blog.craiga.id.au — posts about music

Thursday,
31st January 2008

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Played 4 time(s).

Inquisitor by Satan’s Death Ship (featuring Rob and Paul of Look Who’s Toxic)

Wednesday,
6th February 2008

Chocolate Boy by Look Who’s Toxic

Weezer Confirm Third Self Titled Album, a.k.a. "Weezer Red".

Tuesday,
8th April 2008

Colour me underwhelmed. Weezer Green was the beginning of the end, and Make Believe was a fucking disaster.

Monday,
21st April 2008

In a shocking revelation that turns a half century of rock-and-roll history on its head, legendary musician Chuck Berry recalled Monday how he got the idea for his iconic song “Johnny B. Goode”—believed for decades to have been written by Berry himself—after listening to a white teenager playing it over the telephone.

Chuck Berry Remembers Call From Cousin About White Kid Playing ‘Johnny B. Goode’ | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source

Wednesday,
1st October 2008

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Played 15 time(s).

Sails on the Bay

Band Bios

Wednesday,
1st October 2008

You’ve got to be fucking kidding me…

Tribal beats and subtle beautiful melodies weave amongst contorting Technicolor drone-scapes while preaching distorted-vocals scream for dear hope herself… Fuck Buttons straddle you between the wall of sound that lies between the beginning of destruction and the end of birth. This grand noise will fondle you into a state of immersed euphoria.

Fuck Buttons Bio

Really? Who writes these things, and who actually thinks “Ooh, technicolour drone-scapes, eh? Sounds like a good band!”?

Thursday,
2nd October 2008

In a stunning reversal of their long-stated reluctance to take it, members of heavy-metal band Twisted Sister announced Monday that, after 24 years of fervent refusal, they are now willing to take it.

Members Of Twisted Sister Now Willing To Take It (The Onion)

Thursday,
2nd October 2008

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Played 16 time(s).

We’re Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister

Friday,
3rd October 2008

Shadrach by the Beastie Boys, one of my favourite music videos ever. Hand painted, frame-by-frame, from a video of a live performance.

Wednesday,
22nd October 2008

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Played 0 time(s).

Deception by Blackalicious. People need to respect Blackalicious’s Nia album.

Tuesday,
28th October 2008

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Played 9 time(s).

KAMIKAZE 108 (酉年mix) by Teriyaki Boyz.

Quan of Regurgitator to Drop Solo Album “The Amateur”

Wednesday,
29th October 2008

Quan's The Amateur album cover

Just happened to log into MySpace for the first time since forever last night to see this tidbit:

Quan is a short extract from a love letter, an Amateur (from the latin ‘Amator’-‘Lover’, from Amare ‘to love’) ineptly following the natural course of things since forever.

Apparently a photon that begins it’s life in the centre of the sun spends on average about 10 and a half million light years zigzaging to and fro as it slowly works it’s way to the surface, a distance that if traveled in a straight line would take a mere 2.5 seconds. It then takes a further 8.5 minutes to reach the earth.

Furthermore our Sun Converts Five Million tones of Mass (about the equivalent of a million elephants) into pure energy every second.

These factoids remind me of two things: 1. The virtue of patience and 2. That the immolation of a human heart pales in comparison to that of a Star’s. (Or is it the other way round?)

Is this a foundation for Hip Hop? Yes.

Quan Yeomans from Regurgitator finally delivers his 4 year labour of love on again off again requiem to those heady amateur days. Recorded in Sydney, London, Hong Kong, flight lounges, bus stops, doorways… and now making as many music videos as he can. Features The One, Gimme Gimme, And this is what she said…, Year of the Jerk and more. Touring in 2009.

Is this the beat you been looking for?

QUAN THE AMATEUR out now on Valve/MGM. … www.quantheamateur.com

Fuck yes.

The quantheamateur.com domain is currently showing a parked page, but this whois record tends to indicate it’s legit.

UPDATE: Apparently this has been out for weeks.

MTV Music

Wednesday,
29th October 2008

Music videos on demand.

Wednesday,
29th October 2008

OK, looks like I got a little excited when I posted about the new album from Regurgitator’s Quan Yeomans. Apparently this has been out for weeks.

Guess I’m out of touch.

Thursday,
30th October 2008

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Played 10 time(s).

Lōc’ed After Dark by Tone Lōc

About Craig Anderson

By day, he works for 99des­igns as a web dev­el­oper and wri­ter. By night, he plays bass gui­tar in Look Who's Tox­ic. There are plen­ty of other things he should be doing, but most of the time he's dream­ing of what he'll do when he grows up while watch­ing bad Star Trek spin-offs.