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date:
Feb 9 2006
columnist:
Margaux Carlos
 So Hot…
GOOD VIBRATIONS FESTIVAL
With international acts James Brown (Godfather of Soul), Steve Lawler, Talib Kweli, DJ Marky feat. Stamina MC, Norman Jay MBE, Z-Trip, Estelle, Bahamadia, Datarock, FreQ Nasty, Switch, The Nextmen, The Cuban Brothers (10 piece), Lady Kier (Deee-lite) Malente, Andy Caldwell and Dusted London, Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays/Gorillaz/Blackgrape) & Kav (Happy Mondays/Sonicaudio) and Jean Grae (appearing with Talib Kweli) nationally and Satoshi Tomiie (Sydney & Perth) and Paul Mac (Sydney only) just to name a few (phew!) you would be very silly not to bring your dancing shoes to Australia’s leading music festival. See you shakin’ your chassis this Sunday at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne!
Tour Dates:
Sat 11 Feb Riverstage in the City Gardens, BRISBANE
Sun 12 Feb Sidney Myer Music Bowl, MELBOURNE
Sat 18 Feb Centennial Park, SYDNEY
Sun 19 Feb Belvoir Ampitheatre, PERTH
For more info check out www.goodvibrationsfestival.com.au
CATCH PHRASE
Make some space in the record crate for Phrase’s second single off his debut album ‘Talk With Force’ and get ready to ‘Catch Phrase’ on the 1’s and 2’s. With the help of this year’s Aria award winning Daniel Merriweather, Phrase delivers the heat for the summer to make the clubs shake and the speaker’s blow! Produced by Melbourne’s #1 production outfit Crooked Eye, ‘Catch Phrase’ delivers a high energy instrumental complimented by Phrase’s barrage of punch lines and strong lyrics along with Daniel Merriweather’s slick vocal arrangements. With remixes from J-Skub and Unknown, ‘Catch Phrase’ is the joint that ladies can’t resist and the hardcore heads can’t help but snap their necks to.
For more info check out http://www.phrase.com.au/
FRANKIE KNUCKLES PRESENTS…
This "Best of" is a celebration of the life long achievements and contributions that Frankie Knuckles has given to DJs, Clubs, House Music and Dance Music. Featuring both his best productions and his own works along with his favourite records from the legendary TRAX record label, this release is just in time to coincide with the DVD release of Maestro the film about the formation of modern dance culture in which Frankie features heavily. Giddyup!
For more info check out http://www.disco-disco.com/djs/frankie.html
SOUND MIRRORS
Coldcut are Jonathan More and Matt Black, not only the owners of the world’s premier independent beats / hip hop label Ninja Tune, but also producers, DJs and VJ masters unparalleled in expertise and talent. They return with ‘Sound Mirrors’ their first album in seven years and the best album of their long and illustrious career; it is sure to be the crossover album of 2006. Featuring guest appearances from Jon Spencer, Mike Ladd, Roots Manuva, John Matthias, Robert Owens, Amiri Baraka, Annette Peacock, Soweto Kinch, Fog and Saul Williams; grab your copy with both hands while you can at all good record stores.
For more info check out www.ninjatune.net or the incredible new http://www.coldcut.net
NEVER SAY NEVER
Smashing their way into the lead of the new wave Electro House rampage, Vandalism are the unstoppable Andy Van (Madison Avenue/Vicious Vinyl label head), DJ/Producer Kam Denny (16th Element) and front woman Cassie (originally from ‘Girl Mansion’ & host of the Slam basketball Show). Their new anthem 'Never Say Never' delivers this summer’s most in-yer-face pick up line: “I might like you better if we slept together” with Vandalism been described best as Basement Jaxx meets Groove Armada with a dash of Daft Punk!! ‘Never Say Never’ takes no prisoners with its aggressive electro house stance and you just may like it better if you don’t sleep on it.
Catch Vandalism live:
Fri 17 Feb The Harbourside, PERTH
Sat 18 Feb Family Nightclub, BRISBANE
Sat 4 Mar Platinum, GOLDCOAST
Sat 11 Mar The Velvet Underground, CAIRNS
Sat 18 Mar Onelove @ Prince, MELBOURNE
Sat 25 Mar Kink, SYDNEY
Fri 31 Mar King St Hotel, NEWCASTLE
Sat 1 Apr Bustin @ Cooneys, WOLLONGONG
For more info check out www.musichead.com.au / www.vandalism.com.au
So Not…
BYE BYE HOLIDAYS
First week back at school and I must admit there was a flutter of excitement coming back to such a fine institution…til I saw “ASSESSMENT TASK DUE…” Oh well, thank God for the Commonwealth Games, we’ve got two weeks off coming very soon! United by the moment!
“MISSING” SCHOOL STUFF
Call me anal (but that’s another column) but I label all my equipment for a reason – our bloody pencils, sorry clutches, costs like $30 each! My HB seems to have gone astray as well as one of my Derwent’s! The trauma of being a student! How retro!
TO CUT OR NOT TO CUT
Don’t you hate it when you decide it’s time for a trim and all of a sudden your hair is at its optimum? What’s a girl to do?
MELBOURNE WEATHER
I learnt how to use the washing machine on my time off and it’s not as onerous as I thought it would be so now I’m obsessed with getting the washing basket as minimised as possible (Martha Stewart eat you heart out! No, hang on, she’s the corrupt kitchen chick isn’t she? Oh, whatever!) Anywho, the past rainfall has distressed me greatly due to garments that I had laboured on being out on the line and what I wanna know is do you wash your clothes again after its been rained on? I did trying to do the right thing I thought but feedbacks from my actions have suggested overreaction?
GAS COOKTOPS
Speaking of Martha Stewart I have also reventured into that other mysterious domain in the house and have always been confident in my culinary skills carefully cultivated these past few years. My previous partner in crime, the electric cooktop, is no longer with my in my new abode and I don’t care if it’s cheaper but gas sucks hardcore! So do hard to stop fire alarms!
So What…
NEW WORDS FOR 2006
GREYHOUND: A very short skirt, only an inch from the hare.
404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be located.
SINBAD: single working girls. Single income, no boyfriend and desperate.
SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids or start a "home business".
CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.
SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.
SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die.
OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realise that you've just made a BIG mistake (e.g. you've hit 'reply all') - New Oxford Dictionary definitions.
AEROPLANE BLONDE: One who has bleached/dyed her hair but still has a 'black box'.
AUSSIE KISS: Similar to a French kiss, but given down under.
BEER COAT: The invisible but warm coat worn when walking home after a booze cruise at 3am.
BEER COMPASS: The invisible device that ensures your safe arrival home after booze cruise, even though you're too drunk to remember where you live, how you got here, and where you've come from.
BOBFOC: Body Off Baywatch, Face Off Crime Watch.
MILLENNIUM DOMES: The contents of a Wonder bra, i.e. extremely impressive when viewed from the outside, but there's actually nought in there worth seeing.
MYSTERY BUS: The bus that arrives at the pub on Friday night while you're in the toilet after your 10th pint, and whisks away all the unattractive people so the pub is suddenly packed with stunners when you come back in.
MYSTERY TAXI: The taxi that arrives at your place on Saturday morning before you wake up, whisks away the stunner you slept with, and leaves a 10-Pinter in your bed instead.
SALAD DODGER: An excellent phrase for an overweight person.
SWAMP-DONKEY: A deeply unattractive woman.
TART FUEL: Bottled premixed spirits, regularly consumed by young women
 “Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.”
-Paris Hilton. Bless her!
You feelin’ me? Forward all bribes, blackmails and bootycalls to margaux@12am.com.au
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