It was my birthday in February.
I know, you most likely missed it.
Don’t worry, there’s always next year….
Every year on my birthday, I am given a sizeable shopping voucher for my favourite shop in Perth, 78 Records.
78’s is brilliant. My cup of tea, entirely. It’s a huge place, for Perth. Two stories full of CD’s, DVD’s, books and all kinds of other paraphenalia, all waay left of centre.
When I was neck-high in the music industry, this was the coolest place to take bands for an instore appearance. I had a fine old time babysitting Weezer for a couple of days, and that equated to 78’s most successful instore appearance to date. 700+ people spilling out the door. It was a crazy day. They played an acoustic set. If I could be bothered uploading photos, I would….
Yay!
(it’s very nice to get gushing, congratulatory notes from head office…)
I become very, very excited at the prospect of going to 78’s and having money to spend…
Doesn’t look like much, I know. This is only a corner. I was a bit iffy about getting told off for taking pictures…
After shopping, it was time for some lunch…. (who thinks they’ll mind me giving them a plug? heh)
…and a beer… or several. Little Creatures make some of the best beers on the planet. They’re based here and I know people in other parts of the world, who are so very knowledgable about beer, and they will agree….
And, it’s on to the purchases. [blissful sigh]
I couldn’t believe my luck finding this. Love are one of my favourite bands of all time. They were around in the 60’s and are completely and totally underrated. Oh, Arthur Lee, for you are my hero….
He died late last year. It was a sad day.
Ol’ Hunter is a jolly good writer and I love me some boozy adventures….
Hehe. I also have a thing for B Z-grade schlock horror…..
Speaking of which….. A Russ Meyer favourite. Nude ladies, crazy psychedelia and murder. What more can you ask for?
(Not to be confused with Jacqueline Sussan’s ‘Valley of the Dolls’, parody aside…)
Brilliant film. It’s what I imagine life to be like on a submarine in wartime, and is highly regarded in terms of realism. Tommy, care to comment?
I haven’t seen this for nearly 20 years. For someone like me, who feels very at home blissing out in a mid-late ’60’s kind of way, it’s essential. Born at the wrong time…
I’ve never heard of this film. It’s Australian. It just tickled my fancy so much that I bought it simply by viewing the cover art. I’m thinking, poor man’s ‘Tommy’, minus the music… or maybe with some. It has impressive musical credentials, if you’re Australian. I haven’t watched it yet. It’s probably unwatchable, but I’m a curious cat…..
Silverchair are mostly regarded overseas as a teenage grunge band from Oz, made good. That was 15 years ago. They grew up. They started working with Van Dyke Parks (think, good Beach Boys) on their last album, Diorama. Stuff happened. It was good. Very good. Daniel Johns is a fucking genius. He grew up in a way nobody would have expected. I could go on about where that came from, but I’d bore you. What I will say is, there was a lot of physical pain associated with that, and all that goes with it. This is their new album.
I was sitting on a balcony. The day looked like this down below :
… and there was good food to be eaten. So very good…
Then there was more beer…. (and wine)
After that, things looked a little wobbly….
… but I managed to take a dodgy photo of myself in the lav…
[Photo of self removed due to overwhelming feelings of utter self disgust]
Ok, that’s it. The ending has changed now since I removed that photo and I have an horrendous hangover.
Ow.
Song Of The Day – Magic Dirt – Pace it
PS I’m tired of battling with the spacing on posts. If anyone wants to give me a tutorial, I’m up for it, but other than that…. deal with it. As I know you willl…
