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Macca (also known as Andrew McCreadie) fromThe James Hotel in Launceston is officiallyTasmania’s best cocktail barman after winningthe state championships of The Suntory Cup atHalo in Hobart. Macca went on to do Tasmaniaproud coming second in the nationals inSydney, with his cocktail creation, “ParadiseAbord” and yes, it is spelt like that!

The Black Eyed Peas – the all-rapping, all-breakdancing, all-live hip hop entertainmentmachine – return to Australia in October to bring

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peace, love, and one hell of a party. The BlackEyed Peas’ live show is spontaneous, electric,interactive and always surprising. As Reutersraved of a May 2004 gig, “the Black Eyed Peasbring the crowd to life… with wonderful zeal.The group's funk-doused hip-hop was crankedout by a live wire of a band, while the quartetshowed they didn't need any cadre of dancersbecause they have their own moves." Check formore info later.

Waych out for the WWF’s RAVE for Raves. In a

nutshell, a dance party to remember our rareand vunerable endangered species.

The Hobart Comedy Festival is cranking up foranother series of events. Although not untilJanuary next year the festival will soon launch anew web site. For more info contact CraigWellington, Television, Theatre, Media, Events,GPO Box 1174 Hobart Tasmania AUS 7001 Tel03 - 6234 6330 [email protected] motto is “Eagles may soar but emusdon't get sucked into jet engines."

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Running every Wednesday,Thursday, Fridayand Saturday from 9pm till late and Sundaysalso open from 5am is Hobart’s newest clubnight Eden. Run by top local promotion groupEvolution, Eden sets up home at the newlyrefurbished Duke of Wellington on the corner ofBarrack and Macquarie St.

Eden occupies a medium sized room, with alarge dancefloor for when the crowd builds uplater in the night and also plenty of seating andcouches in the bar area. With special drinkoffers, a fresh paint job as well as new lightingand sound, Eden may rival the best clubs inHobart but according to promoter, BenWilkinson, comes minus the attitude andarrogance normally associated with the scene.

He says make no mistake, however, Eden is stilla club, and has a music policy to match.

Starting at the beginning of the night with morecommercial dance, the music picks up over thecourse of the night with the resident DJs andguests providing a mix of house, breaks, trance,tech and Drum n Bass throughout the night.

With a grand opening planned, set to featureone of Australia’s top 10 DJs, Eden may be setto win many fans, over and above those alreadyconverted to it’s atmosphere.Check it out sometime. They hold recovery

parties too. The last one after GT vs Goodwill atSyrup.

Eden. Second Floor, The Duke of WellingtonCorner of Barrack St and Macquarie St

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The annual contemporary music event, FUSE,has put out a call nationally for up-and-comingbands, solo artists and DJs to apply for a gig inAdelaide in November this year.

FUSE is a three-day contemporary music eventheld in around a dozen of Adelaide’s mostpopular West End venues from 25-27November 2004.

FUSE incorporates the FUSE Conference(formerly known as Music Business Adelaide)featuring seminars, workshops andmasterclasses, and FUSE festival, an all-Australian showcase of unsigned music artistsfrom all genres, from across Australia.

FUSE offers the selected artists the chance toperform in front of more than 200 conferencedelegates, including key figures from all sectorsof the music industry, as well as a large, locallive music audience.

Artists selected from outside South Australia areprovided with return flights and two nights’accommodation. Local production costsmarketing and production equipment for allselected artists’ gigs are covered by FUSE.

Previous FUSE events have resulted in theselected artists winning record label andpublishing deals, national radio airplay andnational and international touring support gigs.

Some of the artists who have benefitedsignificantly from their involvement with FUSEare Angelik (SA), Hilltop Hoods (SA), Coda(NSW), Pete Murray (QLD), The New Pollutants(SA), The Charlie Parkers (TAS), Special Patrol(SA), Rollerskates (WA) and The Dead Abigails(TAS).

Bands, soloists and DJs can apply now bycontacting the FUSE panelist in their state orterritory. Panelist details, application criteriaand forms can be found atwww.fusefestival.com and the deadline is 5pmsharp Monday 9 August.

For further information please contact AnneWiberg, Event Manager, P: (08) 8271 1488, F:(08) 8271 9055 or check www.fusefestival.com

Hard Act To Follow, the ball-tearing new singlefrom the Grinners has blasted onto Australianradio play lists, making it the number 1 mostadded track in the country, as reported byindustry tip sheet, The Music Network.

Hard Act, was provided to radio alongsideother releases such as Ashlee Simpson, LennyKravitz, The Streets and Evermore.

Hard Act To Follow was one of 50 songsGrinspoon took to producer Howard Benson inLos Angeles. The album was recorded in LAfor the follow-up to 2002's double Platinum NewDetention. While Hard Act To Follow mightsound like a classic slice of Grinspoon, the restof the new album will be something of asurprise, Thrills, Kills and Sunday Pills isscheduled for release on September 20.

For now, there is Hard Act To Follow - classicGrinspoon that marks a new beginning for oneof this country's most popular and successfulrock acts.

GRAND CENTRAL announce the release ofNIKO’s debut album ‘Life On Earth’.Niko has previously worked with MR SCRUFF forhis album ‘Trouser Jazz’ on the track “ComeAlive” and with ONLY CHILD on two tracks fromlast year’s ‘Solitaire’ album. She also fronted theAIM live band on the tours of 2002 and 2003. Aswell as working and writing with her own band inNew York, she has collaborated with establishedjazz bands, funk bands and hip hop DJs from thecity’s scene earning her a ‘One To Watch’accolade in VIBE in 2002.Her debut album is a fusion of soulful Hip Hopand Beats, 80’s Electro, classic Jazz and Pop,and was made possible through hercollaborations with a dream list of producersincluding AIM, MARK RAE and MR SCRUFF.Welcome to ‘Life On Earth’. Niko has 2 previous12”s – “Sound Off” an army-style marching songover RITON’s quirky beats and “You’re MyFavourite Music” – a screaming electro guitardriven anthem.

THE LIBERTINES self titled album will bereleased in Australia on August 30 to match theUK release. The 14 new tracks have been saidto confirm the group are now among the best ofcontemporary British guitar bands and provesonce and for all that all the hysteria surroundingtheir stunning debut album, UP THE BRACKETwas entirely justified. Opening track “Can’tStand Me Now” is immediately recognisable asprime Libertines. It will be serviced to radio onAugust 2, accompanied by a live performancebased video. The album was produced by Mick

Jones (The Clash), while Bill Price (Sex Pistols,Guns ‘n’ Roses) engineered. They have bothbrought a heap of experience to a youthfulband, the sound is incredible and they’vecoaxed ‘live’ performances from the band in thestudio – no-one’s going to be disappointed bythis slab of rock ‘n’ roll. The Love Police bringThe Libertines to our shores in August for twoshows in Sydney and Melbourne. Due to hisunavailability, guitarist Pete Doherty has beenreplaced by Anthony Pasquale Rossomando forthe Australian/ US tour.

songs skilfully and with verve.The evening finished up with StardustHawker, who struggled through the coversongs, but had sweet originals.

The three bands competing in this heat were

not encouraged by much audienceparticipation – there were a maximum threeor four people on the dance floor, although atone point there was a curious rendition ofpogo.The semi finals will be held onAugust 13 and 20 and the grand final willbe battled out on August 27.

R o c k S a l tBattle of the Bands - Wrest Point CasinoHeats 4, 5, 6 & 7

Battle of the Bands at Wrest Point Casinoon Friday, July 30 revealed an array ofmusical expertise and originality.The evening began with Fuse, a three pieceband with reluctant bass player. They

rehashed standard rock and even theiroriginal song did not sound so original.

The lead signer’s outfit was set offmarvellously by the Wrest Point logo on hisshirt – he was the sound guy.Loquacious, the eventual winners, consistedof the drummer, two blonde girls with bigguitars and the lead singer.The band performed a marvellous renditionof ‘Time Warp’ as well as two of their own

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Dave found out how things were unfolding forrockers Spiderbait after their success with acover of the classic, Black Betty.”

R o c k S a l tSpiderbait ride Black Betty to the top

The Black Betty success, that’s prettyawesome I guess for you guys?

It was sort of unexpected and quiteoverwhelming. It got to a point where the recordcompany deleted the single because it getting tobig and overwhelming the record, they deleted itso you couldn’t buy it anymore.

So it’s sold out and you can’t buy it anymore?

Yea, I guess it becomes a collector thing.

What’s happening with the album?

Yea it’s ticking along, it’s going to come outoverseas, and we’ve got a few countries releasingit later in the year. So we’ll do an album tour here,then go overseas and do it all again.

So I guess the States, have you been thererecently?

Not for ages, I mean we recorded this album inthe States, but we didn’t play any shows, so that’llbe one of the places. Then Canada and we’ll go

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to Europe as well.

Where did you record it?In a place in northern California a little town that’sactually called wee. A really small town, like 2000people, the woman who was the producer of itused to live in LA, had this sorta sea change andhas gone up and bought this theatre in this littletown, and moved all the studio equipment there.People just go and hang out in the mountains andmake records.

That sounds allright.

Yea it’s really beautiful.

And I guess that says that you don’t need tobe in the middle of the big smoke to do well inyour chosen profession.

Absolutely, we demo’d the this entire recordbefore we got into the studio, which is the firsttime we’ve done that since we started. We usuallyjust write on the fly, it really drags out therecording making it expensive. We’ve never reallyhad the option to go overseas cause we couldn’tafford it. If you can demo well enough at home,technology is such these days, you can reallyhear what a record is going to sound like. So bythe time you get out into the studio your prettymuch right to play the songs, roll the tape and putit down.

Was it a band choice or a record companychoice to cover “Black Betty?”

We’ve been playing that song for ages. We usedto play it when we were kids, and we’ve played itat a couple of sound checks and gigs over theyears. We did a demo of it, and sent it to therecord producer Silvia who worked with us, wesent over about 20 songs asking what’d you think,what do you like, what do want to work on etc.And she came back with “oh we’ve got to doBlack Betty, that’s hilarious, that’ll be fun”. And we

did it, not really knowing if it would go on therecord or how it would sound. We were reallyhappy with the results. Then approached therecord company about putting it out as a single.And they were like kinda like not really sure aboutthat, they needed some convincing. And yea weput it out.

So they were convinced, I bet they’re prettyhappy about that.

