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shepherd

benefit gigs are great but these people need help now ... why not just donate $100-200 bucks to the Red Cross if you feel compelled to help. Or donate blood this week. Much easier that trying to organise a gig and run the risk that people won't support. Help is needed right now. edit: don't want to ...

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quick some advice if i may ... firstly - good choice of area. we bought in preston about 15 months ago and we were looking around pascoe vale sth, coburg, preston, thornbury etc ... i like it out here and it's 5 min drive to fitzroy and 15 to city outside of peak hour. great PT as well - trams/train...

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i don't think the kanye LV ones are that bad - dunno if i'd fork out $800 for them but they're not without their charms

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Anyone got any recommendations for L.A? LA is okay ... there's a bit of stuff to do but you need to stay within West Hollywood or Venice Beach ... LA burbs are straight outta GTA4 ... very ghetto. Make sure you go to The Standard Hotel which is on Sunset near the Chateau Marmont ... great poolside ...

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"Yes thats what a huge revival in crap indie music will do for you - thats all 7" and has nothing to do with dance music which in comparison is dying on its arse." source?? btw - msot dance retailers wouldn't participate in nielsen soundscan as retailers pay to be on it as it gives th...

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lucky for prodigy pendulum emerged in the past 5 years - otherwise they'd have no one to rip off. this doesn't at all sound like the prodigy of old - it's not a return to their roots at all - it's a basic rip of a moderately successful act that is effectively the prodigy for this decade. would love ...

shepherd

my beautiful cockerspaniel passed away yesterday. empty

shepherd

new prodigy is such a pendulum bite - the straight drums, the synths, the sample, the breakdowns. blatant.

sounds nothing like daft punk or chems dboy - dunno what you mean there.

shepherd

from the amount of prints on the door i think it could have been 100 ppl hehe - 99 smackies and 1 lucid one to give direction

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i thought it was weird they took plasma and golf clubs - both pretty clunky things. alarms getting installed over weekend and new locks etc - cops said it was 99% smackies looking for quick wins and stuff they could grab relatively cleanly. will go down to crime converters later and see whether anyt...

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some caaaaaaaaaarnts broke into my house yesterday. took my macbook, plasma tv and golf clubs.

talk about kicking a bloke in the balls. what do i do with my spare time now?

shepherd

Big ups my new massage course. Only one (3 hour) session in and already learnt SO much. Gave my first massage with my new skills last night and already can see the improvement in the way I give them. Yay! nice one, my fiancee is doing an advanced diploma in massage therapy and she loves it! plus it...

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want to promote breakbeat, stop calling it 'breakbeat'

call it party music and it's a good start.

shepherd

more Unemployment is not a precise concept. This is true even in countries, such as Australia, where most production of goods and services is done through the formal economy, and most people work for wages. Australia adopts the standard international definition of unemployment: people are unemployed...

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you'll find with the unemployment rate % the figure is somewhat tweaked. In addition to what 10:15 mentioned above as well as other ways they define the pool of people who are looking for work.

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direkt is right - in the mid 00's there were 'breaks' rooms at pretty much every party. Two Tribes, Summadayze, Godskitchen, Agent MAD stuff (like DJ Rush, GCSSS, Pure Flow - actually that might have been 90's), Pharmacy, Mobile Home (Sydney) ... shit I remember getting booked to play a side room at...

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i dunno if it's dead ... hard to say as I haven't been out past 11pm for years. I think a lot of the ppl involved between 99-05 are now just old and boring. they have day jobs, partners, dogs, mortgages etc. Just like during that period the people from the early purveyors/riddims days weren't really...

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i think the concept has the potential to be pretty messy. unless the drummer knows the records the dj is playing as well as the dj it can become a bit of a battle. if it's rehearsed then it kind of defeats the purpose of a dj/act that can read a rooms dynamic. this sort of thing is big in the US rig...

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exactly what is happening now happened in 2001 - ... big expensive parties dropping serious dollars (like the GCSSS and Welcome 2001), too much supply in terms of music choice, venue choice, internationals and a dive in demand relatively quickly, as well as shitty wider economic issues all compoundi...

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there was evidence of laughing emoticons being posted on previous responses. emoticons never lie.

shepherd

i didn't read the whole thread but let me guess, spiro fucked everyone over (ticket holders, acts, vendors etc) and the event was a complete balls up like it has been for the past 6 years.

Last Earthcore ever!!11 desperate man acting in a desperate fashion

shepherd

future had nothing to do with 'we love' mrj side note: is anyone else over the excuse of the 'economic downturn' as the reason for everything going bad ... there's a chance maybe the lineup wasn't what people wanted, economic downturn or not. .. same with all the firings at the moment, incompetent b...

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i don't get what is hilarious about an event not selling enough tickets and having to cancel. it'll be a laugh riot if people stop bringing all the acts some of you dickride to town for the very same reason - ie, it's not viable. mrj - mark and jason didn't make the young rich. that is for ppl under...

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leaving in 11 days - exciting! Looking like New York and SF in March for 2 weeks too for work - boom.

shepherd

5-6 years too late on NERD i reckon - don't think they're a headliner personally but future very rarely miss the mark on these things.

