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- Sat Oct 16, 2010 6:01 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Travel Thread
- Replies: 2628
- Views: 311237
Re: The Travel Thread
shit farken poo.... I was advised by a fellow Aussie traveler friend that I can only spend 90 days in the 'Schengen' region without a visa... this region is basically the EU with a few exceptions... I have a UK visa but this doesn't help. I thought it was 90 days in any one country... the penalty f...
- Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:28 am
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Groundation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1667
Re: Groundation
So pissed off. Booked my ticket to California months ago: "sweet, I'll be right in the thick of Groundation territory, I should be able to see them in Cali". Check tour dates - FUCK!!! My return flight leaves California on the 19th, doesn't get back until the 21st. Been waiting years to se...
- Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Travel Thread
- Replies: 2628
- Views: 311237
Re: The Travel Thread
fuck yeah. in the USA right now, and the money is stretching out pretty nicelyquick wrote:big the fuck ups the Aussie dollar, has been so good for ages now, whole time in Europe has been well cheaper than back home... brilliant, I thought Japan was cheap too, and its even better now...
- Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:48 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Forget Hipsters & Werewolves, Kung Fu bears is where its at
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4683
Re: Forget Hipsters & Werewolves, Kung Fu bears is where its
It all makes sense. Saw some raggedy faux-hippie dude with one of these tails yesterday in San Francisco, had no idea what to make of it until now. Now I think even less of him. That is impressive.
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Big Day Out 2011
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7736
Re: Big Day Out 2011
mecka wrote:Festival crowds in general have been in a state of decline for years now.
- Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:58 pm
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Goodvibes 2010 line up?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4248
Re: Goodvibes 2010 line up?
aroes wrote:
over the top ticket prices, being herded like cattle lining up for expensive drinks, waiting an hour to use a toilet, disproportionate wanker to normal person ratio
horses for courses i guess
Faithless sideshow ftw!
- Mon Aug 30, 2010 5:05 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Documentaries
- Replies: 114
- Views: 18988
Re: Documentaries
There wouldn't be too many doco's out there the are completely fair and balanced though would there? The majority of film makers would set out to make one with some kind of agenda in mind and I think with Should I Smoke Dope (and others by the same lady), she just wanted them to be entertaining. IM...
- Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:15 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Documentaries
- Replies: 114
- Views: 18988
Re: Documentaries
agree to disagree then, yeah she did over do it, but i put it down to nerves and so forth, there are a lot of people out there the first time that will say don't feel anything bosh some more..... Not saying it is right, but to write someone off as a dumbass over that i just thought was harsh.. She ...
- Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: MELBOURNE ON FIRE - GIG CALENDAR (PART 2)
- Replies: 80
- Views: 20686
Re: MELBOURNE ON FIRE - PART 2
What's this?TheOperatives wrote: Sat Jan 8th - The Outfield (Outdoors beat Festival) 10 Internationals
- Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:10 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Travel Thread
- Replies: 2628
- Views: 311237
Re: The Travel Thread
So I'm off to Rajasthan for a few weeks in September and am wondering if you lot have any recommendations. Plan at this stage is to head from Kolkata to Varanasi, then to Agra then in no particular order, Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur and maybe Mt Abu. Depends on how long it takes between places or how ...
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:59 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Election 2010
- Replies: 179
- Views: 29800
Re: Election 2010
So, if that's the case, why do we even need political parties then. If no party is going to be able to provide the best answer to our country's problems, then why should we have them? "oooh... can't have no one in power, that's anarchy.... wah wah wah party wah wah wah democracy!" UTTER B...
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:49 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Travel Thread
- Replies: 2628
- Views: 311237
Re: The Travel Thread
Any melbbeaters in San Francisco? I'm going there for a few months, gonna try and find work, and while I'm there would like to meet up some people who are into similar music. :smt006 I'm doing some work in our Oakland office... heading there April/May of next year. Got some good contacts and club i...
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:44 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Travel Thread
- Replies: 2628
- Views: 311237
Re: The Travel Thread
What sorta music? I've found the breaks crews pretty friendly (unfortunately, I don't actually live there.) Also, just to be nosey, d'you mean work for those few months, or longer term work? If it's the latter, be warned: the US job market is pretty brutal at the moment and if you need a visa, you ...
Re: Tattoos
single helix?ATP wrote:Got me this the other day. First ink in over 10 years.
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:32 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Travel Thread
- Replies: 2628
- Views: 311237
Re: The Travel Thread
Any melbbeaters in San Francisco? I'm going there for a few months, gonna try and find work, and while I'm there would like to meet up some people who are into similar music.