Yea, there where saying, oh no to risky. So itsfunny how it turned out. So it could totally blow upin your face, or do what its done. Or it could donothing at all.

Do you get many questions that you just hatebeing asked, really personal questions?

Not really, you always get asked where your bandname came from, stuff like that. But when you’vehad it for so long (band name) the really thestories aren’t all that interesting. Any probably isn’tthat hard to find on the net.

Being the only girl in the band, do you getasked about that?

Yea quite a lot, especially with the punk scene,that’s an odd place, but it kinda wasn’t in theMelbourne punk scene, there were a lot of girlsplaying music, a lot of my friends were in bands.That was the good thing about the punk scene inMelbourne it was open to everyone. You didn’thave to be a super musician; you didn’t have toknow every guitar lick in the world. Or be themusician shop drummer. You know it was muchmore egalitarian I suppose.

I guess the sex pistols couldn’t play whenMalcolm McClaren got them together.

And they were phenomenally good too.

Yeah, to this day, timeless.

K i l l i n g H e i d iWazza, Ella & Spiderman 2You recorded the new a lbum in Los Angeles?

Yeah ...in a suburb.

How long did you spend over in the States?

On the recording we used our whole visa, so that's 90days .. and we did a 2 to 3 week trip a month beforethat to work out who we were going to work with.

Do you think time like that and being in the Stateshas an effect on the band?

Yes and no. When we first went there on awriting/producer trip we came back and demoedsix songs. Out of that six, 3 or four actuallymade it onto the final album, so we had a bit ofinfluence from LA or from being in Hollywood fora little while. (On this trip) we were placedparticularly so we weren't anywhere nearHollywood or anything like that. It'd take usabout an hour to get down to things like that, soyou had to make a big effort, and we wereworking 7 days so it was strategic placement bythe record company.

So you were insulated from the hype?

Yeah, pretty much. We could have been anywhere inthe world. The studio put us into a 3 storey mansionand we ... woke up and started recording each day. Soit was all around us all the time.

How do you think your music has changed overthe years?

Now, with Adam and I writing as well, it makes a bigdifference, 'cause we've got four different angles thatwe can come from with a song, now. And I thinkeveryone's writing skills have improved, just fromworking with really talented people, it lifts your game.You start to get really good at cutting out shit. (laughs)You start to realise what not to waste your time on.When will the new album be released?

I think it's going to be self-titled. Hopefully in August,

but it'll probably be the first half of September.

Is it going to be your push into the States? Is thatwhy it's going to be self-titled?

No, it's more our first album all together, the first albumwhere we didn't work with our old producer and we gotto make a lot of decisions on our own and call a lot ofshots and, virtually, co-produce the record. So we feellike it's way more our product and that's why we self-titled it. With wanting to get into the States, it's one ofthose things where we haven't particularly geared ourstuff for it. We just write the songs and let thembecome themselves, but we did record over there formore of a ... international guitar sound, for want of abetter term. Something that we could possibly put intoEurope or Japan or the States. Somewhere else thanour territory, 'cause, we've had a fair break now, but fora while our country was sick of hearing of our band ...

I don't know about that mate.

(Laughs) But it certainly felt like a bit of overkill for usfor a while.It felt like we were heavily on thepromotional trail as opposed to the touring trail.

How much do you think about the audience whenyou're writing music?

We generally let every song become itself, but there'scertianly a lot of tracks, from Ella's lyric and her age,there's a lot of tracks that are centred around her basicdemoghraphic, which, I guess, is 21 year olds. She'shad, almost, a sheltered life since quitting school at 15or something, so, in a sense, she hasn't done alot ofgrowing up. She's sort of been frozen in time a little bit,but by the same token she's one of the most groundedpeople that I've ever met in the music industry, that'sfor sure. ... Ella's like a little sister to all 3 of us (laughs)complete with smelly feet and bad ass friends and allthe rest of it (laughs).

Who's got the smelly feet?

Ella.

Right.

R o c k S a l tDave McCormack - Custard now Polaroids

Dave McCormack, former Custard-man, is onthe move again, out of love and notexpecting crowds. Dave Williams asked himwhy.

So what have you been doing today?

Doing today, well I’m moving on Friday. So packingup

Moving house? Just sorting through what youwant to keep? And what you don’t?

Yea finding enough boxes and bags for everything

So why are you moving house?

I tend to move once a year, I have for the last 3 or 4

years. I think I get a little bit restless, but it’s good,its quite nice to move I reckon. I’m moving to a niceplace now, hopefully it’ll be conducive to somecreative activity.

So why did you move from Brisbane in the firstplace?

Oh I got married. Year and years ago. I got marriedto someone and she lived in Sydney. And then thatall ended a couple of years ago. And now I’m stillhere. It’s a good place to be in a band becausemost of the music business is here

So hows the new album been received?

Well it’s not out till August so I think you’re the firstinterview I’ve done for it. It took a long time, westarted it in September last year, it took a long time.The album I did before this we recorded and mixedin 6 days. With this one we started in Sydney withWayne Connelly producing then went down toBendalong with Magoo producing, then came backto Sydney did some overdubs. So off and on it tookmost part of a year, so when it was done it wasquite a relief

Why did things end up so much morecomplicated with this one?

I think there were a lot more options available withthis one. I got some string players in. Exploring a lotof different avenues. The record before this wasquite a direct recording, straight down the line,where is this one is a bit more full colour, layeredand different types of sound, chopping stuff up.

How’s your sound evolved from the firstalbum?

Well with my first solo album I had these rules, likedoing it really quick. I had these rules just for rulessakes, whereas this one I was much more relaxed,I didn’t imposed those restrictions on myself

What do you think the result is?

A much more wide spectrum of sound, and maybe,its a dirty word these rock and roll times, but a bitmore polished, having said that I do like mistakesthat make it onto the final thing. Things that onlyhappen once

Any of that on this record?

Yea plenty of that.

I think sometimes things that happen byaccident can produce something brilliant.

Yea I love that stuff

“The truth about love”, it describes love as apoison.

It does yeah.

How much is that song inspired by your ownlove life?

Not really, little snippets, not really of my love life,but like observed conversations that other peoplemay have had, or might have had with otherpeople. It was more about love not being somemagical thing that comes down from above, bangyour in love with someone. The lyrics are talkingabout love being a feeling. Like there a drug thatthe government is putting in the water that makespeople feel like their in love. It was about meattempting to deal with science fiction, like insteadof people falling in love they are controlled througha drug in the water. Like a 1984 big brother thing, Idon’t know wether that worked, but it sounds good.

Are you in love at the moment?

Oh no, I’m quite happy at the moment doing myown thing

On this national tour that your doing, yourdoing 2 gigs in Tassie which is as many asVictroria and New South Wales.

Yeah it’s the only place we’re doing 2 gigs back toback, why is that, I have no idea! I’m as shocked asanybody.

Well Tassie is starting to crawl back, there’s alot going on down here.

That’s great, I haven’t been down in ages. So I’mlooking forward to it. The last time was with custardin 1996 for a O-Week thing. It was great fun, it washuge. But I’m under no illusion that these gigs aregoing to be so well attended!

You don’t think so?

I don’t think so. Well I think were only playing at aplace that holds 150 people, The republic?

Yeah. But then you’re playing the LauncestonUni Bar.

Oh well hopefully there will be thousands there!

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After seeing the Rakes play at The Royal Oak inLaunceston, Dave Williams caught up withDamien and Dan of The Rakes, to find out more.

R o c k S a l tThe Rakes (Launceston) - in it for the money ... not!

So, what have you guys been up to today?

Dan: Work.

Yeah?

Dan: Yeah … and recovering from a string of shows… been playing in 42nd Street … percussion …

And, Damien, what have you been up to?

Damien: Ah, well, I’m on leave, mate, so I’ve just beenkicking back, taking it easy … doing some homerecordings.

Right.

Damien: Just sitting on the balcony playing the Dolbro.That’s about it.

And home recordings, what (about that)?

Damien: I’ve got a computer set up with mixing deskand mics and things like that to record straight onto thehard drive. That’s how we did our five song demo,which we did in a spare room we’ve got at home.

Right. Why do you guys call yourselves, “TheRakes”?

Damien: We found a term to describe a ‘loose’ lifestyle,I guess …

Dan: …. Like The Cassanovas … The Libertines. It’s,loosely the same ter, roughly describing the same typeof lifestyle.

Damien: But it’s not cliché, because it’s not obviouslyrebellious, but … the definition of it is, “ a deteriorationof life due to excess,” but most people think we’re agardening implement, but we can hide behind that, soit works quite well. “Most people think we’re agardening implement”

Dan: People our age, the scene we play to, don’tusually get it, but the older guys do. It’s a term thathasn’t been in use for the past fifty years.

Damien: Plenty of rakish behaviour around, though.

Yeah … and how would you guys describe yourmusic?

Dan: I like to think of it as Blues-Funk-Jazz-Rock.Probably in that order of accentuation. Damo’s prettyheavily into the Blues side of things. The funk alwayscome through to keep the groove going and getpeople “tapping their feet.” I’m from a jazz backgroundand I also really appreciate the progressive rock of thesixties, the British progressive rock. The thing thatpioneered those guys was the use of jazz drummersin rock bands, which wasn’t really used across theAtlantic … a lot freer kind of approach to rock.

Damien: Experimentation and improvisation. And that’swhat we excel in with our music. We don’t just getthree chords banged together as a song! When we’reperforming we really come to our fore, ‘cause we reallyget in and squeeze out everything we can from thatform, and we’ve got so many different styles to drawupon, it can become a “hotpotch” of all different things.I mean, we’ve got so many different influences. It’shard to put us into a box really, and I think (if) we are ina box, we can’t really grow from there. The focus isoriginality, at the foremost.

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Ok. So, what’s the best thing about being in anoriginal band in Tasmania?

Damien: Freedom.

Dan: Freedom. Absolutely.

Damien: We can do anything that we want andnobody can us any different but our own conscience,which is usually half asleep anyway.

Dan: It’s a big buzz, actually, getting people sayin,“That song was wicked,” knowing it was one of ours,rather than, “That version of that song was wicked.”

Damien: They’ve heard it only once, whereas the(other) songs they’ve probably 300 times. If someonehears that song once and it’s a hit, that’s an amazingfeeling. It’s a huge, proud moment too.

Ok. So what’s the worst thing about being anoriginal band in Tasmania?

Dan: Ah, money.

What, too much of it?

