone - Live
22. Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield
23. It Must Be Love - Madness
24. Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
25. Tomorrow - Silverchair
26. Outshined - Soundgarden
27. Wasted Time - Skid Row
28. The Long And Winding Road - The Beatles
29. Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
30. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
31. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses
32. Cloe Dancer / Crown Of Thorns - Mother Love Bone
33. The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
34. Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
35. Dream Alone - Killing Time (Mantissa)
36. Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
37. Message To My Girl - Enzso (Split Enz)
38. When The War Is Over - Cold Chisel
39. Jimmy Sharmans Boxers - Midnight Oil
40. Weir - Killing Heidi
41. Purple Sneakers - You Am I
42. I Make Hamburgers - The Whitlams
43. Helping Hand - The Screaming Jets
44. I Send A Message - INXS
45. Time - Pink Floyd
46 One - Metallica
47 Love Hate Love - Alice In Chains
48. Emotion Sickness - Silverchair
49. The One Thing - INXS
50. American Pie - Don Mclean
51. Fire In The Head - The Tea Party
52. Nothingness - Living Colour
53. No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
54. Landmine - Jazzberry Ram
55. Stinkfist - Tool
56. Down Again - The Superjesus
57. Slice Of Heaven - Dave Dobbyn with Herbs
58. Stand By Me - Oasis
59. Why Can’t This Be Love - Van Halen
60. Years Ago / Steven - Alice Cooper
61. Fade To Black - Metallica
62. Forgiven - Alanis Morrisette
63. Where’s The Enemy - The Whitlams
64. Paranoid Android - Radiohead
65. Let It Grow - Eric Clapton
66. Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
67. Hercules - Midnight Oil
68. Stairway To Heaven - Dread Zeppelin
69. The Night - Australian Crawl
70. Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits
71. U.S. Forces - Midnight Oil
72. Echoes - Pink Floyd
73. Ship Of Fools - World Party
74. A Day In The Life - The Beatles
75. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
76. Pride - U2
77. Patches - George Jones And B.B. King
78. Boys Light Up - Australian Crawl
79. Gone Away - The Offspring
80. 5 a.m. - Our Lady Peace
81. The End - The Doors
82. Just A Man - Faith No More
83. State Of Love And Trust - Pearl Jam
84. Basket Case - Green Day
85. This Is A Call - Foo Fighters
86. The Way - Fastball
87. Freak On A Leash - Korn
88. Semi Charmed Kind Of Life - Third Eye Blind
89. Fire And Ice - Poison
90. When Doves Cry - Prince
91. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
92. Mean To Me - Crowded House
93. You Oughtta Know - Alanis Morrisette
94. The Swing - INXS
95. I Wish - Rose Tattoo
96. Self Esteem - The Offspring
97. Courage - The Tragically Hip
98. High Enough - Damn Yankees
99. Tangled Up In Blue - The Whitlams
100. All Alone - Warehouse Freaks
ALBUMS -
1. The Swing - INXS
2. Vivid - Living Colour
3. Eternal Nightcap - The Whitlams
4. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
5. All For One - The Screaming Jets
6. III Sides To Every Story - Extreme
7. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
8. Animals - Pink Floyd
9. The Wall - Pink Floyd
10. Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
11. Use Your Illusions II - Guns N’Roses
12. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
13. Red Sails In The Sunset - Midnight Oil
14. Times Up - Living Colour
15. Secret Messages - Electric Light Orchestra
16. Radio Kaos - Roger Waters
17. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
18. Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin
19. Hysteria - Def Leppard
20. Kick - INXS
21. The Real Thing - Faith No More
22. Mothers Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers
23. God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
24. Dookie - Green Day
25. Maybe You Should Drive - Barenaked Ladies
26. Shabooh Shabbah - INXS
27. Saints And Sinners - Whitesnake
28. Open Heart Symphony - Spirit Of The West
29. Blood Sugar Sex Magic - Red Hot Chili Peppers
30. Bonk - Big Pig
