Can you tell that Julia is also an architect? Her photos have a wonderful way of highlighting the patterns in man made structures. Earlier this year, when she was traveling Asia, she took a bunch of pictures, which she will be exhibiting at Darlie Laundromatic. It launches Wednesday, September 28 at 6pm with nibbles. If you are part of our Sydney audience, I recommend heading along, not only for the photos, but for Darlie Laundromatic’s mini hotdogs, cheap drinks and the rock ‘n’ roll laundromat thing it has going.
I first heard this one on Kate Jinx’s awesome movie show on FBi Radio, Too Much. I miss Kate. She was once my cubical buddy. Ummm… meaning we shared a work cubicle space. Durrr!
I meant to put these up a while ago. These are drunken photos by Emma mostly of Sonny, Anya and I striking a few poses at FBi’s Winter Prom in July. It was a cracking good party, taking it’s inspiration from all those American TV proms rather than your own daggy formals. Though I was actually king at my formal, it was a chance to do it all again and correct everything that was awkward and horrible at your high school formal. It was amazingly decorated, everybody looked so good and indie cover band – Fan Fixion – weren’t terrible either. In my dreams, this is everything I imagined the Stolen Records Gala Ball to be.
BTW: Emma and Anya are dressed by Dear Pluto, Shantan is mostly wearing stuff from Harajuku Thrift shops, while Sonny is dressed strictly via Five Finger Discount.
Maybe a little overboard with the strings, but this is my understated pick from the Cole World – The Sideline Story album. Listen to the lyrics on this one. In addition, here is a mixtape joint that I have highly esteemed for sometime.
This jam ain’t for everybody. Only the sexy people. All you fly brothers and sisters, break out your ties and formal dresses for the Player Haters Ball. Playing everything from Marvin Gaye to Jigga will be DJs Levins, Joyride and Shantan Wantan Ichiban.
Also the Samoan John Legend, Don Juan Joyride with his band the Accidents will be performing two live sets on the night. First set starting at 12 midnight will be a mix of originals and some covers of new and classic soul. Then later a second set of covers of your favourite R. Kelly jams. Yes you heard right an R. KELLY TRIBUTE SET. Ignition, Real Talk, Vibe, Bump N Grind, I’m A Flirt maybe something from Trapped In The Closet… and so much more. Celebrate with us the insane comedy genius that is Kelz.
Best dressed on the night wins a meat tray and is crowned King and Queen of the first Player Haters ball.
It is all going down Saturday October 15 at Good God Small Club, 53-55 Liverpool St, City.
Has this kind of music got a name? I heard Mike call it post-dubstep-chill-wave. Will I get laughed out of the next music bloggers convention if I repeat that term? Either way, I am rather partial to this sort of thing. Hugo Frederick is a 23 year old from Melbourne that makes beats on his computer. You can get more his stuff on his soundcloud.
I was at Parklife last year in Brisbane for work and as the other Lacoste wearing brown person in Queensland I kept getting mistaken for Mehdi at various pre-festival parties. As ridiculous as it was I was thinking if I could pull off a French accent, I could really clean up here. Later I did a brief interview with Mehdi, and ended up bumping into him a couple of times over following week or so. Though my encounters were brief, he really did come across as that good natured, good humoured person that you hear about from so many of the people that knew him well.
Last week when I heard the tragic news, I started going through the Mehdi stuff I had and collecting a few other bits. I ended up putting together this mix for the show, playing some of his older hip hop production, newer hip hoppy stuff, remixes and some of the original tracks he sampled. I am sure there are some better tributes other there like this one from Feadz and this hip hop mix by Abcdr du Son, but even so this is our hommage.
Tracklist
Kourtrajmé & DJ Mehdi – My Time My Days
Jacksons – Great To Be Here
MC Solaar – Wonderbra
Ideal J – Ideal J (Featuring Hasheem & Zaharya)
Leon Haywood – I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You
DJ Mehdi – Lucky Girl feat. Fafi
Ghostface Killah – Charlie Brown (Dj Mehdi Remix Feat Mapei)
Notorious B.I.G. – Nasty Boy (Kourtrajmé & DJ Mehdi ‘Le Cirque’ Remix)
Uffie – Pop the Glock (Dj Mehdi Edit)
Prince – Controversy
Dj Mehdi – I Am Somebody (feat. Chromeo)
Uffie – Wordy Rappinghood
Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood
Dj Mehdi – Breakaway
Shalamar – Full Of Fire
Nas – You Owe Me (Kourtrajmé & DJ Mehdi ‘Have Fun’ Remix)
Dj Mehdi – Anything Is Possible (Feat. Vinia Mojica)
Idéal J – Le Ghetto Français
Idéal J – Le Combat Continue
113 – Jack-potes
Karlito – Estelle
Stevie Wonder – Girl Blue
Santogold – Lights Out (Dj Medhi Remix)
Mapei – Public Enemy
For a better insight into his character a number of the people that have been touched more personally by Mehdi have written some very heartfelt tributes. Chromeo’s Dave 1 writes here about his memories of Mehdi. A-trak speaks here about the loss of a brother. And more locally, our friends, Levins speaks of his experiences with Mehdi at yolevins.com and Nina Las Vegas writes about Mehdi on the Mix Up blog.
One of my biggest regrets in life next to not making it as an Astronaut or being a world famous thumb wrestling champion, is missing Little Dragon when they played an intimate gig at Sydney’s Good God Small Club. I have been following them for a while, and I don’t think as big as they are now, I will ever get a chance to see them like that again.
Here are a few oldies and one newie from the itsy bitsy fire breathing creature.
Listen: Little Dragon – Recommendation (Toddla T Remix) | Buy Me
Maybe it will all change next year, when Steve Aoki is confirmed to play the festival. But as it stands, Changing Lanes has one of the lowest Southern Cross tattoo counts of all the festivals on the Sydney music calendar. While there was a noticeable absence of shirtless bogans and 18 year old girls group dressing as sexy nurses, it did register a 9.3 on the Hipster Scale. It was definitely a much more ironic facial hair, vintage clothing affair.
In it’s second year, at a new location in Surry Hills, the festival is an easier, inexpensive, low key experience. The acts may not be as uber famous, but the crowds are a little less intense. It is more a day for enjoying drinks and sunshine with friends while casually taking in some live music.
Though I didn’t get to see heaps of the festival, because I was playing most of the day, my highlight was Joyride spinning in the hip hop room with impromptu appearances from rappers 360 and The Tongue. Joyride provided instrumentals by Mariah Carey and Ginuine, while they traded semi-battley freestyles.
Listen: Ellesquire – Ferociousness ft Tenth Dan | iTunes
Get Thingy-Ma-Jiggy Wiv It – as one of the UK’s finest DJs, former Scratch Pervert and Extended Players member, Mr Thing plays a set of raw hip hop goodness.
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