It was set up to be an evening of contradictions. We started off by going to see Encounters at the end of the world a simply stunning documentary about people who work and live in Antarctica. The film maker, Werner Herzog, had the most wonderful sense of humour and eye for eccentricity as he considered who would work in Antarctica and why, did penguins ever go insane and what happened if the Frost
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Posts by polka dot rabbit
The Wombats, Hi Fi Bar Melbourne 31/7/08
Johnnie and the Johnnie Johnnies!
Think a middle aged foursome playing 60's surf music. Instrumental music. The lead guitarist is wearing an middle eastern outfit (robe and some kind of hat) over what appears be his work garb (black pants, shiny shoes. The keyboardist is female (aren't they always?) and wearing mod attire, the drummer a pink shirt. I couldn't see the other guitarist as a post was in the way. Their stage props w...
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Rocket Science@ East Brunswick Club 10/5/08
Sailors and Swines, I Heart Hiroshima, Rocket ScienceThe East Brunswick Club I like the East Brunswick Club for a lot of reasons. It’s close to my house, the drinks are cheap and strong and the band room is small enough to feel intimate. My main complaints are that of the short statured reformed smoker. It’s a venue which is flat floored which makes it difficult to see unless you are game to r
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Splendour in the Grass 2008 Line Up partially announced
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See below for opinionated/biased news:Splendour in the Grass is on again in August NSW at the once hippy central (now comely gentrified) Byron Bay.With a line up that includes Devo, Wolfmother, Pnau, Operator Please,The Wombats, The Vines and Tricky I suspect many southerners will be deliberating whether to cough up the $300 plus for camping and tickets (not including transport) or endure a week o
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