31. Countdown To Extinction - Megadeth
32. In Through The Outdoor - Led Zeppelin
33. Place Without A Postcard - Midnight Oil
34. Enzso - Enzso (Eddie Raynor)
35. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne
36. Clumsy - Our Lady Peace
37. Tear of Thought - The Screaming Jets
38. Dirt - Alice In Chains
39. OK Computer - Radiohead
40. Throwing Copper - Live
41. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
42. Use Your Illusion - Guns N’Roses
43. Listen Like Thieves - INXS
44. Matchbook - Ian Moss
45. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 - Midnight Oil
46. Sumo - The Superjesus
47. Metallica - Metallica
48. Hourly Daily - You Am I
49. This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours - Manic Street Preachers
50. Freak Show - Silverchair
Top 10 Album Covers
1. Red Sails In The Sunset - Midnight Oil
2. Animals - Pink Floyd
3. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Babd - The Beatles
4. Nevermind - Nirvana
5. Self Titled - Rage Against The Machine
6. Stain - Living Colour
7. Dirt - Alice In Chains
8. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
9. Yield - Pearl Jam
10. Shabooh Shabbah - INXS
There's no dark side of the moon...
...as a matter of fact...it's all dark
OLD NEWS
LAST YEARS MUSIC NEWS
Local bands will be supported, more on that later. CD's will be better digested and finally plans have started on recording a CD of my own material hopefully combining the talents of as many of my friends as possible. So if this interests you and you think you can play some part in the creative direction of this pending project, let me know. We already have some great and talented friends lined up for the following contributions. Musicians - more needed Photographers Sleeve Contributor Graphic Arts Contributor - more needed etc
Keep an eye out in the music section of this site for more information on this project as time progresses forth. For now, the main focus is raising enough coin to get it off the ground.
So what's happening in my little music world at the moment. Well there's some good music out there to report on including two great Sydney bands building up a stealthy following via their great live performances. Bob Sledge are a Hard Rocking 4 pc local band whom I saw live for the first time a few years back since then they have released some great recordings and I'm really looking forward to catching up with them as much as possible. You can also check out their great website on my music page. Next gigs : Thursday 27th May - CAT'N'FIDDLE HOTEL Balmain, Sydney Sunday 30th May - VIC ON THE PARK Enmore, Sydney + R.O.A.D.S. (Remnants Of A Dead Star - Ex Thumlock) + support
A great new Sydney fusion band blazing a funky trail at the moment is Cropper, who also have a few spin off bands in turn including The Bravadoes. I was lucky enough to catch Cropper at "The Lansdowne" the other night. Now ladies and badeggs, here's an entertaining band so if you get the chance go see them, your booty will get a good work out, it needs it! They have a record launch planned for July at "The Metro" sharing the night with a surprise Punk act. Check out Cropper's great guitarist Rob, top guy. Was lucky enough to spend Easter playing Beatles songs with him at Batemans Bay. The girls said they were Beatled out. Is that possible? ....no, didn't think so. Anyway for more on Cropper go to - http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/unearthed/bands/6559.htm
As far as latest music purchases go, I'm back on the scene with many new purchases.
Here's a list of my current buys -
Albums -
Living Colour - Callideoscope
Bob Sledge - Motor Skills
The Tragically Hip - In Violet Light (Thanks for the Pressie Jen from Canada)
Megadeth - Risk
The Counting Crows - Films about Ghost
Alice Cooper - The Definitive
The Vines - Highly Evolved
Muse - Absolution
The Smiths - "Singles"
Various - Triple J Hottest 100 Vol.11
The Darkness - Permission To Land
Alanis Morissette - So-Called Chaos
Velvet Revolver - Contraband
John Butler Trio - Sunrise Over Sea
Singles -
The Dissociatives - Somewhere Down The Barrel
Sunsets - Powderfinger