Damien: (Laughs) You’re a shakey investment. Peopledon’t know, particularly pubs, how well you’re going todo, ‘cause they can’t judge you against how well thecover band down the road does. You get a $1000 gigup at the casino, they know what they’re going to getout of it, but they don’t know what they’re going to getout of an original band. So, we’re sort passed over orpaid minimal.

Dan: it’s getting better and better, the more we play …more publicans getting to know us … I made theconscious decision, pretty much from the get-go oftaking up music, not to play covers. I don’t know why Idid it in the first place, but I’ve stuck to it, haven’t done it, haven’t played in a cover band. Damien hasn’t either.

Damien: We’ve never made money the point. Wedon’t chase the dollar, so it’s never really an issue. It’sthe music that comes first. There are examples where

it’s the other way around, and you will get the moneyeventually. And it helps pay the bills. We both diddegrees in music not to make money out of it.

So how long have you guys been playing music?When did you start?

Dan: I started at a reasonably early age, I’ve beenthrough a lot of different syles and scenes. Rockbands and a brief stint in the metal scene, a few yearsback in Launceston when the trades was going. Lotsof rock and jazz lately, which is a huge influence fromthe course that ive done, always been interested in it,always tried to do something that sounds new. That’swhat I really like about this band, I cant recall hearinganything like us before

Damien: I’ve been playing seriously for about 14years on guitar and probably singing for about 4-5years, I noodle around a range of instruments, butmusic has always been in my family as long as I canremember, its not really a dedication thing, I’ve justalways loved music

Dan: Instead of doing it as a job, its just what we do

Damien: Yea its what we do, instead of what we haveto do. It comes back to freedom, there’s so muchfreedom if you have the confidence in yourself to do it.You won’t get shot down, people won’t laugh at you.

Dan: They do a bit (laughs)

Damien: You just get up there and have a great time.And to be rewarded for that in any way is just magic.it’s a bonus really.

Do you guys get nervous at all before gigs?

Damien: Too a certain degree, I don’t think yourhuman if you don’t.

How do you deal with that?

Dan: Play, you just get on with it

R e f l e x - H o b a r tA Ska band?

What's Reflex up to these days?

We just got back from Melbourne a couple of weeksago. Had a quick tour over there, which was prettycool. Played a few gigs and had a lot of fun. We'rehaving a quick break for a few weeks before we getinto another few big shows. We've got supports forTZU and Butterfingers as well, so we're lookingforward to them.

You get a few supports for Hip Hop and electronicacts, why is that?

I dunno. I think it's because of the party atmosphere ofit. it's pretty different kind of music, but it's still the sameup beat kind of feel to it. I'm a massive Hip Hop fan soI really enjoy these gigs. I'm a massive TZU fan, so I'mlooking forward to that one.

How would you describe the music of Reflex?

It's an interesting question, 'cause we always haveaproblem trying to hit that on the head.

Would you call yourself a Rock 'n' Roll band or aHip Hop Band or ... ?

I'd say Rock 'n' Roll. The other day we almost decidedon Theatre-Rock. Something different. 'Cause it's allabout the live show with us. We're going to ... make itinto a proper show, more than it is. We've been labeledas a Ska band, and we sort of are, but not so muchanymore. We started off pretty-much straight down theline Ska, with Swing as well, but now we're branchingout into different song writing ... but still using all thoseelements.

Is there any general theme going through thesong writing? Are they personal, political or what?

They tend to be stories. A lot of the time we've madeup characters. Raph (guitarist) and I write the songsand we come up with the character and tell a story

about them. A lot of our songs are named after thecharacter they're about.

Where do you draw inspiration for thosecharacters?

It's just like writing a story ... a theme and a person withthat kind of character or a funny situation you've beeninvolved in and take it from there?

How diid you guys get together and when wasthat?

Probably two and half years ago we played our firstgig. That was an amateur night at uni when there weresix of us. A couple of those guys decided they wantedto start a Ska band and they got me in on it ... wedragged in about six people. We played about fivecovers on amateur night and it went pretty well ... andtook it from there and built it up. two and a half yearslater and heaps of lineup changes, we're still here.

How long has this lineup been together?

We've had a new trumpet player for the past month orso, but before that we were settled since last November.

Do you see there is a role in the industry for coverbands? You started out as a cover band.

Yeah we started and we quickly gave that the arse. Idon't think there is. I really don't like that kind of thing.We started as one, but we were taking these old tunesand giving them a makeover, but couldn't get anyinspiration behind it. It kind of gets dead.and it's dull to listen to as well. I think a lot of people,especially in Hobart, are starting to realise that as well.A lot more people are coming to original gigs and notgo out and watch "Captain Ralph" or whatever theycall themselves, at Isobar. A lot of people used to say,"We're going to Isobar to watch this cover band" andthat's bullshit man. Now peoplea re going out andseeing original bands, which is really cool.

What do you know about the rivalry betweenHobart bands and Launceston bands?

I didn't realise there was one. (laughs)

Dave catches up with singer, Tom,and findsthat he’s ready to quit his day job.

R o c k S a l tThe Jane Does - sisters are doin’ it for themselves

Elle Tiffen caught up with the new

chicks in Rock, The Jane Does to find

out a little bit about the girls who have

burst onto the music scene amongst

great interest, local and internationally.

Band Director and Vocalist, Rebecca

Miller, gives us the goods. (Photos by

Rebecaa and Ben Miller)

HOW DID THE BAND GET TOGETHER?Rebecca M: It's actually a really long story. I knewNatalie when we were at college, and we weren't reallyfriends but we'd seen each other in lots of differentprojects. We ended up working together on a musicaland we talked about wanting to start a band but wewere both really busy at that time. But then a bit lateron we caught up again and started to be a little bitmore friendly and thought well, lets do it. My husband,Ben, plays in the band The Voyeurs with Cara'shusband and so Cara decided she was going to playbass. Then we needed a drummer and knew thatRebecca was a really hot drummer, so we stalked herat other gigs until she agreed to join us. My husbandteaches Jharna rock music and he always talkedabout this really hot guitarist, so we chased her too,beat her around a bit until she agreed to join and thatwas that! Nat was at Allanvale and I was at LC, so wewere rival colleges. We didn't really like each other atcollege much, but we got over that, I guess it was justan age thing.

SO YOUR FIRST GIG WAS AT THE LOUNGE?Rebecca M: Actually we played our first gig at theNewport Hotel in St Helen's,( with The Voyeurs). Bothour bands played ...Cara: The was awesome.Rebecca M: There was such a good vibe between thetwo bands.Jharna: They were our support band!Rebecca M: Well, no, we called them special guests.They're too good. They are really musical, amazingmusicians. They played before us and we thought, ohno, we don't want to go on. Then we played our firstLaunceston gig at The Lounge and then a privatefunction and we were at the Republic Bar Friday 23July with Fizard in Hobart. Then Launceston again....

YOU'VE HAD A PRETTY FULL SCHEDULETHEN?Rebecca M: Ridiculous. It has been just mad. We kindof had a marketing frenzy with posters and the website and all that.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH YOUR IMAGE?Rebecca M: I used to be a stylist in different places, inSydney and modelling for magazines and things likethat, so we are big on image. We have a very bigmakeup and hair call before every show. It's casual,but glam, it's not cheap, it's kind of rocky, it feels cool,but its not confronting. The last thing we want to do isalienate the females in the audience, for them to go"Look at that bunch of skanks"!

YOU GUYS LOOK PRETTY HOT UP ON STAGE.WHAT HAS THE RESPONSE BEEN LIKE?Rebecca M: So much support from everybody. It'scrazy. People we don't even know come up and say"Oh, your in the Jane Does. Yeah I've heard of them."and its like, well we've only played 3 gigs, so how haveyou heard of us? But it's good.People don't seem to think we are a local bandbecause our posters and all that look a bit slicker. Ifyou're an original band with a crappy poster, they kindathink you're just jamming at the garage at home. Soyou have to move it up a notch to get that credibility.Jharna; Someone said to me (before we playedanywhere) "Oh you should hear the Jane Does" and Isaid "But we haven't played a gig yet" and they said "Yeah they're really good" and I said "But we haven'tplayed!"Rebecca M: Its been a really good response and justfrom having the website out there, we have had somuch interest. We've got bookings from people wedon't even know. That's how we got the Republic Bargig. They saw the website. We had a very strangeinterest from a guy from LA, an American Scout, fromUEG, United Entertainment Group. He just emailed uscoz he was in Australasia doing a scouting thing. Ithought it was all shonky so I emailed them, but theCEO of the company emailed me back and said "No,its real, they're the management company forNickelback. They wanted us to send them somerecorded material but we didn't have any, so we arebusting our guts to get this EP done in time to send itto this guy before he heads back to LA. It's just mad.

R o c k S a l tTas Music - what do they do?

Can you tell me, who is Tas Music and what doyou do?

TasMusic is the peak body for contemporary music inTasmania and what we do is offer advice and referralsfor musicians and bands throughout tasmania. we alsohelp organise events like Gone South. we organise allthe Tasmanian bands for events like Gone South andThe Falls festival. probably our flagship event for thyear is the Rock Challenge, in which, this year, we'vegot 68 bands competing, which is the biggest ever ...

How successful do you think TasMusic has beenin promoting Tasmanian bands?

Well, we're not promoters, as such. What we do is tryand encourage bands to treat it like a business andpoint them in the right direction. We don't managebands. We are really just there to offer support andadvice, assist bands with grant application, reallyencourage them to treat it like a business and treat itin a professional manner, encourage them to deal withvenues in the appropriate manner, point them in thedirection of organisations like APRA and AMCOS, thepeople who pay the rouyalties for the artists. Really,just make them aware of what's actually out there tosupport the bands, like APRA, the Music ManagersForum and organisations like that.

How do you encourage them to do those things?

Well, for a lot of bands, they get their performance feefor playing in the venues. We encourage them to joinAPRA, cause APRA pay the royalties and that'sanother source of income for bands. We try to help thebands in that way because it's important that thebands are recognised out there. If the band registerswith APRA, they're more known to the wider musicindustry throughout Australia. With bands going toAPRA, it broadens their horizons a bit more ... differentways the bands can earn income, other than justplaying live ...

Is it Tasmusic's role to develop contemporarymusic in tasmania?