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:15 pm
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Espionage-1 year of operations-Feat. DJ Marky and MC Lowqui
- Replies: 73
- Views: 13535
Re: Espionage-1 year of operations-Feat. DJ Marky and MC Low
Oh... didn't notice that Calibre was quietly pulled from the lineup.. that could have been made a bit more explicit, especially when the price is still $42...sPeCtRuM wrote:no more Calibre?
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:00 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: World Cup 2014
- Replies: 447
- Views: 56787
Re: Count Down to World Cup 2010
i'm all for NL on this one. Dutchies just rock.
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:58 am
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Espionage-1 year of operations-Feat. DJ Marky and MC Lowqui
- Replies: 73
- Views: 13535
Re: Espionage-1 year of operations-Feat. DJ Marky and MC Low
where can one find tix for this?
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:14 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Travel Thread
- Replies: 2628
- Views: 311237
Re: The Travel Thread
Thanks guys. Ended up going with the damp tent, girlfriend said she couldn't believe it, she was speechless actually.. I guess that means she loved it! :teef: gnat: yeah it was a once in a lifetime kind of place, real shame it's not run anymore, but it was unbelievably cute and the owners were chill...
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:12 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Travel Thread
- Replies: 2628
- Views: 311237
Re: The Travel Thread
Hi folks Want to go for a weekend away with the missus somewhere in Victoria, wondering if anyone has any good recommendations? We used to go to this amazing place in Daylesford; a self-contained cottage made in the 60's and run by old hippies for $70 a night, but they don't do it anymore unfortunat...
- Sun May 30, 2010 1:16 am
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Espionage-1 year of operations-Feat. DJ Marky and MC Lowqui
- Replies: 73
- Views: 13535
Re: Espionage-1 year of operations-Feat. DJ Marky and Calibr
Absolutely outrageous lineup! After a year out of melbourne, it's spectacular to come home to this! When do tix go on sale? Industries available? Can you please reassure me that the sound will be top notch for this event? I almost always leave the hifi with bleeding ears because of the harsh high en...
- Fri May 28, 2010 8:45 pm
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Espionage-1 year of operations-Feat. DJ Marky and MC Lowqui
- Replies: 73
- Views: 13535
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:38 pm
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Dam-Funk (Stones THrow /LA) - Roxanne Parlour - May 14th
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6140
Re: Dam-Funk (Stones THrow /LA) - Roxanne Parlour - May 14t
Just saw him in London this weekend past. Was pretty good, he even got up the front and was doing some singing/mcing.
- Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:29 am
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: More Fire 9th Birthday Bashment @ Deep 11 (aka Mercat Cross)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1411
Re: More Fire 9th Birthday Bashment @ Deep 11 (aka Mercat Cr
wish I could be there for this... just so you know jesse, you've got international listeners am now representing the netherlands! (with joint in hand).. though I must say it's usually radio on demand, or if I've been out all night.. 7am saturday is a bit difficult to manage.
Re: bikes
Nice ride Aroes. Just read the transcript - that's a bit silly what they are saying. MAGDA SZUBANSKI (2009): I want to complain about cyclists in Lycra on Beach Road. What is that about?! MAGDA SZUBANSKI (2009): I agree. Numberplate 'em, fine them. JULIA MORRIS (2009): No! No! Just drive and take '...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:34 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: the youtube thread.
- Replies: 2362
- Views: 316006
Re: the youtube thread.
It was pretty funny that it was the answer, but when it cut away to the asian kid next to him I lol'd..
- Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:41 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Anti @ Ferntree Gully Hotel.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 24985
Re: Anti @ Ferntree Gully Hotel.
I can understand the annoyance, it's kind of.. what's the word.. disrespectful? to come, spam for your gig, then leave, particularly when that gig is not really related to the topic of the board. having said that though, heaps of people here are not just into beats (such as me), and I reckon I shoul...
- Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:15 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Gripe thread
- Replies: 31832
- Views: 2652997
Re: Gripe thread
jeez.. ever thought of cutting back on the booze guys? sounds a bit alcoholicish.
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:10 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: the youtube thread.
- Replies: 2362
- Views: 316006
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:34 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Paranormal, Supernatural and the Occult
- Replies: 145
- Views: 24475
Re: Paranormal, Supernatural and the Occult
"better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied" - John Stuart Mill
- Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:44 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Paranormal, Supernatural and the Occult
- Replies: 145
- Views: 24475
Re: Paranormal, Supernatural and the Occult
I just don't believe that intention can makes things happen independent of you physically interacting with it. Prayer doesn't work. That's intention.
- Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:10 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Big Up Thread
- Replies: 29568
- Views: 2454250
Re: The Big Up Thread
There's more to the Netherlands than Amsterdam, you know... But ja.
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:55 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Big Up Thread
- Replies: 29568
- Views: 2454250
Re: The Big Up Thread
BU to being able to buy weed in a store, to a new wicked house with great neighbours, to cheap beer, to tall blonde girls and to finally riding a bike again!
