Aussie Bands I Dig: Clare Bowditch

Ok, so she’s not a band in and of herself.  She does have a band, though.  In fact, she’s had more than one as the line up’s changed a bit.  She used to be Clare Bowditch and The Feeding Set and now she’s Clare Bowditch and The New Slang.  It doesn’t matter what band she [...]

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Aussie Bands I Dig: Children Collide

I really want to try to do Music Monday more often because I like music and it’s fun to share good songs with people. So, in attempt to motivate myself to keep this blog going, I’m setting myself a challenge. I need to do a Music Monday for every Monday of this month because November [...]

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Undies in the Hills

Yesterday I got a chance to visit a friend in the Perth Hills. I love going up there. It’s beautiful. Carlia lives about an hour’s drive away but it’s worth it. Even the drive is beautiful. There is something about the hills that make me almost like living here. It’s the trees, I think. I [...]

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Aussie Bands I Dig: Blue Juice!

Ok, I know, technically this is “Music Tuesday” rather than the intended “Music Monday.” I wasn’t able to get to the post yesterday and, well, it’s still Monday somewhere in the world, right? Anyway, I’m sticking to the Aussie bands theme still and today is Blue Juice. They are made of awesome. Good music and [...]

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Aussie Bands I Dig: Philadelphia Grand Jury

Australia has tons of great bands. I dig a lot of them. I know some of them have made it overseas but I’m not sure where and how well they’ve done. So, I thought it would be fun to highlight some of my favourite Aussie bands on here. This is meant to be a recurring [...]

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Stuff Australians Like: Public Holidays

We’re having a long weekend down here in Oz. Why? Because Monday is a public holiday? Why? I have NO FREAKING CLUE! Australians like their public holidays. They have a freakish amount of them each year(around 10 depending on which state you’re in). Rarely does anyone even know *why* they have the day off work. [...]

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Local Talent: The Badpiper!

There is a busker well known in these parts called The Badpiper. I’ve only been lucky enough to catch his show once or twice and then not even a whole set. But I’ve loved what I saw. Picture this: a dude with a mohawk, a leather kilt, huge (and AWESOME) goth boots, tattoos all up [...]

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Things I love About Australia: The Beach!

We don’t go to the beach often. Hell, we go an average of twice a year if we’re lucky. This bothers me a great deal. I mean, I live in Western Australia, home to some of THE BEST BEACHES EVER and I never go to the beach. I call that a great big FAIL. I [...]

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