That's what we're looking to do in the future. We've gota few plans in the pipeline, which, at this stage, I can'tsay too much about, 'cause it's still in the early stages.In, probably the next 7 or 8 months there will be somemajor changes in the music industry in Tasmania.What we're trying to do is encourage bands to stay intasmania, instead of going to the mainland. With thesenew initiative we're looking into art the moment, we'llbe creating more opportunities for bands to perform inTasmania, giving them more opportunity to go andrecord at affordable costs. Really, just encouragebands to stay here so we can develop the industryhere and make it bigger and better. It has improved alot over the last eight or nine months, due to eventslike The falls festival. I think The Falls festival was areally big break for a lot of Tasmanian bands. theTassie bands that played down there were not billedas Tasmanian bands. they were all put on the billamongst the other national and international acts andtreated as such. There was no, you know, "Oh, you'rea Tasmanian band, so we'll put you on first and let allthe other national and international acts follow." thetassie bands were slotted in amongst all the otherbands and what that did, I think, is the public became

aware of the talent that we do have down here. Sincethen, we've noticed a real increase in the number ofpeople attending original (music) events. Bands havepicked up on the fact that people really want to seeoriginal music a lot more down here, so the bands aregetting out and staring to organise their own eventsand run their own gigs, which, I think, is a huge boostfor the industry. For a long time there'd been a lot ofanimosity between Hobart and Launceston bands andit's something I've never really understood, but now thebands in hobart and launnie and starting to worktogether so much better. Now Hobart bands areinviting Launceston bands to go down to Hobart andplay and launceston bands are doing the same ... a lotof the bands are really starting to work together morenow to help support each other's events and gigs,getting the crowds in there. The original music scene inLaunceston has picked up since The Falls festival aswell. The Batman Fawkner, LLoyds, Irish Murphy'sand O'Keefe's are all supporting original music whichhas been really good.

What role do you think TasMusic has had in thatcoming about?

The current management has only been in for the last3 years. Before that there had been a few problemswith management and we were based in Launceston.A lot of people thought we were just a Launcestonorganisation and only supported Launcestonmusicians. In the last 3 years, since Martin Stuart hasbeen manager, we've been trying to branch outstatewide and let the bands know we're here to helpthem. Bands have started to make more use of ourresources and that, in turn, has given the bands a littlemore encouragement and they can start to see wherewe're coming from as an organisation and what theyneed to do to help develop themselves. Bands arenotorious for not getting themselves organised and ithink now that bands are startring to see the benefits ofhard work, being organised and treating it in aprofessional way, they can see they can actuallyachieve what they set out to ...

How do you actually encourage those bands towork in a professional way? Do you put them oncourses or what do you do?

At this stage there are no set courses outside of theschool system at the moment, but long term, like what Iwas saying before with our future plans, that's whatwe're hoping to do. So we usually just deal with bandson a band basis. We also do run the Behind The Musicseminars here, which recently had the John Butler triomanager come down here and talk about touring and... Powderfinger's tour manager talk about the art oftouring as well. We also had some seminars last yearwhere we had some industry labels come down andjust talk to the bands about what's required and what'sexpected of bands and what the studios and the labelsare looking for. And one of the interesting things thatMarshall Cullen (who runs a label up in Sydney) wasthat a lot of Tasmanian bands seem to think they've gotto go to the mainland to make it, but he's saying no,they don't. Stay in Tasmania it's a good, small scenehere and you're more likely to get noticed in Tasmania.if you leave Tasmania and go to melbourne you'regoing from a small pond to a big ocean of bands, soyou're already going into hugely competitive market.So, his advice was, "Stay in Tasmania, work hard, playyour gigs and record. get a name for yourself here andthen start sending your demos off to record labels andradio stations on the mainland." And the bands havenow started to get good quality bios. they're gettinggood quality demo CD's out there. They're putting themin professional kits and really coming up with a goodprofessional package, but when I first started workingat Tasmusic, bands would come in with a one page bioon a word document. it just didn't look professional, sonow we encourage them to come up with a cd-rompackage. It's got the photos and the bio and a couple oftracks on there as well ...an entire package on one CDfor labels and venues and recording companies and ithink that's the way bands have got to startapproaching things.

Can you think of any bands that you could pointout as successes, having come to Tasmusic forassistance and then they've gone on to do goodthings?

We had a fair bit to do with helping The Dead Abigailsout, initially, and they've gone on to do bigger andbetter things. They've toured England and playedsome pretty big festivals over there, lots of Triple Jairplay. They regularly go over to the mainland andtour. The Swedish Styles are about to head off toMelbourne to do 8 gigs in 6 days over there and theCharlie Parkers are a band which we've tried to helpout over the past few years...

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Ok, so last issue saw the biggest fuck-up yetin the life of Sauce, with statements sayingTassie had only one record label in an articlewhich was pretty critical of Tas Music. So,we talked with Programs Manager, PhilDearing to set the record straight..

GIG Guide0 4 / 0 8 / 0 4 - 3 1 / 0 8 / 0 4

Wed 4th August

Launceston

RealityThe Last Kings of Hollywood

The SaloonThe Legendary Uni NightDonut and Kamakaze

RealityThe last Kings of Hollywood

Sportsmans HallSong Writers Night – FeaturingRoots’N’All

The Batman Fawkner InnRoundabout

Hobart

The Republic BarToasted Hammond Quintet

Customs HousePete Thomas

Thursday 5th August

Hobart

SyrupMesh - Hobarts oldest night club,breaks/drum and bass with resident djSpin-FX and Guests.

The Republic BarFuzzy Zellas & Tyrant

TroutSamuel Bester & The Rakes 9pm

Customs HouseNew Age Hippies

Friday 6th August

Hobart

SyrupDownstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ’sSeb, SPIN-FX & Gnosis ‘Laying downthe Chunks“O”Funk’Downstairs: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’sFUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.Upstairs: MINISTRY OF SOUNDpresents SESSIONS TOUR,DJ’s: JOHN COURSE, MARKDYNAMIX + Gillie, Matt B and AdamTurner.

Customs HouseNo Means Yes

The Republic BarSpace Like Alice $2

BurnieMagintys Irish barYoly Tores, Andy farrel

Launceston

Reality24 Seven

Blue CaféOur HouseDJ Matt C + Friends

Saturday 7th August

Hobart

The Republic Bar

Simon Russell Guilty as Charged ($2)

TroutThe Coven ($7/$6)

SyrupDownstairs: TACKYLAND – 70’s 80’sand 90’s RETRO with resident DJ’sNick C and Rollie.Upstairs: The BEEZ NEEZ – “if it’sgood we’ll play it” – house, electro &breaks with resident DJ’s Gillie, AdamTurner, Matt B and guests.

Customs HouseOscar

The Prince of Wales HotelMarita + Jeremy & The Humans

Launceston

Reality24 Seven

Saloon BarSaturday Night part Hard + ChilliDance Party in the Lube


Sunday 8th August

Hobart

The Republic BarCake Walking Babies

The Prince of Wales HotelThomas, Kim & The Fox

Customs HouseJordan Miller

Monday 9th August

Hobart

The Republic BarRepublic Quiz Night

Tuesday 10th August

Hobart

The Republic BarAjax

Wednesday 11th August

Hobart

The Republic BarTasMusic


Launceston

Reality24 Seven

The SaloonThe Legendary Uni Night

Thursday 12th August

Hobart

The Republic BarAmnesty Fundraiser (The Reactions,Enola Fall & More)

Customs House

Kenny and Dave

SyrupMESH – Hobarts oldest club night,breaks/drum+bass with resident DJSPIN-FX and guests.

Burnie

Stars At No. 25The Cold Cold Ethyls (FeaturingMembers of Trenchcoat)

Launceston

Saloon BarSuper Coaches of AFL

Friday 13th August

Hobart

The Republic BarPete Cornelius & The DeVilles ($2)

Wrest Point CasinoBattle Of The Bands – Semi Final One

Customs HouseDonut

SirensTzu

SyrupDownstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ’sSeb, SPIN-FX & Gnosis ‘Laying downthe Chunks“O”Funk’Downstairs: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’sFUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.Upstairs: MINISTRY OF SOUNDpresents SESSIONS TOUR,DJ’s: JOHN COURSE, MARKDYNAMIX + Gillie, Matt B and AdamTurner.

Launceston

The Batman Fawkner Inn - Club 54Symposium of Sickness FestivalExcarnated (Melb)Zero Degrees Freedom (Launc)Goreverk (Hob)Three Victims (Bur)Mutilated Spastic Iguanas (Hob)Corpse Carving (Laun)Intense Hammer Rage9pm $10

RealityCarl Fidler

Saloon BarMiss University Model CompetitionFinal


Burnie

Magintys Irish BarDenise Sam (Vocals and Percussion)with The Viktor Zapper SwingnetBurnie

Saturday 14th August

Hobart

The Republic BarJeff Lang with Angus Diggs & Tim Hall$15/$12

SyrupDownstairs: TACKYLAND – 70’s 80’s

and 90’s RETRO with resident DJ’sNick C and Rollie.Upstairs: The BEEZ NEEZ – “if it’sgood we’ll play it” – house, electro &breaks with resident DJ’s Gillie, AdamTurner, Matt B and guests.

The Prince of Wales HotelTimbre & The View

The VenueTzu

Customs HouseMorning Glory

Launceston

RealityFunken Unbelievable



Sunday 15th August

Hobart

The Republic BarJeff Lang with Angus Diggs & Tim Hall$15/$12

Customs HouseCharles and PeronThe Prince of Wales HotelThomas, Kim and The Fox

Monday 16th August

HobartThe Republic BarNat Science Week Quiz Night

Tuesday 17th August

Hobart

The Republic BarJoe Pierre


Hobart

The Republic BarJungle Kings (Syd) $5


Launceston

RealityThe Last Kings of Hollywood



Hobart

The Republic BarBrian FraserSyrup

Customs HouseNew Age Hippies


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Burnie

Stars At No. 25The Good, The Bald , The Ugly(Featuring Chris Lynch of Love Gods)

Launceston

Saloon BarLove Outside Andromeda

Friday 20th August

Hobart

The Republic BarLove Outside Andromeda supp: PrettyMess ($5)

SyrupDownstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ’sSeb, SPIN-FX & Gnosis ‘Laying downthe Chunks“O”Funk’Downstairs:BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’s FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.Upstairs: LaCasa – Vocal House withresident DJ’s Matt B, Gillie andGuests.

