I just posted my first potentially polarising text post to Tumblr. I didn't tag it with anything remotely findable, and I'm followed by about three people over there, so the panic attack I'm on the verge of is probably unnecessary but, like, YIKES? I like that I've come straight here to tell you all though. My little safe haven of fandom loveliness ( Read more... )

Some tunes for your weekend, my lovelies... ♥

[one hundred music things | eighty four + eighty five (plus some non-Aussie contributions that aren't counted in the meme)]

Bertie Blackman, Run For Your Life

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( It gets gradually waaaay more random under the cut...! )

There was a thing on telly last night here in Australia. An awareness- and fund- raiser for National Mental Health Week (and International Mental Health Day). Anyway, the whole event was pretty okay, but then, this happened...

[one hundred music things | eighty three]

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song starts at 1.45, but the chatter at the start is worth listening to...SO ( Read more... )

Um, excuse me you lot. CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT ORPHAN BLACK?! I don't even really have anything intelligent or particularly meta to offer. JUST FLAIL. Mostly for Tatiana. But also for Alison and Donnie. And Helena. And Rachael.

( I think this episode might be my favourite so far... )

Triple J's One Night Stand was held on Saturday night in Dubbo (annual, free, all ages, no-booze music festival in a random rural town). For the first time they broadcast most of it live on television and it was AMAZEBALLS and I am forever jealous of everyone who was there, though getting my groove on in my lounge room with Whisky was ALMOST as ( Read more... )

Snakadaktal [an Aussie high school band discovered by Triple J Unearthed last year] are being awesome and touring Tasmania next month... WHILE I AM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREAKING UNIVERSE [practically]. Unacceptable. But not unacceptable enough that I wouldn't share their new single with you. So. Damn. Catchy. The. End.


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Missy Higgins has a new album out [The Ol' Razzle Dazzle], it's her first for FIVE YEARS! And in celebration of its long-awaited awesomeness, here are some Missy recs. Both old school and new...


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I have heard several Aussie bands do mindblowingly stunning covers this week, and so I've decided to dedicate this installment to exactly that topic.

[eleven]
The Medics | Blowin' in the Wind | Bob Dylan

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It's NAIDOC [National Aboriginies and Islanders Day of Observance Committee] week here in Australia this week, and to celebrate I thought I'd do a one hundred music things post of indigenous musicians/bands I am currently loving...


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