I'm in
I'm in
- Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:10 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Paranormal, Supernatural and the Occult
- Replies: 145
- Views: 24475
Re: Paranormal, Supernatural and the Occult
What I don't get about the water experiment, is why intention SHOULD have any effect on water? why does good intention equal aesthetic beauty? what is considered aesthetically beautiful is fluid, as is intention. why should things so subjective and indefinable have some kind of objective and consist...
- Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:34 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Big Up Thread
- Replies: 29568
- Views: 2454250
Re: The Big Up Thread
BU to thinking you screwed up royally, then realising you didn't.
- Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:33 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Men at Work get sued for Land Downunder
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5374
Re: Men at Work get sued for Land Downunder
Hmm, I find it strange that their strongest evidence is that they used to sing part of the Kookaburra song.. It is obviously very similar, if not partly identical, but it's such a small part of the song. I guess the reason why I find the whole thing kind of strange is because I always considered the...
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:23 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: the youtube thread.
- Replies: 2362
- Views: 316006
Re: the youtube thread.
Amick wrote:Rickrolled live on Christian TV Show.
Priceless.
And God said, let there be rickroll... and God saw that it was pretty funny.
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:06 am
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Does anyone still buy vinyl?
- Replies: 115
- Views: 16398
Re: Does anyone still buy vinyl?
love that scene
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Does anyone still buy vinyl?
- Replies: 115
- Views: 16398
Re: Does anyone still buy vinyl?
The only time I would buy online is if I couldn't buy it in Australia. I actually enjoy going to record stores generally, if I don't get attitude.. I must say I do hate the attitude you get in a lot of independent record stores. But, otherwise, I love that they exist and don't mind paying a bit extr...
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:49 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: My 10 most important albums of the decade 2000 - 2009
- Replies: 96
- Views: 21456
Re: My 10 most important albums of the decade 2000 - 2009
Wow... I'm kinda shocked that nobody else picked a Bjork album (that I saw), or a Sigur Ros album..
Interesting..
Interesting..
Re: BDO 2010 First Announcement
http://i38.tinypic.com/339lxzt.jpg Hah loved it. I've had people say that to me before.. and I usually just say "yeah.. I've heard of them..." and give that look. The thing is, I don't hate them, I just think they somehow combine the worst aspects of my favourite bands. Kind of like.. yea...
Re: BDO 2010 First Announcement
it's indie ironic. whatever that means.
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:06 pm
- Forum: The Music
- Topic: Does anyone still buy vinyl?
- Replies: 115
- Views: 16398
Re: Does anyone still buy vinyl?
Yep, I do.. I don't buy many new albums, and I don't DJ, but I'd rather get something physical than only on mp3. I liken it to printing out photos or just keeping digital copies, there's something nice about having a physical copy especially with the big cover when there is awesome art. I also like ...
Re: Tattoos
think it's just viral advertising. the rest of the channel has ads for ray ban. fuck viral advertising.system wrote:it's real
- Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:49 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: and she's outta here....
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2731
Re: and she's outta here....
lol ‘‘I don’t have any regrets, I have a fantastic portfolio and was able to achieve an incredible amount along with other people,’’ she said. Myki was originally supposed to be launched in Melbourne on March 1, 2007, at a cost of $500 million. Costs have since blown out to $850 million to create t...
- Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:15 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: the youtube thread.
- Replies: 2362
- Views: 316006
Re: the youtube thread.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/erotic-daggering-dance-craze-causing-bodily-harm/story-e6frfq80-1225720059571 :shock: "Daggering", a lewd dance style where couples simulate dry sex in various positions to the beat of the music, is characterised by over-the-top gyrating, heavy pelvis-th...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:05 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: A message from DJ Shadow...
- Replies: 131
- Views: 18018
Re: A message from DJ Shadow...
Well, they do art for free, infact they risk arrest and prosecution, even jail, all for a bit of street cred, there is no premise that they should be charging people to view their work. So why can't musician evolve to that mindset, where musicians "do it for the love of music"? It will we...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:58 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: the youtube thread.
- Replies: 2362
- Views: 316006
Re: the youtube thread.
youthful_implants wrote:DubFX - this guy is so talented its ridiculous.
Check it, proper one man band
Huge... that guy is out of control
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:52 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: A message from DJ Shadow...
- Replies: 131
- Views: 18018
Re: A message from DJ Shadow...
I don't think we can thank the record companies for boundary-pushing music. . where else does music come from, if not from record labels? does it just materialise out of thin air? :shock: artists dont have the time to be promoting themselves, releasing all their own music and deal with making it as...
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:45 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: the youtube thread.
- Replies: 2362
- Views: 316006
Re: the youtube thread.
I want this to go viral: it's incredible