Customs HouseOscar

Wrest Point CasinoBattle Of The Bands – Semi FinalNight Two

Launceston

RealityJesse Pitcher

The Batman FawknerHomegrown – Sulo & Cog


Saturday 21st August

Hobart

The Republic BarLove Outside Andromeda supp: PrettyMess ($5)



TroutThe Roobs & The Reactions 10pm

The Prince Of Wales HotelTrent McNamara & Stardust Hawker

Launceston

RealityThe Big Swifty



Sunday 22nd August

Hobart

The Republic BarFabio & Band (African Music)

The Prince of Wales HotelThomas, Kim & The Fox

Customs HouseJordan Miller

Lewisham TavernButterfingers

Monday 23rd August

Hobart

The Republic BarG.B Balding

Tuesday 24th August

Hobart

The Republic BarPatrick & Anna (Guitar and Violin)


Hobart

The Republic BarHarlem Lounge

Mobius LoCaL PrOdUcE - Round 3 9pm


Launceston


RealityThe Dead Abigails


Hobart

The Republic BarSon Del Sur (Cuban Salsa Music) $2

Customs HouseOscar Acoustic


Burnie

Stars At No. 25Richie Benaud Allstars

Friday 27th August

Hobart

The Republic BarLeo De Castro & The Warriors $2

SyrupDownstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ’sSeb, SPIN-FX & Gnosis ‘Laying downthe Chunks“O”Funk’Downstairs 11pm: BOOGIE – 70’s &80’s FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.Upstairs: PICKLE – TECHNO, HARDHOUSE, ELECTRO,TRANCE & NRGwith resident DJ’s: Kir, Modal, Doofa,

DSKO, Corney.


Wrest Point CasinoBattle Of The Bands Grand Final

Launceston

The Batman Fawkner InnSweetbeats

The Royal OakRoadhouse Deluxe


Saturday 28th August

Hobart

The Republic BarOld Des Peres + Nellie and The FatBand ($2)

TroutRocketfuel featuring live originalbands and DJ’s ($5)- Botox- Monster- Howarcycle- Scott Cotterill- JeffeCustoms HouseDonut


The Prince of Wales HotelAirto & Ballpoint

Launceston



Sunday 29th August

Hobart

The Republic BarDelta Rhythm Section

The Prince of Wales HotelSun


Monday 30th August

Hobart

The Republic BarRepublic Quiz Night

Tuesday 31st August

Hobart

The Republic BarPete Cornelius Solo

B a n g i n ’ B e a t sDeclan Lee - who is he?

Having recently been responsible for theemergence of both Ministry of Sound and HussleRecordings as key labels both locally andglobally, its safe to say Declan Lee is a key figurein the Australian Dance community. A wellrespected DJ, producer, touring agent and A&Rconsultant, Declan has run his finger acrossevery aspect there is to electronic music. It is, asa DJ however that he has forged a mostrespected and solid reputation. With a currentstyle that spans genres including house, tech-house, electro-tech and breaks his music is tasty,cutting edge and infectious.

His deep never utters the bourgeois beatssynonymous with the all too serious housedoyens. It’s all about a large amount of funk.Whether he’s dropping downbeat grooves ordriving tech house, people’s mercury shoot

through the barometer of dance-floor libido. Youget it when you hear it. The sampling, the mixingand his commitment to keeping his handsunstuck from the mixer and the mission. It’s all inthe record collection. It’s all in the technique. It’sall in the energy. Declan is brimming over with allthree.Declan cut his teeth in almost every house clubin Sydney before being voted Best Up-And-Coming DJ by pivotal dance music magazine 3DWorld in 1995. Skirting the perimeters of the loopof cool and getting on with what he damn wellpleased, Lee notched up residencies at a diverserange of electronic establishments.

He has toured twice nationally for the Ministry ofSound, having completed the Club Nation Tour in2001 touring Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane,Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. In addition, hemixed the Club Nation CD with Mark Dynamix forsimultaneous release with the tour. In 2003,under his production guise of Wok Institute, Leemixed a disc on the Alfresco Soiree (HussleRecordings) compilation which was subsequentlynominated for the ‘Best Mixed CD’ category atthe national Dance Music Awards in 2004.

However, Declan Lee’s experience doesn’t startand finish with a DJ set in a club. Lovers of finemusic can’t live and breathe it on a part timebasis and Lee has never been content to sit backand let it all wash over him. His role at Ministry ofSound Australia saw him take on roles includingHead of Touring and a 3 year stint as A&RManager until recently. Up his sleeve are skills inevent management, having programmed musicfor street festivals and dance parties to foundingthe seminal Splash recovery party on New Year’sDay. Declan and co-founders had an inkling for aclubber’s need for something different and hireda public pool, 6 DJs, some marquees and theday has been a runaway success, drawing up to3,000 people every year.

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LAUNCESTONSpecial Guests - Carl Fidler (The Dead Abigai ls) ,

Damen Browne & Jason BakesStudent t ickets $6.00 : Non-Students $10.00

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B a n g i n ’ B e a t sJohn Course & MOS

Vicous label founder. Ministry of Sound CD mixer.Aussie dance legend, John Course plays Syrup inHobart 13/8/04.

John Course ... is that your real name?

Yeah. I think I started DJ'ing before they had trendy

DJ names and I just went with the flow.

I was wondering why you didn't pick a

pseudonym.

I started DJ'ing 17 years ago and the whole DJ

name thing started about 10 years ago.

So, '87 you started. Where was that? How did

you get started?

Through the breakdance movement. I used to be

into that, saw the movie, "Beat Street" and there's a

lot of scratching on those old Hip Hop records so I

wanted to find out how it all worked and I was very

into music through the whole breakdance thing and

just decided I wanted to try and do it. I didn't know I'd

still be doing it 17 years later, but there's no

complaints.

Talking about things coming full circle, I heard

you described as flavour of the month. how

does that feel?

Oh, really? I've been DJ'ing long enough that I've

probably had 3 or 4 waves of popularity where

you're playing the best clubs and then you go

through a period where there's another club that's

hot and you're not playing there and then you go

back to a period where you're DJ'ing at the place to

go and vice versa. I thin, really, as a DJ, you do

your thing and you do it well, or you don't do it well,

and from that point on it comes down to how often

you play places and whether people get sick of you.

For example, I'm a resident at the Prince of Wales

(Melbourne) but because I'm doing the Ministry of

Sound tour at the moment I've only played in

Melbourne, on a Saturday night, one night in the last

weeks. And that means that last Saturday I got a

fantastic ovation from the people there, because

they know me, but they haven't been able to hear

me for six weeks. So it comes down to supply and

demand. Flavour of the month is just a way of

saying, "Hey sometimes, the music that you play

and the way that you play it, is right for the time,"

and sometimes you're on the outer with what you

play because there's another trend in music

happenning and it just so happens that the music

that I play and love, basically House music, has got

quite a resurgence at the moment, so that helps me.

B a n g i n ’ B e a t sRigby - a rare rose amongst the thorns

Girls working in the DJ/dance musicsceneare not common, but this diva shows thateven from little Tassie, if you’ve got talentthe world wants to know.

I’ve got to tell you, I’m recording this or I get intotrouble.

From what’s recorded, you use anything from that?

Yes. Actually, pretty much write the interview outas it’s said.

Ok.

Yeah.

(Eleanor laughs) I have to make sure I don’t swear as

much as I usually do.

Don’t worry about that. Honestly, everyone swears. So, what have you been up to today?

Today? Actually I’ve been studying Spanish .. I’msupposed to have been doing it for weeks, but I’m aslack bastard and so I’m cramming. My mates justfinished her degree in linguistics at Melbourne Uni, andshe’s my tutor, and she’s actually in Bolivia at themoment. I had four weeks to do all this work and Irealised she comes back in a week and I haven’t doneanything.

Bummer. Are you performing this comingweekend?

Yeah, my brother’s got a set at Koolism …

Who’s your brother?

Tommy Butler. Mdusu.

He’ll be doing a set with Cerberus, a 3 man Hip Hopcrew. Cerberus, it’s the 3 headed dog that guards thegates of Hell, if you look at it that way.

And what will you be doing?

It’s actually their set, but I might get up and do a bit ofimpro vocals with them at the end. He said come alongand have a sing if you want to.

Is that what you do generally, improvised vocals?

Yeah, all the sets we do in the clubs are impro. Rob(Spinfx) and I might get together and he’s bought newrecords and whatever we should go through. It alldepends upon who we’re supporting, because, forinstance at the Salmonella Dub gig we played lesshard music than we normally would. It can be trickythough ‘cause quite often we don’t do any rehearsal, sowe’ll be standing up there, looking at each other goingAAAARGH! Rob and I are getting quite used to each

other now, our styles …

I heard that some international DJ’s are interestedin doing some work with you?

Yeah, that’s pretty cool, actually. Mark B came downhere to do a set with MC Delta, a few months back,and they had an instore appearance at Ruffcut and mybrother got up and started freestylin’ in there and Deltadid some freestylin’ and I got up and had a prettyabortive attempt on the mic, but later on at their gigMark B asked if I’d sing … and he really liked it and sohe left four of his tracks down here for me to writemelodies and vocals for and then send them over sohe can work on them in the UK.

Wow.

Yeah. It’s pretty cool. He called up the other week andwe’ve been in contact a fair bit about what we’re goingto do and he’s, apparently, organising some new albumdeal and wants me to do vocals on that. So that’s prettysweet …

Was there anybody else that you’re doing stuffwith?

Yeah, I’m working on vocal bits and pieces with Crixus,he’s a DJ as well as scratch artist. He is a good MC aswell. So he and I are working on a track together at themoment and I’m working on doing some stuff with mybrother as well. And also with Rob as well, ‘cause hewrites his own music.

So that’s what you’re up to at the moment?

Yeah (laughs) at the moment I’m writing a ridiculousamount of music and trying to stay motivated to get itout there.

And how long have you been doing MC’ing stuffas well as music in general?

Music in general, I’ve always been involved in. My older

brother has always been in bands. I’ve always beenaround bands and that kind of thing, always playedinstruments through high school, then in college Iheaded towards musical theatre, ‘cause that’s a bigpart of what I do as well, theatre work. I did a couple ofmusicals at college and then left school and starteddoing musicals in Hobart as well as working. I didshows back to back for about three years and then Idecided no to do the shows anymore and pursuesinging, separately from the acting and see where thattook me and it’s gone ridiculously well. (laughs) Whatactually happened with the MC’ing was that I wasfreestyling in the pub with my mate, as we do … thegirls all hang out … and the guys were in the pub aswell having a bit of a freestyle and this guy, Ruben, andI started battling each other and it went for hours andwe had a great time. After he asked me to come downand do some vocals and rhyming over a set that hewas doing with a friend of his … and that was about ayear and a half ago now. Then things picked up withRob and I from there and then it, pretty much, wentnon-stop at all the parties where we’re doing our thingand now I sing with whoever, whenever. That’s with theguys with the records and picked up someperformance work, in theatre again, just a few monthsago. So, it’s all going pretty strong.