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vadim is back djing so seems to be recovering well

shepherd

i reckon most clubs are completely justified with their margins ... the cost of running bars/clubs is a lot higher than most people think it is when you factor in staff hours, insurance, maintenance, supply, rents, fixtures, security, power, utilities, talent, sound etc. something to remember is, th...

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guilt because i've only been here three weeks and really like the people. i know my manager will be gutted if I leave, and have started work on a few new projects that will be annoying to have train a new person on etc if you've only been there 3 weeks i wouldn't worry about it being too hard for y...

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i am in singapore for 3 days in december - anyone got any singapore must-do's aside have a drink at raffles?

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going till friday. not too far away from scarborough beach actually. go to balthazar for dinner. in the city and just fantastic. there's a good breakfast place near scarborough near the OBH ... right over the beach. Freo is worth a look ... lots of good golf courses too if you're into it. I love Pe...

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an old mans opinion some fidget reminds me of some old 4/4 speed garage type stuff from years ago ... other fidget reminds me of old cajmere/sneak stuff with hip hop vocal hooks. not sure what to think of it - but i think it'll be filed away next to swing house (remember G.Swing and Greenskeepers re...

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i've got diamonds for Sunday - should be pretty amazing

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maverick

http://www.defamer.com.au/2008/10/snl_w ... kit-2.html

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it'll be a good show if you get there after scribe finishes. Kayne is a great performer - his Festival Hall show in 06 was amazing. I haven't seen Nas live in the flesh but I saw a live show on VH1 and it was pretty solid.

Kanye might make pop music but it doesn't mean it's not good.

shepherd

the westin in kyoto is the place to stay dan - you want a comfy bed after walking around kyoto all day and this place is very plush and there is a phenomenal okonomiyaki place down the road http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1427&language=en_US last time...

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where was jodhi meares during the top model finale? she went awol - just like last year! she must have a fear of live TV

I wanted Alex to win

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search volumes around things like melbourne nightclubs dance music techno breakbeat drum&bass etc certain djs (ie boogs, kid kenobi, agent 86 etc) would be solid. not massive but would provide a good pool of qualified consumers. add to this touring djs (ie if you're putting on an event with hybr...

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ads online are sold on a CPM basis - cost per thousand impressions. working back of an average frequency of say, 3 (dependent on spend) you can then get an idea of your potential reach. work in user demographics (easily available) and you can get pretty concrete predictions of your reach and which d...

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those who sell print advertising for street press should be able to sell online - the premise is the same (audience, intent), only the format is different. the barrier is neither street press probably want - or understand the need - to invest in the infrastructure required to do it (ie a strong onli...

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remember tho kitty - don't let the fact you want out bad guide you towards making a choice that isn't right (ie doing it to get OUT of where you are, rather than to progress to where you want to be). there will be loads of other opportunities

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i have questions whether their technology is the 'best' ... if it was they wouldn't be going after small business ... they'd go after big advertisers. you could learn google in a week if you spent time researching it ... it's probably worth going onto the google ad solutions site and getting yr head...

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how ridiculous - smirnoff brings out good djs (who interestingly agree to play in a walled garden environment) and puts on a big party for free with booze and big production ... THAT IS JUST NOT FAIR. Enter the fuckin' competition if you want to go ffs! There's probably a chance you'll get a ticket ...

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kitty - issue re the 1500 is that it goes against the idea that search SEM is scaleable ... ie self funding and easy to test/learn/evolve. $1500 is a barrier to entry to a SME with limited cash flow. In terms of CRM - I mean ReachLocal. How are they equipped to service customers (ie those who have s...

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brb - i think the key to nailing google adwords is making sure your site is optimised to convert traffic. one thing i know is google delivers traffic - and if your keywords and optimisation strategy is right they are pretty qualified. issues can happen with budget churn if ... - you buy high demand ...

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breaksRbest wrote:I did that and wasted THOUSANDS of dollars

google's role in the advertising space is to bring you qualified traffic based on keywords you decide. it's up to you how you convert this traffic to revenue. was it more a case of 'wasted' opportunity?

shepherd

rumour has it there's something called GASHE hitting the streets in July that will put an end to the Beat/Inpress rule... just like scene mag, lucky, 3D World etc ... they all squashed the duopoly ... i think some people completely underestimate the resource needed to unseat these two publications....

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Paper will ALWAYS be a medium for this kind of stuff. ok i'll quote you in 5 years when things change. there is a better medium than street press to get that information to consumers. just cos right now it's not evident doesn't mean it won't be in the short term. shep: beat have had their gig guide...

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I wonder if peeps would pay for a non biased mag? Maybe even for as little as $1. Obviously there would be ad's in the mag, just as there are in any publication - and this would help to keep the costs down. BUT, there would be INTEGRITY in the mag. Articles of substance. And for that, I'd pay $1-2 ...

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the difference between inpress and beat is that leigh at inpress understands the value of relationships, nurturing the hand that feeds and 2 way support ... whereas Furst Media are more concerned with revenue and relationships are defined by spend. Neither is right/wrong ... Beat are pretty sensible...

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btw kitty there's loads of parks around thornbury/preston for the dog to run around ... there's a huge bunch of ovals right near northland as well as some parks on bell street too which would be walking distance. our dogs love the local parks.

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