And do you find many girls in the scene?

In Hobart, no. (laughs) I’m the only girl doing what I doin Hobart, in the MC’ing sense, which is interesting. Itwas quite interesting when I first started, as well, ‘causethere are so many guys doing it. There are so manyDJ’s everywhere. They’re spunky DJ’s. (laughs) No, sothere are other girls that I do vocals with or are inbands, but that’s a bit different, really, from what I do.On the nights they have the MC battles down atMobius, I used to go in those. I’d get up and sing and Iwas, pretty much, the only girl going in it, but bit by bitthere’;s more girls. I think there’s four now.

And where do you hope to be in 12 months?

In 12 months? Making music for a living.

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What are you doing now? Where are you playing?

Mez: Basically, we're playing at a lot of other people'sgigs. There's the "Freshly Breaked" events whereyou've had Krafty, Stanton Warriors ... just mates whoput on parties ask us to play. It started off with thePrince of Wales. We started the Thursday night thingup there and that's got a really, really good following ..we did that every Thursday for around about a year.

Parky: That was the first gig thatme and Mez hadtogether.

Mez:The day I turned 18 ... Rob Spinner (Spinfx) andCorney, hooked me up a gig at Syrup and I couldhardly even mix back then and I was playing funkydisco and real cheesy house and stuff and ... endedup playing downstairs ... 4 nights a week and did thatfor a couple of years.

At the moment you're playing the "FreshlyBreaked Stuff" and ... also down at Mobius?

Parky: Yeah, we're doing "Bunker Funk" everyThursday night ...

Mez: Yeah, just a Lounge night ... play musicanywhere between Hip Hop, ... Funk, Breaks, House,Lounge.

Parky: A lot of it's influenced by old ... 70's Funk orRock. A lot of remixes or ripped off riffs from old tracks.. that influence us. We were doing the Prince of Walesand that was really good, but just ended up wanting achange. Somewhere bigger and a bit less pubenvironment. More where people come for the music, Isuppose, and we thought Mobius would be a goodplace to do it and we've been doing that for about 3months.

Is it going well?

Parky: Yeah it's been awesome.it's such a good vibewhen you get heaps of people there and everyone isso chilled and we've got heaps of couches and there'sstill enough room for people to dance. We just try andkeep the whole happy, daggy vibe rather than thefurious, clubbing sort of thing.

Parky: And we're, hopefully, going to start bringingdown interstate Hip Hop DJ's once a month.

Mainly Hip Hop?

Parky: Hip Hop and Breaks and Funky Breaks. 'Causewe play .. a bit of Hip Hop, but mostly broken Jazzand Party Breaks and a lot of Funk.

Moving into the business side ...?

Parky: Yeah

Mez: Yeah. Absolutely.

Parky: Yeah, but still trying to keep it the sam old vibethat we had at The Prince of Wales and Mobius andtry and keep it all fun, rather than get too sucked intothe business side of things. I suppose once we get toknow everyone, we might be able to hook up and goup there and play with some of them.

Mez: That'd be a long term goal.

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So how do you pronounce the name?

Zu.

And where does that name come from?

It comes from 2 sources, the first one is an ancientChinese philosopher named Lao Tzu, who youmay know, wrote in text the fundamentalphilosophies of Tzuism. Were not Tzuists!. We justfelt a bit of a connection with what he talked about.And then apart from that you can throw the wordinto many different contexts like checking mikes orpretending its an acronym and making up a freshnew acronym for each interview. So today’sacronym is Terribly Zany Underflow.

Does the band get into some of Lao Tzu’sphilosophys?

To be really simple and slightly superficial in light ofgetting the interview done, he talks about slow, theworld around is, and the individual tap into theworld around us, there’s a bit of a metaphor, in thatwether be in the music, especially in lyrical music,where there is a rhythmical flow of words. And wecall the flow when someone’s freestyling. That’sjust how we put it together.

Do you guys do a lot of freestyling?

Depends on the gig, if it’s a big gig and it’s looseand everyone’s kinda drunk we’ll probably play halfthe set or two thirds of the set songs and the restfreestyle. And we just freestyle the rest over beatswe’ve made or our producers made. He’s got themon a sampler so bring parts in and out and we justfreestyle on them. When it’s our own gig we’llfreestyle more than if we’re the support band.

Do you feel like you’ve got a bit morefreedom?

Yea exactly, you can express yourself across theboard rather that just get your music across to anew audience. People have come to see you soyou can experiment

Taking about support gigs you guys supportedthe black eyed peas earlier in the year?

Yep

Can you describe what that was like?

The show was good, didn’t really meet any ofthem. I watched the start of their show, they wereexcellent then we left. It was nothing to cream yourpants about. They’re a really good live band, andwe warmed up for them really well. We played agreat show. There were a lot of people there whomust have seen black eyed peas on video hits orfox fm and they were coming along, there wasnothing underground about it. It had a realteenybopper feel, but that’s cool, I’ve got nothingagainst that, it just wasn’t coming from theunderground hip hop or indy side of things it wascoming from a mainstream point of view. So whenthey saw a bunch of Aussie dudes get up wearingyou know normal clothes. Jumping around being

funny and playing this sorta raw music the didn’tknow what to make of it at the start. Once wekinda used our charms (laughs) and they werepretty into it by the end. Any my fly was undone, infront of all those people, it was one of my classicmoments of live performance. Its one of those zipsthat doesn’t stay up when its not in the right spot,one of the girls in the front row pointed it out to me,and I made a bit of a show out of it and kindacovered it up.

So is that kinda the mood of your shows, funor do you get political?

Definitely light fun, but at the same time, were notjust rapping about the good things in life. The vibeof the gig is party, that’s what we try and create.Humorous fun and relaxed, high vibrations. Butwe’ll drop a whole segment of political lyrics, butthey still come under the umbrella of the wholevibe of the show. It’s still about having a good time.Were politically minded people to some extent, butit doesn’t mean we need to get angry or sternfaced.

Where do you see Aussie hip hop at themoment? Do you see it as an undergroundthing or a mainstream thing?

It’s teetering, I think we need to take into accountwhat were calling Aussie hip hop now, in a fewyears, because its about to get popular, there’ll bea lot more pop music using hip hop aesthetics, itsprobably got a rapper and hip hop production butit’s a pop song, stuff like that will start to come out.Or it will be completely awol hip hop that’sunderground that’s really experimental. I don’t thinkthe real hip hop, the straight up and down hip hopis going to be the only thing, when we say thefuture of Aussie hip hop it’ll have many prongsthat’s going to spread itself across the genre. Asfar as just the straight stuff, it’s always going to bethere, and its always going to be popular. But Idon’t think its ever going to become completelymainstream. Because Australians aren’t sexyenough and were too honest and too earnest.Especially in that real raw hip hop which includesrapping. It’s a miracle that the hoods have got sofar. And I think that’s really good. And hopefullymore of that will come out. There’s never going tobe a hip hop ACDC from Australia. There’s nevergoing to be a world market for straight hip hopfrom Australia. I’m kinda waiting for the next recordselling ground breaking ban out of Australia, whodo you think will be?

I’ve got no idea.

Maybe Jet or something like that.

Well I would have thought they would havealready made it, with a 5 million dollar recorddeal.

Yea I guess so, its longevity. Like acdc stayed inthe charts and kept selling albums their wholecareer. Now there one of the top 6 selling artist inall of recorded music, that’s pretty cool. Australiansare an earnest bunch and that’s not alwaysdesirable. So until hip hop takes on differentshades of other genres I think it will always justteeter on successful and popular but your still inthe under regions of pop.

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‘Porocora’UniversalThis is set to become a classic surf film. Withthe dry season drawing to a close and the fullmoon setting in the west, a great roar-“Pororoca” in the native Indian dialect- can beheard through the mouths of the Amazon. Withrivers at a minimum, the vast Atlantic tides areabout to hurl the waters back with devastatingfury. This is the story of the search for theendless wave. It features 4 of the world’s topsurfers who travel deep into the heart of theAmazon jungle to ride a tidal wave, kilometresfrom the ocean You will be amazed of thefootage of Picuruta Salazar setting his record ofriding a dirty brown wave for over 30 minutes upthe Amazon River. For the first time this naturalphenomena has been captured on 16mm film,bringing to the audience the fascination of oneof the last great adventures of our century. Adefinite must see for all

I missed Cold Mountain in theatres, but I wasfinally able to watch this critically acclaimed filmon DVD. While I think the smaller screen takesaway from the epic look of the movie, it is still avery impressive display of acting talent, scenery,and folk music. Cold Mountain is an interestingCivil War romance even if it does depart fromthe original story.Leading the cast are Jude Law, Nicole Kidmanand Rene Zellweger as the main characterswith an excellent supporting cast, .That leads to the next feature of the film… thebloody, realistic battles.

The battle of Petersburg, Virginia is graphicallyrecreated. . Smaller fights between Inman andvarious other soldiers along the way of his questalso offer up some cool action moments.

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2

Tennis games have been around now since thebeginning of computer entertainment, starting wayback with good old ‘Pong’ in the late 70’s and now withimprovements in computer technology and graphicalprocessing, tennis games are still being produced withunbelievable realism whilst still hanging on to theoriginal roots. Whilst having perhaps the longest title Ihave ever seen slapped on a game case, SMCPT2 isa really good and realistic tennis game. I have playedthe first of the smash court games and there has beenloads of new features added that make it a worthysequel to its original, which in sport genre games israre these days. Cosmetically, the graphics are muchsharper and detailed than the original, which make thecharacters look more like the 16 pro players theyrepresent. The frame rate is more stable and the courtsurfaces look better too, the grass court looks like ithas grass sticking up, instead of just a muddy greenflat surface texture, as in the original.The most important new features of this game are in

improvements to the analogue controls, with shotcontrol and placement given greater accuracy. Servescan be given last minute adjustments making acespossible for better players. There has also beenincluded drop shots and big flat shots, to make it adeeper tennis experience than its predecessor. Theproblems with the game start to appear at this end, withcharacter animations having to complete their course ofaction before another can be attempted, giving thegame a more realistic feel but, I believe, sacrificing a bitof fun in the process. I f you want to intercept a shotyou have to plan your moves in advance which at firstis a bit daunting but soon becomes intuitive after sometime spent with the game. One problem inherent tomost tennis games that Pro Tournament 2 also suffersfrom is depth perception. Placing the ball is a difficulttask at times, as a high shot that your player can'treach might not look all that different from a lower shotthat will cost you a point if you decide to ignore it.Some sort of visual indicators would have been a niceinclusion within the game. The game modes are whatwould be expected from a sports game: Arcade Modefor quick single player games, Exhibition Mode forsingle and multiplayer games, Tutorial Mode forlearning the ways of the game, Challenge Mode forthe chance to overcome specific goals, and Pro Tour,where you create a tennis player from scratch and tryto make your way towards becoming the top rankedtennis player in the world. This game is verystraightforward and doesn't play around with any out ofplace RPG elements or anything of that sort – it's allabout tennis, and tennis is what you will get. Theproblem that will arise with this is that tennis is a fairlyrepetitive sport, and so is this game; once you'veplayed a certain amount, you might not feel the urge totouch the game again for a long time.

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B a n g i n B e a t sButterfingers to bring their slippery beats

What effect has success had on theband?

Places that'd wouldn't even look at us willnow give us a go. We can play in a placethat we've never been to before and we ...not guarantee the crowd, but we usually dopretty well, you know."

Have you been approached by anyrecord labels?

We're pretty happy to be independent, tobe honest with you. It's pretty hard . Itwould definitely be a lot easier if we hadpeople calling the shots, but then ... I'm areal indie fan and I don't think, at thispoint, we need to do that.

Magoo is working out of Brisbane. Whydid he work on the album?

Actually, we sought him out. He's workedwith people that have influenced me ... Hebrings something to a recording. He hasan approach to it all, which is amazing. It's... kind of, Zen sometimes, but he bringssomething out of people. We didn't wantsomeone to totally reshape our songs, orrewrite them or anything ... we'd beenrewriting them and demo-ing them , tryingthem out ... We've got a pretty good ideaof where we're at. We just wantedsomeone who ... could make the songssound like they should. We tried producingourselves and we didn't end up using a lotof that. We kept some of the tracks .... Youneed fresh ears and he's definitely gotfresh ears.

How long have you been together?

3 Years ... a bit more

Eddie was working at The Zoo in Brisbaneand he wrote his name on the "bookingsboard' and the girls who own (The Zoo)held him to it and so he had a couple ofweeks to get something together, and sohe called on a a few friends and put aband together .... I wasn't in the band atthat stage ... but, from all accounts, it waspretty bad (laughs) ... Eddie reckons it wasbecause he didn't have the "balls" to be asolo artist

What's your philosophy on life?

I dunno that's really hard ... I'm a bit of ahedonist. I definitely believe in enjoyingyourself ... I do like working hard too. Somaybe something to do with working hardto achieve the things you want to be doing.That's what we're trying to do and you getto enjoy yourself the whole way, which iscool.

What mental picture did you get whenyou knew you were playing in Tassie?

(Laughs) Actually, the first thing I thoughtof ... was the old "map of tassie." I'venever been to Tasmania so ...We're reallyexcited. We're all really excited. Everyone,I know, who's ever gone there has said it'samazing, so .... but I don't know about thenightlife or anything, but ... I'm thinkingmore ... fishing and green pastures. iwouldn't mind staying down there for awhile, but unfortunately, not this time ...gotta play a show in Melbourne ... so it's abit of a fly-by mission. We were recentlyshutdown at the Valley Fiesta. They didn'thave the infrastructure to cope ifthousands of people turned up. And that'swhat happenned. Thousands of peopleturned up and ... you couldn't move ...apparently there were some fights andpeople climbing up on roofs and shit goingon, but it was making the Police reallynervous... Then they asked us to calm thecrowd on ... then, we were about threequarters of the way through the set andthat was it. They pulled the plug.

You bad ass motherfuckers.

Yeeah, maaan. Watch out Tassie. Here wecome.

Actually, Damien and I were shut downonce when we were playing in his mum'sgarage ... the (suburb) is really hilly andhis house was right on top of a hill. Wewere just cranking out a jam in his garageand after about half an hour this cop turnsup. We just spun out. (He) went off at us.What happened was they had about fiftycomplaints, but he couldn't find where the... noise was coming from. It wasreverberating off all the mountains. He'dbeen driving around for about half an hour.(It) was pretty cool.

So will you be having back up dancers?

I wouldn't rule it out. Maybe we could put itout to the public with this article ...(laughs) preferably women, but we'reopen.

Recent success for Butterfingers meansgood fortune for Tasmania with the groovyHip Hop heads heading down south.

Dave Williams spoke with Dave Crane.

‘I’d rather be a bass player’Gus and FrankZudio Music

This Melbourne outfit, formed in 1997, willrelate well to anyone that has spent timeslumming in ski hills across the World,spending their money on food but morespecifically in the bar and pub listening to localtouring bands.

With upbeat tracks and an ever-present bassriff, Gus and Frank sing about partying, loveand livin’ life to it’s fullest. The album has adistinctively live feel to it, giving the listener theintimate feeling that they are at a live venuewith a low ceiling, thick smoke wafting throughthe air and a beer in their hand.

The CD also offers some extra features thatwill treat those who have not experienced theband live with a video for ‘Miss My Maniac’ andphotos of the band on tour. It proves aninspiration to support local Aussie talent whenthey put forth the effort to come down to theApple Isle

‘Riot on an empty street’Kings of ConvienceEMI

Norwegian duo the Kings of Convenience putforth a warm album of acoustic guitar duos andvocal harmonies from Erik Glambek Boe andErlend Oye. Riot on Empty Streets isreminiscent of the stylings of Simon andGarfunkle merged with Belle & Sebastian andNick Drake.

The album opens with the line ‘…I can’t stoplistening to the sound of two soft voicesblended in perfection from the reels of thisrecord that I have found.’ This sums up thealbum fittingly as Boe and Oye weave theirtender music and lyrics in a consistent stylethat enables the listener to detach yet stillremain cognisant of the soothing soundenveloping them.

Helped by producer Ken Nelson (Badly DrawnBoy), Kings of Convenience’s third album is abeautiful disc to relax to or come down withafter a destructive evening

‘If you lose it’Last Days of AprilGeffen

Swedish duo the Last Days of Aprils If youLose It is a more toned down album thanpreviously produced in their eight-yearexistence. Despite being more subdued, it is abeautiful album that can be easily listened toas the backing soundtrack to a relaxingevening or chill out session after a big night.

Similar sounds to the old Manchester sound ofJoy Division, Last Days touch on cliché topicsof relationships and locales, but still providesome insightfulness.

Surprisingly, the same team produces thealbum as countrymen The Hives, who’s loudersound matches past Last Days albums morethan If you Lose It. The album holds well overthe first half but loses some momentum as itnears completion.

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Albums

‘Good News for People Who Love BadNews’Modist Mouse

Island/Def JamIndie rockers Modest Mouse have put out theirmost sold album to date in Good News.Following on their eclectic genre swapping thathas carried them over the last eleven years,this album should not disappoint long-time fansand will hopefully result in some new tag-alongs.

Opening cinematically and switching fromsound to sound, semi-professional drinkerIsaac Brock guides the album in typicallydifficulty to classify Modest Mouse direction, attimes sounding indie-rock-pop-folk. The lyricsfollow the similar obscurity of Mouses previousalbum the Moon & Antarctica, but remain moreupbeat than past albums despite touching onsubjects like death and the afterlife.

‘One Step Ahead’ReasonObese Records

This probably the album that will bring thisveteran of the Aussie Hip Hop scene to theears of a larger audience than just thehardcore. There are fourteen tracks. Thealbum contains new productions as well as fiveremixes of earlier material. The track, “HaveYou Ever” is my pick, followed by theinspirational and motivational “Weather TheStorm” and the remix of “True Aussie Icon”. Insome ways Reason has a similar sound to theHilltop Hoods with solid beats and jazz androck samples, but Reason sounds a little more“old school”. Reason delivers his lyrics clearly, covering personal and political subjects, withlots of Aussie specific references, which helpsthe listener to connect. Overall, a cool albumand valuable addition to the Aussie Hip Hopscene.

‘Tonight Alright’SpiderbaitUniversal

For their latest offering Spiderbait have goneback to rock, gone are the pop sounds fromtheir previous album, Grand Slam.

Their first single Black Betty is a hard-hittingrock song through and through. Cram belts outsome heavily distorted vocals whilst pummelingthe shit out of his drum kit. Nicely accompaniedby some thrashing guitars and some nicehillbilly banjo action. The rest of the album fallsshort of this performance but still kicks along intrue rock fashion. With heaps of distortion andscreaming guitars, when turned up loud an earbleed is almost a guarantee. Very much has thesound of bands like The Donnas.

As always Janets sweet sounding voice makesan appearance and is just as well suited to thisalbum as it is any of their more pop releases.Songs like, 5th Set and Alright thump along withheaps of speed and power, this album needs tobe played loud.

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correct. She was not gushy and was even a bitfunny, which was nice, and later, when wereceived our meals she enquired as to whethereverything was okay, which was professional.

We ordered a bottle of the House Merlot, whichwe though was from South Australia, accordingto our wine list, but it turned out to be a clean-skin from the Margaret River region. It wasdelicious though.

Whilst waiting for our main meals, we skippedentrees, we dipped bread into flavoured oils andbalsmaic vinegar, of which the tumeric flavouredoil caught my attention, probably because I'vehad balsamic and olive oil so often before.

The interior of Blue Cafe is groovy, classy andcomfortable. There is an eclectic art feel withoriginal paintings and prints on the walls andsculptures, as well as a quasi-industrial overalldesign. The lighting is textured and mellow, withlight and dark areas. There is a mixture ofcolours with an earthy theme, contrasted bymodern furniture.

After about 15 minutes our meals arrived,

Bottom Bits Bus Tours and Rafting the Franklin,many of which are geared specifically tobackpackers and often offer discounted places tofill up tours.

They carry the best international calling cards Ihave seen which don't charge you extra becauseyou don't live in Sydney or Melbourne, and thereis even a masseuse available if you need. Thestandard check-out time of 10am is fine with thebuses nearby.

Overall, the Central City Backpackers is a good,cheap base for anyone coming to Hobart.

straight to my room. I crept down the hallway soas not to wake people, only to find that with everystep, the floor creaked loudly, as did the bedwhen I got into it, as did my other roomy whowoke up really early and rustled around for aboutan hour.

I have to say I have had better nights sleep. Thebed was creaky, the mattress was not that flash,and the walls are thin.

Even after I think I may have asked, half asleep,

if the rustler could stop!, she went into thehallway and I could still hear her, if not more. But to be this close to everything, and withcompetetive rates starting at $18, the CentralCity Backpackers is a great base.

Trish and Steve, who run the place, offer plentyof services such as bag and bike storage,laundry and linen hire. There is also a $5 keydeposit for each key required.

They book tours for around Hobart and the restof Tasmania, such as Tiger Trails into the Tarkine,

was pretty full, for such an enormous place. Thisunique hostel had a great atmosphere and plentyof character, complete with three bucketscatching the rain in the lounge area,following thedeluge Hobart received during the week I wasthere.

I wandered off to find my room through the rabbitwarren hallways. I was sleeping in a four berthroom, one half with bunks, the other with twosingle beds.

My roomy was from Japan, and there was a goodinternational mix of guests, travellers andstudents. The kitchen proved a challenge as Ihad brought canned food to make pasta. Likealmost every hostel I have ever stayed in, thecan openers were less than effective. I got thirdtime lucky after Steve, the manager, gave mewhat appeared to be his own personal can-opener and when I finished dinner I wanderedinto the night to see some local music.

When I got home at 1.30am, I used my night doorcode to get in and was glad the stairs led me

f o o d & a c c o m m o d a t i o n

Travel Bug

C e n t r a l C i t y B a c k p a c k e r s ( H o b a r t )

The Central City Backpackers is in the heartof Hobart and this is definitely its strongpoint.

Situated on Collins St, between SalamancaPlace and the city, it is within walking distance toeverything and buses to anywhere else are justnext door. Sleeping 171 people, you are almostguaranteed to get a bed.

First a word of advice: if you are driving, don't tryto find Central City Backpackers during peakhour. The one way streets and traffic will driveyou NUTS!

When I did eventually find the place, I thankedmy lucky stars I wasn't carrying a huge backpackafter a 6 day hike in the mountains, because Ihad to walk up what is essentially three flights ofstairs. Huffing and puffing, I made it to reception,then had to wait for, well... ages, as I had timed itperfectly to arrive just after a huge group ofArchitecture conference people.

The upside of this was that it meant the hostel

C a f e R e v i e wBlue Cafe (Launceston)

Situated downstairs from the Powerhousegallery on the Inveresk railyards site inLaunceston is Blue Cafe. In contrast to it'sname the Cafe appeared at night as a warm,happy place shining amongst the darkness. Asit was cold, and in Winter, there was nobodyseated at the tables outside, enclosed by amanicured heedge, but inside there was onlyone table available, ours, as the cafe wasbooked out.

My two friends and I sat at our table, shown byone of the owners, Paul Alexander. Paul doesnot look like your typical restauranteur, but oneshould never judge a book by the cover as Paulknows what he's doing, if our visit was anythingto judge by.

Seated at our table, I became a littleuncomfortable with the length of time it took forus to be offered menus or a drink, but the cafewas busy and I can be a little impatient. Wereceived the menus, which were on clip boardsin a no-nonsense kind of way.

The menus were a little confusing, as one haddifferent dishes to the others and, because thepages were loose, the pages were in a differentorder, so discussing dishes with my friends tooka little more effort.

Soon we were attended by a friendly waitress,Clare (not sure of the spelling of her name) whoefficiently took our order. It is worth mentioninghere that during our entire meal every order was

thanfully together. I think it's a golden rule forrestaurants that meals should arrive together,and having run restaurants, I know it is not thathard to do if you're organised and prepared.

I had the Risotto of tigher prawns, fennel,shaved parmesan, fresh tomato and babyspinach drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. Myfriends had a woodfired pizza with tomato,parmesan, cal;amata olives and fetta, which heliked. My other friend had the spagetti withchargrilled figs, torn prosciuto, basil andsmashed hazelnuts with a white wine and garlicreduction. He said it was very good, but a littlesmall and I would say the same about myrisotto. However, it is an old saying in theretaurant game that they're there to feed thecustomer, not stuff them.

My risotto was very well cooked, very tasty witha bit of a tangy spice. It was a little annoyingthough, that I had to take the tails off the tigerprawns, all nine of them, which is a goodserving, but why leave the tails on so I have tostick my fingers in my mouth to retrieve the taileach time? Is it to show that they're fresh,because it doesn't really.

Overall the three main meals, the bread (with anextra slice) and oils, plus the two bottles of winecame to $88, which is pretty good value. BlueCafe provided us with good service, well cookedtasty meals in a warm, friendly, groovy butclassy environment.

O u r H o u s e / D J ’s

“Our House” is the name of the gig at Blue Cafeon Friday and Saturday nights from 9.00pm.

Matt C and Simon C play, as the namesuggests, House music in Blue Cafe.

It’s a mellow affair, with patrons “chillin’” in thecomfy couches or at the bar. On the night Iwent, there were a few people dancing on andoff throughout the night, but mostly peopleseemed to be there as a “warm-up” to going outproper later on.

The lights are low and the music loud enough toenjoy without killing the atmosphere of the Cafe,which is important to those who have dinedearlier and stayed to enjoy the tunes.

There was a mix of people there with theyounger people in close to the decks while theolder ones stayed at their tables and polishedoff the last of the wine.

It was a luxurious atmosphere to have a DJspinning tunes instead of piped music from aCD player, which was enhanced by the decorfeaturing original paintings and sculpture.

This venue has great potential and I hope, whenSummer comes, to see it packed out withpeople, overflowing into Inveresk.

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Mutlimedia exhibition

6th August - for 3 weeks

6pm, Russ J Wheeler Fine Art Framer

102 Bathurst St, Hobart

6th September - 3 wekks

ArtsAlive,178 Charles St, Launceston

“Come Closer”

Adam Foster

Powerhouse Gallery

Inveresk, Launceston

5-16 August

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S t o m p i n d a n c e r p r o f i l e

What are your ambitions with dancing?

I'd love to keep studying dance into the future,maybe at VCA or the West Australian Academyof Performing Arts. If I don't make that, I'll keepit as a hobby. it's in my blood and I love doing it,so I can't really stop it ... It's such a release forme and i'd like to continue it, hopefully, if mybody allows me.

So, how hard is it physically?

The last shows that I've done were "Joyride"and "Sync" and they were in pools around thestate for 10 Days on The Island. That was quitehard, because you're in the water and it'sanother medium that you have to contend with,work with. But not really. When I first came in Iwas a lanky person. tall, lanky and didn't have

much muscle strength and not much, I suppose,control over my body. But ... over the four yearsthat I've been doing it, it's gently locked intoplace and ... you know how to control it better. Ifyou have to lift people, or something like that, itcan be strenuous, but over the 10 weeks thatwe usually have, you can build ... up. usually,we all come in first day and we're all unfit. Wecan't touch our toes. it doesn't matter. I still can'ttouch my toes. You don't need much at all.

What's it like working with so many otherpeople?

It's like a huge family. The first week you comein ... you've got the old members and the new... but by the end of the week ... though work ...you just mould into a giant family and we're allcomfortable working with each other. People dosay it's harder working with big groups. 25dancers is a large group and it is when you're insmall rehearsal spaces, but when it's brokendown and you see the space and what you'vegot to play with, because you all know ... you allknow what you're doing and you have thattrust. trust is really important.

People dance in nightclubs and in theirbedroom. What motivates you to take danceto a career level?

First, I'll say, "It's a drug." (laughs) Everyonehas a different thing which just clicks for them.When Stompin finishes and we have a sixmonth break, you want to get out there. You'reready for the next Stompin project. It's a drug.It's an addiction. A loving addiction, though.

A healthy one?

Definitely. I feel so good afterwards.

Who would you recommend may beinterested in joining Stompin?

Everyone. Everyone should try it at least onceand see if it's for you.

A s h l e y S m i t h T H E AT R E“Blood Wedding”

by Federico Garcia Lorca

Directed by Robert Lewis

The Annexe Theatre

Academy of the Arts, Inveresk, Launceston

“Defending the Caveman”

Rob Becker

Theatre Royal 3-4 August

Hobart

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Name: Adriana Age: 30

What’s your passion: Creating

Most important issue today: Selling Bags

Favourite band: Xavier Rudd

Favourite track: Lets Get It Started (Blackeyed

Peas)

Favourite drink: Tea with milk and honey

I’m gonna: Get a really good sleep tonight, I

hope.

Name: Magda Age: 20

What’s your passion: History & Graphic Design

Most important issue today: Refugees

Favourite band: Cat Empire

Favourite track: No Not Reality (Allover Place)

Favourite drink: Vodka

I’m gonna: Have a great night tonight.

Name: Andy Age: 29

What’s your passion: Music & Art

Most important issue today: More Beer

Fave band: Conflict

Fave track: Yo Mama (Butterfinger)

Favourite drink: Single Malt Scotch

I’m gonna: Break shit up.

Name: Ted Age: 20

What’s your passion: Girlfriend

Most important issue today: Hecs fees

Favourite band: Sonic Animation

Fave track: Better Man (Robbie Williams)

Favourite drink: Stella Artois

I’m gonna: Be all i can be.

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UPCOMING EVENTS IN AUGUST:

Legendary Uni Night - Great live bands

- Best drink specials

- Best happy hours in Tassie

- Free buses to and from uni

- Free student entry before 11.00 pm

Karaoke - Wednesday and Friday night

- Upstairs in the "Lube"

- Great competitions

- 100's of songs to choose from

Super SaturdayEvery Saturday

downstairs in the Saloon

with Tassie's Best Party

Atmosphere.

Chilli Dance PartyWith the best of Local

and Interstate DJ's

playing every Saturday

night in the Upstairs

"Lube Bar".

Super Coaches of AFLA motivational and inspirational night

with Ron Barassi, Tom Hafey and Alex Jesalenko.

Love Outside AndromedaOne of Triple J's hottest bands


The Miss University Modelling Competition

On Friday 6th and Friday 13th

Wednesday's

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